Good morning and welcome to the artist's morning.
My name is Darius,
And I'm so grateful.
That you and I get this time together.
Let's begin our practice.
If your eyes are open,
I'd like to invite you to close them now.
Beginning to take longer,
Deeper breaths.
Giving yourself an opportunity to really land.
To arrive here now.
Now our practice today.
Might be a bit intense for some.
Partially because.
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.
The subject matter is.
.
.
A reminder of.
.
.
How finite life on planet Earth is.
Now for some.
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.
This might seem.
.
.
Morbid.
But if you really pay attention to the message,
It has the ability to wake you up.
It has the ability to wake you up and remind you not only how finite all life is on planet Earth,
But how incredibly precious and amazing.
Life is on planet Earth.
So let's take a deep breath here together,
Breathing in.
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.
Big exhale out.
And a gentle reminder that there's no way to get this right or wrong.
I will share some affirmations,
Some statements,
And you get to choose if you'd like to let them float away.
Or if,
On this day,
You have interest,
You have capacity.
To let them work their way.
Through you,
And perhaps.
Work their way to awakening a part of you.
Continue taking deep breaths into your belly,
Into your heart.
Is there a part of you that is ready?
To be awakened.
I'm gonna start with some of our affirmations.
In a better way to frame it is they're not affirmations,
They're statements.
And you might agree with these statements and you might not.
The exercise,
The practice today is to be as open as you can,
Hear them,
Receive them,
And just notice what happens inside you.
So let's begin.
Be bold,
Be brave.
For your days are numbered.
Be kind and loving.
For your days.
Are numbered.
Be playful.
And travel.
Or your days are numbered.
Forgive and let go.
For your days here on planet earth.
Are numbered.
Just take a moment.
To notice if those statements impacted you in any way.
And returning back to the breath.
Deep breath in.
Hold at the top of your inhale.
Big exhale out.
There is nothing I am sharing here that should be a surprise.
Nobody gets out alive.
Of course not,
That's not how life on planet Earth works.
All of our days are numbered.
And that might take your breath away.
You might want to resist or ignore that.
That's okay.
War.
Maybe there's a part of you that's ready to wake up.
And acknowledge it.
Even if it scares you.
Knowledges.
That all of our days are numbered.
And if you are hearing this meditation now,
You.
Are alive.
You are alive.
What a blessing,
You made it to this day.
And so all that matters.
Is what you'd like to do from here and now.
I'm going to share those same statements again,
And just notice.
Notice what happens for you.
Be bold and brave.
Your days are numbered.
Be kind and loving.
Your days are numbered.
Be playful.
And travel.
Your days are numbered.
Forgive and let go.
Your days.
Or number.
Dear Heart,
Dear incredible heart of mine,
Thank you for everything you've done.
Thank you for how much you care.
Thank you for how sensitive you are.
Thank you for always being here.
To your heart.
Is there something you want to share with me now?
Is there something you'd like me to know?
If you are open,
If you are ready.
Take a deep breath into your heart.
And just listen.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
Bravo,
Dear creator.
Bravo,
Dear human,
Bravo,
Dear soul,
Having a human experience.
You made it to here and now.
You didn't turn this meditation off.
How incredible.
And the good news is we have one more song.
One more song intended to wake any part of you up.
One more song intended to help you remember.
How amazing,
How precious,
How blessed life on planet Earth is.
I'm going to sit back and let you and your heart and your soul explore.
Well,
That was quite the journey.
Thank you,
Dear artists.
Thank you for joining me.
Let's take a deep breath to bring our practice to an end.
Breathing in.
Big exhale out.
For those that are joining us live at the artist morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock.
Share an optional journaling prompt and allow us to continue.
Diving deep into this practice today.
Of course,
If you're catching us on a replay,
Perhaps on Insight Timer,
You can do the same.
Thank you once again for meditating with me.
My name is Darius,
And I will see you next time.
