Good morning,
Come and sit with me and let's see if we can untangle some tangles,
Lift that energy a little and meet whatever is here this morning with some compassion.
So get yourself settled and comfortable,
Close those eyes and become aware of this person sitting here right now.
Put your hand on your heart and say to yourself,
Hello and then say your name.
Let's do that one again,
This time with feeling,
So saying hello to yourself and then give yourself a smile and acknowledge how hard it can be to wake up with the weight of the world on your shoulders,
Maybe there's some sadness,
A lingering feeling that something is missing or perhaps you're just feeling low and letting go of anything that you're carrying in that rucksack of sorrow,
Box of misery,
The satchel of dread,
The shopping trolley of impending doom.
So however you prefer to transport your troubles.
Now just based on what is here right now,
The present evidence of this moment,
Without thought and not from memory,
What is wrong with this moment?
Just based on what's here right now,
Listening to your body,
Diving deep into your being with that question,
What is wrong with this moment?
And there's no need to judge if you find anything unruly or unwanted,
And whatever comes along might not be pretty,
But to deny it is to deny life.
To turn pain into paint,
This is alchemy,
And this morning your breath is your paintbrush,
So gently breathing in to whatever has come up,
Using gentle strokes to paint new colours,
Painting space.
And whether it be a big or a small thing,
We work with it the same,
With compassion,
With openness and vulnerability,
We're here for it.
And just for these moments in meditation,
If you can,
Letting go of trying to heal,
Of trying to fix.
And now you're ready for the day,
Knowing that you are everything and nothing,
Consciousness playing out as form,
A human form spinning on a planet,
In the vastness of space.
And there is no real big plan here,
Everyone is just figuring it out as they go.
So if you dream it up,
Then follow your heart to see where it takes you,
And know that your heart also wants you to be still sometimes,
It wants you to be small,
And it's happy for you to be in low mood,
In hibernation.
Your heart knows you can be nothing and everything,
And low mood or not,
This day is still yours.
Try to be true to yourself,
In action,
In conversation and in spirit,
Spread your wings a little more,
And know that you are enough,
Just as you are.
Gently open your eyes,
As we end this meditation.
