15 Aug Scrumptious Sensual Living
You might think that this is a funny topic for a GARDEN website. As you read on, you might find that SENSUAL LIVING is a great skill for any GARDENER or NATURE LOVER to have. Actually for ANY HUMAN to choose into.
Reminder from a Higher Aspect
Today, while straining my INFUSION, that is an HERBAL DRINK made by using a cup of HERBS per quart of HOT WATER and letting it STEEP for at least 8 hours to overnight, I realized I was in a sort of UNCONSCIOUS PROGRAMMED ACTION mode. Since I have done this over and over, I was going about it with NO CONSCIOUSNESS of my NOW MOMENT. My mind was off on some other thought process, like what do I need to do next to get through this day. Then I remembered SENSUAL LIVING. I suppose that these thoughts might come from some HIGHER ASPECT of myself attempting to get me to RAISE my BODY VIBRATION so I can join it!
What is Sensual Living?
SENSUAL LIVING is something I have been cultivating for many years now. I spent years studying and expressing the ART of JUICEYLIVING. While living in the WILD-ERNESS, camping in the beautiful RED ROCK STONES of SEDONA, ARIZONA, during the1995-1999 era of my life, I learned about SENSUAL LIVING. You might also call it TANTRIC LIVING. “Tantra means “to weave”, and is a path of uniting together aspects of life that appear to be separate.” It really hasn’t much to do with SEXUALITY, though applying the principles to SEXUAL EXPRESSION is very EXQUISITE. Later, while living in HAWAII for 12 years, I continued practicing and expanding my ability to LIVE SENSUALLY. To me walking BAREFOOT is part of it. To FEEL my MOTHER EARTH through the “SOULS” of my FEET. To stand with my FACE to the SUN and SOAK him in. To SMELL the delicious SWEETNESS hanging thick in the night air.
Stressed Out Life
It is easy to be SWEPT onto the path of an UNCONSCIOUS HABITUALLY ACTION FILLED LIFE that STRESSES you OUT and makes you SICK. RUSHING from ONE TASK to ANOTHER to ANOTHER to ANOTHER. It does seem that TIME has SPEEDED UP and the amount of things to DO has increased. Most of us don’t have the leisure of “DROPPING OUT of the FAST LANE of LIFE” even if it is affecting our HEALTH, WELLBEING and even having QUALITY RELATIONSHIPS. You might think to yourself that you really DON’T HAVE TIME for such nonsense as SENSUAL LIVING. That is for some retired HIPPIE or YIPPIE or OLD ONE.. Yet, there is a good reason to learn this. It can assist you in moving through your life with increased PLEASURE LEVELS with everything YOU DO CHOOSE to DO, even if you have to keep up with certain things in your life like WORK or FAMILY.
Higher Vibrating Life is Good for You!
There is now a GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE that the more you move yourself into STATES of EXPANDED AWARENESS, connecting with some HIGHER ASPECTS of YOURSELF, the HEALTHIER you get. The more you CONNECT with NATURE, the easier it is to live here on EARTH in your BODY. The less STRESS you feel, which is being proved to be DEADLY on us. The more time you spend in ECSTATIC STATES of BEING, like APPRECIATION, GRATITUDE, JOY, BLISS and ECSTASY, the HAPPIER and HEALTHIER you FEEL. These practices are also raising your VIBRATION so you begin to PERCEIVE that this 3D DENSEST of REALITIES is really a good one to RAISE YOURSELF out of. We are lifting up out of it anyway, like it or not, and if you choose to practice living in ways that RAISE YOUR VIBRATION, the easier it will be for you to live on an EARTH THAT IS MOVING UPWARDS in VIBRATION, in FREQUENCY and into the HIGHER REALITIES.
So what does SENSUAL LIVING have to do with it? When you experience LIFE consciously, you do go into a sort of JOY-ABLED STATE of BEING. Living IN-JOY raises your VIBRATION. There are many ways to LIVE SENSUALLY as you move through your EVERYDAY LIFE once you understand what it means. Watch how a CHILD moves through a day and interacts with everything around them. They are very SENSUALLY ORIENTED. They TASTE, LICK, CHEW, SPIT, POKE, SMELL, TOUCH, PUSH, PULL, FEEL, LISTEN as they EXPLORE their ENVIRONMENT. Some CHILDREN PLUNGE INTO LIFE, IMMERSE themselves in the SENSATIONS of LIVING, like the little girl in the photo above.
Sensual Living Example
So back to MY PROCESS today, my HERBAL INFUSION moment; I flashed on the last of the BLACK CHERRIES in my fridge. These are one of my FAVORITE TREATS of the year, when I can find ORGANIC. I had the thought to pop one in my mouth while I become conscious of the SOFT WET HERBS in my HAND, the way the FLUID runs through my fingers and into the strainer when I squeeze the HERBS, simultaneously being aware of different levels of my SENSES and how I perceive this EXPERIENCE. What does it FEEL like? What is the TEXTURE,? How does it SMELL? Both the HERBAL INFUSION and the CHERRY in mouth. FULLY and RICHLY EXPERIENCING MY NOW MOMENT. BEING CONSCIOUS and AWARE of what I am DOING and what is happening AROUND ME and INSIDE ME.
It really didn’t take that much longer. And as I get back into the HABIT of SENSUAL LIVING it is happening all the time as I move through the FLOW OF MY LIFE, no matter what I am doing! I SENSE and FEEL the GROUND with my BARE FEET when I walk on the EARTH. I FEEL the temperature. I am AWARE of SMELLS as I move through my day. I am aware of the TASTE of the FOODS I EAT. I am AWARE, instead of UNCONSCIOUSLY FILTERING out MOST of LIFE around me. SENSUAL LIVING becomes a WAY of MOVING DEEPER INTO my LIFE.
This is my way of SENSUAL LIVING. This is only one tiny way to SQUEEZE the JUICE out of LIFE and TASTE IT, SMELL IT, FEEL IT, OBSERVE IT, LISTEN TO IT… SENSE it at ALL LEVELS. The ART of JUICEYLIVING!
It is about LIVING AWARE, LIVING CONSCIOUS of the SENSATIONS of your BODY. Appreciating what a GRAND GIFT LIVING in a PHYSICAL BODY this is! Allowing yourself to move into HAPPINESS, JOY, GRATITUDE, APPRECIATION, even BLISS, for these RAISE your VIBRATION and raising your VIBRATION allows you to ACTIVATE ALL YOUR SENSES, activating a higher dimensional level of perception in you that I call SUPER SENSES, and PERCEIVE YOUR WORLD with a much WIDER LENS. ACTIVATING ALL the CREATOR GIFTS that are built into your PHYSICAL BODY.
Now this is SENSUAL LIVING.
Fully Embodied
I hope this inspires you to live a FULLY EMBODIED EXISTENCE & live every moment of your life as a SACRED CELEBRATION as part of the INTERCONNECTED WEB of LIFE.
A Few More IDEAS
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The Beginner’s Guide to a Tantric Love Affair with Life
“Live in the Now, shift your awareness away from past and future. This practice supports you in being more conscious, connected and in the flow. Every moment is an opportunity to show up and be present and witness life…
…Experience pleasure daily. Allow your senses to become finely tuned. Savor the beauty around you. Each day, pick one of your five senses to focus on. Use it increase your awareness and sensory pleasure all day long.” Source: Ten Tantric Keys for an Awakened Life
