Filling the void.
Give yourself the gift of time to relax.
Allow yourself to float effortlessly,
Silently,
Just breathing slowly and deeply.
That's it.
Turn your heartbeat and breathing to match.
And listening to your slowing heartbeat,
You feel more relaxed and calm than you have felt for a long time.
Feeling now into your being and finding it.
It is something we all have.
It is part of the human experience.
It is to feel something is missing.
Some of us try to fill the void with some form of thrills and chills.
Whether it be drugs,
Alcohol,
Bright lights or loud noise,
Or always staying busy.
We all find,
Eventually,
That none of these will fill the void.
Come with me now and we'll see if we can find something that might work for you.
Join me at the foot of this volcano,
Located in a tropical rainforest by the sea,
As they so often are.
As you feel into this beautiful setting,
Find a seat by the vine-covered tree and know you are in a place of such tranquility and such safety.
You can leave your body here for now.
Let your spirit rise up the side of the volcano with me.
It is so easy.
You do not even need to try.
Just let it be,
And you can float along a well-worn path spiraling up the volcanic cone.
Effortlessly and naturally,
We pass such beautiful greenery,
And the wild animals note our passing,
But they are not even startled by our presence,
As so many have come here to learn,
To remember,
To heal.
We are here now,
And we gently touch down on the ancient rim of the volcanic crater.
Here is nature's void.
Let us take just a moment to observe and learn from this breathtaking splendor before us.
As we feel into the Earth at this point,
The history of turbulence itself comes through us.
We can feel the violence and energy that went into the volcanic eruption.
Much like a human life,
The volcano had a formative stage that included so much energy,
So much outpouring,
So much incredible growth.
Without even intending,
The life events of the volcano impacted everything around it.
Some things were burned.
Some just singed.
So much was affected as the volcano made its place in the world.
As this active phase concluded,
The last outpourings left a hollow in the very core of the volcano.
Even this great force of nature left a structural gap,
A thing incomplete,
A place where something seemed to be lacking.
Even nature itself shares a void with us.
Just allow the feelings of that eruptive force to pass.
See what follows.
At this time,
It becomes so clear that from this chaos a beautiful calm has been born.
Even the force of nature itself,
The volcanic explosion,
Will pass.
From that chaos,
New land is formed,
There are new places for life to spring forth.
As you turn and look down the side of the volcano,
You see the green rainforest as the top of the volcano allows clouds to gather and rain down on this rich soil.
Even the beauty of the hummingbird has found a home here now.
Turning back to look inside the volcano,
You see that the wind has carried seed into what was the face of such turmoil,
That now hosts a beautiful garden of ferns,
Even trees,
And frogs in pools of standing water,
Birds' nests in this sheltered bit of forest now.
Feeling into the quiet,
You can hear the animals offer their gratitude to the earth for this new haven.
Feeling into your heart,
You know it can be so for you as well.
Allowing yourself to feel into the landscape,
You know you are a part of all of this.
This story of the natural void is your story as well.
You too can feel the void you have thought for so long was inescapable.
You know as you look around you at this example of nature that voids are there to be filled.
All you have to do is choose how you wish to fill your void,
And it will be so.
Nature did not need any drugs or alcohol or gambling or outlandish behavior to fill this huge void.
Neither do you.
Follow the lead of nature herself.
Allow the rain to fall and grow a beautiful garden.
Fill your void with the rich soil of the human experience.
Choose to grow your garden with the greatest force of all,
Supporting you.
Fill your void with love.
It doesn't matter if you see love as a golden light or a pink mist or a rainbow of glowing light and sound.
Assign yourself to this natural beauty and remember you are a part of all there is.
You hold the ability to fill any void you have ever felt,
Knowing now that even voids as great as a volcano are filled everywhere around the world.
You know you have what it takes to fill any void you have ever felt,
Just with the love you hold inside that waits to be released.
Feeling the glow of your love,
The love you hold for everything,
Allow yourself to love even yourself as we once again descend the volcano to where we started.
Feel into your heart and let the love fill anything missing in your life,
Just by allowing.
It will be so.
Just let the drugs or alcohol or gambling or whatever you may have tried fall by the wayside.
Let them slide down the sides of the volcano and into the sea and they are gone.
As you rejoin body and soul,
Feeling so beautiful and powerful,
Flooding your body with all the love you have ever held,
You know you do not have to be driven by the void any longer.
You replace it with love,
With beauty,
With calm,
And with peace.
As long as you allow,
You will always feel this wholeness that has always been there waiting for you to remember.
As you allow yourself to feel your love,
You will always walk in this beauty.
As you come back to this body,
This time,
This place,
Just be the beauty you have always been.
Just fill the void with the garden.
Be the garden.
Be the love.
Be you.
Welcome back.
