Just allowing yourself some time to get settled,
Just finding that stillness.
Relax the eyes,
Relax that space between the eyebrows,
Just feel your way into your body,
Your sitting bones,
Your shoulders,
Your neck,
The crown of your head.
Allowing lovely,
Slow,
Steady breaths to still you,
Calm you,
And ground you.
Allowing your breath to soften,
And allowing your sitting bones to draw your awareness to the earth beneath you.
Allowing your body to spread roots down into the earth,
And then let your awareness move down with the roots through the layers of the dirt,
The rock,
The stone,
Moving down and seeing the other roots reaching down into the earth for nourishment,
Reaching down for an anchor to keep you grounded,
Reaching down and allowing you to stay anchored,
Grounded,
And supported,
And then allow your awareness to travel back up to your heartbeat.
Maybe you can feel the heartbeat.
Maybe you can hear the heartbeat.
Maybe you can feel the pulse of the heart and your body and your fingertips and your neck,
And back to the very center of your chest,
Where a little ember,
A little light burns brightly at the center of your being,
Connecting to your spirit light,
Your inner fire.
Just watch or feel that flame,
Allow the warmth of it to spread through your body.
Every breath,
Fanning the fire of that flame,
Making it brighter and bigger.
And any fears you've been holding on to,
Any doubts,
Allow the flame to burn that out,
To warm you up,
To light you up,
Feel the strength of this flame within you,
This ember of hope and strength and resilience and growth as it spreads through the middle of your body.
Allow this light to empower you,
And the brighter and the stronger it becomes,
The more empowered you become,
Until there's no room for hopelessness,
For fear,
For doubt,
For lack,
As you connect to the center of your being and the truth at the very center of your being,
That there is always hope,
There are always choices,
There is always something we can do to empower our lives and to empower others around us.
As you feel that light building and brightening,
Just notice the thoughts or the images that might be expanding into your mind.
Maybe there's a very strong image,
A representation of the courage within,
Or an idea of how you can turn the feeling of hopelessness into hope and strength and courage and into positive action.
Even if it's something small,
All things begin from small,
Small kernels of truth,
Small ideas.
And as we breathe more life and more fire into them,
They expand and grow and become something far,
Far greater.
Just sit into yourself,
Staying connected to your heart space,
Staying connected to that light,
Allowing the feeling of hope and strength and courage and empowerment to fill you.
As you listen to the still small voice within,
Whisper the truth,
Whisper new ideas,
Whisper inspiration into your being,
Listen,
Observe,
Try not to intellectualize it,
Make no judgments,
Just observe and feel.
Does the idea or the thought or the image feel right?
And if it does,
Allow that idea to grow.
Ask yourself,
What can I do?
What can I do to empower myself and those around me?
And maybe just a word comes up.
Listen,
Take that word,
Take that idea,
Hold it in your heart.
And now if there is a person,
A situation that is making you feel hopeless,
Making you feel disempowered,
And maybe they seem like terrible,
Horrible,
Irredeemable people,
I want you to grow a big bubble of love inside your heart space,
Fill it with all the love,
Compassion,
Kindness that you can find,
And there's so much of it within you.
Watch that bubble grow and grow and grow until it expands beyond your physical body.
And in your minds,
I hold that big bubble of light up above you,
Filled with all of this love,
All of this light,
And all of those people that seem irredeemable,
Send that bubble of love to them,
Wrap them in it,
Blanket them in it,
Allow them to find their humanity,
Allow them to get in touch with the broken pieces within and reconnect to the child that was once kind and loving and joyful,
Wrap them in your big bubble of light,
Send them the love that they are missing,
That they've lost,
Envelop them in so much love,
It overwhelms them and brings them to their knees as they connect to all of the broken missing pieces within themselves.
And as they see the truth of who they are,
Deserving of love,
And kindness,
And generosity,
Allowing them to embrace those qualities,
So that they have those qualities to give,
Wrap them in so much love,
That it completely overwhelms all the darkness within and allow that love to spread.
And to everyone else that is lacking that feeling of wholeness,
That feeling of connection,
Feel that energy swirling around you.
And then,
If you feel like the energy is too much,
Too big,
Just ground yourself back to the earth,
To the roots in the earth,
Release your bubble of love and light into the world.
Trust that it will go where it needs to be.
It will go where it's called and it will blanket every single person that needs it the most.
And this beautiful light of compassion,
And kindness,
And love and gratitude and peace.
Allow the peace to descend upon this planet,
Like a big,
Warm blanket.
Don't forget to wrap yourself up in that blanket as well.
As you deserve all of that love and peace and kindness and generosity,
Just as much as the next person.
Breathe it in,
Breathe it in,
Breathe it in,
Breathe it in.
And know that you can send this energy out.
You can grow it and build it within yourself and send it out whenever you're feeling hopeless.
Whenever you're feeling disempowered,
Connect to your powerhouse,
Your energy source.
And know that there is always something you can do to spread more kindness into this world.
If you feel like placing your hands over your heart,
Or just giving yourself a little hug,
Just go with your instincts,
Breathe into it,
Feel in to your being,
To your light,
To your power,
To your massive heartlight,
To the wisdom within.
And take a moment to give thanks to yourself,
To acknowledge yourself.
Allow the joy within to bubble up and give or bring a little smile to your lips.
Just say to yourself this or something better.
And so it is.
It is done.
Release one more blast of love out into the world.
Know that you will never deplete that energy source within.
All is well.
And so it is.
In your own time,
You can gently draw yourself back out of your meditation and into this present space.
