Welcome to this meditation of grounding and devotion.
Close your eyes softly.
And let your body settle.
Wherever you are sitting or lying.
Feel the surface beneath you,
Holding you completely.
You don't have to hold yourself up.
You are held.
Take a slow natural breath in.
And let it go through your mouth.
Again,
Breathing in.
And releasing all tension through your mouth.
With each exhale.
Allow your body to grow a little heavier.
A little more still.
And now bring your awareness gently to your feet.
Feel them.
The weight the warmth.
The simple fact of their being.
Let your attention travel slowly upward through your legs,
Your hips,
Your belly.
You are here.
You're present in this body,
In this moment.
Now place one hand on your heart or simply bring your awareness there.
And feel the steady pulse beneath.
Your heart.
Faithfully beating.
It has been beating your whole life.
Through every fear.
Every uncertainty.
Every change.
It has not stopped.
It is here now.
You are here now.
Imagine roots.
Soft,
Warm,
Golden roots.
Growing downward.
From the base of your spine.
From the soles of your feet.
They move through the floor.
Through the layers of earth,
Down into the deep,
Dark,
Quiet heart.
All the ground.
The Earth receives you without question.
She has held mountains and oceans.
And every living thing.
From a time of the beginning of this universe.
And she holds you now just as tenderly.
You do not need.
To earn it.
You belong here.
You're rooted.
Feel that stability rising through those roots.
A quiet strength moving up through your legs,
Your spine,
Your chest.
The Earth is beneath you.
Always.
She does not waver.
And now gently bring your attention to your heart and rest there in your heart space.
Not the thinking mind with its questions about tomorrow.
But your heart.
This soft and luminous place in the center of your chest.
Breathe into it.
And let it expand a little with each inhale.
Feel the glowing light emanating from your heart.
This is your home.
Not a place you have to travel to.
A place where you already are.
Here there's no past to grieve and no future to fear.
There's only this warmth,
This presence.
This light.
That is you resting in yourself.
From this place of rootedness in the earth.
An openness in the heart.
Feel yourself expanding.
Gently.
Like light spreading at dawn.
You are connected to everything that breathes.
The trees drawing air,
The oceans moving,
The stars quietly burning in the vast and friendly sky.
The universe that holds all of this is not indifferent to you.
It is not cold.
It is alive and you are part of it.
Evolving into it.
Belonging to it.
You are never separate.
Even in moments when it feels that way,
You are held within something immeasurably large.
And immeasurably loving.
And now.
Let Him come.
Into your heart.
Juggernaut.
The Lord of the Universe.
The Lord of your heart.
See his beautiful wide eyes.
Those great all-seeing eyes that miss nothing.
That look upon you with such joy,
Such tenderness.
He is not far.
He has never been far.
He is here in this very breath.
In this very heartbeat.
Rest in His presence now.
Let yourself feel,
Even for just this moment,
That you are seen.
Completely seen.
And completely loved.
There is nothing you need to hide.
Nothing you need to fix.
And nothing you need to fear.
He knows your anxious thoughts.
And he's not troubled by them.
He simply holds you.
You are His.
And he is yours.
And in being His,
You are safe.
Not safe because nothing will ever change,
But safe in the deepest sense,
Held,
Known,
Loved,
Accompanied.
Whatever comes,
You will not face it alone.
He walks with you.
Is with you.
Littered land.
In your body.
And let it soften something.
Feel that presence.
And remember it.
And now slowly,
Gently.
Begin to return to the room.
Space around you.
And feel the roots in the earth still here.
Feel the warmth in your heart still there.
And feel his presence.
Still there.
Take a full nourishing breath in.
And let it out slowly.
Wiggle your fingers,
Your toes.
And let your awareness return to the sounds around you.
And when you're ready.
Open your eyes.
You are grounded.
You are held.
You are loved.
Jai Jagannath.
