The Radiance of the Inner Sun Meditation,
From the book Conscious Nature.
Take a moment to tune into your body,
Pay attention to your posture,
Take a deep breath.
As you relax and release your breath,
Sink into your body's posture,
Allowing your skeletal structure to support you.
Feeling the vastness of the earth underneath your feet,
Supporting each of your bones.
Take another deep breath and as you exhale,
Release again into the structure of your skeleton,
Into the very bones of the earth.
Feel the support of the earth beneath you and the expanse of the sky above and around you.
Observe yourself there in the center of earth and sky,
Like a tree rooted in the ground.
Now become aware of the center of your chest and notice the sensations there.
Perhaps you might feel your heart beating,
Or you might sense the tide of each breath moving as the chest rises and falls.
Or you may simply notice the warmth and energy of this vital area.
Tune into the center of your chest now.
Next,
Greet your heart center with a smile.
Imagine that your heart is smiling back at you like a dear friend that you're excited to see.
Bask in this feeling of joy and recognition for a moment.
Now,
Begin to see and feel a bright glowing sun right there in the center of your chest.
Feel the warmth of this sun pulsing and filling your body with light as you continue to smile.
Enjoy this sensation for a moment.
Maintaining your connection with your inner sun,
Now allow your awareness to sense the vastness of the earth beneath you once again,
Stretching out to the horizons in all directions around you.
Next,
Let your awareness drop down into the ground,
Sensing the depth and mass of the living earth beneath you.
As you peer downwards with your inner senses,
You next become aware of a soothing radiant glow emerging from the depths.
This is the light and energy reaching up to you from the earth's dynamic core,
The very life force within the earth.
Allow the light of your heart to recognize and connect with this dynamic force.
Feel the pure energy from the depths of the earth moving through your being,
Transforming,
Purifying,
And enlivening your entire system.
Let your hands drop down to your sides now,
And allow your palms to face downwards towards the energy of the earth.
Lift your hands slowly out to your sides,
Allowing the earth's energy to fill your being and float your hands upwards.
When your hands reach chest level,
Rotate the palms upwards to connect now with the energy of the sky as they continue lifting up above your head towards the sun.
Now,
With your arms straight up above you,
And your palms facing towards each other with the fingertips pointing up to the sky,
Imagine that you can reach up to the sun itself,
Holding it between your upraised palms.
For a moment,
Imagine and internally sense the physical sun in the sky above.
Realize how this great radiant force is streaming light down upon the earth,
Causing the winds to move,
Water to flow,
And life itself to thrive.
Feel the energy between your palms growing,
Filling with the energies of earth and sky.
Now,
Bring your palms together as you lower your hands down into a prayer posture,
At the same time feeling your heart's connection with the sun awakening.
Notice now that your inner sun is mysteriously connected to the sun in the sky above.
Sense and feel the connection between the two.
As you immerse in this connection,
Notice that your inner sun increases in radiance and strength empowered by the sun above.
Next,
Become aware of your own heart interwoven with both the luminous sun above and with the radiant core of the earth below.
With each heartbeat,
Sense yourself at the meeting point of the earth and sky,
Immersed in the healing powers that sustain life.
Now,
The energies of earth and sky have become one within you.
Feel and see your heart center glowing with the supportive energies of both the sun and the earth's core,
An unstoppable beacon of light.
Feel the life-giving pulse of light and warmth moving across this unified solar system of energies,
Empowering and clarifying the energies of your own heart.
Feel your body,
Heart,
And mind relaxing and nourishing you as your inner sun emanates a warm radiance in all directions.
Enjoy the presence of this radiance for as long as you like.
When you're ready,
Allow your perception of the sun above and the core of the earth below to return to their usual positions.
As always,
You yourself remain poised between the two,
Rooted between earth and sky.
Offer appreciation and thanks as the energies settle and harmonize within you.
Place your hands in your lap,
Palms up,
One palm over the other.
Feel the energy move where it will throughout your system,
Allowing the life force of nature to heal and nurture you.
Give some time now for this settling process to occur,
And make space to just be,
Enjoying your unique position in the universe as a human being immersed in the mysteries of nature.
