Good morning and welcome to the artist morning.
My name is Darius and I am so grateful you and I get this time together.
Today's meditation practice will be a bit different.
Today we will explore the four levels of creator consciousness.
Today's meditation is built for anyone who is on a creative journey,
An artistic journey,
A journey to know themselves better,
To express themselves better and to be themselves more fully.
Let's begin our meditation today by taking a moment just to land in your seat.
Let's take a moment to arrive in this moment.
Your eyes are still open,
I'd like to invite you to close them now as we go inwards together.
Allowing whatever's here just to be here.
Any thoughts,
Any sensations.
Let's take a deep breath together,
Breathing in and letting it all go.
Now earlier I mentioned this concept of four levels of creator consciousness.
I'll share them with you now.
The first level is a belief that things are happening to me.
The second level is an evolution,
When we start to realize that things are happening for me,
Not to me,
But for me.
The third level is when we accept our agency and our power and we believe things are happening by me.
But there is a fourth level,
Where we let go,
We surrender and we accept that things are actually happening through me.
We are vessels for divine expression.
You are an instrument of divine expression.
There is something seeking you,
Something searching you out.
And if we are able to remember,
If we are able to open our channels to receive,
This life can be really,
Really fun and special.
Now what's important to remember is this is not a linear journey.
You can work your way up the four levels and then come back down and that's okay.
Things are happening to me.
Things are happening for me.
Things are happening by me.
Things are happening through me.
Wherever you are on the journey in this moment,
Do your best just to acknowledge it.
The first step is acknowledgement and awareness.
That's how we evolve and move through the levels.
If we are unaware which level we are at,
There's no way to move forward.
Things are happening to me.
Things are happening for me.
Things are happening by me.
Things are happening through me.
This last level of creator consciousness is a sacred surrender.
The third level,
Things are happening by me.
Your fists are clenched and you feel your power,
Your agency.
You can do things,
You can take actions,
You can make things happen.
To get to the fourth level,
We must open our fists and let go of everything.
Fully responsible for our lives but attached to nothing.
Fully responsible but attached to nothing.
Wherever you are on these four levels,
It's okay.
All of us move forward and back through these levels.
Like I said,
The first step to moving forward is acceptance and awareness.
The first level happening to me,
There is usually a lot of numbing,
Ignoring and complaining.
The second level,
There is an acceptance that there is a benevolent guidance looking out for us in our lives.
It requires trust.
The third level is an acceptance of our power,
Of our agency to act,
To do,
To create.
It's happening by me.
Hands are clenched and powerful.
Fists,
We feel the strength in our hands.
These magic hands can create.
I'd like to invite you to squeeze your fists tight now and feel the power in your hands.
Squeeze as tight as you can.
They are very powerful.
But if you hold on too tight,
You will exhaust your muscles.
The fourth level,
Things are happening through me.
You,
Dear artist,
Can let go.
Open your fists and let the universe lovingly come through you now.
Let go of anything that does not serve you.
Let go of your mistakes.
Let go of your successes.
Let go of your expectations.
Let go of approval from anyone else.
Let go of your status.
Let go of who you thought you were.
What remains?
There is no right or wrong answer.
But it is a question that can take you down a beautiful path.
What remains?
This is our last song this morning.
Before I leave you with this song,
If you are open to it,
I'd like to drop in a few very simple affirmations.
Take a deep breath with me.
Place your hands down on your laps with the palms up.
Here's the first one.
Opening.
Opening.
Opening.
I am opening my channels.
Clearing.
Clearing.
Clearing.
I am clearing anything that no longer serves me.
And lastly,
Receiving.
Receiving.
Receiving.
Receiving.
Receiving.
Dear universe,
I am ready to receive your divine expression from you through me.
And let's take a deep breath and come back to our bodies and back to our seats.
Give ourselves a chance to land back.
Breathing in.
And letting it go.
Maybe you received a lot in that meditation.
Maybe something has shifted for you that's significant.
Maybe it's really subtle.
Wherever you went,
However much you opened or received,
I'm grateful we've had this time together.
For those of us joining live at the artist morning,
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and allow us to do some private,
Personal journaling.
If you're catching us on a replay,
Perhaps on insight timer,
Of course you could do the same.
Put some time on your own clock.
And see if something has shifted,
If something has opened,
Something has cleared,
Something has been received.
Thank you for meditating with me.
My name is Darius and I will see you next time.
