Dear listener,
Namaste.
Today I would like to offer a simple reflection on the transcendental love of darkness.
I began my life in darkness.
My mother's womb was dark.
It was silent,
Warm and there was complete absence of light.
I felt absolutely safe in the darkness of my mother's womb.
It was love itself.
Sometimes when I feel a longing for that deep unconditional love,
The love of a mother,
I turn again to the darkness.
I do this meditation at night in the quiet of my bedroom with all the lights turned off.
I settle into a lying down position and let my body relax.
Keeping my eyes closed,
I allow my facial muscles to relax,
Neck relax,
Chest and abdomen relax,
My back relax.
I let my hands and legs relax.
Then I bring awareness to my breathing.
I count one as I breathe in and two as I breathe out.
I repeat this cycle for a few seconds.
In between inhalation and exhalation,
I become aware of the tiny pause in between.
Then I open my eyes and start watching the darkness of my room.
My eyes start to feel tired.
Then I close my eyes and let them relax.
I open my eyes again and capture the hue of darkness spread across my room.
When my eyes feel tired,
I close them again and this time I keep them closed.
Then I sink deep into the darkness.
This is the darkness that surrounds the field of my mind space.
It is the inner darkness.
It is the transition from outer darkness to the inner darkness.
In this inner darkness,
I surrender completely.
I stop striving.
I let go of the needs to think,
To become or to do.
This inner darkness makes me whole.
I feel the joy of eternal love of the Cosmic Mother.
I allow myself to rest here fully and completely.
And then I move on to practicing kindness and compassion.
Breathing in,
I bring awareness to my needs to be loved and to be happy.
Breathing out,
I become aware of the needs of others to be loved and to be happy.
This is the awareness of kindness.
Breathing in,
I become aware of my anguish,
Fear,
And anxiety.
Breathing out,
I become aware of the same suffering of others with anguish,
Fear,
And anxiety.
This is the awareness of compassion.
This practice stirs something deep inside me to embrace kindness and compassion.
Then I offer the thought of kindness to myself first.
May I be happy.
May I be peaceful.
And then I surround myself in the energy of love and happiness.
This energy of love and happiness then saturates my being.
And then I allow happiness and peace to flow outward to those who are longing for joy and love.
To those who feel unseen,
Forgotten,
Or unloved.
I whisper silently inside.
May they be happy.
May they be peaceful.
Next,
I turn to compassion.
I offer it to myself.
May I be free from harm.
May I be free from fear.
May I be healthy.
I let this energy of compassion surround my whole being.
And then I extend that same compassion outward to all who suffer under the weight of injustice.
To those facing the loss due to natural calamities and other human-made disasters.
And to those whose bodies and minds are struggling to heal.
May they be safe.
May they be free from fear.
May they be healthy.
I feel my entire being is surrounded with the energy of kindness and compassion.
The constituents of love.
In this field of consciousness,
The boundaries between me and you,
Mine and yours dissolve.
And the only thing that remains is the love of the darkness of the Cosmic Mother's womb.
Thank you for joining me in this reflection.
If this reflection resonates with you,
I would love to hear your experience.
May peace be with you.
