Morning Blessing Gift Of Homecoming

Morning Blessing Gifts awaken, stimulate and deepen meditation and spiritual practice. In the tradition of Robert Frost and Wendell Berry, poetic images and personal experiences of New England nature, the birds, animals, woods, and beaches of coastal Maine, awakens listeners to begin their day nurtured and encouraged to be themselves, joined with like-minded souls. The exercises provide a friendly, comforting and accessible way to wake up and affirm the whole self. Each blessing has seven brief paragraphs that offer a welcome to the day, a silent meditation, affirmations of body, heart and soul, a blessing and a gift for each day. Begins and ends with a ring of a singing bowl.

Transcript

Welcome home!

Be welcomed to this day at hand.

Be in the day effortlessly,

Without having to make it happen.

The earth turns by itself,

Creating this fresh morning,

This fresh time and space for you.

In my house,

Silence is easiest at night,

While the people and animals of the city sleep.

Hold on to the silence for a while longer,

Keeping it wrapped around you like a fine cloak.

Do nothing but breathe.

After being out of your body for the night,

Return to your body now.

Come and be at home.

Feel yourself,

Your feet on the earth,

Your legs,

Middle,

Your chest and arms,

And head and face.

Begin to stretch and move out into the day.

As you come from the background of sleep's unconsciousness,

Let a feeling emerge into the foreground.

Right now,

I feel curious.

What feeling will the very next moment bring?

Move out of the familiar pattern,

Or some unexpected feeling?

Do you know your soul?

After the firestorm or flood of feelings,

What is there but the quiet of essence?

Come be at home in this new and ancient way.

Again,

There is nothing to do but be with yourself at the deepest level.

May you go out and meet the day whole,

Alive and eager to experience what you find.

Let there be familiarity as you encounter other souls wandering through the day.

Your gift today is homecoming.

Reviews

I do not have the words to describe how much I love this practice. I too find night to be the time I can most easily wrap the mantle of silence around me. I often struggle to join the active world in the morning as I try to keep the silence about me - only until hearing the words of this practice, I did not truly appreciate or recognize that as the reason. Awareness is key. I may now be more deliberate in my awakening each day. Bookmarked and downloaded. Thank you so much for sharing this with me and the world. I see the light in you. 🤲❤️🤲

Thank you very much. The perfect start to any day.

Great start of the day, clear and strong and grounded. Thanks!

Thank you good way to start the day