Beyond The Waves: Discover The Stillness Within

The world around us is constantly changing. Our senses take in new experiences, our minds move between memories and possibilities, and our thoughts and emotions rise and fall like waves. But what if you could rest your awareness somewhere beyond all of that? In this guided meditation, Sadhviji invites you to gently release your attention from the external world and the fluctuations of the mind, without resisting or pushing anything away. Draw your awareness inward, using the natural rhythm of your breath as an anchor. With the mantra So Hum — “I am That” — journey into the infinite spaciousness within, the eternal presence that remains untouched by the waves of change.

Transcript

Allow your eyes to close. And allow yourself. To unhook your awareness. From all of that that is constantly changing. In the world around you. Say it. Sound. Smells and sensations. Don't push them away or fight them off. But just allow the awareness to gently. Unhook from them. And dry inwards. You'll notice as the awareness comes in that the first thing you notice is even more muted. In the mind. Yesterday, Tomorrow. Desires, Fears. But in the same way, Don't fight it. Don't try to push it away. But just gently and lovingly. Unhook your attention from it. You can feel yourself quite deliberately. Just unhooking that focus. From the waves of the mind. And draw that attention. And more. Draw it to the place within. That is unchanging. The place within that is eternal. Amidst. The little waves crashing upon this dock. There is an infinite body of water. In the same way. Among the little fluctuations, Waves of thoughts. Of emotion. Or even of the sounds around you. In the midst of those little waves. Of change. There's an infinite presence that is the core of who you are. An infinite spaciousness. An infinite light. Draw into it. Allow that awareness to merge. Into the spaciousness. Into that light within. You can use the breath as an anchor. Don't try to change the breath. Don't work with it. Just allow the awareness to merge into the breath. As it flows in. And flows out. If the mind wanders. Don't fight it. Don't yell at it. Don't tell a story about it. Just gently and lovingly bring the awareness back. Back to the light within. And back to the flow of the inhale and exhale. Like the waves of the ocean or the lake coming in. I'm going out. If you find that the mind still wanders, You can add a very gentle and powerful mantra. The mantra is so humbling. So on the inhalation, Hum on the exhalation. It means I am that. I am one with the universe. There is no place. The universe ends and I begin. I am God. Just gently and silently to yourself. As you inhale. Allow yourself to gently chant. Sound. As the breath flows in. And on the exhalations, Allow yourself. As you exhale. To chant silently to yourself. Hum. So on the inhalation. Calm on the exhale. Slowly and gently. Bringing the palms of your hands together at your heart center. And bow your head. To that presence of the divine. Of the eternal, Infinite divine. In you. Manifesting as you. Slowly and gently rub the palms of your hands against each other. And press the palms of your hands into your closed eyes. Slowly. Lower the hands. And open your eyes.