Opening Up During Lockdown

Feeling the warm glow of your soul again in times like this is a beautiful way to find the refuge that you need. Not only to relax but to reimagine your being, so that you're no longer seeking purpose in your life but choosing life itself as your purpose. You are divine and you deserve to feel that now more than ever. You are held in love, always. It hears you. It calls to you. It is you. Love is you.

Transcript

Hello everyone,

Welcome.

It's been a while since I've recorded a meditation and in this time I've taken much needed stillness to find my core,

So once again I can bring that to you.

What a time we find ourselves in,

With so much time perhaps to ponder what is important to us.

As that question sinks in now in the stillness that you have,

Breathing in and breathing out,

It's perhaps important for me to let you know that you need not have an answer to that question.

You need not have arrived at any conclusion,

You need not have worked it all out.

For being in the state of that question is in fact much more completing than having any answer.

I'm sure you've learned and I'm sure you've experienced more so than ever that you are not the same moment to moment,

You are not the same hour to hour and you are not the same day to day,

Least of all throughout your life.

Now as the world looks at itself through the mirror and as perhaps we do ourselves too,

The question that remains,

The only thing that we ever have,

The greatest gift we were ever given,

The choice,

Is what we see what we want or is it not?

Breathing in,

Breathing out,

Just allowing yourself a little bit of stillness and calling upon perhaps a little bit of courage just to sink below that left and right,

On and off,

Right or wrong way of thinking when you ask yourself that question,

Is what I see what I want?

Now at first that might seem confusing because I'm asking you to do the very thing that we're trying to escape here from being one or other,

From being friend or enemy,

From being mainstream or not,

None of that really matters as we come back with it,

Breathing in,

Breathing out.

Now opening up as opposed to locking down seems to me to be about opening up to the mysteries in you.

Of course there is fear,

Of course there is worry,

But so much of that,

In fact all of that,

Is outside of you.

If you've meditated with me before you'll have come to know that it doesn't matter what type of meditation we're doing,

It's all about coming back to you,

The divine,

The God,

The creator within you.

We are all indeed one,

One mind realizing itself and if you've experienced trauma before,

If you've experienced upset,

Disappointment,

Embarrassment,

Shame,

Guilt,

Then you'll remember that at times that's a painful moment of realization when you see that projection of yourself,

When you become aware of your behavior,

When you see the limits of your own prison.

Back to the choice,

The paradox,

How can we see that limit?

How can we see the state of ourselves?

Open our hearts,

Move past focusing and lamenting what is,

Bring our attention and our dreams to what we want to will to be.

Now of course that's with a smile,

So as you breathe in and breathe out now,

Sink back down into that smile if you please.

You'll remember a time in your life that seemed like tragedy and you'll know now from where you stand that that was the very making of you,

That caused you to push past,

To dream bigger than what limited you before.

Now it's mind bending stuff I'll give you that,

But that's the point.

As you expand to a new place,

As you grow into new territory which you know yet nothing of,

There is no map.

There's no one to show you the way,

Perhaps the odd reminder to point you back to the guidance to the knowing within.

Breathing in,

Breathing out.

Just let that cocoon of energy and nourishment flow into you now.

Feel that space holding you,

Feel you holding yourself and like a hundred thousand dams breaking within you.

Feel that flow.

Feel that invitation to stop running within your own being.

Feel that pressure,

That weight lift.

There's nothing you need to have sorted.

There's nothing you need to have worked out.

Just breathing in,

Breathing out.

Just gently feel that enormous part of you start to flow down.

Going down like pushing a button on an elevator.

Feeling your focus,

Your energy just flow down like a river through your head,

Through your neck,

Into the middle of your chest and your heart.

And from the bottom of your spine just feel that flow upwards like a river,

Through your core,

Through your stomach,

Into the middle of your chest.

Like two great rivers flowing back into your heart,

Breathing in,

Breathing out.

And then up like a doorway,

Like a portal beginning to open,

Like a dam busting.

Just feel that smile,

That ease,

That trust,

That knowing and connection begin to flow again from the middle of your chest,

Radiating out into your body.

Bringing you back into you,

Into now.

Just enjoying that feeling of your body,

Your being,

Your energy,

Your aura,

Your mind,

Your sound.

Just taking a break and remembering that utter wellness.

And feel that gratitude gush and flow for who you are,

For the choices you make,

For the intentions that you set to align with love.

And just let yourself know what a good job you are doing,

How you are doing well,

That you are well.

Like the left and the right of you are melting into each other.

Like you have an anchor in logic,

In order,

In courage,

In strength.

An anchor in nourishment,

In love,

In creativity and intuition.

Like all of your being is melting into your heart.

All of now.

All of you.

Feel the room,

The space around you smile.

And feel the support and the power of the universe,

Of the life essence itself flow through you.

Honor the tears if they are there.

And hear that cosmic giggle as you are invited just to let go.

There is really no pressure.

Not here,

Not now.

And ask yourself,

Do you not feel your well being,

Your vitality well up like a spring from the middle of you.

More than ever are the gifts of us all needed now.

We desire that to be so,

Do we not?

To be true?

To see others in their truth?

To see the love,

Compassion,

Understanding and inner standing of the worlds within us.

They are as big as the world seems without.

So it is also within.

This is for real.

This is happening within you.

An awakening beyond all our wildest dreams.

Within each and every one of us.

We have the choice to be born anew in every moment.

And all we are doing here is practicing what that feels like so that we might know the next time we have a choice to make eye contact and smile.

The next time we feel into our hearts before we say something that keeps us dull.

Next time we begin to doubt our strength,

Our vision and our love.

We will remember how we felt,

Who we were,

Right here,

Right now.

Breathing in,

Breathing out.

Like a doorway beginning to open,

A jar at first in the middle of your chest.

Feeling that open.

Feeling that flow.

Breathing in.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing out.

Breathing in.

Breathing out.

Gently just welcoming that energy and flow in your chest to soothe a little.

Feeling that door just gently close enough as is right for you.

However you feel it to be right for you.

That's so important now.

That you trust your own knowing.

That just is.

And as you do,

Setting that intent to this experience.

The energy and the opening and the welcoming within you just has the best opportunity.

The best good intent from you to settle and soothe and integrate in the most.

Loving and foundational of ways.

So that you might see the ripples of your love.

In your experience.

In your relationships.

In your mission and purpose.

In your enjoyment and relaxation.

Now I never really know what's going to come through as many of you probably know by now.

But I also want to say this whole message is from me too.

I love you.

It has been difficult.

But I know we've all seen more love.

More life.

Then perhaps we remembered we could.

And that is the most beautiful of gifts.

You are sacred.

You are divine.

And your inner world is so very welcome now.

There's some time at the end which I really hope you can take just five minutes or so now.

Don't even think about it as meditating.

Just rest before you move on with the rest of your day.

Feeling the yumminess of your body.

Breathing in.

Breathing out.

Take care.

Bye for now.

You

Reviews

Exactly what I needed right now.

Allowed me the space to slow down and recenter. Thank you.

Beautiful and peaceful meditation. Thank you for sharing!

Brilliant thank you so much for this meditation.

One of the best. Super low key. Dropped in so deeply. Amazing. Thank you so much.

Very relaxing thank you 🙏 😊

Thank you 🙏 welcome back that was a deep and beautiful meditation 🙏

Voice sent me deep. I missed a lot but the lengthy quiet time felt real. Thank you.

Dear Oliver, thank you for this refreshing, replenishing practice. Sending good wishes.

Great meditation. Side effect: peace and a deep sense of well-being.
Thank you!

Connected deeply to the yumminess. Thank you Oliver, namaste 🙏

Truly wonderful. Reaching states of bliss..thank you ..blessings and peace...💕

Thank you Oliver for this deep, nourishing and supportive practice. Lockdown life can sure be tumultuous at times so this really was very comforting. Namaste 🙏💚

This meditation surprised me. It's great for taking an afternoon nap. However, you can also use ight to work on past trauma you may have indured in your life.

many grrat messages, thank you

I look in my mirror every morning and ask, is this what I want? Am I living with integrity? Am I being the best Tigger I can be, with my top made out of rubber and my bottoms made out of springs? Silly and yet when I surround myself with those kinds of folks, this is the best me. Thank you.