And I want you to now Notice for yourself what this practice has done for you.
Notice.
The ease of your breath.
The slow pace of thoughts in your mind.
And the lightness you may be feeling in your entire body.
This.
Is the power.
Of Pranayama.
Prana,
Life Energy.
Yama the Fruits.
The art of cultivating life energy.
And now.
.
.
With that body.
Quietened.
Our brain slowed down and the breath deepened.
Let us Notice.
The open heart space.
And this is the.
.
.
Powerful session where we're going to seed are powerful.
Concept that is going to change the trajectory of the future of our life.
That was predicated on.
A deep sense of self-worth that comes from.
Self-love.
And compassion directed.
Inwards.
I begin with a quote.
3000 years ago.
In the forests of India.
A sage named Vajnavalkya.
Said something to his wife that has never been improved upon.
It is not for the sake of the beloved that the beloved is dear.
It is for the sake of the self.
Let the blood stir.
Sit with that irony for a second.
Every love.
You have ever given.
Was coming.
From the self.
Every time your heart opened for another,
It was for your own.
Being.
Your own being.
That you are drawing from.
So the great project of learning to love yourself was never a project at all.
You have been doing it all along.
You simply gave it away without ever once turning around.
See the source.
So dear one,
If you haven't already done so,
I invite you to go ahead and gently downshift your gaze or softly close your eyes.
Keeping them unfocused if your eyes are open.
Looking at nothing in particular.
Let the body be still.
Not rigid.
You are here to do nothing.
Nothing to fix.
Nothing to improve.
You're not even here to become a better person.
You are here to stop pretending.
You were ever less.
I want you to gently bring your attention to the space between your eyes.
And behind.
Not the ice itself,
But slightly behind them.
There's a small point of awareness there.
Quite.
Watching.
It has been watching your whole life.
It watched.
As a child.
It watched.
You fall in love.
It watched.
You fail.
And it never?
That watcher It's not your face.
It's not your name.
It's not your age.
Your body.
Your resume.
Or even your reflection.
Those are all things that it wears.
You are not the picture.
You are the light by which the picture is seen.
Now let that point of light expand softly.
The way the dawn arrives without announcing itself.
Let it fill the head.
Fill the chest.
And the whole shape of you.
Feel yourself as being.
Light.
Seated inside.
This body.
Wearing the body.
The way you would wear a coat in winter.
Useful.
Beautiful.
But that's not you.
And here in this light I want you to notice something.
There's nothing here that needs esteeming.
Esteem means to estimate the value.
But value is not something.
The light acquires.
Value.
Is what the light is made of.
You have spent years auditing yourself.
Weighing the evidence.
Building a case for whether you were worthy.
And the whole time.
The one conducting the trials.
Was the very thing on trial.
Let that case be dismissed.
Now gently bring to mind someone you love easily.
Effortlessly.
Someone whose face softens you.
See them.
Feel what happens in you as you hold them.
That want.
That wave.
That quiet rising of something valuable.
Now notice where is this coming from?
Not from them.
From here.
From you.
They are simply the doorway.
You are the room.
Now let their image dissolve.
Softly,
Like a breath.
On a window.
Fading.
And in that same want,
Still glowing.
Let a different figure appear.
Yourself.
Not the version of you.
You wish you were.
But the actual one.
The one who has made mistakes.
The mistakes that you'd never told anyone about.
The one who tried and did not manage it.
The one who's tired.
Look at that one.
Really look.
And instead of judging,
Do the one thing you have been withholding for years.
Ascribe value.
This is compassion.
Compassion is simply love that does not flinch.
Add imperfection.
You do not have to forgive yourself yet.
You do not have to like everything.
Just stop pretending.
This being is a stranger to you.
Say to that one.
Silently in the language your heart actually speaks.
I see you.
I am not leaving.
Feel how the light does not diminish when you turn it on yourself.
It never did.
That was the lie.
That there was only so much and spending it here meant less for them.
A lamp does not go dark when it lights up.
Its own hands.
So rest here.
Not thinking it.
But knowing it.
I'm going to speak some words which I want you to let them settle slowly.
Repeat each one silently inside yourself.
And let that meaning arrive.
Before.
The next one begins.
I am not the form.
I am the light.
That wears it.
Number 2 Love does not come to me.
Love comes from me.
And I am its source.
I offer myself the same tenderness.
I have always given freely to others.
Now.
Let that go.
Let everything go,
The words.
The light,
The images.
And I want you to carry.
This next question.
With you.
Out into the day.
If you are the source of the most valuable energy in the world,
Who decided you are not worth receiving it?
I ask that one more time.
If you are the source of the most valuable energy in the world,
Who decided?
You are not worth it.
Receiving it.
You don't have to.
Find the answer now.
I just want you to let it follow you through the day,
Through the week.
Now as we Bring this practice to a close.
I want you to please bring your practice to a close.
Palms together in prayer position at your heart center,
Anjani Mudra.
Gently tuck your chin towards the heart space in a posture of gratitude.
For what we have just received.
And I want you to please rub your palms against each other.
Kindle its life energy,
Prana or chi as it is called in Hinduism.
Eastern world.
Rubbing your palms like this activates this life energy because the palms are an energy vortex.
And when you feel a nice warm ball of energy welded between your palms,
I want you to cup your eyes and bless yourself.
I am blessed.
I'm lucky.
I am very fortunate.
I attract amazing people into my life.
I welcome great ideas.
Welcome.
Amazing opportunities.
I welcome health into my life.
I am guided by love.
I give everywhere I go.
Even if it's only a smile.
My abundance all flows to those around me.
I love my life.
I am the M in magic.
I'm unstoppable.
I welcome wealth into my life at the intersection of light and matter.
I welcome wealth into my life as life-giving life and life-sustaining life.
I welcome wealth as a manifestation of truth,
Goodness and beauty in this world.
Now bring your palms together and breathe.
Prayer position at your heart center.
I thank you for joining me in this practice today.
Home.
Shanti.
Shanti.
