Today on Widening Circles,
Your inner space.
The way you see yourself depends on which lens you're looking through.
I find it's the same way when it comes to how we feel.
And in these times,
I find heaviness is the predominant feeling.
So in this week's Mind Melt,
We're going to embrace a perspective that will help you see through this heaviness and allow any weight you're feeling to vanish.
So sit back,
Relax,
And enjoy.
Begin by taking a few deep breaths.
With every inhale,
Feel the relief coming in as if you were drinking a cool glass of water after a long hot day.
With every exhale,
Allow all of your tension to just ride out.
Any striving to accomplish something,
To be someone different,
To be better,
Just allow that to release and drop,
Yielding to the stillness that's arising.
Slink your mind back into your body and feel the rise and fall of your belly with every breath,
As if it was a lullaby anchoring you deeper and deeper into relaxation.
Unclench your jaw,
Soften your shoulders,
Allow your arms to sink down heavy as if they were made of lead.
Release the tension in your back,
Your pelvis,
And just let your legs hang loose with nowhere to go.
You are made mostly of empty space.
The reason why you seem solid is because the tiny particles forming you are moving at such rapid speeds that you can't see their gaps.
To give you more perspective,
Imagine singling out one of the oxygen atoms comprising your finger.
If you were to magnify its core of protons and neutrons to the size of a raspberry,
You'd see that its surrounding electrons are orbiting from more than 200 yards away,
Which is roughly twice the size of an American football stadium.
The sphere encompassed by the electrons would contain millions of cubic yards of nothingness.
This is a good thing because if you were to collapse all the empty space comprising your atoms,
The tip of your pinky would weigh close to a billion tons.
In other words,
You are more like a porous froth than the solid mass you seem to be.
Try to feel the space inside of you and the movement of the atoms painting you into existence.
Greet any heaviness that you feel,
Any solid knot lying inside of you with this knowing that you are mostly empty space.
Imagine the wide open space making up this knot,
This density or heaviness and feel it becoming lighter and lighter and lighter until it vanishes.
Send some love now to the space inside of you and around you,
Thanking it for allowing you to move and change,
Grow and expand.
When you connect with the truth that you are made mostly of empty space,
It lightens up your life.
You realize that there's nothing solid or impenetrable,
Including whatever problem you are facing right now.
Thank you for diving into this exploration with me.
I hope you are feeling lighter than when you came in and I'm wishing you a beautiful rest of the day.
