Present Moment Guidance

In the words of Ram Dass, "The quieter you become, the more you can hear." Let's slow down and leave a little open space in which to receive the guidance of the present moment, however it might like to guide us. This might be in the form of a symbolic image, a word, a statement, or maybe just a feeling. It could even be nothing at all. Nothing is also a very important something. Let's see what's here today.

Transcript

I often find that I receive the guidance I'm looking for.

If only I will leave a little space.

The quieter you become,

The more you can hear.

So that's what we'll do here.

We'll begin by settling in,

Slowing down,

Resetting,

And then just leaving some open space to receive the guidance of the present moment in whatever way it wants to guide us.

Maybe that will be in an image,

Or a word,

Or a statement.

Maybe it's just a feeling.

So we can begin with a little settling in,

Slowing down.

If you like,

You can allow the eyes to close.

And maybe just taking a couple deep inhales and exhales.

Allowing the body to relax and release any tension it might be holding on to in the shoulders,

The arms,

The jaw,

The eyes,

The chest,

And the stomach.

Relaxing the neck,

Relaxing the body,

Relaxing the mind.

Maybe feeling your entire being as like a hand that is opening to receive what's here.

Feeling your awareness opening,

Expanding,

Just becoming receptive,

Kind of like the surface of water,

Clear.

You could imagine your mind as like this still water surface,

Along with each inhale and exhale becoming more and more still,

Calm,

And receptive.

And then gradually noticing whatever arises on the surface of this water,

Whatever is reflected on the surface.

Maybe this is a word,

Or an image,

Or a statement.

Maybe it's just a feeling.

So let's just leave some space here to allow whatever wants to reflect on the surface of your mind to reveal itself.

And now as we finish for today,

You can gradually allow the eyes to reopen themselves whenever the moment is right.

And if you like,

You might journal or write something about what came to you during this time,

Even if it was nothing.

The guidance of the present moment is always here.

If only we can remember and listen to it.

The quieter you become,

The more you can hear.

See you next time.

Reviews

Love that you give space for quietness. It helped me finding my inner space. Thank you

Excellent meditation, calm voice, and no music in the background. Thank you.

I so enjoyed this meditation, Charles. The word that came up for me was “safe”. Something to journal about…

That was amazing. The gentle background sound was enough to keep me present even though my thoughts wanted to distract me. The sound and your voice kept bringing me back. Will be checking out your other tracks. Bookmarked this one. Thank you so much.

Thank you for providing the space for awareness to surface.

So calming. I love the quieter background music so keep up the beautiful work. Thank you 🙏

A very relaxed meditation with plenty of time for just seeing what comes up for you - I really enjoyed it; thank you, Charles, for sharing it 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Your calming voice and initail guidance helped me to meditate freely on my own for the first time. Thank you for creating the space between to allow me to quiet my thoughts. I will return to this meditation again.

Bookmarked! Thanks, first time my body instantly opened up from tense to calm and receptive thanks to the hand-metaphore. The idea of a fern rolling out it's leaves cane up. Beautiful.

I love the way Charles is guiding the meditation. i love the metaphores he refes rto , i can deeply connect and resonate with them. Thank you Charles! I recommend him 100%

Very good! Drifted off nearly, exploring thoughts quite random but showed me my head is clearer than I thought

This is such a beautiful and peaceful session. Great to jump you into the present.

Peaceful voice. Excellent allowance of space for my meditation. Thank you!

I love how much quiet space that this meditation leaves us and this teacher's slow, soft delivery

Love. Great sitting in silence to receive wisdom from the present moment. Thank yiu.

Such a pleasant soothing voice that helps you get into that meditative space quicker. Love the time of silence. Will look for more from this teacher.

I enjoyed it. 🧘‍♂️ I did it after twelve hour journey. Quite refreshing.

One of the best guided meditations I have ever experienced. Thank you 🙏

Great feel relaxed. Brought up things I didn’t expect.

I usually like to meditate without guidance. But i love this one. A gentle guidance and a space to meditate alone