Welcome to active meditation.
In this exercise,
We move to our wheel of consciousness,
To contemplate our reaction to betrayal.
Take some time to relax the body.
Take a few deep breaths.
To help our relaxation,
We remove all expression from our face.
We let go of the tension in the muscles of our face and jaws.
Do this now.
Remove all expression from your face.
We let go of the tension in our shoulders.
Relax all the way down to the toes.
With each exhale,
A wave of relaxation spreads throughout the body.
We relax our mind and emotions with a few more deep breaths.
With each breath,
We allow our inner peace and quiet awareness to arise.
With each breath,
We suspend our worries and concerns for the duration of this meditation.
Do this now.
As we enter this more peaceful state,
Our awareness continues on a more subtle level.
We are mindful that there is a deep presence within us of wisdom and goodwill,
A quieter awareness that is able to observe all but is not emotional,
A quieter awareness that observes everything but is not of the mind.
We are the silent witness,
Aware of our assorted memories,
Ideas,
And beliefs,
Aware of our ability to stand apart from them,
Aware that we are not just our thoughts and memories.
We are the thinker,
The creator of thoughts,
The creator of ideas.
We are the observer,
Aware that we are more than our emotions.
We are the creator of emotions,
The organizer,
The one who uses emotions to express our kindness and friendliness.
Resting in this detached state of being,
We are also conscious of a great benevolent power infinitely surrounding us,
Always present to support the best in us,
Always present to nourish our needs,
Always present as a source of energy,
Guidance,
And emotional support.
To help this process of detachment,
We move to our wheel of consciousness.
This wheel appears as an image of a slowly spinning wheel,
Moving left to right,
Moving clockwise.
We stand in the very center of this wheel,
Watching outer events slowly turning about us at a distance at the edge of our wheel.
We watch our emotions and our thoughts slowly swirling around us while we remain unmoving,
Quietly observing outer changes,
Outer disturbances at a distance at the outer edge of the wheel of consciousness.
As we place our self in this focal point,
We appreciate that this position in the center also connects us with the wisdom,
The power,
And the love of our higher self.
We strengthen our bond with these powers by relaxing more and being grateful for the opportunity to improve this connection.
Take a few moments to reacquaint yourself with this connection with your higher self.
It is already present and building.
We allow these energies to quietly add themselves to our thoughts,
Feelings,
Desires,
And memories at the outer edge of our wheel.
We sense the enriching and renewing power of our higher self.
We recognize that with this detached awareness,
We have access to the power and insights that can free us from outer distress,
Free us from discouragement and resentment,
And can free us from our response to betrayal.
To begin the process of understanding betrayal,
Ask yourself,
Do you recognize how adverse reactions to a betrayal can be worse than the betrayal itself?
Have you considered this?
Consider that anger or disappointment can partially paralyze our ability to think clearly.
Consider that annoyance or irritation can entice us to engage in self-destructive acts,
Perhaps self-pity,
Perhaps distrust in our judgments,
Perhaps intense resentment about those who have betrayed us.
All of this is destructive to our well-being,
Despite how well we can justify it.
We must thoroughly understand how dangerous these responses can be.
Strong,
Negative emotions,
Constant distrust is damaging to our well-being.
So our first step in our recovery from betrayal is to attend to our personal survival as a mature and intelligent person.
We need to focus on rebuilding our confidence,
Rebuilding our cheerfulness,
And rebuilding our self-assurance as we move throughout our day.
Our first impulse must be to rally to our survival,
To resume our ordinary activities and tasks as soon as possible,
To preserve what is familiar,
To add stability to our daily existence,
To remind ourselves that we are a mature and intelligent person.
We need to become aware of the tendency to become lost in our self-doubts about our confidence,
Our self-doubts about our intelligence,
Our doubts about our self-worth.
If we have made a mistake in trusting key people,
If we have made a mistake in believing their promises,
If we have made a mistake in having misguided expectations,
We need to avoid blaming ourselves for being naive.
We may have been misled,
We may have been confused,
But we can still understand what is truthful and practical.
We can learn from our mistakes in judgment and then correct our course of thought and action.
We need to focus on our new awareness,
Our new understanding.
This knowledge and experience liberates us from being misguided or exploited in the future.
This knowledge and experience frees us from old conditioning.
This understanding will stay with us for the rest of our life.
Next we need to look at our vulnerabilities,
The future deception and misdirection.
This means more than just being careful about what or whom we trust.
This means doing due diligence about information and people we accept.
This means becoming more self-reliant,
Better self-defined.
This means we learn to develop better boundaries.
The more we depend on ourselves to take care of our needs,
The more we depend on our own judgment to decide about what to do,
And the less we can be betrayed by those who would deceive us,
By those who would betray us.
Ultimately,
The more we learn to care for our own needs,
The less dependent we will be on others.
The more we care for our own needs,
We will attract those who can become genuine friends.
So now,
Take some time to ask yourself,
How will I develop my capacity to become more self-reliant and self-determined?
Ponder on this.
Oh,
Be quiet.
You can be talking about me in that more presentation.
How will I develop my capacity to become more self-reliant and more self-determined?
How will I develop my capacity to become more self-determined?
How will I develop my capacity to become more self-determined?
How will I develop my capacity to become more self-determined?
Now,
It is time to return to our regular state of thoughts,
Feelings,
And thoughts.
And now,
We are going to take a few deep breaths to establish the waking state.
And as we do this,
We know that we have made significant progress in developing a working relationship with our higher self.
I am aware.
I am.
