Mindful Memo : The Universe Within You

This is a minute long, poetic reading + invitation to practice awareness.
Through the rhythm of words + spaciousness of silence, this meditation blends poetry + presence, reminding you that change begins with insight + that there is no substitution for insight. Take a pause. Take a breath. Push play. "Practice until you have seen... truly witnessed, the multilayered, multicolor, multidimensional, universe within you." (original poem by Darcel Hawkins)

Transcript

It has taken me a long time to search the nooks and crannies of my mind and seek out the lingering bits of lack,

The mental attitude that puts me at odds with the world,

The conditioning that has kept me competitively conditioning.

I find fragments of this mindset in places I never would have expected,

And it's only through the practice of insight that I have willingly become so aware.

Of these deep-seated patterns,

Of the habitual actions,

Of the fear masquerading as faith.

Turn your attention inward,

Right now in this moment.

Do it so that a thousand seconds from now,

You will do the same,

And again after that.

Practice until you have seen,

Truly witnessed,

The multi-layered,

Multi-color,

Multi-dimensional universe within you.