Wake Up Call To Your Soul

Good morning,

And welcome to The Artist's Morning.

My name's Darius,

And today's meditation's a bit different.

Today's meditation is an activating wake-up call.

Today's meditation is intended to wake up any parts of you that could be useful and energizing to your life right now.

I believe when we are born from our first breath,

There is a fire in our hearts,

And it stays till our very last breath.

And if you neglect this fire,

It might get small,

Almost completely gone.

This fire is still there.

It will remain there till your last breath.

And today's meditation is an opportunity,

If you are ready,

If you are open,

To stoke this fire,

To energize yourself,

To create momentum.

Can you feel this fire inside your heart?

If your eyes are open,

Let's close them now.

Throughout this meditation,

I will share some affirmations.

As always,

You choose if you'd like to receive them or to let them go.

Don't overthink it.

Let's take a nice deep breath here,

Breathing in and letting it go.

Your breath can stoke this fire.

Your attention can stoke this fire.

Your fear can stoke this fire.

Your love can stoke this fire.

Before we go any further,

I would like to invite any parts of you that are not here now back home to your center,

Back home to your heart.

Any part of you that is stuck in the past,

I invite them home now.

Any part of you that is floating in space,

I invite them home now.

Any part of you that is stuck in the future,

I invite them home now.

With each breath,

An opportunity to build this fire inside your heart.

No matter what's happening in your life,

No matter where you've been,

What you've done,

Or what you have not done,

Three things remain true and I'm going to share them as affirmations now.

You choose if you'd like to plant them as seeds inside your heart.

You have agency,

You have energy,

You have life.

I have agency,

I have energy,

I have life.

I have agency,

I have energy,

I have life.

Any parts of you that are not here,

I'd like to invite them back home now.

In the silence,

What do you notice?

Life can be difficult.

Life has disappointments.

All of us make mistakes and our lives are not over.

I have agency,

I have energy,

I have life.

In your darkest moments,

In your most doubtful experiences,

It's important not to forget that you are still here now in this.

You are still here now in this.

If you want to cry,

Cry.

If you want to numb,

Numb.

If you want to laugh,

Laugh.

If you want to feel,

Feel.

And if you want to forgive,

Forgive.

No one else can choose but you.

Ignoring the fire is a choice.

Ignoring the feelings is a choice.

Maybe your fire is very,

Very dim.

And you are still here now.

You have agency,

You have energy,

You have life.

I have agency,

I have energy,

I have life.

Can you feel your fire?

Let's breathe into our fire together if you're open to it.

Deep breath into your heart,

Into the core of your fire,

Waking up any parts of us that have been sleeping.

Deep breath in and let it go.

I am here now in this.

I am here now in this.

I have agency,

I have energy,

I have life.

This is our last song,

I'm going to stay quiet and let you explore,

But before I go,

One last idea,

And here it is.

Sometimes the best way through is by taking a deep breath,

Opening your eyes and stepping into that which that scares you.

It can be scary.

We feel like we might get burnt again.

But what if we were the fire?

Let's take a deep breath and bring our meditation to an end.

You're open to it.

Place one or two hands on your heart.

I'm going to repeat that affirmation one more time and you get to anchor it in.

You can actually push into your heart to literally anchor it into your heart.

Here it is.

I have agency,

I have energy,

I have life.

I am here now and my best days are ahead of me.

Thank you for meditating with me.

Thank you for saying yes to this atypical activating style of meditation.

For those joining live at Artist Morning,

I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and allow us to continue the exploration through our journals.

You're catching us on a replay,

Of course you can do the same.

Put some time on your clock,

Get your journal out and explore this fire inside your heart and what it could mean to stoke your fire.

Thank you once again,

My name is Darius and I will see you next time.