The Breath Is Your Constant Companion

Enjoy this HeartPath Journey into the Cave of The Heart. Experience the Breath's constant presence and guidance through your trials and tempations until you reach your blessed vision of inner Truth.

Transcript

Welcome.

You're invited to refresh your posture for this guided heart path journey.

Take a deep breath in.

And a long breath out.

See,

Feel,

Image the breath filling your body like light filling a cavern.

On your next inhalation,

Breathe in to a count of six.

So now breathe out long and then begin the inhalation to a count of one,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

And breathe out.

One,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Experience how your body has shifted just with this short pranayama,

Breath retention practice.

Breathing naturally,

Allow more of your awareness to move into the breath.

One last time,

Take another deep breath in on your next exhalation and breathe in deep to a count of one,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

One,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

Six.

Hold the breath for a moment.

One,

Two,

Three,

And four.

And breathe out long.

One,

Two,

Three,

Four,

Five,

And six.

As your breathing returns to its natural rhythm,

Again,

What has shifted in your awareness?

Do you feel more free within yourself?

Allow that freedom to expand with each inhalation and exhalation.

Let the breath flow like a river,

Like a river flowing into the ocean where you see,

Feel,

And experience.

A seamless connection between your inner world and the outer world through the breath.

See,

Feel,

Image that stream,

That stream flowing down from a magnificent cave above you as you follow the stream like following your breath.

The closer you get to the cave,

You see there are magnificent gemstones shimmering in the water.

Their beauty captures your attention and pulls you toward the entrance of the cave.

Yes,

Instead of grabbing the stones,

You allow them to pull you deeper,

Deeper inside.

As you move into the entrance of the cave,

You see even more stones.

Quartz crystal,

Pink quartz,

Amethyst,

Garnet,

Diamonds,

Rubies,

Sapphires.

Shimmering and dancing in the water's light,

They inspire you to move toward the back of the cave.

All the while,

The stream flows on.

As you move from the outer light,

You see a golden light shimmering from deep in the back of the cave.

Your heart quickens as you answer the call to go deeper.

As the stream twists and turns in the hard earth,

You continue to follow it,

Trusting the stream of water with its shimmering gemstones as your guide.

Though at times,

Like our breath,

The stream can become a trickle,

We still follow it.

It is our constant companion.

The breath,

Our constant companion.

You move back into the cave so deeply that all you see is the shimmering golden light over the stream.

The rest of the cave is pitch black,

And yet you keep going.

You go deeper.

Taking a deep breath in as you come to a small passageway that you must crawl through.

But it is as if the deeper you go,

The more alive the light,

The golden light over the stream is.

The light dances inside the waters,

And at times it is so strong it illuminates the stream bed,

Almost as if it is coming from the stream bed.

As you squeeze your way out of the small passageway,

Inner delight suffuses every cell in your body as you come to a magnificent cavern on the other side.

As you crawl out,

This cavern is shimmering.

Ah,

This is where all the gemstones are falling from.

The roof and the walls of this cavern are covered in magnificent gemstones.

Surely these are very,

Very expensive stones.

But your connection to your breath is even more worthy.

You admire them with your eyes alone,

Not your hands.

And you continue back deeper and deeper into the caves,

Hidden messages.

The air is cooler here,

The water more lively,

The light is dancing around the walls.

The combination of the light and the gemstones creates images that capture your attention,

Causing you to pause and gaze at these images that move like moving pictures on the cave wall.

Some of them are so enticing that we could become lost in these scenes between shadow and light.

But we know what we are about.

We entered this cave to find the source of this light.

So that is what we shall do.

Moving still deeper into the cave,

Around bends,

Upstairs,

Downstairs,

Precarious passageways.

Through the thin place between the stone walls,

We continue to move,

Drawing closer to the source of the light.

Keep following the light.

When we get to the very back of the cave,

We see a magnificent beam of light coming through the Sipapu,

The opening into the cave.

What's up above that's shining this light down?

We cannot see.

A single column of light awaits you in the very deepest chambers of this cave.

Underneath the column of light,

A dry seat.

You see that you are not the first to sit in it either.

This is comforting in the deepest levels of our soul.

You lower yourself underneath the column of light so that you're completely bathed in it.

As you close your eyes,

You can see,

Feel,

Image behind your eyelids the magnificent golden shimmering light.

The light shimmers and dances.

The longer you sit under this golden column of light,

You feel it enlivening your body.

The cells in your feet,

Your legs,

Knees,

Hips,

And low back come to life in a brand new way.

Your entire body lightens in the golden light.

More scenes like those from the walls of the cave itself are playing out inside your mind.

But still you persevere to the source of the light.

When you want for nothing more than that,

To find the source of this light,

To bathe in its golden hue,

The stones disappear.

All that's left is the cave,

The hollow space within the mother herself.

And you sit underneath the golden light,

Free of all desires.

Just being present and sitting.

You witness a remarkable experience within your own consciousness.

A pure solid crystal dances before you,

Spinning very slowly.

The golden light hits the crystal and it cracks.

From the inside out,

The crystal cracks.

And the light reflects off of the cracked crystal,

Shooting out of it,

Creating magnificent rainbows.

All at once,

Everything becomes crystal clear.

Within your own mind,

You see the golden column of light.

Outside the crystal,

You see the colors of the rainbow,

Now dancing on the walls,

The floor,

The ceiling.

And within each of those seven rays,

Magnificent scenes,

Lifetimes pass before your eyes.

Of course,

You think,

It is the heart,

The crystal in the heart that creates all the reflections that we dance within,

In what we call life.

Seen by seen within the rainbow of colors passes before your eyes.

People who have harmed you,

People who have supported you.

And you see,

They are equal,

None better than the other.

They are made of the same light.

They played their role in the great royal drama that led to this moment.

With that,

Exuberant feelings of freedom and bliss roll through your body.

Like silent laughter riding on the breath.

The joke's on me,

We say.

The images fade,

The colors dissolve,

And only the gentle golden hue is left.

You see,

Feel,

Image yourself waking from this dream in the golden light,

Knowing that when you step out of the light,

Its golden hue will be gone.

And you do so,

Turning back and enjoying the splendiferous colors in the cave of golden light.

You make your way back,

Back to the entrance of the cave.

But something surprises you as you make your way back.

The golden hue is everywhere.

As you think back to your experience,

Pleasure and pain,

Gratitude and forgiveness,

All these weigh the same.

Without them,

All we see,

All we experience is the magnificent golden hue.

Making your way through the twists and turns,

Again passing the gemstones,

The priceless gemstones.

But what need do we have of those when we are in our own secret heaven?

Simply walking,

Simply being.

To the entrance of the cave we go,

Looking back,

We see a golden figure shimmering in the back of the cave.

It is as if she or he is waving to us.

Blessings to you we hear,

Blessings to you.

We step out of the cave,

Making our way down the stream,

Until there are no more stones.

Simply the weathered white lime quartz that is in any ordinary stream.

Very gently,

Very slowly.

Bringing your awareness back to your breath.

When you feel ready,

Open your eyes.

I hope you have enjoyed this Heart Path journey.

The breath is your constant companion.

Please leave me feedback and come back again for the next journey.

This is Ravi.

Thank you.

Reviews

Robbie,
Sat Nam!

Thanks for the wonderful journey looking forward to more

Wonderful journey...I felt so relaxed and calm, great breath work! Thank you!