Good morning and welcome to The Artist's Morning.
My name is Darius and it's such an honor to be here with you,
To meditate with you this morning.
Wherever you are in the world,
We are here together.
With today's meditation,
Our practice will be to stay connected to that inner peace,
The inner power that exists inside each and every one of us.
As the meditation takes us to different places,
Different emotions,
Thoughts,
And even physical sensations perhaps.
The invitation this morning will be to go deeper,
Deeper into your heart,
Deeper into your core,
And to sit in the seat of your soul in that place where you always have access to peace,
To power,
And to infinite creativity.
Let's begin our meditation,
Find a comfortable seat,
And just give yourself a moment to land.
If your eyes are open,
I invite you to close them now as we begin to feel and familiarize ourselves with our inner world.
Let's start by taking a few deep breaths,
Allowing our thinking and our doing brain to slow down.
Whatever is going on in your mind,
Whatever you are feeling,
I want to remind you that it's all welcome,
It's all okay,
There's nothing you need to do this morning.
There will be invitations,
Suggestions,
But you choose if you'd like to take me up on those invitations.
I want you to imagine you are sitting in a beautiful home on a mountain,
And it overlooks the ocean,
And that is where we will be meditating this morning.
There's a warm morning breeze that hits your skin,
You can hear the birds chirping,
And you are sitting on a beautiful piece of land.
It's comfortable,
You have a blanket down,
And you are meditating this morning overlooking the ocean on a mountain.
That is where we have decided to meditate together.
Take a moment to really land in this spot.
Can you hear the birds?
Can you feel the sun against your skin?
It's warm but also gentle.
Take a moment to really soak it all in.
Maybe even the sense,
The sounds,
The warmth,
The beauty that exists all around you in this place,
In this moment.
Maybe you are able to fully embrace and take it all in.
And maybe your thoughts begin to distract you.
Maybe you get pulled away from this place of tremendous peace and calm,
And that's okay too.
The practice today is to go back in,
Go back deeper into our hearts,
Into our core,
To that place where there is always peace.
In the center of your chest there is a light,
A power source that you always have access to.
Infinite peace,
Infinite power and connection.
As much as our human minds want to control our external environments,
The reality is of course we can't,
Things change.
Things change.
Everything changes.
People,
Places,
Relationships,
Emotions,
Just like the weather,
They change.
Can you feel the emotions and the energy changing around you?
No judgment.
It's not about a good change or a bad change.
There is always change.
Our practice today is about connecting to that inner peace that exists inside all of us.
As the energy changes around you,
Are you able to breathe into that place in the center of your chest in return to the inner peace that you always have access to?
Once again,
Dear artist,
Dear creator,
A reminder that things change.
As much as we'd like to have full control of our external world,
That's not how this experience works.
Can you feel the energy changing around you?
Maybe the weather is changing in this beautiful place we are meditating.
No judgment.
It's not a good change or a bad change.
It's just change.
Our practice today is about staying connected and close to that inner peace that exists in all of us.
Are you able to breathe into that place in the center of your chest?
Are you able to let go of the need to control your external world?
I'll stay quiet and let you practice.
I'll stay quiet and let you practice.
I'll stay quiet and let you practice.
I'll stay quiet and let you practice.
I'll stay quiet and let you practice.
I'll stay quiet and let you practice.
Bravo,
Dear artist.
Bravo,
Dear creator.
Wherever you went,
Whatever you felt or did not feel,
Whether you traveled with us to this beautiful mountaintop or you chose to go somewhere else,
I honor and respect you for carving out some time for yourself,
For your heart,
For us to connect as a community this morning.
As always,
I will put 15 minutes on the clock and invite you to do some private,
Personal journaling.
If you're catching us on a replay,
You can do the same,
Put 15 minutes on your own clock and just see what's here,
What's accessible for you this morning.
My name's Darius.
It's been a pleasure meditating with you,
And we will see you next time.
