My meditation yesterday: 11 am (30 minutes), 6 pm (15 minutes at the Sahaja Yoga-centre).

Today: 9 am (30 minutes), 4 pm (9 minutes Sahaja meditation)

I have been pondering compassion since I saw the Joan Halifax´s TED-talk on compassion. She makes it sound as though helping others is the way to heal yourself - but I am wondering.

Due to my co-dependancy, I keep interfering in other people´s businesses all the time. And this makes me exhausted. 

Interestingly, I also found Kelly McGonigal´s TED-talk on stress. The following ideas inspired me:   

"It is not stress but how you think about stress that matters."

"Oxytocin is a stress hormone. It is released in stressful situations. It makes you seek support. It protects your cardio-vascular system from the effects of stress."

"Your stress response has a built-in mechanism for stress resilience and that mechanism is human connection."

"People who spend time in caring for others show no stress releated increase in dying even though they have been in stressful situations. Caring creates recilience. "

"Chasing meaning is better to your health than trying to avoid discomfort. Go after what creates meaning in your life and trust that you are able to handle the challenges that follows."

So - stress makes you more compassionate. But there is a thin line between compassion and self-sacrifice. I am sure that genuine caring revitalizes you - if done in a place of harmony and balance. If you don´t feel well or are under a process of spiritual awakening (as I am), it might me the best to just focus on yourself instead. This is what Sarah also writes in her book. 

And - interestingly enough, I received this message at facebook from Christiane Northrup: 

I am amazed of this Universal timing! I always seem to get the answers when I am in need for advice!

And it happened again today! I haven´t been feeling well, probably because I had a little bit too much to drink last night (I have now decided to quit alcohol entirely!)and I went to bed to rest for a while. I asked the Universe help in my dilemma concerning the man I am kind of dating. I like him a lot and yet I am not entirely comfortable with him. I had a little nap and when I woke up I checked my facebook. There was a message from Doreen Virtue about how angels are always near and ready to help.  I remembered how I sent a request to the angels concerning my future and I was guided to the meditation course. But not at once. It took a little while before I got the inspiration to enroll to the course and I started to be impatient. But once I got the idea, I immediately knew that it was due to an angelic intervention.  

So - I have sent my request and am confident that the answer will come, probably when I least expect it.