Masculine Element

Feel deeply held in the arms of the masculine element. This meditation shows you the built in, solid support of the masculine essence in Oneness. Feel the pillar of endless strength holding you in every moment, providing the protection and provision inherent to the masculine quality of your larger Self.
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This meditation is part of a series of ‘elemental’ meditations, highlighting fundamental qualities of pure Oneness/Self/God/dess. Listen to your body and choose a meditation based on the qualities you feel disconnected from. Acting like targeted medicine, each one boosts your energetic immune system wherever there is a ‘missing’ nutrient.

Transcript

So we're going to take some time to feel a particular quality of life,

God,

Awareness,

Or simply what's looking.

There's a famous quote I love from St.

Francis.

He says,

What's looking is what you're looking for.

And it doesn't matter what you're actually looking for.

Today we're going to be soaking in the presence of the masculine aspect of God,

Of source.

And all of us have looked for that.

And it is simply in what's looking.

So let's turn our attention to what's looking.

You could call it awareness.

You could call it aliveness.

You could call it consciousness.

You can call it what's looking or what's feeling.

It is the non-personal witnessing all the way in the background.

This awareness is always present.

It's always been witnessing you,

This body.

This particular constellation of energy,

Of thought,

Of physical sensation,

An ever-changing field that's being witnessed.

And we have thoughts,

Fears,

That go looking outside ourselves,

Outside this witnessing,

Outside this body,

Looking for something,

That which we think we're missing.

So we're going to turn our attention back onto itself.

What's looking,

Looking back at itself.

What's feeling,

Feeling back on itself.

And let's notice that which is looking,

That which is feeling has no identity.

It has no name.

It doesn't have a shape.

It isn't located somewhere.

It is non-local.

It is everywhere.

Go look for yourself.

Your mind cannot see this,

But what sees can look at itself.

Notice there are no edges.

Notice there's no bottom.

Can what's looking,

Can we reach a bottom or a top?

Or is it the case that this witnessing,

The eye of awareness,

Literally like an eye.

Is it the case that that eye doesn't have a limit?

It is your inner eye.

It doesn't have an edge.

It doesn't end when this body does.

It never began either.

And it has every single thing you're looking for.

Let's bring it into the body a bit so that the body can feel the relaxing quality of being held in oneness,

In this rich field,

Endless field of care,

Of strength.

Today,

We're going to emphasize the strength,

The steadfastness of it.

So as you look around at yourself as witnessing,

As awareness,

Notice it's in the front of you,

It's in the back of you,

And see if you can feel it inside your chest.

So witnessing,

Plain old awareness,

Plain old what's looking.

Is it also in your chest?

Can you feel your chest?

You can,

Even if there's thoughts about that,

Of thoughts about what you feel.

It's possible to give whatever you feel in your chest no name,

To just simply feel it,

To let awareness,

To let witnessing wash through it.

So see if you can feel the entirety of your chest.

Feeling the bones,

Feeling the heart itself.

Feel the ribs,

The skin,

The collarbone,

Spine,

The lungs,

The diaphragm,

Front and back.

We're filling ourselves with this witnessing.

There is an endless supply of it.

There's feeling the body,

Feeling whatever the sensation is with no name.

Let's feel the belly.

Also no words here,

Just sensation,

Just plain sensation.

Being witnessed,

Being touched,

Being felt.

What feels,

Feeling the body.

Feel your belly,

Feel all the organs of the belly,

Feel the belly button.

Feel the mid-back,

The spine.

Let everything soften.

Notice how the belly and the chest are held in awareness.

The body is held in something.

It's held in the witnessing itself.

The belly is seen,

The belly is felt.

Let's let the belly just soften and open as we become more and more aware of what's already the case.

We're being held in this witnessing.

This witnessing is everywhere.

Bringing the awareness down into the pelvis to just feel around in the pelvis.

Feel the interior of the pelvis,

The hips and the hip joints.

Feel the hips widen and soften.

Feel how just feeling into your pelvis is like filling your own cup with this endless supply of witnessing,

Of feeling,

The ground of being,

Showing up for yourself,

Feeling into yourself.

Let's really feel our hips and let's feel all the way down the legs.

Just feel the legs.

Feel that you're really inside your own legs,

Inside your own thighs,

Inside the knees and behind the knees,

Inside the lower legs,

The shin bones and the calf muscles,

The ankles and the feet,

The pads of the feet,

The arch of the feet,

The toes.

This ample witnessing to simply feel yourself.

Let it really land in the body.

Let the feet open,

Open and loosen because they are held in this steadfast awareness.

The witnessing is there whether it realizes itself or not.

You are always being felt,

Being witnessed,

Being held.

Let's feel up into the neck.

Feel those collar bones and then up above the collar bones,

Feel the neck be deeply felt into.

What's looking wants to be very,

Very close to this body.

It wants to go all the way inside the neck,

Inside the spine itself.

It's very firm in its steadfastness.

It wants to show up for this body to be deeply connected to it.

Let the neck be felt,

Fully felt,

Fully inhabited,

Fully relaxed and the head too.

Feel the face from the inside,

Feeling into the face,

From the inside feeling into the ears,

From the inside feeling deeply into the brainstem and the back of the head and from the inside feeling up into the brain,

The top of the head and all the way through the top of the head as well as into the forehead and all the way through the forehead.

Letting what's looking really explore to feel the body fully.

Feel your face,

Feel the whole head,

Feel the top and the back of the head.

Now let your whole body be felt like you've never felt it before.

Fully embraced,

Fully held.

It is already held in you in this witnessing.

This vast endless witnessing,

This vast endless feeling.

Notice how absolutely solid it is.

Does what's looking,

Does what's feeling go anywhere or does it stay?

Is it absolutely steadfast like the most glorious pillar of strength?

Holding up yourselves,

Holding together your belly.

Without any effort,

There is this spacious presence,

This witnessing,

This aliveness that holds you together.

It's you,

You as pure spirit,

Pure God holds you together.

Without any effort,

You're just here and you're showing up more fully for yourself now and witnessing and feeling the quality of your true nature.

That which is looking and feeling is so steadfast.

It will never,

Ever,

Ever leave you.

Your body can absolutely collapse in your arms.

What's looking,

What's feeling,

The background consciousness is an absolute vertical pillar of strength.

It goes down into the earth and through the earth.

It goes up into the sky and through the sky,

Through the atmosphere.

It is as far in front of you as you could possibly feel.

It is as far in back of you as you could possibly feel.

It is surrounding you 360 degrees around.

It is permeating you.

It is holding you so tight,

So strongly,

So fully,

It will never,

Ever,

Ever let you go.

And we attempt to hold our own bodies.

We attempt to run our own bodies instead of letting life run this show.

Life holds you.

You hold you.

You are really surrendering to yourself,

To the strong,

Steadfast,

Solid as 10,

000 earths made of granite.

There's nothing stronger than what's looking.

There's nothing more show up than it.

Look for yourself.

Does what looking ever go away?

Or does it have your back?

Does it have every single cell of your body held in its arms?

You as what's looking are so infinitely strong.

And you as what's looking,

You as the witnessing wants,

Like the most steadfast father,

To be completely there for you.

Everybody wants to support every hair on your head,

Every corner of your body.

So let this pillar of awareness,

This strength,

This steadfastness come into your cells,

Come into your belly,

Come into your heart,

Your throat,

Your legs,

Wherever there feels to be like a little pocket hiding out,

Afraid,

A child simply hiding because they didn't feel the presence of the strong masculine presence.

But that strong masculine presence isn't located in a person.

All a person can be is a reflection of this fundamental aspect of God,

I.

E.

You.

The masculine aspect of God is holding you so close.

He has got you.

He will never let you go.

He is the most reliable,

Sturdy,

Present,

Resourceful provider you could ever want.

You're surrounded by him.

He's already holding you.

He's got every corner of your body in his arms.

So be like a little child in a strong father's arms now.

Because you are,

You are in your own arms,

Those arms that could never and would never leave you.

Look for yourself.

Does witnessing ever leave or is it always here?

Does it already permeate the body?

Does it already permeate the floor?

Is it a pillar of unending presence?

Look and you can feel into each one,

Feel this vast,

Steady,

Solid presence of what's looking and you can feel how your body might pull away a little bit,

Tuck into itself a little bit,

But see if that little part that would tuck in can be shown,

The strength that's here,

The support that's here,

The steadiness that's here,

The strength that's here.

It's so strong.

There's nothing stronger than God.

There's nothing stronger than you,

What's looking.

It's pure strength,

An absolute pillar,

An endless pillar of strength.

See if you can find where it isn't there for you.

Is there any place that what's looking isn't looking,

Isn't there?

It's everywhere.

Because it's everywhere and everything,

There's nothing more solid and steadfast.

The body just doesn't know it yet.

It hasn't fully realized how safe it is,

How held it is,

How supported in a strong,

Strong,

Strong hold that it has.

But let the body unfold into it.

Let the body dissolve into the strong arms of God,

The strong arms of you,

What feels at all,

You,

This background witnessing,

This endless background of steadfastness no matter what.

No matter what,

Presence is here.

No matter what,

Witnessing is here.

No matter what,

God,

What's looking,

Shows up for you.

So you're just surrendering to this stronger than anything aspect of yourself.

You've got you so fully.

There's nowhere the little parts of yourself that are afraid,

That are in pain could go to outrun the steadfast support,

The strength,

This show up.

There's nowhere.

You can't outrun yourself.

So you might as well surrender into the arms of the strongest thing you could ever imagine.

You.

Just for fun,

You can try to outrun yourself,

Indulge one of those fearful thoughts or try to hide that pain or that cloudy,

Shadowy,

Numb bit in your body,

Curl up into a ball and try to hide.

Can you hide from that which is witnessing you?

This steadfast witnessing,

This masculine support is always here.

He doesn't leave and he'll be right here waiting for when that piece of your heart or that twist in your belly or that grip in your toes or scrunch in your face wants to let him hold you,

Let him take over,

Let the body surrender to his support,

To his absolute total presence and strength.

He is holding you so fully.

You don't need to do one thing.

He's got you.

You've got you.

Feel the permanence of this witnessing,

The solidity of it,

The depth of it,

The height of it.

Feel how it runs through your veins.

Feel how it holds your bones together.

When this body dies,

It collapses into itself because there isn't this pillar of strength running through the veins anymore,

But that pillar of strength,

This pillar that's looking out of your eyes absolutely is holding up every part of your body now.

It's infused in you already.

You're just giving up the rest.

It's already got you.

It's already holding you.

It's already running things.

You're just getting on board.

You're just surrendering to the strength of you,

To the steadfast show up of you,

Letting the body be run by God,

Life.

Life's already in charge.

Let yourself be held and carried in its arms so fully you feel like a child again.

It is safe to surrender.

You can see for yourself.

Look how good you have you.

Look how fully this strong awareness has you.

There's nowhere it isn't,

And there's nowhere you can outrun it.

Savor and enjoy the feeling of being held so firmly.

The arms of God love you so much and want to take care of you.

Notice what happens as you release,

As you relax.

Notice how held you are.

Notice how firmly held you are.

This can all be seen for yourself.

Self-belief required only the direct realization of how safe and held,

How firm you're held,

And steady awareness,

Steady,

Pure consciousness.

However you may think you lost it,

Look again.

What's looking will always be here.

It will always be this strong.

Look and see for yourself.

Will it ever change?

Could it?

Could you ever be alone?

Could you ever be without the support?

You're literally made of it.

You have never been alone.

You will never be alone,

And you are always held.

You are the strong,

Masculine arms of God yourself.

Notice how those two that aren't two merge and feel the strength of your very self.

Reviews

Such a powerful meditation ! Really healing to feel that strength and power that is within and all around us :) thank you !

I can’t express enough how healing and comforting this was! So grateful!

I will make it a practice to listen to this daily until I feel that I’ve fully surrendered into the arms of the masculine that has always been right here holding me.

Thank you so m much!

Nameste 🙏

Not what I was expecting, but such a deep grounding into awareness. 🙏🏼