Welcome,
And thank you for choosing this guided meditation.
Seeing yourself through the eyes of Spirit.
We are going to access self-love through the consciousness of the soul.
So allow yourself to become still.
Take a gentle breath in and slowly breathe out.
For these next few minutes,
Follow this calm and simple in and out breath while I share something with you.
Years ago I entered into a meditation with the desire to connect with a spirit guide.
With my headphones on,
I started the music and found myself in a vision quite quickly.
It was a dark,
Damp fall night.
Where the air was still and peaceful.
My viewpoint was if I were hovering high above two roads that intersected.
The black roads were gently lit by street lamps and the asphalt looked wet.
A feeling of joyful anticipation started to build as I looked to my right.
Down this one road beyond the light into the complete darkness.
I watched someone step out of what looked like a wooded area and onto this road,
And I could now see the shadow as they came closer.
As they walked slowly down the road towards the streetlights,
I could see the figure was heavyset and was sure it was a female by the way her hips moved.
Not only did my joy begin to increase,
But I suddenly felt as if I was in love,
Like I was meeting an old friend,
Like I couldn't wait to be with her.
I loved her.
I loved her,
And now I was really excited.
As this heavy-set woman stepped under the streetlight.
I began to sob.
I cried harder than I had cried in many years.
It was me.
I was looking at me,
Standing under the street lamp on that dark road,
And I loved her.
I adored her actually,
And so who was I?
The I that was witnessing,
The me on the road,
Who was I?
And then I suddenly knew.
This was the soul view of my beautiful human.
This was my first experience of authentic self-love.
One of the more challenging things for us to access in this human life is a true connection to self-love.
I'm talking about a palpable feeling of care and concern and love for the self.
Empathy,
Compassion and even companionship.
What it is to be one's own best friend.
We live in a world of fear and judgment.
Judgments about the body itself.
Too skinny,
Too fat,
Thin hair,
You know this list could go on forever for any and all of those inhabiting a human body.
Judgments about our own personality.
And what some of our behaviors have been since the time of our birth.
We mentally,
Emotionally and physically carry pains and traumas around family and many life experiences.
Regrets,
Guilt,
And in some cases shame weigh us down.
Guilt says,
I did a bad thing.
And shame says,
I am a bad person.
We often experience fear about what's to come.
Fears around the choices we have to make.
Fears around our lack of control or our attempts to gain too much of it.
So many of us struggle with the shame and guilt of the past and the fear of the future.
I know.
It's a lot,
Right?
Today I want to invite you to experience a different way of looking at yourself.
This vision was given to me by a Mother and Spirit.
My client was her daughter and I was making a connection to her mother for her.
This Mother and Spirit gifted me a way of connecting to self-love that I knew would be a gift to everyone I could share it with.
I hope you find it helpful.
It is a way of seeing yourself through the eyes of your own spirit.
Once you have the palpable feeling of it,
You will be able to access this view quickly.
And hopefully find some compassion and empathy for the self.
Take another gentle breath.
And now allow yourself to consider this possibility.
We are spirit,
Or if you like,
Consciousness,
First,
And human second.
This life we are having,
This moment in time,
Is temporary.
However uncomfortable it might be for us to acknowledge that this physical life is temporary,
There is a great gift in the awareness of physical death.
It can provide a great strength for living.
In coming to know the Spirit that is eternal.
The spirit that can look upon this temporary human body with love and appreciation.
The spirit that sees how sacred this body is.
So let's begin.
Now I want you to use your imagination.
Imagine that each of us has what we call an ethereal body.
We have the physical human body and we have the ethereal body.
Imagine your ethereal body looks just like you from head to toe.
Perhaps you can picture it as see-through,
Translucent,
An energetic imprint of your physical being.
If you can't see it,
Simply feel,
Sense it.
Imagine that this ethereal body of you is the spirit of you.
It is the life force energy that animates you.
It is the consciousness of you,
The very essence of your being.
This ethereal you is calm,
Wise,
Unafraid.
Take a moment to imagine this ethereal body of yours vibrating within this physical body of yours.
Just sense the aliveness in you.
Now imagine just for a moment that this essence,
This ethereal body of you takes one giant step out the back of your physical body and places its translucent hands on your human shoulders.
Once again,
A giant step out the back of you.
And now the spirit of you is placing its hands on your human shoulders in front of you.
Don't worry,
You haven't left your body.
Your energy is very much alive in both places,
Both in the physical human body and now as a point of awareness in behind the physical body looking at it.
Tending to it.
See yourself there in front of you.
With your spirit's hands on your shoulders.
View yourself from the stillness of your spirit.
View the body that has carried you through every experience of this life.
The human personality who has experienced pain,
Trauma,
Regret,
Guilt and fear,
But also love and joy and connection and self-expression.
This human being in front of you has been so unique.
Look at how remarkable.
This human is in front of you.
Yes,
It might be difficult to live within a human personality,
But it's also an amazing miracle,
Really.
The spirit of you is so grateful for the human of you.
The spirit of you is in love with the human of you.
Stand in the spirit of you.
The one that feels no judgment.
Shame,
Or guilt.
Just a love and appreciation for all that you are.
All that you are.
What is easy in you and what is difficult in you.
There are no demands.
There is no ask.
Just the presence of your spirit loving your human.
Perhaps you can begin to understand the challenges of your human life without judging yourself so harshly for having experienced them.
Perhaps you can feel compassion.
For the personality that has struggled.
For the body that has carried you.
For the human being.
Who's been doing their best to navigate this Earth journey.
Allow yourself a few moments to experience what it is to be the soul of you,
Loving the human of you.
Don't think about it,
Just feel it.
And as you continue to rest in this awareness,
Remember that this spirit consciousness is not separate from who you are.
It is you.
The eternal essence of your being.
Very part of you that is still.
That is wise.
That is unafraid.
And that can look upon this human life with love.
And know that it's all okay.
You do not have to leave this earth or shed this skin to begin to know this part of yourself.
You can begin to access it here while you're living.
And perhaps this is one of the ways we can begin to shift our relationship with self-love.
By learning to see the human being that we are.
Through the compassionate eyes of the spirit that we are.
We are both.
Now gently bring your awareness back to your physical body.
With a nice deep breath,
Feel yourself merge back together.
Feeling whole.
Notice your breath.
Take another nice deep breath.
Notice what it feels like to be in the calmness of your body now.
Feel that same compassion,
Empathy and love within you.
Within your body now.
As you return to the awareness of your human self.
Bringing that compassion with you.
Place one hand on your chest and one hand on your belly.
Take a slow,
Gentle breath.
When you feel ready,
Open your eyes.
Allow yourself to carry this awareness with you.
You are spirit first.
Human second.
And this human being that you are.
Is worthy of your love and compassion.
