Passion without attachment.
Passion is such an important topic because it's a strong force and we can easily become overpowered by it.
We can easily lose ourselves in focusing too much on outcome,
On trying to change others to be a certain way,
Or to create something with the purpose of getting attention,
Getting fame,
Getting more likes.
And this is not true passion,
It's not a passion that is grounded in love and in presence.
So in this meditation we will explore this pure form of passion which is just in the now,
Which is the present feeling of excitement,
Of creativity that flows through the body.
And just learning to rest with this without trying to focus too much on what comes after that.
Whenever you're ready let's take a deeper breath in and close our eyes.
And just be with whatever is present here for you.
Anything that the word passion brings in your mind.
And notice immediately here that the word is linked with thoughts and something in the world.
There is a feeling associated with this person or this project or whatever it is that you're passionate about.
So instead of focusing on the thoughts,
On the outcome,
On what it brings,
Just focus on the sensation,
On the excitement that this brings to you.
A passion that is felt in this way is in the moment.
It is pure creativity,
Pure inspiration beyond the imagination of the mind.
It is beyond what the mind wants to achieve,
Beyond the thoughts of wanting recognition or success or love or intimacy.
It is just here and now.
It is beyond what the mind wants to achieve,
Beyond what the mind wants to achieve.
This passion,
This excitement that is already felt is what wants to be expressed and is already being expressed just by feeling it.
It is a beautiful,
Soft,
Grounded,
Quiet energy and when it is taken over by the mind,
It is projected onto it,
It becomes this fiery,
Overpowering attachment to the person or the project that we are working on.
So anytime a project or a relationship becomes difficult,
It becomes a strain,
It becomes an effort.
It means that you have lost the initial desire,
The initial passion that sparked it in the first place.
So by bringing yourself back,
By bringing the thoughts back to just the pure sensation here now,
You are reminding yourself what you love about this.
And when you are here,
When you are present in this space,
You are now feeling it.
In this way,
You just are,
You are pure creativity,
You just flow with everything as needed,
As it arises.
There is no outcome,
There is no holding onto whatever happens because you are free to express yourself in whatever way comes effortlessly to you.
There is no right or wrong.
You are not using your mind to go to the past to look for ideas or inspiration,
You are not using your mind to compare yourself with other people and what they do,
You simply are present,
New,
And you let the moment unfold.
And when you are present in this way,
You cannot become bored,
Life cannot be too repetitive.
And you keep growing,
You keep evolving in your project,
In your relationship,
In whatever it is that is naturally progressing.
Another sign about how attached you are to that which you are passionate about is how emotional you are about it.
If you are overly emotional,
It means that it matters too much,
Or in other words,
You have placed your sense of self on this project or this relationship.
But if you know that your sense of self-worth is not determined by this relationship or this project,
Then you can be passionate,
You can be excited in this moment.
And then you maintain all the positive qualities of passion like creativity,
Like freedom,
Like simply expressing oneself for the sake of expressing oneself without an outcome in mind.
And then it's beautiful unfolding.
And what is sad in a way is that you are not alone.
It's that our culture teaches us to link passion with emotionality,
With attachment.
And so we lose touch with our intuition,
Our creativity,
Our unique way of expressing ourselves.
So at first,
Being present with passion in this way is not easy and it takes practice.
It takes an awareness and a stillness of just noticing what arises.
And the more we are still,
The more we are present,
The more we ground ourselves in love,
The more we can express this free and creative flow that passes through us.
The more we can be in touch with our intuition and know how to be with another person or what to create,
How to express ourselves.
And this being passionate without attachment then becomes a way of living.
It becomes our way of being in anything we do,
Even in things we are not so passionate about like maybe washing the dishes or going food shopping,
Whatever it is.
We are just present in the moment and we don't focus on the next thing.
We are just here.
Every single activity becomes an end in itself.
And since there is no attachment to outcome,
In every step of the way,
We are free to explore whatever our intuition guides us to explore.
There is no attachment to a next step or a particular direction.
In this way,
We learn to experience life so much more fully.
And ultimately what this does is to remove all sense of separation between a meaning me here and another person or a world out there.
Because we are so fully present that everything is experienced instantly and we don't hold on to it.
Just let it flow and pass.
Whenever you are ready you can take a deeper breath in.
Simply stretch your body and open your eyes.
