Hello and welcome to the artist's morning.
My name is Darius,
And I am 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.
As we begin to go inwards together.
Nice and slow.
Let's begin by taking a few longer,
Deeper breaths.
Coming back.
Back to your center.
Back to the place inside you,
A very special place.
Where your mind,
Your heart,
Your body,
Your soul meet.
This very special center.
Breathing into your center.
Long,
Deep breaths.
There's almost a hypnotic in and out.
Arising and falling.
Of your breath.
Softening.
Softening your forehead,
Softening your jaw.
Softening your shoulders,
As we soften we open As we soften,
We open.
Our channels open.
Our heart opens.
Our mind opens.
Voice open.
Vision open.
And we are able to receive.
We are able to receive.
Today's practice.
Might seem a bit unorthodox,
And sometimes those are my favorite practices.
It's wonderful to have goals,
Aspiration,
Vision.
It's wonderful.
To spend our lives building,
Creating.
And today,
With your permission,
I'd like us to go deeper.
This center.
Where your mind,
Your heart,
Your body,
Your soul connect.
Can you feel it?
Even if you can feel it 1% for a fraction of a second,
It's something.
This very special place.
Is ancient.
There is a part of you.
That is ancient.
More than 10,
000 lives.
There is a part of you.
That is forever.
More than 10,
000 lives forward.
More than 10,
000 lives backwards.
Ancient and forever.
Ancient and forever.
Do you remember?
Continue taking deep breaths.
If you get stuck in your human brain,
It's okay.
Returned back.
To your center.
Ancient.
N.
Forever.
This part might feel uncomfortable.
Or unusual and I want to remind you.
That there's no way to get this wrong and there's nothing you need to do.
Temporarily,
I want to invite you to place your goals,
Your responsibility in this lifetime on the shelf.
You don't need to worry about.
Dropping the ball or abandoning anything.
It's just a temporary experiment.
Your job.
Your status.
Place it on the shelf.
Your responsibilities with your family,
Your responsibilities with your community.
Temporarily just place it on the shelf.
You are not abandoning anything or anyone.
Nothing is changing.
We are just placing these things on the shelf.
Your age,
Your health.
Your ethnicity,
Your culture.
Place them on the shelf.
Return.
Remember.
That you are ancient.
And forever.
Return.
Remember.
That you are ancient.
And forever.
Take a few deep breaths here.
These elements of your life that we have placed on the shelf.
Are significant to you,
Are meaningful to you.
There's nothing wrong with that.
And I want to offer up that perhaps.
.
.
There is a place in you that is beyond all of this.
There is a place in you that is before.
All of this.
And if you disagree,
That's okay.
Play with me.
Ancient and forever.
Ancient.
Anne.
Forever.
Ancient and forever.
Floaty.
What if.
.
.
You are more than you think you are.
What does that mean to you?
What if you were less than you think you are?
What does that mean to you?
What if.
.
.
God.
Universe.
The Great Creator.
Was loudest.
In the paradox.
What does that mean to you?
Beautiful to have goals,
To have visions,
To be working on creations and projects.
And.
.
.
You are ancient and forever.
More than 10,
000 lives backwards,
More than 10,
000 lives forwards.
Can you tap into it?
To a goal,
To an intention.
Of your soul.
Can you tap in?
To a goal,
To an intention of this ancient and forever soul.
Why?
Why here?
Why this?
Why?
This is our last song,
And I just want to invite you.
To tap in to that center spot,
That ancient and forever place.
And see.
What you can remember.
Bravo dear artist,
Bravo dear creator,
You made it to the end of our meditation.
And for that,
I am so grateful.
For those that are joining us live at The Artist Morning,
I'm going to share an optional journal prompt that's connected to the theme of our meditation today.
I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and invite you to continue this exploration.
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.
