So tonight is going to be a different kind of energy that we'll be playing with.
It's always love energy,
But how we get there can be very different.
And tonight it feels very primal,
Very in touch with our creative energies.
You know,
The natural state of being,
Which we're in at all times,
And that our natural state is love.
So we'll go ahead and start our breathing in together,
Just breathing in.
And letting go of wherever our mind is.
Our mind's always telling us,
You know,
I need to be this way,
I need to be that way.
Or,
You know,
I just finished doing such and such,
I'm not prepared.
Or I can't join in because,
You know,
I just finished having an argument.
Or I just finished,
You know,
Fooling around with somebody and I can't be here and present and all that sort of stuff.
And you know what,
Our minds have nothing to do with our preparation,
With our joining this natural state of love that we all are at all times.
So let's breathe together.
And joyfully ignore all the voices in our head.
Just breathing in.
And knowing that we cannot get this wrong.
I cannot screw this up.
I can try,
But I can't really screw it up.
I don't have to be perfect.
I don't have to be right.
I just need to be present to showing up,
To being here.
And the being here isn't being at a particular event.
It's not being at just the right place and time.
It's being exactly where you are.
If your car broke down and you couldn't make it someplace,
Or if your technology wasn't functioning and you couldn't get online,
Or if you couldn't go to a particular event,
None of that matters.
It's being present to wherever you are.
Because wherever that space is,
That space where you are,
Is the most important place that the universe can be through you.
It's not where you're going.
You hold it.
You hold the keys to the universe expressing through you.
Anything,
Anywhere you've got to be,
Anybody else,
That's them and that's the universe through them.
You can't express through another person.
And you don't need anybody else.
It's your expression through you.
So wherever you are is exactly where you're supposed to be.
No matter how frustrating it may feel.
No matter how it wasn't quite where you thought you were going to be.
That's the place to be.
So right now,
Wherever you are,
Feeling into your natural state,
The only way the universe can be present is if you are.
That's how important you being aware of you is.
And even though it's important,
It doesn't have to be a struggle.
It doesn't have to be complicated.
It doesn't have to be,
Oh my gosh,
I didn't get it right.
Anytime that you forget,
It's okay.
Because the moment you remember,
It resets the clock and the universe is there.
We may get caught up in what's happening,
An argument,
A moment,
No matter what.
And then we remember,
Oh man,
That's me,
I'm getting caught up.
And in that moment,
The universe learns what catches it,
Where it was.
And then it can turn that around.
And it can be present to whatever's happening.
Doesn't mean that whatever's happening is going to be pleasant,
That you're going to like it,
Or that it's even going to be the truth.
You know,
We're so inundated right now with media telling,
This person's this way and this person's that way,
And this is how this person meant something,
And oh,
You know,
Here's this coming in.
And how do you know the truth when all of that,
Coming from so many directions,
Contradicting itself?
We have to go back to knowing our own experience,
Being present to ourselves,
And being understanding and aware and loving of ourselves at all points in time.
It's like,
We're more present than we think.
When we look out at family or friends,
Sometimes we're sitting at a table and everybody's eating,
And you just for a moment go,
God,
This is the greatest thing,
This is the most wonderful thing.
I really love being with them.
This is the best moment,
It's the perfect day.
Enjoy those moments.
Because those days are when we've been so present,
So real,
So alive.
Presence isn't always what we imagine it to be spiritually,
Right?
Like,
If I'm spiritually present,
Then I'll,
You know,
I don't know,
I'll see energy,
I'll see things different,
Things will be coming,
You know,
What do we imagine that being present is?
It's a natural state.
It's relaxed.
So when you are relaxed,
When you're not self-editing,
Not listening to self-talk,
Just enjoying the moment that you're in,
Not wishing it to be different,
No matter what it's showing you,
That's being present.
That's the natural state.
And those happen more often than we think.
And they don't have to be so structured.
So together,
Let's enjoy our natural state right now.
Just breathing in.
That wherever you are,
It's a perfect place to be.
Whoever you're with,
Even if they're across the room watching something else while you're watching another thing.
Maybe they're on their phone,
Maybe they're watching TV.
Maybe you see them in a different room while you're over here listening to something.
You're just present to the fact that they're in the space with you.
Just breathing in and out.
And the relaxation,
The unencumbered relaxation.
No expectations of things being a particular way.
That whatever is,
Is perfect.
Just being there,
Present to it.
And letting the creative energy in your body rise.
Let it come up from your root chakra.
Rise up through your body and join your heart.
Bringing in the energy from outside and above your head and joining that to your heart.
Just being present.
Knowing that this moment is perfect as it is.
It doesn't have to be special.
It doesn't have to include anyone else.
Because everything's included within you.
When you are peaceful and joined with yourself,
You're not separate from anyone.
No one needs to join you in this space.
Because you're creating the space that everyone's in with you already.
And you're just holding that.
And it's easy.
You're just breathing in and breathing out.
There's nothing to achieve in this space.
So perfectly lovely and silent and present and alive.
There's nothing to be done.
There's no place in you that you have to heal.
No way of thinking that you need to address.
Isn't it amazing that you can be perfectly whole as soon as you recognize it?
And you can choose,
Maybe I'll heal something.
But why not just enjoy the perfect essence of yourself?
The part of you that's okay with you and your neurosis,
Your childhood wounds.
You don't have to do everything for all of those.
You're the space that they can exist in and be loved.
Just loving all parts of you.
Not having to pick it apart.
Just loving it.
It's like walking through a park.
And you're breathing in and you feel the sun on your body.
Or it could be the rain.
Either one.
See,
It doesn't have to be a particular way.
It can be sun or it can be rain and you can be happy.
It doesn't matter.
It's not your outside circumstances.
So whether you're walking through a park and it's sunny,
Or you're walking through a park and it's rainy,
It doesn't matter.
As you imagine you're doing that,
You pass by your childhood self and you see it's crying over a wound that it's had.
And you don't have to fix everything about it.
Because as you walk past it,
Your hand gracefully plays with that child's hair and wipes away its tear.
Gives it a smooch.
And then that child watches you enjoy,
And whether it's rainy or sunny,
And that child knows,
I can do that too.
So you're leading you at all points in time.
You're teaching everything in your existence how to love what is and how to love itself.
That's your natural state.
To love no matter what is happening.
And to love you in that state.
Notice I didn't say anything beyond that.
If you love you no matter what's happening,
No matter what your experience is,
If you love you,
Are kind to you,
Are aware of you,
Nothing else is required.
What about somebody else in that?
What about their experience?
It's not under your control.
So you love you.
And then that teaches everything inside of you to love itself,
No matter its experience.
That it can be happy in sunshine or in rain.
That things don't have to be perfect.
Because the natural state is balance.
Your natural way of being is completely in balance.
Things don't have to be perfect for you.
Because you are the perfection.
Because isn't it perfect that whether things are good or bad,
That you're okay?
Isn't that more perfect than things having to be perfection outside you?
That you are okay no matter what is happening is perfection.
More,
So much more,
Than having to have the perfect home,
The perfect car,
The perfect spouse,
The perfect life,
To be perfectly happy,
Regardless of sun or rain,
Good or bad.
That's perfection.
And that's your natural state.
Because you,
Just like a tree or anything else,
The tree doesn't say to the rain,
Don't rain.
The tree doesn't say to the sun,
Please hide.
The tree exists in the rain and the sun and needs both.
It's natural state is to function at its highest when it's sunny and to function at its highest when it's rainy.
And that's the same thing for you.
To function at your highest,
No matter what the external is.
And how can you do that?
Is to completely be rooted in yourself.
Rooted in the awareness that you are not separate from the universe.
That things are not just happening to you.
That you're the space where things are happening.
And that you aren't just the experience that you're having.
You're not just that person in a room looking at other people.
You are the room.
You are everyone in that room.
You are everything.
And from that place,
Can you love you and everything in that room.
You're the space where it's all happening.
And you,
As the universe,
Can choose how to express in that space.
And what's going to be true for you.
And to love you,
To absolutely love you.
You as the universe are choosing to love you as a being.
And then to express through that being.
You are not just a personality,
Or just a person,
Or just a body.
Your body is like a focusing crystal.
And your personality is the sound of that crystal.
And you,
As a universal being,
Are more than just that body.
You're everything.
You're everyone.
But you get to use this specific crystal,
And this specific personality,
To love its own self and others.
And your natural state is being in that space.
And your natural state is occurring no matter what your mind is saying.
And you get to choose whether you listen to that little yappy voice,
Or whether you walk and breathe in the state of who you are.
And who you are is a vast universe.
And that's so amazing,
So hard to believe,
So hard to be aware of sometimes.
That you could be all that is,
And you are that.
You're not just this body.
You're not just the park that you're walking through.
You're that body.
You're the park.
And you're the sun shining on the park.
So it doesn't matter if it's raining or the sun is shining.
It's just all points of expression that you're getting to enjoy,
That you're contributing to,
In saying,
I love you.
