Bodhichitta- awakened heart, from the Buddhist tradition. I am currently planning the Summer Solstice Sweat Lodge Retreat and thinking about practices to bring into the lodge. Flashing bodhichitta is the first stage of one of these practices. It literally involves imagining yourself into the state of awakened heart. One suggestion of how to do this is to imagine a spacious view – sunset, horizon, ocean – and allow your mind to dwell here for a moment, a flash.
It is often a challenge to inhabit this place as part of our everyday life with all its stress and busyness. There are many practices to help, meditation being the most obvious one.
For me, one of the practices that most allows me to touch and experience the beautiful bodhichitta state is swimming in natural water. Being held by the water element, immersed, feels like Nature’s baptism and a welcoming into the living and loving arms of Mother Earth.
What can you do to touch the bodhichitta state today? 💚
