Welcome to this meditation.
We are going to begin tonight by just presently coming into the moment.
The way that I'd like to do that for this meditation is to just sitting in your seat,
Getting comfortable,
Shifting around,
Or whether you're lying on your back or on a mat,
Just do any wiggling that you need to do to feel safe and secure and comfortable.
So then with our eyes still open,
Just looking ahead,
We're going to switch our vision from any one single object and just open up to that peripheral field of view.
So just seeing how much we can take in of our vision,
Our whole field,
All simultaneously.
Hopefully you notice a little bit of a shift in awareness,
Switching over from left brain to right brain,
Bringing us fully into this moment.
So we're going to take in a deep breath through our nose and we're going to hold it.
And as we do that,
We're going to allow our vision to look to the left and the right simultaneously.
So let's go ahead and do that now breathing deeply in through the nose.
And being aware of our left and right,
Just stretch it an extra inch each direction,
Holding that breath in,
Noticing sensations in your body,
And then just deeply allow it to relax.
And we're going to do that again,
And this time we're going to focus on the ceiling or sky above us and our feet or the floor,
The ground.
Breathe in deeply through the nose again.
And while we hold that breath in,
Just imagine that you can see a little further in each of those directions.
And then,
Nice release,
Noticing our bodies are already beginning to relax more deeply.
Then we'll take in a third and final deep breath through the nose and hold that breath.
And we're going to stretch the entire circle view that we see of our peripheral,
Just an extra inch or two.
It's where it seems like we're almost seeing behind our eyes,
Behind our head.
And then just exhale and allow your eyes to gently close,
If that's how you like to meditate.
Now we'll just breathe regularly,
But deeply.
Being aware of how it enters through our nose,
Fills our chest,
How that breath turns from an inhale to an exhale.
We're going to allow the breath to be our focal point.
So anytime that we get off track and our mind is having a conversation with us,
We notice we'll just bring our attention back to the breath without any judgment.
Just nice and easy.
For our physical relaxation tonight,
I invite you just to bring your attention to your hands.
Without moving our hands,
Just feeling our hands.
Or maybe another body part calls to you more.
How can you tell that that body part or those body parts are alive right now?
If you feel that,
Just that physical awareness,
Maybe it's a tingling.
Just notice how by bringing your attention to it,
You can invite that area to relax.
Noticing a separation between the physical body and that sensation that is that energetic body within.
Perhaps we imagine it,
Visualize it as being a light appendage.
And then just allow that image to move further.
If it was the hands that you're using,
Just allow that image to move into your arm,
Forearm through your elbow up into your shoulders.
If as you're doing this,
You notice any tension or discomfort in the physical part of the body,
I invite you just to acknowledge it.
Allow your next breath to go directly to that spot.
Just bring it the attention that it's asking for.
You can visualize an image of your hands being that pure light energy and just massage the spot that's feeling tension.
Just an imagination.
I'm just continuing on,
Just envision that the shape of your body is just filling up with that golden white light.
And it's just relaxing every single physical cell,
Fiber,
Bone,
Ligaments,
Tendons.
It's just filling with that image of the light,
A light silhouette of your body.
Let it take its own path as you feel called to relax.
Turning every single bit of your body into that completely relaxed state of being.
Noticing the difference between that energetic body and your physical body.
For me right now,
My entire torso and hips and waist are relaxed.
I'm feeling that inner energetic through my legs,
Knees.
Knowing that each breath I take in just brings in more of that cleansing,
Relaxing,
Rejuvenating oxygen.
Which creates a shift in that energy.
Each breath I take out just allows any of that tension stored up energy to just fall aside.
For me the last little bit that needs to relax is up through my neck and my head and my forehead.
So now I'm just picturing my entire body as being this form that looks like a human body but made purely of light.
And as I breathe into it,
It enlarges to where it's now bigger and it contains my physical body within it.
That energetic body is holding my physical vessel.
And as it does that in this image of the light,
It's just allowing everything to completely relax.
Keeping our energy and our attention on the breath as our anchor.
I invite you to just imagine this light body centering in upon itself right in the center of your being.
Wherever you feel that that is.
Maybe it's in your stomach,
Maybe it's in your heart space.
And as it circles in on itself,
I just allow it to be in the image of an infinite loop.
A sphere of its own self,
Of its own divine light energy.
We can simply allow our existence,
Our presence to be right there in the center of it.
Imagining that energy just swirling around us.
Pure,
Cleansing,
Protective,
Healing,
Just loving.
Unconditional love,
That capital L.
The deeper essence of what the life force really is.
Whatever you feel this is,
I know that it's for me is the light of the divine.
You can call it whatever you want.
So within this,
This is everything that we are comes from this.
And the same life is within every individual cell of our body.
It fills that space between the atoms,
Between the electrons,
Neutrons.
It fills the space of those subatomic particles.
Exists between wave and particle and the constant flux.
This is that light that holds that all together.
The same light that moves the planets,
Breathes our bodies,
Grows the trees.
There is nowhere that this light is not.
This is the wholeness of the universe.
Circulates and permeates between each and every one of us,
All cells of our physical being.
And all parts of our mental being.
This is the essence of what we would call our soul.
We are that many within the one.
I invite you just to open up to the possibility,
To the belief that just by your existence,
At the core of what you are,
The core of your being,
The core of your thoughts,
When we let all the physical body and all that mental noise,
Experience,
And surface level emotions drift to the side,
That what is left is this infinite energy,
This infinite consciousness.
This is one and the same with what is everything.
That what is contained within anyone is contained within each one.
And all of this is expressed in unique,
Individualized patterns according to each individualized manifestation of this life.
Recognizing the oneness,
But not losing the individuality.
As we recognize this infinite potential within each of us,
We can see how that shows up and expresses in others around us.
And what an infinitely changing and beautiful picture this can be.
As we recognize that the infinite potential is within each and every one of us.
As deep as you're willing to go,
We can acknowledge some things about ourselves that in the past,
Maybe we felt we had to either hide or run from or deny.
And that just by allowing our light to shine on it,
Much like acknowledging the thoughts that come up during meditation,
We just acknowledge any of those traits that exist there in potentiality or maybe in partial manifestation at times.
But with a state of forgiveness and acceptance,
And know that this is also within every single individual.
Infinite potential exists in all places.
And I invite you to look further to those around us that might be in not their best place,
Where maybe some of these as favorable traits are being expressed or manifested in ways that we would choose not to.
But allowing a recognition of that infinite divine light that still exists in everyone.
To bring a compassion and an understanding,
Knowing that there,
But for the grace of God,
Go I.
The saying is not condoning the acts,
Reminding that same infinite potential that the buying is there.
And then just allowing whatever image comes up for you is.
That infinite light recognizing you and your individuality as absolutely perfect,
Complete,
Just as you are.
Knowing that this physical part of our journey is where we get to experience the ups and the downs,
The hots and colds,
This world of duality.
But realizing that that's all surface experience,
That we have this deeper essence within us that can never be harmed.
That could never be less than,
And there's nothing we can do to add to it.
This is just that infinite seeing itself through its creation,
Through each and every one of our unique perspectives.
And knowing itself for the first time,
Knew each individual second of unfoldment.
With that infinite light and unconditional love with the capital L surrounding you.
I invite you,
If you're in alignment with this,
To just allow that to out picture in your mind flowing out to those around you.
Just wishing the highest and best blessings for each and every one.
It ripples out through you,
Through those around you,
Friends,
Neighbors,
Co-workers,
To those who are sharing their light,
To those who may be living in the shadows.
That same spark of that divine that's within every one.
Just the slightest opening to that possibility that this light shines through that collective consciousness,
That it lifts up those as it continues just rippling around this entire planet,
Creating a wave of more peace,
More compassion,
More harmony.
Until it circles completely back within you.
Just further creating this peaceful refuge within that's always there waiting for you anytime you wish to acknowledge or to go within.
And that it carries with each of us as we go forward through the next moments of our life.
Through every day.
It simply is.
So if it feels right,
I'd like to offer an imaginary bow from you to yourself inside your head for taking this time.
Go within and just turn off the outside world for a moment.
Please accept my thanks for taking this time for a willingness to envision more harmony and peace on this planet at this time.
And all of our wholeness as we come out of this space,
Just knowing that we are in the perfect right energy that we need for what's coming next in our day.
Whether it's time for rest and to get going,
Or it's time to be.
The conscious breath,
Maybe a gentle smile on your face.
Just bring our awareness back into our bodies,
Back into the space around us.
Whenever you're ready,
Just allow your eyes to gently open.
No rush.
Thank you.
And Namaste.
