I'll come to a nice upright seated posture.
A posture that reflects your basic human dignity.
Sitting on the center of the pelvis,
Straightening the low back just a little.
Upper spine lengthens,
Crown of the head lifts,
Head can tilt forward very slightly,
And the chin can tuck back very slightly.
Hands placed so that the collar bones are open,
Heart is open.
Eyes can gently close,
Tongue can drop.
Take a big,
Deep breath.
A long sighing exhale out,
Let the face melt,
Let the belly melt,
Let the seat melt.
Let's do two more just like that.
Ahhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhh Absolutely softening everything in being here.
Just a few moments inside this breathing body.
Perhaps feeling the breath once again in the center of the chest,
Region of the heart.
Rising on the inhale,
Dissolving on the exhale.
Rising on the next inhale.
Ahhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhh We're just giving the mind an invitation to settle.
We issue that invitation by being right there with the breath,
Touching the breath in the body with the mind.
Ahhhhhhhhhh So the contemplation that we'll begin with is around what's called the IntelliKey.
The IntelliKey is Aristotle's word that points to the potential that exists in all things.
The potential that exists in all things that is bound to be realized in due time.
It's the IntelliKey of a tiny acorn to become the magnificent oak.
Thousands upon thousands of times its size.
If you looked at an acorn and you didn't know that what grew out of it was these enormous trees,
You would never guess in a million years how great the potential of that acorn is when it meets with the right elements.
Same goes for the human sperm.
Totally programmed.
Totally by its own inherent intelligence can find the ovum and bond.
Pre-programmed in it is its capacity and drive to go through all of the miraculous stages of gestation.
To go through all of the miraculous stages of human development after birth as well,
Right?
Already there in that tiny microscopic seed is the potential for this wild journey.
And so it is with the human heart that our full potential is already there and it just needs to meet with the right elements.
So,
Picture now about the size of your hand and about arms length away from the center of your chest sitting there.
You.
This is not the ordinary you.
This is the you that you would be if you had had a thousand years to do your human homework.
And you nailed it.
See your own face but it's the face of one who has perfected love.
Who is in perfect understanding of the way things are.
Whose eyes radiate compassion that is so fierce,
So strong that you can barely take it.
And this is you.
She knows what you've been through.
She knows your troubles.
She knows your discrepancies.
She knows.
And so because of that you can allow yourself to be so,
So open here.
So,
So vulnerable.
You can let yourself be truly seen and truly held in the loving gaze of this being,
Of this IntelliKey.
So you can just rest here for a while.
In this being's presence just basking in the magnanimous love emanating from her.
You can even breathe that love in.
Breathe it into the body.
You know,
And she's laughing a little bit too.
Because she sees us taking our difficulties so personally and so,
With such a heaviness.
She's chuckling because she knows that everything we struggle with is actually put in front of us for a reason.
And is actually what we are meant to grow from.
So it's really quite perfect.
Despite our confusion.
Okay,
And so now picture the IntelliKey.
She's rising up,
She's floating up towards the sky and she comes to sit at the crown of your head,
Facing in the same direction that you're facing.
And what happens next happens fast,
So I'll describe it and then we'll do it.
But when I count to three and I snap my fingers she's going to turn to quicksilver and sink down past the head and the throat and land in the throne of the heart.
Okay,
Ready?
One,
Two,
Three.
She's there in your heart.
Her energy mixing with your blood and cells and bones and DNA woven into the very fabric of your being.
Because she is you.
She's always been you.
As you rest here and breathe you can just feel her energy spread throughout your system.
Okay?
And now that we've received this blessing how will we leave this room?
How will you re-enter the world?
How will you approach your next human interaction?
How will you move forward on your spiritual journey?
What attitude will you take as you continue your daily spiritual work?
What can shift about the way you treat yourself?
The way you treat others,
The way you engage with life as a whole?
Now that your eyes have been opened.
Now that your eyes have been opened.
And for one last round can you find the half smile of the Buddha in your heart?
Can you allow that smile to take shape on the face?
Can you just rest your mind here in the energy of this smile?
You take one more deep breath and one final bow to conclude your practice.
Thank you.
You're very welcome.
