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Your Body of Love

by Brooks Palmer

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Meditation
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This is a simple meditation that takes you through the experience of love from within your own body. This practice allows you to be totally present in the moment and establish a sense of gratitude for your being and others around you.

MeditationLoveBodyPresenceGratitudeSelf LoveHeartConnectionCompassionBreathingShared PresenceUnconditional Self LoveHeart ConnectionInterconnectednessBody AwarenessSelf CompassionMindful Breathing

Transcript

Hi.

It's good to be here with you.

I can feel you.

It's interesting,

You know,

The presence,

I can feel the presence from far away.

Presence isn't restricted to a space or time and space.

Travels across the universe.

So here we are together enjoying this moment.

We're like a fish in the water,

You know.

Fish in the water swimming around together.

In the water of presence.

Presence basically means the moment.

Here we are in the moment.

Our our-ness,

Our existence,

Basically our being alive right now is presence.

We don't have to do anything because we already are alive.

Our presence is full and mighty.

Even when we don't notice it,

It's there.

I can feel yours and maybe you can feel mine as we spend this time together.

An amazing thing is it's the same presence.

It's not our presence or his presence or her presence,

But it's presence,

It's shared.

And we're connected because of that.

Sometimes we forget because we see the differences,

But we don't notice the undercurrent of aliveness underneath the differences.

But as we're sitting here relaxing,

Breathing is happening,

Our heart beats.

We sit in this shared presence,

This shared feeling of aliveness.

So take a moment and put your hand on your heart.

You can feel the heartbeat.

You can feel that beat on your hand.

And that's your heart saying hi.

Your heart loves you.

It's happy to see you saying hi.

So glad you noticed me.

I notice you all the time.

I beat for you all the time because I love you.

I don't care what you did in the past or what you did a moment ago,

Or what you're doing right now.

I just love you.

It's my honor,

My joy to beat for you,

Whether you're sleeping or awake.

I can't get enough of you.

I cherish you with every beat.

And I hope that you feel that love that I have for you.

So maybe right now you can feel that unconditional love from your heart.

It's beating.

It beats,

It propels the blood through your body,

Propels the nutrients and the oxygen through your veins,

Through your skin,

Through your organs.

Basically that's love.

It's propelling love through you.

It gives you aliveness.

It gives you the constant experience of being alive.

Everything else in your life pales to the immensity and power of this love of life flowing through you.

It's your greatest possession.

If you ever feel alone in your life,

Put your hand on your heart and you feel that constant love,

You're not alone.

Each beat is an I love you.

Each beat is a sensation of compassion.

And you're worthy of that love,

Again,

Regardless of whatever you've ever done or you think or whatever you think other people think of you.

This love is the greatest love.

And again,

You're the constant recipient of this love,

The deserving recipient of this love.

You're being alive is proof of how loved you are.

And this best friend in your chest,

This best friend,

Your heart is not your only best friend.

There's also your lungs.

Your lungs are constantly breathing.

The same way your heart is constantly beating,

Whether you're asleep or awake or aware of it or not.

This other best friend of your lungs relentlessly breathes you,

Relentlessly puts oxygen into your body,

Into your bloodstream to give you the gift of aliveness.

You are the recipient of that constant gift of aliveness.

Again,

Regardless of anything,

It's pure love.

There's no other greater love than this constant effusion,

This outpouring of love from your lungs and your heart.

How blessed are you to be this recipient?

They work together,

Your heart,

Your lungs.

They beat,

They put the energy through your body.

They give you that love.

Regardless of no matter tired,

You might be feeling it or like needy or whatever,

Or like,

Why did I do that?

There's this constant pure love because it knows you,

It knows you for what you are.

It sees past any kind of thoughts or feelings you might have and sees you fully,

Sees you actually.

Maybe you might feel some gratitude for this constant love.

The way to feel the gratitude is if you choose is to just notice like I'm alive.

There's aliveness in me.

It's because of this aliveness that I experience these words,

Experience the moment I can feel that I'm sitting,

I can hear sounds,

I can experience thoughts and feelings because of this aliveness,

Because of this great gift of love from my heart,

My lungs.

I'm the luckiest person in the world.

You can feel that because it's true.

There's no reducing the power of this.

It's the immensity of this.

It's often overlooked because we get distracted by other things going on around us.

We start to hear our thoughts and believe them.

I should be this or I shouldn't be this.

These are all falsities.

This is the truth.

This is the full experience of life.

This is basically what you are.

Aspects of your body and mind change constantly over time.

But what's always with you is you're alive.

You exist.

Whether you realize it or not,

You exist.

How lucky are you?

It's like we're a millionaire and sometimes we forget because we don't put our hand in our wallet and look through it and notice.

But right now we're noticing our immense value or life itself.

And we're remembering.

We may forget later on,

But it still goes on.

And then in the midst of activity,

We remember again.

We feel the breathing.

We put our hand on our heart.

It comes back to us.

We're like,

Oh yes,

I'm constantly loved.

I'm constantly being given life.

I'm the luckiest person alive because I know that.

I'm remembering.

You may forget again.

You may remember again.

But those gifts continue.

And the givers of those gifts don't care if you remember or not,

But they would like for you to be happy,

Of course.

So when you do remember,

They share in that joy.

And we all share in that joy.

When we look at others,

We recognize they have that aliveness in them too.

We're not as different as I thought.

They have that same love within them,

Same aliveness within them.

And we start to think of that.

We feel closer to others naturally.

And that gift spreads and widens.

That gift of love spreads and widens.

I wish you the best with your experience.

Meet your Teacher

Brooks PalmerSebastopol, CA, USA

4.5 (116)

Recent Reviews

Barbara

December 22, 2018

Thanks for this meditation of love...again you bring tears to eyes... with the wisdom you so generously share...your rare ability to transfer your “aliveness” into another person.....you are a voice in the wilderness...

Jenny

November 16, 2018

Genuine talk and meditation. My experience, as a faced paced thinker, is that a talk is a meditation if it calms me down and clear my mind. Brooks feels like an authentic person and his talks feels genuine, and they clear my mind better than many slow dolphin beep harp waterfall dingelidong meditation I've heard in my days. Thank you, Brooks!

Amron

October 13, 2018

Beautiful, precious, true....love. Thank you 🙏😊❤️

Truely

October 11, 2018

You have put into words the place I have arrived at.... what a gift you have shared... thank you so much I love it 💕💕

Wendy

October 11, 2018

So nice. A pep-rally for gratitude. Enjoy your aliveness.

simmyloo

October 10, 2018

So powerful. Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to more of your meditations and talks! Namaste

Sophie

October 8, 2018

Stunningly original, profound, and if internalized, no doubt life changing. Will repeat often. So grateful!! 💕✨🙏🏼✨💕

Lisa

October 8, 2018

I never considered this but it is a life changing concept. Thank you.

Helena

October 7, 2018

This was amazing, thank you 🙏🏽

Cathy

October 7, 2018

Awesome appreciation and meditation on the heart. As someone who is practicing knowing and more deeply being with my heart, I found this meditation to be very enlightening.

Melissa

October 7, 2018

Loved the insights given here. That as long as my heart is beating, I can truly know that my heart loves me. No matter what I’ve been through. No matter my thoughts. My heart loves me and wants me to live!

Nessi

October 7, 2018

I loved the idea of how loving our heart and lungs are! Thank you so much ♡

Krista

October 7, 2018

Very powerful, thank you very much!

Terri

October 7, 2018

Not a traditional meditation but lovely all the same. I will meditate on Brooks’s words throughout my day. Unexpected. Appreciated. Pure love. Brooks’s joy is contagious. ❤️

María

October 7, 2018

Beautiful meditation full of Love. We need to remind ourselves the magic of life and the unconditional love of our heart and lungs. It's so wonderful to be alive. Thank you.

Melissa

October 7, 2018

Simple self love practice. Remembering our hearts, lungs, and aliveness even if just for a moment💝

ingeborg

October 7, 2018

I love this. It made me connect with my heart, and feel deep love and gratitude for myself.

Maggie

October 7, 2018

I am grateful for this nuturing and empowering meditation experience ♡ Namaste

Eme

October 7, 2018

Moving!! Sometimes realizing the abundance of love that we may have forgotten about can be very overwhelming. Thanks!! 💟

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