Hi friend,
This is Samantha the Blissful Soul.
Today we will do a meditation that will help you feel deep cosmic interconnection.
Take a moment to settle in,
Finding a place where you can sit comfortably,
Undisturbed.
To feel grounded you may choose to rest in a chair,
On a cushion,
Or directly on the earth.
Let your spine lengthen naturally,
Your shoulders ease down,
And your hands rest where they feel most at peace.
Gently close your eyes or soften your gaze.
Begin with your breath.
Inhale deeply,
Feeling the cool air enter your nostrils,
Expand through your lungs,
And settle within you.
Exhale slowly,
Releasing any tension,
Allowing yourself to be present.
Breathe in,
Aware of the gift of oxygen flowing into you.
Breathe out,
Offering your breath back to the world.
Let your breath be a gentle rhythm,
Guiding you deeper into stillness.
As you breathe,
Feel the vastness around you.
Recognize that you are not separate from the cosmos,
The universe.
You are an expression of it.
Imagine time,
Rewinding,
Peeling away the layers of the present to reveal the deep history of the universe.
Travel back to the birth of the stars,
To the moment when the first elements emerged from the heat of creation.
The very atoms that make up your body were once forged in the heart of distant stars,
Scattered across the universe in brilliant supernova.
You carry within you the dust of ancient galaxies,
The remnants of celestial fires.
Breathe in this knowing.
Breathe out with gratitude.
Now,
Return to Earth's early days.
Picture a young planet wrapped in swirling oceans,
Pulsing with the first flickers of life.
Tiny organisms rise from the waters,
Transforming sunlight into energy and creating the air we now breathe.
The same breath filling your lungs once flowed through primeval forests,
Soared with birds,
And danced with the wind across vast deserts.
You inhale what was once exhaled by the ancients,
Humans,
Animals,
Trees,
And unseen beings before them.
Your breath is a thread in the endless tapestry of life.
Feel the general pull of gravity holding you to this planet,
Your body cradled by the Earth's embrace.
Beneath you,
The land stretches,
A living surface where mountains rise.
Rivers carve their way,
And forests whisper in the wind.
The waters that flow within you once surged through glaciers,
Coursed through rivers,
And drifted as clouds across the sky.
You are the Earth,
And the Earth is you.
Feel yourself connected to it beneath you.
Now,
Expand your awareness beyond this world.
Picture yourself sitting on the very surface of a planet,
Sailing through space.
Our Earth orbits the Sun,
Moving in an elegant dance through the solar system.
The Sun itself is carried along the spiraling arms of the Milky Way,
A vast city of stars stretching beyond imagination.
The galaxy too is in motion,
Drifting within an ever-expanding universe.
Feel this motion within you,
The turning of the Earth,
The circling of the moon,
The grand spirals of the galaxy,
All reflected in the cycles of your body,
The rhythms of your breath,
The beating of your heart.
You are not separate from this great cosmic movement.
You are woven into it,
Inseparable from the whole.
Breathe in,
Sensing your connection to the stars.
Breathe out,
Expanding into the infinite.
As you sit here,
Remember you are a being of stardust and breath,
Of water and earth,
Sunlight and space.
You are part of the universe,
And the universe is part of you.
Rest in this awareness for as long as you wish,
Grateful to be part of this beautiful universe.
When you are ready,
Gently bring your attention back to your body,
To the sensation of being held by the Earth.
Wiggle your fingers and notice your breath flowing in and out.
When you open your eyes,
May you carry this knowing with you that you are cosmic,
Infinite,
And deeply connected to all that is.
Take care,
My friend.
I will see you soon.
