Today we're going to be reset.
We're going to experience the gift of being born anew.
New energy,
New light.
Today we're going to wake up on Groundhog Day.
And today we're going to be here and experience what it's like to have a higher state of mind,
A more enlightened state of mind and to step beyond what we might have had in the past and not have to maybe learn again what we've already gone through.
Remember the movie Groundhog Day?
I love that movie Dan Aykroyd.
And he had to go and live each day over and over and over until he got it right.
And I kind of feel like this last year was like Groundhog Day.
So I think we now can wake up and it's the beginning of a new day after a year of Groundhog Day.
And I'm really happy that you're here.
I thank you for being present,
Big bow to you.
Because when you show up and you're ready to start a new day,
And start a new year with a beautiful state of mind,
Isn't it a wonderful thing?
It is really full of wonders.
There's a practice in Zen that's called beginner's mind.
And when you have that beginner's mind,
That beautiful state of mind,
That everything is fresh and new and wonderful,
You have this enthusiasm,
This excitement.
But after a year that was rather challenging before,
Possibly,
We need to release anything in the past that might have been any negative energy or negative thoughts that occurred.
But let's just kind of do a deep breath in.
Breathing deep,
Breathing deeply in and allowing yourself to just breathe out and relax.
Be aware of everything going on.
Let's allow some beautiful healing energy to come in.
Breathing in together,
Sharing your deep breath in and holding it for a couple of counts.
If there's anything you need to release,
Just release it as you breathe out.
Check your whole body,
Check your head,
Your neck,
Little cleansing breath and healing energy as we breathe in together.
Breathing deeply in and allowing this energy,
This beautiful spirit,
This breath of life to fill every single cell of our body,
Energizing us,
Allowing us to totally be present here and letting our body feel comfortable as we completely connect to that source,
That presence that we have that connects us to the one and the all,
The presence within.
Breathing in that presence and recognizing how it feels in your body as it energizes every single cell of your body.
And releases all tension as it reverberates through us with love,
Love,
Love.
Feel the healing power of that love.
Every morning after I meditate,
I do a poem or maybe it's called a message sometimes,
But I do it and I ask for what needs to come to me to come to me.
And today,
It was a message of love.
So here's a chance for us to share our love.
And what I got was love,
The truth of love.
Love how it molds and teaches you as it supports and reaches you to places you'd never want to go but with love can blossom and unfold.
Love that heart of love that asks you to believe with the faith you cannot see,
But in time will be revealed.
Love the power of love,
That magnet that pulls us to take a chance and meet the good that life can bring.
And love the time we have to embrace each precious day.
Through the good times and the bad.
Life is the greatest teacher and the greatest gift that you have.
For love is the healer,
The compassionate teacher that knows when we love as God does,
We fulfill the purpose of our soul.
And with that thought,
Let's just allow all of the love that you are,
That one love that's present there in your heart of hearts to unfold and to be present there with you right now.
Feel that love,
Feel that wonderful energy that unconditional love that you have that wonderful presence of your soul.
Allow yourself to feel how it feels in your body.
Does it create any shifts there?
Do you feel anything moving anything opening?
Be aware of this power of love within you.
It's a wonderful way to start the new year.
It's a wonderful way to re-energize and to lift your mind to a whole new perspective of why you are alive.
Why you should have enthusiasm for this next year.
Why you can believe that you can do what you are here to do.
When you're connected with this love,
When you're connected with this unconditional love,
You have the ultimate power to create the life you wish to live.
And that may mean forgiving and releasing anything from the past,
You know,
Just like Dan Aykroyd in Groundhog Day.
You know,
There were many lessons he had to learn this last year.
We had so many lessons to learn,
Didn't we?
So many opportunities to grow,
To get to that point now where we're stronger and fuller in our presence and our awareness and our ability to know we can carry on and do what we're here to do.
But you have to believe.
Is there any part of you that needs to believe in the miracle that you are?
I ask you right now to find that place where you can believe in the good love inside of you,
That presence inside of you that gives you the power to be who you really are.
That is truly the gift that you can create from,
That gift of believing that you can do what you wish to do every single day.
Every day there's miracles that happen.
Now many times we don't recognize them.
They can be little miracles,
Little miracles like the kindness that you give to a person or the kindness someone gives to you.
And I'm so grateful each one of you are here.
To me,
That's a kindness.
I'm very grateful.
Just realize what a gift we have that we can,
Through the miracle of this moment,
Be together here.
And if there's anything that you wish to create in this coming year,
Please recognize that you can create what you came here for.
Can you just take a moment and let your mind and your soul be present in that power that you are starting a new year out and that if you're connected into the one source of all,
You can indeed create this year so many wonderful things,
So many beautiful things.
We've paid a lot of dues and you know what?
Your rewards are here and present right now to actually plant the seeds of love that will grow in that fertile garden of your whole being so that you can create a beautiful new year.
If there's anything that you realize you want to create,
I want to take some moments in time to go into meditation and to breathe in this energy that is the power of creation.
You are a co-creator with God.
You have that power of the presence there in your spirit to create what you wish to create.
Let's now call upon that light of the one creator,
That presence there within.
Breathe in this positive energy,
The positive energy that shines like a million suns that completely energizes you to be able to do what you need to do.
Go to that beautiful,
Wonderful place there inside you that is the source of your peace,
The source of your love.
Allow it to reset you right now to be a beautiful chalice that receives all the energy from the cosmos,
All of the gift of your evolvement for you have evolved my friend over this last year.
There was so much growth.
There were so many lessons and you are here for a reason right now.
You are here to experience that power within you,
That true gift of who you are,
A co-creator with God,
Able to create who you are for the good of all if you believe.
Do you feel completely 100% connected with this beautiful gift of being able to create the life you wish to live?
To share the gifts you have to give to be a true blossom,
A beautiful flower on this beautiful earth plane,
Sharing your love,
Sharing your light,
Sharing all that you are with the world.
For I see your beauty.
I feel this wonderful power of light and love in you.
Take a moment and smile.
Smile with your soul.
I feel this beautiful energy that I can feel as I smile with you from my soul to your soul.
And allow this gift completely re-energize you to restore you to redeem you to re-energize you and allow yourself to feel that you are worthy.
You've paid your dues.
It's time this year for you to experience the reward of everything you've worked for in your life.
I see this and I know that with God all things are possible.
And also that positive energy.
Let's go to that place that is so positive that it does indeed help you to blossom and grow just as the sun helps every flower to open and blossom and grow.
You have that sun of all suns right there within you.
The light of all lights right there in your soul of souls.
It's shining forth so bright.
Feel it.
Absorb this light just as a flower would absorb this beautiful light.
How the flower blossoms and opens and it's so beautiful with the fragrance.
You are that precious flower my friend.
You are so beautiful in this love,
This unconditional love that's present here.
Breathe it in and allow yourself now to go into your soul and experience a moment of stillness.
That presence,
That ever-present presence,
That eternal moment of now that we can share together.
Right now,
Allow yourself to be bathed in that beautiful presence from the source of all.
This is the new day.
This is the new dawn.
This is the new beginning.
This is the new year with unlimited possibilities and more love and more light and more kindness and more goodness that you can call upon when you meditate every day.
When you go inside,
You can call upon this power,
This love,
This light.
You are indeed able to create your higher reality.
When you are open,
When you allow yourself to go to that evolutionary point of consciousness.
Let's go right now to that evolutionary point of consciousness because we know that when we go inside and connect with that source inside,
That light within,
That now is eternal.
That light is eternal.
That love lives forever.
So what you are experiencing right now in this very magic moment is the same thing you will be able to experience every single day.
And it's the same gift we all can experience.
Let's just share this gift for a moment.
Let's take a moment in our place within and send that love out to maybe someone that needs that love.
Maybe someone you know that needs healing.
Let's send that love out together to those that might be in darkness that need some light.
And as you send that light to their soul through God,
Know that you are indeed working with that higher presence inside to share that light and love.
And that that goodwill you have is the same goodwill you can share every day in your life as you set your intention to do good,
To share all of what you learned,
To share all of who you are without fear.
Last year,
There were so many places of fear.
There were so many negative energies that appeared and yet we overcame and yet we are here right now and I want to congratulate you making it to this point.
Just take a moment to receive the blessings just as you just sent energy out to someone that was special.
Now take a moment to receive this energy back this beautiful energy my friends receive this beautiful energy back to your own soul.
And now allow that soul's energy to come back and fill your entire body.
Your mind is re-enlightened.
See that light within enlighten your mind right now.
Where every single part of your entire mind and consciousness is opening up to this beautiful gift back of that light and love that you just shared and allow that light and love that was in your mind to come to your heart.
And feel that anything that needs to be cleared any pains,
Any fear,
Any old scars can now blossom like that flower that you experienced.
See that blossoming a beautiful rose in your heart.
Beautiful shining energy field in your heart.
Your heart of hearts.
Now just filling you with that love that you receive so gladly that you need that we all need that love that we came here for that unconditional love that we've always asked for is present here now.
And I thank all of you.
We can embrace ourself right now.
We can embrace everything that we experienced.
We can congratulate ourselves.
We can indeed let ourselves believe that we have the power to be who we need to be to accomplish what we wish to accomplish.
And I believe that in you.
And I want to thank you because you know what you're present here and I honor your presence here.
I mean you are so precious to me for showing up today and taking the time to be present in this love and light.
Many people do not allow themselves to fully appreciate the gift of the garden,
The gift of the love,
The gift that they are as a creator,
A co-creator with the one source of all.
And it's very special.
I wish to move on on Sundays and do these.
I'm going to experience what you wish to share as well as what I wish to share.
I started on this practice many many many years ago when I was young at the age of thirteen and I have found my friends that indeed meditation can change your life and there's so much you can learn when you connect with that soul inside when you meditate.
