I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with a friend who was visiting from Oregon. Our plan was to watch a streaming on-line webinar, ‘streaming’ in on-line speak meant we’d be watching an event taking place somewhere else in the world ‘live’ in real time. The only problem was that we had to keep moving around the large house with the computer chasing an elusive wi-fi hot spot which kept fading in and out turning our live streaming into a live sputtering narrated in staccato robot speak – very distracting and not at all in keeping with the flowing meditative event we were watching.
Just as we were about to pick up and move again in search of a better connection, I noticed that my friend had an iphone so I asked if she had a personal hotspot set up on her iphone. When she drew a blank, I explained that I can turn my iphone into a hot spot or hub by going into the settings menu on the phone and clicking here and there and connecting to Anne Nayer’s iphone. This means that I can get online on my computer anywhere that I have a phone connection.
She promptly called AT&T to find out how and how much and in less than 5 minutes had added the feature to her menu of services. She was delighted that for the rest of her visit she’d be able to get on-line and live stream the events she watches daily. We said thank you to the technology gods and settled in to an amazing live streaming event.
My friend is a teacher of a spiritual process called The Oneness Blessing An essential part of the process involves establishing a connection with your divine (your inner guidance system, source energy or God) This connection is a prerequisite for moving forward with the meditation. Cultivating the ability to make this connection easily, anywhere and anytime is what nourishes and opens the channels to experience the full benefits of the meditation, to tap into the answers to our questions and get a glimpse of who we really are in our hearts.
I couldn’t help smiling as I connected with my divine and realized that not only do I have a personal hot spot on my iphone but I have a personal hotspot in my heart.
In order to connect with your divine (your own personal hot spot) you need to know where to look. On the iphone, the on/off button is under settings. For us it’s in our sacred heart which they say is located right behind our physical heart.
In order to know what to look for it helps to picture our divine. For some this may be easy– if you’re Christian it’s probably Jesus, a Buddhist, Buddha, muslim, Mohammed and so on or perhaps there is someone in your life who inspires holiness and divinity – the Dalai Llam, Mother Theresa, the Virgin Mary, Quan Yin or a version of the divine that is unique just to you –
This is the part that the ATT support person takes care of for the iphone and the part that you take care of for yourself – naming and locating your personal hot spot so that it is always there on your menu waiting for you close your eyes, activate the connection with your divine and experience the benefits of deep meditation, a help line for all the ails you, confuses you and causes you to suffer.
The iphone connection is a sure thing once the agent has done her thing and billed you an additional $20.
The personal hot spot connection, while just as reliable, may require some practice. As with all relationships, true intimacy is a work in progress as we get to know one another, establish trust and tap into the wellspring of wisdom and love that is ours for the asking. We may need to figure out what works to get us connected, into the zone, the matrix, the sacred space. It might be closing our eyes, kneeling in prayer, listening to music, deep breathing, putting our hand on our heart, sounding a gong or, as my sister does, sinking into a bath tub of warm water.
Back to the live streaming event, we got connected via the iphone hotspot to our event and then got connected via our personal divine hot spot to the live streaming energy that gently led us to a place of deep meditation and joy.
My friend said that her boyfriend calls her his personal hot spot, proving that hot spots exist to connect us to both the worldly and the sublime which is what became clear to me that afternoon – it’s all about the connection, the world is our mirror and hot spots are the way in to where we all long to be – on our phones and in our hearts.
Wishing you all a robust connection always.
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