Namaste.
Can you hear the sound of silence between your heartbeats?
Can you feel the flow of life in your blood?
Can you taste the nectar that runs through your nadis?
Can you smell the fragrance of your essence?
Can you?
What embodies all of it and at the same time is beyond it?
You.
Beautiful,
Powerful,
Expansive.
You.
Here is the invitation of yoga.
The following meditation can be an effective inquiry into your true nature.
Find a position that is comfortable,
That allows you to relax,
Yet remain attentive.
Softly close your eyes or adjust the gaze to the earth.
Gently notice the sounds and sensations surrounding you.
The temperature of the air kissing your skin,
The level of humidity,
The subtle sense and taste in the mouth.
For the following questions,
Try to answer based on your direct experience as it is happening right now and right here.
Your mind may try to offer answers based on your experience and your experience.
Your mind may try to offer answers based on what you know or think you know.
But your mind to help you focus and feel the depths of each question and their possible answers.
Be open to the possibility that there are no clearly defined answers to these questions.
Be as still as possible.
You may choose to pause the meditation throughout if you desire more time with each question.
Let's explore the first question.
How tall do you feel?
How tall do you feel?
Savor the question and try to feel your height.
Notice how tall you feel you are without referring to a number that you think you know.
Just try to feel your height.
The next question.
What is the color of your eyes?
Can you feel your eyes?
Is there a way to feel the color of your eyes without referring to anything else other than the actual internal experience you are having right now?
Now,
Can you feel your age?
Rely only on your current sensory experience without going into stories or ideas,
Or even just thinking about your own life.
You may be able to feel your age without referring to the color of your eyes.
You may feel your age without referring to the color of your eyes.
Without going into stories or ideas,
Can you feel your age?
What does your age feel like?
You probably know your name better than anyone else.
Can you feel your name?
Notice any tendency to want to have an answer in words or stories.
Choose to just stay with the sensations of your name.
Although height,
Eye color,
Age,
And name serve as identifiers to associate with who we think we are,
What happens when you choose to stay with these sensations and a combination of everything that you are feeling without having to add an opinion or a story?
How does that feel?
Can this exercise be a portal to experience your true nature?
No words can ever fully describe your true nature,
But you can experience your true nature directly.
Perhaps your true nature feels spacious,
Formless,
Ageless,
Nameless,
Whatever arises for you,
Become familiar with it,
Feel it,
Be with it.
Perhaps you can offer a smile.
As we come to the end of the meditation now,
I invite you to softly open your eyes and return back to the present moment,
Continuing a connection to this deep peace and inner knowing throughout your day.
Namaste.
