Spending lazy days in the Abbey has been therapeutic. Quiet time in the Scriptorium and the Cloisters has refreshed and invigorated me. But nothing works quite like some time spent in Dame Washalot’s bath house.
Image by Vi Jones
The timing is perfect for this new venture of scrubbing and sloughing away what is no longer useful. With the new year beckoning, and all, it seems frivolous to dwell on the old crusty stuff. Well, they are old, aren’t they, my thoughts that seem to want attention and airtime. Some of my thoughts have been so old of late they have surprised me, popping up out of nowhere, waiting to see if I still want them. Well, wash and scrub away, what is useless to me, I say. Some things are worth letting go, and that which is left can remain to become new and full of promise. Often at this time of year I discard and sort, and the same thing can apply to old ways of thinking. So let the soap dissolve old muddy ways and petty annoyances, let the salt water clear the debris away, let the perfume clear the mind of clutter and take it to another place. I watched a film tonight that was so full of ancient ways and damaging “cause and effect” that it forced my decision further to let go of old things, wishing the world would too. Seen on film, they are vivid and appalling, and may be burned into the memory as being totally useless customs and old superstitions and behaviours. Free then, I am, to respond and think differently, not marred by useless convention.
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Memories from my time in Lemuria come flooding back. It feels so good to be entering that portal once again.
Vi
Vi, I adore that image you did! Great to see it again. Fabulous!
Heather, here I am reading away at the text, and I thought, “I can identify with that”, and then realized it was moi talking from way back. Thank you for reminding me, still at it.
Both Vi and Monika have taken me to a place where I want to bathe. And what better place for us to do this together than a bath house! I can hear laughter popping out of each soap bubble. Thank you all for reminding me of all that is available to me when I journey through myself.