Welcome to Born of Stars Guided by Heart.
A journey into wonder,
Inner wisdom,
And the light within.
So,
Find your comfy space,
Warm and cozy.
Just feel your body beginning to soften.
Your shoulders are dropping down from your ears and your hands are just resting easily.
Take a beautiful unhurried breath in.
And slowly breathe out with a gentle sigh.
Breathe in.
.
.
And let your exhale leave gently.
Breathe in.
As you breathe out release any stress or tension.
And just settle into this moment.
This is a little space to wonder.
Because there is something extraordinary about you.
Something so extraordinary that,
If we really stopped to think about it,
Perhaps we'd look at ourselves and each other rather differently.
Because you are made from stars.
Not just as a beautiful metaphor.
Carbon within your body,
The calcium in your bones,
The oxygen you breathe,
The iron that is carried within your blood.
Many of these elements were forged inside stars long before our Earth existed.
The stars lived,
Stars burned,
And eventually,
Some scattered their elements out into the universe.
Across unimaginable stretches of time,
Those elements became part of new worlds.
The oceans,
The mountains.
The forests and living creatures and,
Eventually,
You.
So just pause with that thought for a moment.
And know that the universe isn't simply something above you.
Not just something that you look towards on a clear night.
Because something of the universe is within you.
So take a moment and just feel yourself imagining standing beneath a vast night sky.
The air is still.
The world around you has become beautifully quiet.
Above you are thousands upon thousands of stars.
Some are bright.
Some barely visible.
And some whose light has traveled enormous distances simply to reach this moment.
You look upwards.
And for a little while,
You don't need to understand any of it.
Just simply allow yourself to feel the wonder.
The immensity,
The mystery.
Take a breath in.
And as you breathe out,
Feel your own worries becoming just a little less beneath that wonderful,
Beautiful sky.
And now just see one tiny point of starlight above you.
Just let your attention rest there.
As you notice it,
Its light seems to grow a little brighter.
To see that light traveling gently towards you.
Not as a beam.
Notice something dramatic.
More like the softest dust ink of starlight.
And you notice that there are tiny particles of gold and silver.
Drifting through the night air.
And these particles are settling around your shoulders,
Your chest,
Your hands,
Your whole body.
And as you breathe,
Imagine remembering something ancient.
I belong here.
Because you are part of this extraordinary unfolding of life.
You belong to the Earth beneath you.
You belong beneath this beautiful sky.
And you really belong within this great mystery.
And there is something freeing about that.
And for this moment,
You don't need to become anything.
You can simply be.
Under the stars,
Above the earth.
Just being you.
And now gently bring one hand towards your heart.
Feel the warmth of your palms.
And sense the quiet movement beneath it.
Your heartbeat.
Arise and fall of your chest.
Your heartbeat,
It is such a small sound compared with the vastness of the universe.
And yet.
This is where your life is happening.
Here,
Right now.
Not billions of years ago.
Not somewhere among distant galaxies,
But here within your breath.
Within your heartbeat.
Within your beautifully human life.
Born of stars.
Guided by heart.
And we truly need both.
The stars remind us to expand.
The heart reminds us to listen.
The stars remind us of possibility and the heart reminds us of what matters.
The stars say,
Look how vast life can be.
And the heart quietly asks.
What will you do with your beautiful life?
And just let that question rest gently within you.
Take a moment to just listen.
What has your heart been whispering lately?
Maybe it's slowed down.
Or begin.
Or maybe it's time to let this go too.
Or maybe it's don't give up yet.
Maybe your heart needs more creativity or more adventure,
More laughter.
More stillness,
Maybe more honesty or more love.
And maybe it just simply wants you to be present in this moment for the life that you are already living.
So let's just take three gentle breaths together.
With the first breath in.
Imagine breathing in the spaciousness of that enormous sky.
And breathe out.
I am part of something greater.
Your second breath.
Bring the awareness towards your heart.
And breathe out,
I trust the wisdom within me.
And with your third breath,
Feel both.
Breathe in the vastness around you,
The life within you.
And softy windies.
I am here.
Just stay for a moment in that meeting place between wonder and presence.
Between stardust and heartbeat.
Good.
Sometimes we can look at other people's lives and just feel that or imagine their light is brighter than ours or their path is clear.
Their purpose bigger or their gifts are more important?
But look again at your night sky.
And you realize that two stars need to shine in exactly the same way.
Some will burn so brilliantly.
Others will offer the faintest point of light.
And yet together.
They create the magnificent sky.
We are not here really to outshine one another.
We can simply be here.
And contribute our own beautiful light.
Your light might be quieter.
Than you imagine.
It might be the kindness you offer when nobody notices.
The person you listen to.
The encouragement you give.
The creativity you share.
Or the hand that you reach out.
The way you make someone laugh.
The way you keep going.
So,
Never underestimate the reach of your beautiful light,
And you may never know where your light lands.
Now imagine the night sky slowly giving way to the first hint of morning.
A faint line of gold appears along the horizon.
And the stars,
They are still there.
You just can't see them quite as clearly.
And that is another beautiful reminder.
Something doesn't cease to exist simply because we cannot see it.
And the stars they will remain during daylight.
And maybe your inner wisdom is like that too.
There will be days when you feel deeply connected to it.
And the days when maybe you don't.
But remember,
It hasn't disappeared.
Your light hasn't disappeared.
Your wonderful capacity for wonder hasn't disappeared.
And your heart is still there.
Quietly guiding you home.
So take another slow breath.
Feel your body here in this moment,
Your beautiful earthly body.
Feel your breath.
Flowing in.
And softly flowing out.
Sense your heartbeat.
And notice with awareness your beautiful life.
So when you look upwards again tonight Remember that you have come from something extraordinary and you are still part of something so extraordinary because you are born of stars.
You are grounded by breath and guided by your beautiful heart.
So,
May you walk through your days with wonder in your eyes.
Trust in your heart.
And the courage to let your own beautiful light be seen.
So thank you so much for sharing this journey with me.
And until the next time.
Look towards the stars.
Listen to your heart and take gentle care of yourself.
Namaste,
My friend.
