Waking Up To Truth, Awakening To Prajna

Who looks outside, dreams;

who looks inside, awakens.

– Carl Jung

I just spent the weekend with April Leffler, who led 25 students in the exploration of prajna and heightened awareness. I could say the food was tasty, participants awesome and I learned some new things. Yet that wouldn’t reveal anything about my experience.

I’ve been to other workshops and learned tips for tweaking my practice, which I now know as heightened awareness. This workshop was different. I was encouraged to explore it through experiential exercises. We meditated, played follow-your-partner with eyes closed, shared experiences of prajna, super-sized others’ dreams and practiced being limitless and aware of orders being placed with the universe. April led a guided visualization into awareness of sacred contracts made with one another on this earthly journey. I enjoyed the aftereffects of sitting in meditation. I found myself focusing on the soles of my feet, a lot.

At home reflecting on the first day, I read about yin-yang energies, habit energies and about how to ground. Often when searching a topic, I was led to the TCC website to read an article or blog. Then, it happened, I felt a shift. Not like an earthquake, but a subtle shift. I struggled to put it into words but I felt it. I sat with the shift. I let myself be, went to bed, and slept deeply and peacefully.

Awakening Sunday morning, I knew – not from my head but from my tan t’ien – that I had found the true path to healing if I wanted to be healed. Writing this, I’m reflecting on years of saying, “I know it up here [pointing to head], but making the connection from head to heart is challenging, even though it’s only 12 inches away.” And I laugh. I only needed to take a 12-inch journey from heart to tan t’ien to discover innate wisdom, truth, Chi, healing.

I learned to be silent, listen, heighten my awareness and awaken to my innate wisdom. I choose the path of healing through TCC.

“I can’t believe I was so asleep!

How did I ever forget the truth?!”

– Rumi