Morning Blessing Gift To Begin

Morning Blessing Gifts awaken, stimulate and deepen meditation and spiritual practice. The meditations 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. The practice begins and ends with a ring of a singing bowl.

Transcript

Begin again.

Start over again.

Newness and sameness.

When I come downstairs,

My feet step down on each stair tread in the same spot as yesterday.

I duck my head at the same low point just at the right time,

As always.

Yet,

It is today,

Not yesterday,

And it is now,

Not then.

I come down into the silence of the night,

Which now changes slowly into the silence of the day.

Silence is the bridge.

Walk across this long bridge right now,

Taking your time and enjoying the view.

Come back gently to your body and remind yourself of your physical presence.

Scan your body,

Sending awareness and energy as you go.

Feet,

Legs,

Thighs,

Waist,

Chest,

Arms.

Neck,

Head,

And face.

In the same way,

Check to see what emotions are starting to stir,

Are beginning to rustle and rumble around.

Let a feeling start to come,

To rise to consciousness.

Once in the mind,

Move it to your mouth and say words out loud into the air.

After worldly concerns,

It is relief to relax down into the ever-present realm of spirit,

Like falling onto a soft,

Comfortable sofa after a long day.

Feel the familiar support and loving cradling of your spirit that welcomes you.

May you find not only one,

But multiple new ways to begin today.

Your gift today is to begin.