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The great and powerful oz! Well, in 2011…it has become the great and powerful center! Have you heard about the center? I’m trying to be cute with that question. The center is all the buzz.

We have centering prayer. Centering prayer has been around a long time…2011 can’t claim it as hers; however, Centering prayer is when you find 20 minutes to rest in God, resting your mind from thoughts, as you sit in silence. If you want to learn more about centering prayer, there are great internet articles that can help you in your search (thanks, Google).

Mindful mediation (or centering prayer) may cover the mind, but the body has a much-talked-about center too! Ask any pilates or yoga groupie, and they will tell you how the workout poses and techniques are driven to help create a solid core (aka center). When the core (center) is strong, then it’s a safe bet to say that the rest of your body is in solid form too.

Does our soul have a center? I think so. I think the mind, body, and soul are all connected.

Why is creating or finding your center so important?

“Each one has to find its peace from within. And peace, to be real, must be unaffected by outside circumstances.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

I think Gandhi’s quote is the answer to my question. God talks about how HE has given us every spiritual blessing….we have it! We are made of sound mind…we have it! But as Gandhi puts it, each one of us must find it within! Within! The peace we seek, the love and acceptance we fight for, the real us that we long to know, is all within. We need to strip away the ego and ego-like things (that are not real) and connect to the real us. The real us is not in our circumstances. The real us rests in our center.

When you connect with your center, you’ll find what you’re seeking from within; no outside circumstances are going to be able to buck the real self worth you have connected to. You will be living a balanced life reflective from that stability. It is like the yoga concept…when your core is strong, then the rest of your body is strong. If your spiritual core is strong, then the rest of your life is strong.

That is power! I understand the buzz, 2011!