There were 4 new faces – I was very pleased about that. Many thanks also at this point to the “regular” participants 🙂
The meditation was wonderful. I felt a gentle energy flowing through my body.
Elman led the heart warmth meditation today. He is one of my favorite instructors and is very experienced and deeply calm. For me, he transmits a very gentle energy in which I can let go.
The topic of “expectations” is interesting here. Since I announced him accordingly in Whatsapp and Telegram, one of the feedback I received was that it was a beautiful but not breathtaking experience.
I remember a group meditation with six awakened people. My expectations were that this would be the most beautiful meditation of my life. Instead, I had so many gloomy thoughts that even caused pain. At the same time, my body ached during the meditation. I was glad when the meditation was over. My mind immediately wanted to evaluate the meditation, in this case as bad and unnecessary.
The expectations and evaluation afterwards take away the chance to experience something else wonderful.
So I might walk through the city and want a spaghetti ice cream that I can’t find and miss out on all the other wonderful ice cream flavors that are available.
Or I go to the cinema with high expectations and come out disappointed, while I can totally enjoy a movie that I have no expectations of.
Letting go of expectations is an art. I’m sure we’ve all had this experience before. Try it out!