This sharing is a multiplier.
These sharings don't replace your current practices.
They're here to amplify them,
Making your practices more powerful,
More sustainable,
And more joyful.
What if everything you've ever learned could now work even better?
What if meditation became easier,
Mindfulness more natural,
And life lighter?
Let's begin.
Wherever you are right now,
Seated on a chair,
Resting on your bed,
Or simply posing between two moments,
Let your next breath become a turning point,
A gentle pivot,
A shift,
A movement from the noise of what seems to be to the quiet truth of what is.
And let this story resonate through you.
Let it resonate as if your awareness were floating,
Your ears under water,
Each word a ripple,
Each silence an echo from within.
Let the words land softly,
No effort,
Just the openness of a widened lens.
The wider it opens,
The more light it receives.
The deeper you listen,
The more clarity you receive.
So breathe your consciousness open.
Breathe like babies.
Let your belly rise in a warm wave,
Returning again and again to the shoreline of your deepest calm.
Breathe in through your nose and exhale slowly through your mouth.
Feel at ease to enter this story with your whole being.
Now imagine you are outside for a walk.
It's sunset.
The air is calm.
The sky is gold.
And there,
Stretching before you on the ground,
Your shadow.
Long,
Silent.
And in that instant,
You know the sun is behind you.
Have you ever noticed?
To face your shadow,
You must turn your back to the sun.
This is simply how it works.
Light behind you,
Shadow in front of you.
Your shadow is not a threat.
It's a direction.
A quiet indicator of where the source of light truly is.
So breathe in slowly through your nose and exhale deeply through your mouth.
And bring to the surface of your awareness this quiet knowing that may have been hidden.
And feel yourself listening as deeply as you are breathing.
Because when life feels heavy,
When something casts a shadow over you,
When clarity deems,
What does that really mean?
Could it be that your attention has turned away from your inner sun?
From your inner light?
Not consciously.
Just unknowingly.
Like a flower that follows the sun without drying,
You too naturally turn towards the source of light.
The source of awareness.
The source of your experience of life.
So if this source of light is always present within you,
What is it that casts a shadow?
Thought.
Thoughts that slip between you and clarity.
Doubtful thoughts,
Fearful ones,
Angry ones,
Judging ones,
Hopeless ones,
Sad ones.
Thoughts that pass between life and your present awareness.
Like clouds drifting between you and the sun.
Suddenly,
A shadow appears.
A sense of less.
A sense that something is wrong.
A sense of life dimming you.
But what if nothing was wrong?
What if the shadow wasn't a warning,
But a direction?
Just a reminder,
You're looking away from the clarity of your unclouded awareness.
Yes,
Your thoughts drift,
Sometimes backward into the shadows of the past,
Sometimes forward into the fog of the future.
And suddenly,
You are no longer here in the light of this present moment.
You are not in the clear presence that is always available.
What if the shadows in your life were never a punishment?
Just a gentle invitation saying,
Turn around.
So ask yourself now,
What am I turning toward right now?
Toward the past?
Toward the future?
Where is my inner sun?
What feelings brings me back to it?
Is it gratitude?
Is it peace?
Is it the simple miracle of being alive in this breath?
In this moment of amplified awareness?
Your inner sun has many names.
Presence,
Stillness,
Love,
Well-being.
But behind all these names,
There is a quiet sense of all is well behind every storm of thought.
So whenever life seems to dim,
It's never because the light is gone.
It's only because your attention is momentarily facing everything but the present.
So pose,
Breathe,
And turn inwardly toward the sun.
And notice how the light returns the moment you remember that this choice of direction has always been yours.
Come back to your breath,
To the warmth of your chest,
To the quiet sun within.
Let yourself be still.
Let yourself be whole.
There was never something wrong with you.
There was never an absence of light.
Only a temporary turn of attention.
Feel the breath widening your inner sky.
Feel the light without effort.
Feel yourself coming home simply by remembering.
Let the next breath remind you this.
Forget the light and the shadows rise.
Remember it and your life shines.
So breathe,
Soften,
And turn toward the sun.
And once more,
Let this mantra ripple through you.
Forget the light and shadows rise.
Remember it and your life shines.
Let it echo.
Let it settle.
Let it sink into the quiet center of your being.
The place where light never leaves.
And rest there in the glow of your own remembering.
