{"id":8381,"date":"2016-04-30T11:20:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-30T15:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=8381"},"modified":"2016-04-30T11:20:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-30T15:20:56","slug":"flea-market-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2016\/04\/flea-market-meditation.html","title":{"rendered":"Flea Market Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/files\/2016\/04\/13124970_10209224633871080_6349914540327305711_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8382\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/107\/2016\/04\/13124970_10209224633871080_6349914540327305711_n-165x300.jpg\" alt=\"13124970_10209224633871080_6349914540327305711_n\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A gentle breeze wisped by and a tender ray of sunlight wafted down on my right cheek. I sighed in release as my sleep deprived weary body nestled into a camp chair. Like many, I have been waking up between 3 and 5 am each morning with messages that ask to be written down. Decked out in my winter jacket\u00a0as\u00a0the last blast (hopefully) of winter chill dissipated on a the final day of April, I closed my eyes and drifted into a meditative state with wafts of lavender and peppermint waving their tendrils. I tuned out the overlapping voices of passersby and the cars that hummed on Route 313 in my town of Dublin, PA. \u00a0In the most unlikely of places, I allowed myself to mellow out. The Dublin Firehouse Flea Market and Craft Fair is occurring and I had arrived around 8:30 am to help my friends Kim and Eric set up shop with Kim&#8217;s home made items called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacefulwraps.com\" target=\"_blank\">Peaceful Wraps<\/a>. Good for what ails the body, they are comforting when heated or frozen. I have used them on neck, back and knees. They are filled with rice and all manner of yummy scents for soothing body and soul. Kim is also a Reiki Master and they are blessed with that energy of love and light.<\/p>\n<p>It occurred to me that we consider certain places spiritually enriching and others distracting. Temples, churches, synagogues and mosques are no more sacred than the grassy expanse of a local fire department in small town USA. If I can meditate there, it is a no-brainer to be able to do so anywhere. The only difference is my willingness to clear a space for the monkey mind to have its say and then feed it a banana and send it on its way.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Most Relaxing  Music: Ambiology: A Musical and Visual Journey to Deep Relaxation\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iQMTH66y60E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A gentle breeze wisped by and a tender ray of sunlight wafted down on my right cheek. I sighed in release as my sleep deprived weary body nestled into a camp chair. Like many, I have been waking up between 3 and 5 am each morning with messages that ask to be written down. 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