A Meditation From The Truth About Uncompromising Truth

What’s helping is pairing uncompromising truth with unconditional love. When I can remember to do that, something alchemical happens. My breath becomes deeper, my body relaxes.

If you’re curious, try mixing truth and love. As I write this, my first thought is, you already are - everyone already was, except me. But in case your story is a little like mine, try it. See what happens. And let me know how it goes.

Transcript

So just finding a posture that is, That is supportive for you right now and dropping in, Feeling your connection to this earth, This beautiful earth. If you know whose land you are, You are a guest on, Then maybe naming that for yourself here in Sonoma, We are guests on the Southern Pomo tribal lands, The Great and Rancho Rio lands, Just connecting to the earth, Even if it's one story down or ten stories down from where you're sitting and really, Really sense into this earth, Inhabiting the earth and then, And then inhabiting your own body, Just feeling the body sitting or standing or lying down or walking, Whatever posture you happen to find yourself in right now, Tapping into just being alive, But maybe some gratitude for just being here right now, Being able to take a breath and listen, Maybe have that cup of tea that you had this morning or a beautiful meal, Letting the attention settle on the breath or on the ambient sounds in your environment and just letting the attention rest, Rest, And if it feels supportive for you, Inviting the question, What is true for me right now? And that invitation, That question might point to something as simple as I am alive, I am breathing, I am paying attention, That's a beautiful exploration of truth, Or it might be about what, What is in my heart right now? And if, If you are taking a look at what is in your heart right now, Can you meet whatever you discover? Or if you are taking a look at the body sitting, Breathing, Can you meet whatever you discover, Whatever truth you discover? Can you meet that with unconditional love? And if there's any resistance to the truth of what you see, Of what you discover, Can you meet that resistance with unconditional love? Insert, Insert that love at whatever level you are attending to. So that no matter what is happening, No matter what your truth is in the moment, It is arising in a field of unconditional love.