Elevate the feeling of loneliness.
If you have ever felt lost in loneliness,
Then you know how difficult it is to shake this feeling.
Luckily,
When you combine desire with dedication,
Amazing changes in your life will occur.
Daily meditation is simple yet powerful.
Implementing a task and sticking to it is how we make habits.
Loneliness is simply a feeling that has become habit.
It cannot be cured by any external means.
Your life could be full of people and you still feel lonely.
You could have no friends and feel lonely.
You could be completely alone and feel lonely.
As you see,
It is simply a thought of separation that creates the feeling of loneliness.
This can have a never-ending circling effect until you change your focus.
Find a very comfortable position and make sure that you'll not be disturbed for a few minutes.
So let's begin by acknowledging the person who needs you the most.
You'll find this person when you look in the mirror.
Say to yourself now,
Thank you for this moment as an opportunity.
Give yourself now the time to breathe your very best.
For most of us,
We go entire days without even thinking about our breath.
Yet,
It is the very thing keeping us alive.
Your breath has been there for you since the beginning,
Fitting to each moment exactly as it needs.
The breath never asks questions and it never judges you.
It simply does what it is required instantaneously.
Let's honor our breath now and all it has been doing for us with five significant and purposeful breaths together.
First breath,
Fully in here,
Expanding your belly and chest as much as you can,
Holding it for the moment.
And as here,
Feeling a wave of relaxation sweep over you.
Second breath,
In here,
Filling your entire breathing system with fresh oxygen.
Hold it.
And as here,
Noticing again that wave of relaxation gently sweeping over you.
Third breath,
In here,
Very deeply so that you're brimming with air,
Taking a moment at the top to soaking in the life force we call oxygen.
And as here,
Noticing your body relaxing in different areas without any effort from you.
Fourth breath,
Fully in here,
The life force beginning to fill these breaths,
Purifying your entire body.
Exhaling now,
Not having to do anything at all,
Just notice how you're feeling.
Fifth breath,
The last one,
A full beautiful breath coming in.
Hold it,
Feeling the goodness of this simple task.
And as here,
Allowing that wave of relaxation to sweep again over you.
Just take note of how you're feeling in this very moment.
You now have an abundance of oxygen.
This is how we were truly created to feel.
Breathing deeply and fully is an expression of self-compassion.
Let your breath be natural now and notice how abundance feels.
This is your new tool that you'll use when faced with the feelings of negativity and loneliness.
Now take five deep purposeful and helpful breaths.
These breaths allow you to relax.
This conscious and delicate breath even makes it difficult for you to think negatively.
Next time when you catch yourself feeling hopelessness,
You may take these five healing breaths.
There are many negative meditative techniques that give you back the reins,
Allowing you to take control of your emotions instead of letting your emotions control you.
Mindfulness through meditation helps you become better acquainted with yourself and your emotions.
So presently you're just relaxing and feeling very safe of being comfortable.
No one needs you right now.
This is time you have dedicated to yourself and nothing is disturbing you.
You have nowhere to go and nothing you have to do right now.
You are completely safe and relaxed and are able to make great changes without much effort.
You are now being guided by your relaxation.
It is amazing how our feelings come and go like waves on the ocean shore.
We all know that there is absolutely nothing wrong with feeling relaxed.
So it is just the same as there's nothing wrong with feeling uncomfortable.
These are only sensations that you're experiencing.
Sensations that come and go,
Come and go.
Now gently bring into your awareness the feelings of loneliness and notice how and where any sensations of discomfort arises.
Be with this feeling as you are with a friend who is very upsetting about something that is happening to them.
Be there for their discomfort as if you are consoling a dear friend who has tears in their eyes.
Join with your loneliness as if you are meeting up someone you love because they call you and needed you.
Is the feeling of loneliness actually scary or is it just like a friend who is experiencing a bad day and is calling out for someone to console them.
Be present and listen because you are the only one who can give solace to this feeling.
Just as how your friend reached out only to you when they needed comfort.
You elevate feelings of desolation by being there with them and never pushing them away.
Would you tell your troubled friend to go away when they call you?
Upset and asking for your present?
No.
Then you do not tell your loneliness to go away either.
Now allow any feelings of seclusion,
Discomfort or pain to just pass by like a rain cloud that has brought a heavy rain.
The cloud passes by and the sun peeks out beaming with light and warmth.
When you console uncomfortable feelings and sit with them as friend,
You are allowing a storm of upset to rain down,
Letting go and then continue in the wind seeing the sun break through drying up the water with its warmth.
You can now clearly see a smile on your friend's face because you are always there for them.
The cure for loneliness is to change our focus as soon as you feel it arise.
Practicing these necessary techniques made it more meaningful encounters with your inner self,
Allowing your loneliness to become your ally.
We are coming to the end of this practice.
You may consider doing this practice more frequently when you are feeling a sense of loneliness.
