Welcome.
Welcome to living from the heart.
And today's subject is love.
And how important it is to choose love.
To choose love from moment to moment.
And how love really is a choice.
We make that choice to love ourselves.
To love our life.
To love the world as it is.
So I want to invite you into a meditation to support you in choosing love.
So make yourself comfortable.
Sit with a long spine.
Let your eyes close.
And take some generous breaths.
Take some generous breaths.
And as you breathe.
Breathe the breath of love.
And let it circulate through your body and through your whole being.
And take your time.
Take your time.
Feel how you can expand your awareness of love through your entire body.
And even beyond the edges of your body.
Feel the space around your body.
On the sides.
Back.
Front.
Experiencing the space beneath your seat and beneath your feet.
The space of the earth.
And then as you're ready.
Expand your awareness.
To the above.
Above your head.
Into the sky.
Toward the heavens.
So that you are in an expanse of spacious love.
Spacious love.
Yes.
Just breathing.
And feel yourself in the embrace of spacious love.
This is your choice.
Your choice.
So choose love.
Choose love in each moment.
Choose love.
Amidst the unrest and the chaos.
Choose love in moments.
When the fabric of society is remaking itself.
Choose love.
Be the voice of love.
Be the voice of love.
Yes.
Choose love.
When perhaps you may feel.
Like giving yourself or someone else a hard time.
Choose love.
Choose love.
When you sense an urge to wage war on yourself.
I know how my mind.
Can take me into the darkness.
And be really harsh.
This is a tendency of mind.
To move toward being critical or negative.
And so each time.
You and I choose love.
We are shifting this.
So take a breath and sense.
What it is like.
To choose love.
For yourself.
In this moment.
My work and yours my friends.
Is to turn toward love.
Let us.
Each direct our minds.
Toward love.
Remember.
It is up to us.
To create a world.
A world for ourselves.
And for future generations.
That is loving.
Imagine a place.
Where our children.
Our God children.
Our spirit children.
And our children's children will want to live.
What kind of a world.
Are you creating in this moment.
Is it a world.
Where you are choosing love.
Choose love with your whole heart.
Choose love in moments of sadness.
Loneliness grief.
Or loss.
Because love holds it all.
Love.
Is inclusive.
Love is infinite.
So breathe.
Breathe.
And place your attention.
On love.
This is all you have.
Make a conscious choice.
Of where you put your attention.
For me.
Love is the choice.
Choosing love is intentional.
It doesn't just happen.
We need to be devoted to love.
Because it can be so easy.
To fall into those places.
Where we feel unlovable.
Where our old hurts rise to the surface.
Making it challenging to choose love.
And yet.
Somehow.
We do.
And the more we do.
The easier it gets.
Gets easier and easier.
Choose love.
Choose love.
Choose to love yourself.
Even when you make mistakes.
Accidentally step on someone's toes.
Choose love.
Your heart is pure and good.
Feel how your heart.
Is pure and good.
And full of love.
Love is a choice.
Which requires your presence.
Your consistent curiosity.
Be gentle.
Simply be attentive.
It can be so empowering to choose love.
To choose sanity and peace.
To choose to treat one another.
With kindness.
Let us come together.
As a community of meditators.
Of souls devoted to truth.
To love.
And take a stand.
As we align.
With the possibility of honoring and respecting ourselves.
Letting love shine.
Seeing the good in ourselves and in others.
Let us sit together briefly.
And choose love.
And I want to offer you a question.
A question to float.
In the ocean of your awareness.
What is it that I love about myself?
What do I love about myself?
I will hold the space.
As you reflect.
And then call you back.
I will hold the space.
I will hold the space.
Very gently take a breath.
Notice the quality of being inside.
Notice the echoes of choosing.
To reflect on what you love about yourself.
Notice that there are ripples of love vibrating inside of you.
Very gently come back into the room.
Breathing and receiving love.
And I invite you to return to this practice of choosing love.
Whenever you feel called.
Because the more you practice,
The deeper it goes.
And then as you're ready.
Letting the eyes open and seeing the world through the eyes of love.
See the world through the eyes of love.
Of one who is choosing love.
As you move through your life.
Choose love.
Choose to love yourself.
And your life.
Choose love.
