The Roots Of Love

This 10-minute guided meditation is intended to cultivate the love that exists within us, allowing the love to bloom more fully. The atmospheric, ambient background music is primarily drone-based to facilitate a relaxed meditative state for this guided journey into the heart.

Transcript

There you are. Thank you for joining me. Please get comfortable. Settle in right where you are and take a deep breath. Release when you are ready and allow any tension or anxiety to leave the body as you exhale. Continue to breathe slowly, Deeply. Notice how your body gently moves with each breath. Notice how your body feels as it touches the chair, The couch, Or whatever supports it right now. Notice any tingling in your arms or legs, Hands or feet. Notice in your body how it feels to simply be alive in this moment. And how does your heart feel right now? Bring to mind a loved one who you don't get to see very often. How would it feel right now if this person walked into the room? How would it feel to look into their eyes once again? Let your heart swell with love as you remember what it feels like to be in their presence. Notice that the love for this person is present in your heart in this moment. Can you silently say to this person, Right now I feel your presence in my heart. As you bask in the glow of the love you share with this person, Notice that this love is available to flow through your interactions in the world, Right here, Right now. Now, Let's bring in gratitude. Can you feel appreciation for the presence of their love here in this moment? Offer your gratitude that this love exists and is blooming fully within your heart and interacting in the world here, Now, Today. Envision this love like the root of a tree. With a tree root, You aren't able to see it physically, But its presence is the very foundation for what you do see. And likewise, With your loved one, You might not be able to see this person physically, But the love you experience with them is present here. And in this way, Every person who ever loved you, Who ever showed you love and compassion in your life, All of that love still exists and consists of the very roots of your being, In this very moment. The very roots of the love from which your branches reach forth into the infinite sky of the possibilities of life, Right here, Right now. All of that love still exists in your heart, And the roots of love are the very foundation from which you can reach forth into the infinite sky of the possibilities of life, Right here, Right now. And how does your heart feel, Right now?