Life Loves You

We often think that somehow life is not on our side and that things are going wrong. Actually, life loves you, and everything is always unfolding perfectly for you. This meditation will help you experience and know this for yourself.

Transcript

Life loves you. You see, So often we believe that somehow life is against us, That things are not fair, That we are suffering too much. But in fact we will see here that life loves all of us always, No matter what is happening. And all we need to do in those cases is to let go of the resistance to whatever experience we are not liking. So whenever you're ready, We can take a deep breath in and close our eyes. And just notice your experience here. The thoughts, The feelings, The sounds, And other sense perceptions. Just accept everything as it is. And sometimes it's easier said than done. Sometimes there is a tense feeling in the body or thoughts that we find negative. But if we try and change those things, We are resisting them. We are not accepting them. What happens in these cases is that there is the creation of an illusory separate self that resists experience. And with that self comes the idea that I am in control, That somehow my feelings or my thoughts need to be different. And every time this occurs, The lesson is actually very simple. All we need to do is to go back to what is true. And what is true is something that is constant, Something that is changeless, Something that is always present and always available. And the only thing that fits these qualities in our experience is awareness itself. The fact of being aware. When we turn to awareness itself, We realize that no matter what thoughts and what feelings appear in our experience, Our awareness embraces them, Loves them as they are. And this is how life loves you. It loves you because any time you believe that an experience is not good enough, It's unpleasant or even painful, Which shows you that to your essential self, To awareness itself, It isn't. You can and you are embracing it fully from that perspective. So called difficulties arise in our experience in order for more peace and more happiness to be experienced on the level of the mind and the body. In order for the mind to become more open, More accepting, More free, And the body to become less tense, More relaxed, More at peace. So that our minds and bodies can reflect our true nature on a deeper level. And even if we analyze the sentence, Life loves you, It creates a sense of separation between life and you. What it means is that life loves the self that is resisting, So much so that it dissolves it within itself. So all that is left is pure awareness, Pure love, Pure acceptance, Life itself, Which is what you are. So know that life is never against you. You are life. So when a so called difficulty arises, It is you guiding you back to you. And once you are here, Once you know yourself, Once you understand that thoughts, Feelings, And circumstances do not define you, Do not affect you, And that you remain whole and complete always, Then you love life. And what that means is simply that you create from a place of freedom and abundance. That you enjoy every experience. That you flow effortlessly with what is. Your love of life is then expressed in everything that you say and that you do. You see everything and everyone as yourself. You know for a fact that there is no separation. You know, You you you you you then you can be with the dualities of life, The ups and the downs, The good and the bad, And remain neutral to them. But the neutral is a loving neutrality, It's an accepting and allowing neutrality. You you you you Some like to call it a loving indifference. What that means is that you are indifferent to what appears in your experience. By loving all of it. You are detached from purpose or outcome. Because you are happy no matter what happens. You you Then you become life itself. And what that means is that you are infinite potential. That everything that arises in experience is a form of life. A form of you. A form of awareness. You you you So life teaches us, Each of us, To be present, To be accepting, To be ourself. No matter what appears in our experience. And when we finally learn this lesson, We know ourself as love itself. And then we can be with others, Be with any situation. And love it, Accept it. You you you you you you you you So life loves each of us. As a separate leaf on the branch of a tree. Until we realize that we are life itself. Taking the form of a separate leaf. There really is no separation between the life that flows through the tree, The branch and the leaf. We are all this same source of life. We are all this same source of life. We are all this same source of life. We are all this same source of life. We are all this same source of life. We are all this same source of life. We are all this same source of life. With these words I would like to end this meditation. So whenever it's comfortable for you, You can take a few deeper breaths. Maybe move your body a bit. And open your eyes to come back to the space you're in.