We start so simple,
The ground of our own being,
The ground underneath us.
You're incapable of feeling the support of the earth underneath us.
What can we ever do of value?
The ground underneath you,
Whatever it is that you root yourself in,
Whether it's your ancestry,
Your spirituality,
The earth itself,
Root yourself,
Let your thoughts relax,
Your thoughts passing by like clouds,
Wisdom,
The intelligence of your body as you can just live the experience of solid ground underneath you.
Feel that for you in you.
And next,
What allows us to stay?
What allows us to be here is our ability to be moved,
To breathe,
To exchange,
Taking in the vastness of the universe to the particular being that you are into your body,
Feeling into that capacity to receive,
To take in breath,
Let it move through you and then feel into your capacity to let it go.
See rooted breath flowing.
Now make a little more room for yourself inside.
Give yourself some space,
Time,
For your breath to descend naturally into your core.
Rest your awareness right on the edge of your breath as it moves through you.
Feel what that's like.
Once more,
Feel what it's like to let the next breath arrive in you without effort,
Without striving,
Taking in the universe,
And follow your breath all the way out.
Experience what it's like to let your breath depart from you.
Go back a part of the sky again.
Each time you notice your thoughts taking you somewhere,
Just come back,
Back to the core of your being,
Your rootedness on the earth,
Breath of spirit moving through you,
Space inside your awareness,
Resting on the new breath arising,
Coming in and through you on its own.
In the same way,
Your own destiny,
Your own future,
Your own path arriving,
Your own sense of soul presence arriving without warning.
And you're there,
You're here.
Conscious act,
Being is awareness of your own heart.
Beyond anything your mind would think,
The feeling,
The sensation,
Beating of your own heart.
Whether you simply feel the sensations of that inside your chest or you rest your hand,
Place it over your heart,
Closer to yourself.
See rooted breath moving through you like a river,
The heart that can feel and speak and listen.
Take your time here,
Space here for you within you,
This deep meeting inside yourself.
Feeling into for yourself,
Whatever is new for you,
That's been renewed or is really here for the very first time being born,
Birthed,
Perhaps just more unknowing for now.
Being with whatever is for you.
