The meditation that I want to do today is on gifts.
There is always a gift at hand.
In fact,
If we get back to the fundamental New Thought principle that there is one,
One power,
One presence,
One love that is sharing itself as all of its creation.
Everything is that divine presence taking its own form.
That means you and me and everything that we're experiencing.
And what that means is that each of us is that divine presence,
But we're expressed in our own unique way.
There's a unique combination of gifts and talents and skills and abilities and perspectives that each of us has.
So the meditation that I'd like to do today is to focus on that and remind ourselves of that truth,
Of the gift of the love that we are.
So what I'd like you to do,
As you're comfortable,
Close your eyes,
Go to a soft focus.
And what we want to do is turn away from the distractions in the world around us,
Thinking that everything out there is separate from everything that we experience within.
It is a grand illusion.
The illusion of separation is crafted and created very effectively to make us think that this mind,
Which is perhaps in this brain,
Which is locked inside of a very cramped,
Dark skull,
Is the truth of what we are,
And that our senses,
Our eyes and our ears and our nose and our touch are telling us everything that we need to know about the world around us.
It is very limited input and it reinforces the notion that we are separate and alone and different.
But if you allow your awareness to drop from your head into your heart and even further into your gut,
There's that knowing,
That awareness that in some way that goes beyond our physical senses,
There's something more.
There is a connection.
And we've experienced it before.
There's one mind,
That divine mind,
That shares itself and individualizes itself as each of our minds.
And there have been times that each of us has come to an awareness,
An understanding,
A knowing,
An insight that goes beyond anything that we could explain.
We call it a hunch or an intuition or a spark or an insight.
That is the infinite mind expressing itself through us and it comes up within.
And there have been times when our heart sings to us and we know something that goes beyond any reasonable knowing.
And that is always available.
There is within us a unique combination of gifts and skills and talents and abilities that we have been born with or have cultivated through our experience of life.
And we have the opportunity to share those gifts,
To be that bright light of divine love in our own special way.
Take a deep,
Full breath.
Let yourself be completely filled with an awareness of the gift,
Of the good,
Of the love,
Of the light that you are.
And then a deep breath out.
Let those gifts be shared with the world and let go of attachment to thinking that that's all you've got or that what you have isn't much.
Be present to a new possibility.
Another deep breath in.
Be filled with an even greater awareness of that unique combination of special aspects that you are.
And again,
Breathe out.
And let go.
Let go of attachment.
Let go of thinking that it's not good enough,
That you're not good enough,
That the resources available are not adequate to the situation.
Be present to possibility.
Continue breathing,
However is comfortable for you.
Being inspired by the awareness that that infinite creative power is able to create anything.
So whatever is in our heart's desire,
There is the possibility for it.
And as you breathe out,
Let go of attachment to thinking that you know how it has to happen,
When it's going to be,
What the specifics look like.
Settle into the awareness of the gifts that are available,
Of that divine presence within.
And we'll continue breathing into that in the quiet together for a couple of minutes.
Consider the possibilities.
Is it possible that I am a gift of the infinite?
Is it possible that I am a unique and special expression of that divine presence unfolding in a way that is specific and particular as me?
Is it possible that love,
That divine love,
That divine intelligence,
Is the center and circumference,
The allness of my being?
Is that possible?
As you consider those possibilities and you listen to the enthusiasm or objections that come up in your mind,
Allow that to be a guide to where you are in your path.
And perhaps you could know in your head that that's the truth and notice that you're not feeling it in your gut.
And allow that to guide you.
As we deepen more fully into the awareness of the gift of the love that we are,
Remembering that there is one creative power,
One presence,
One infinite love,
One light that shares and shines and shows and expresses itself through all of its creation.
Every planet,
Every person,
Every particle,
Everything is that divine love unfolding in its own way.
That includes me and each of us and all the activities that we're involved in and all the people and all the experiences that we engage in.
So knowing that that's the truth,
I invite in an even deeper,
Fuller,
Richer awareness of that gift that we are,
Of that light that we shine,
Of that goodness that we embody and bring more and more and more of that goodness into our experience of life.
And I know that as we open up to this,
The universe is saying yes.
That infinite creative power that creates everything is already saying yes.
It's bringing this goodness into being as and for and through each of us in our own way.
The gifts are revealed.
The light is shining.
The love is unfolding.
And I'm grateful.
Grateful for each one here.
Grateful for the willingness to engage in this process.
Grateful for the stories of transpiration that we get to tell.
And so the deep feeling of thanks for all of this good already unfolding and continuing.
I release this word into that same creative power,
That principle,
That law that has been saying yes and creating since the beginning of time.
It's now saying yes to this.
This good is underway.
And I let it be.
And I know it's so.
So it is.
And amen.
As you're comfortable,
Take another deep breath.
I feel your awareness come back into your body.
Maybe wiggle your fingers and toes.
Shrug your shoulders.
And bring your awareness back into the world.
