Welcome,
Dear soul,
To the unity of opposites.
Before we begin,
Take a moment to arrive.
In life,
We are often taught to choose,
One side or the other,
Right or wrong,
Light or dark.
This meditation is an invitation to rest beyond that effort,
To sense how wholeness naturally includes everything.
There is nothing to solve here,
Nothing to balance,
Only something to remember.
Let yourself get comfortable in your position for this meditation.
Allow your body to be fully supported.
There is nothing to hold together right now,
Nothing to reconcile,
Nothing to understand.
Begin.
Gently close your eyes,
Take a slow breath in and an easy exhale,
Again gentle deep in and an unforced exhale.
With each breath,
Allow the edges of your body to soften,
Your weight to drop down.
Bring your awareness to the breath,
Notice the simple fact that you are breathing,
Effort and ease moving together,
Inhale and exhale,
Yin and yang,
Two movements,
One breath.
Now bring your awareness to sensations within the body,
Warmth and coolness,
Stillness and subtle movement,
Tension and release.
You may notice opposites appearing naturally,
Without conflict,
Without debate.
Let them be,
Now gently allow an image to form,
Not forced,
Of two energies within you,
Not enemies,
Not rivals,
Just different expressions of the same life,
Perhaps the breath coming in and the breath coming out,
Expansion and contraction,
Perhaps silence and sound,
Perhaps light and shadow,
You don't need to name them,
Simply feel them,
Notice how one defines the other,
How the movement is known through stillness,
How effort is recognised through rest,
Without darkness,
Light would have no edge,
Without silence,
Sound would have no meaning.
Now bring your awareness to the space which both are held,
The quiet field of awareness itself,
Awareness is the place where opposites meet and dissolve,
Rest here for a moment,
If thoughts arise notice its opposite,
The space before it,
The silence after it,
If an emotion appears notice its complement,
The calm beneath it,
The stillness that allows it to move,
Nothing is being corrected,
Nothing is being resolved,
Unity does not erase difference,
It includes it,
Gently place a hand on your heart or simply sense the heart with your awareness,
Feel how love itself contains opposites,
Strength and vulnerability,
Boundaries and openness,
Holding and letting go,
Breathe into this space,
Silently repeat,
Not as a mantra,
But as a recognition,
Both are true,
Both belong,
Neither stands alone,
Allow these words to sink beneath the mind,
Into the body,
Into the nervous system,
You may begin to feel a subtle settling,
Not because things have been figured out,
But because they no longer need to be,
Opposites cease to argue when they are seen as partners,
Rest in this understanding,
Nothing to push away,
Nothing to cling to,
Just this moment,
Whole because it contains everything,
When you are ready,
Gently return your awareness to the body,
The breath,
The room around you,
Notice how balance feels now,
Not rigid,
Not fixed,
But alive,
Take a final slow breath in and let it out completely,
When it feels right,
Open your eyes,
Carry this quiet knowing within you,
Life does not ask you to choose sides,
It asks you to include,
Remember,
Without the dark,
There is no light,
Your wholeness naturally includes every part of you,
Have a blessed day,
Namaste.
