Hello,
Welcome.
Opulent mindfulness.
Today's meditation is contrasting needs with neediness and alone versus loneliness.
Now we all have needs and we all have times where we are physically in solitude.
Now our interpretation of these moments and our connection with the inner emotion that arises around these moments makes all the difference in our sensibilities.
As a human being in this form on this planet we have physical,
Emotional,
Spiritual needs,
Shelter,
Food,
Love,
And entire range and spectrum,
Acceptance,
Inspiration,
Breath,
All these things we need.
But am I needy coming from a place of lack,
Emptiness,
Insecurity,
Alone?
No one's around,
We have to do it ourselves.
We find ourselves visiting and having conversations in solo.
But am I lonely?
I'm independent upon others to lift me up and breathe life into me,
Sustaining and supporting me.
So let's just sit with this awareness of the difference so that we can tune into the difference when they arise within us and simply over time shift our interpretation.
And when we move the needle more into neediness versus needs and loneliness versus alone,
With that awareness we tap into our tools and find ways to self-soothe,
Breathe in,
Cradle the inner baby and restore to wholeness.
This might take half a second,
This might take half a century.
But we find solace in the notion that awareness heals.
Awareness heals.
Finding your comfortable seat,
This gymnasium,
This platform for practicing awareness.
The more we sharpen our awareness to our breath,
To the emotions that are arising,
To the physical voices within the body that's speaking to us,
The more we can become aware with our interactions in the world,
How we're operating,
How we're perceiving,
How we relate and integrate.
So take this beautiful time to simply sit and watch.
Sit and watch.
What's coming up for you?
Do you feel agitated?
Do you feel you want something out there to fill in here?
Notice and drop into ease in the belly.
Wholeness in the heart space.
And twinkling in the mind's eye.
And then wait it out.
When you have a sensation of neediness arising,
You have a sad sensation of loneliness arising.
Wait it out.
Breathe into it.
Nurture the sensitivity.
Then it passes.
It's gone.
You're a left inflated,
Intent human and normal.
Finding shame around our neediness or our loneliness.
See it and let it go.
Noticing if you feel self judgment around these emotions.
Acknowledge and let it go.
Breathing life into your humanness.
Not suppressing these negative emotions that are in your body.
Acknowledge,
Thank you,
And goodbye.
Acknowledge,
Thank you,
And goodbye.
Acknowledge,
Thank you,
And goodbye.
Maybe you see another who is suffering with neediness or loneliness.
And maybe hopelessness and we feel we need to fix that for them.
Acknowledge your deep sense of compassion and empathy.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And with that fullness within,
You're overflowing with energy and inspiration to serve and help and love and care.
Notice if you're repelled by it,
If you begin to shrink and cower in the face of neediness of others.
If so,
Tend to yourself.
This may be waking up a sense of neediness that you fear in yourself.
It's okay.
Deep breath in and a long breath out.
Do you feel sad about another's loneliness?
Are you alone or are you lonely within your own self?
Turn it back around,
Fill up within until you're overflowing and can assist another.
Finding them towards their own sense of full,
Connected contentedness.
Press down,
Breathe in,
Lift your heart high,
Fill up with all that you need and release out all that does not serve you.
Namaste.
