It can be easy to get overwhelmed by mindless tasks,
Get caught up and live up to false expectations and forgetting our real purpose.
So I invite you to rediscover your true meaning by slowing down a bit with this short meditation.
So wherever you are,
Find a comfortable place to relax,
Be still and quiet.
Breathe deeply in through the nose and out through the nose.
Close your eyes and just allow your breath to find its normal rhythm.
Imagine a beautiful white light warming the top of your head,
Softening your face and jaw.
And feel that light moving down and relaxing your neck and shoulders.
With every inhale,
That light grows brighter and bigger,
Filling your entire body until you're completely present and at ease.
Now bring to mind a challenge you overcame perhaps long ago or more recent.
And you overcame this challenge by releasing expectations,
Tapping into your personal strengths.
During this time you are led by your inner guide,
Your spiritual self,
The one who steers you away from fear and towards love to that true purpose.
Imagine walking through a beautiful courtyard alongside your spiritual self and ask them,
What false expectations can I release?
Is it my need to be perfect,
To stay busy,
To have more?
Whatever those false expectations are,
Surround each one in a ball of white light and let them float above you and disappear into the sky.
Now that you're no longer weighed down by fear,
You're free to merge with your spiritual self.
Feel its warmth fill your physical body and with each in-breath feel it grow brighter and stronger until you're completely at one with your higher consciousness.
Continue walking through the courtyard and in the middle is a table and upon it is a large heavy book.
Your purpose is listed in here.
Go up to the table and open the book.
What does it say?
Or maybe it's just a picture or color texture.
Whatever it is,
Remember this.
American writer Joseph Campbell reminds us,
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
As you go about your day today and always,
Know that you can find purpose by surrendering to your spiritual self.
Breathe deeply here,
Slowly bring awareness to this present moment and when you're ready,
Open your eyes.
