Hello and welcome to the daily insight here on Insight Timer.
My name is Sarah Blondin and I'm a teacher here.
Today's meditation focuses on accessing the divine elements of sacred life within you.
It can be useful when you're feeling disconnected from yourself and really help in generating gratitude for your being and your life.
I wish you a restorative practice.
I'm going to begin today's session with another poem by Hafiz.
You don't have to act crazy anymore.
We all know you are good at that.
Now retire,
My dear,
From all that hard work you do of bringing pain to your sweet eyes and heart.
Look in a clear mountain mirror.
See the beautiful ancient warrior and the divine elements you always carry inside that infuse this universe with sacred life so long ago and join you eternally with all existence.
I often forget I am a human being infused with sacred life.
I often forget to look upon myself as a thing of beauty,
To take time away from my doing and becoming,
To simply sit and look in a clear mountain mirror at the divine elements I always carry inside.
I am learning though just as you are to return,
To stop reaching away,
To stop grabbing and rushing to some future me a moment.
I am learning just as you are to lean into the beauty of my being.
Close your eyes,
Dear one,
And rest just as you are,
Laying down beside you your individual worlds and worries.
You need nothing in this moment other than this body that carries you.
Come to meet your breath.
Come to meet your heartbeat.
Come to meet your natural rhythm of harmony.
Breathing here a moment,
Coming down into the home that is you.
I'd like you to take both hands now,
Place them gently over your eyes.
We are going to give thanks for the sacred element of sight.
Thank you for this gift of sight,
For the gift of seeing,
Of seeing a smile stretch out across the face of someone I love,
Of seeing a seed in the palm of my hand,
Of watching shadow and light dance across floors.
Breathe here in gratitude.
Now placing your hands gently over your ears,
We are going to give thanks for the sacred element of hearing.
I thank you for the gift of sound,
For this gift of hearing,
Hearing laughter,
Birdsong,
Rattling wind,
Breath and fire.
Breathe here in gratitude.
Now placing both your hands gently over your throat,
We are going to give thanks for the sacred element of speech,
Of our voice.
I thank you for the gift of speech,
For the gift of words,
For the gift of expressing love through sound,
Of singing,
Of harmonizing with all the sounds of life's great song.
Breathe here in gratitude.
And placing now your hands gently on top of your heart,
We are going to give thanks for the sacred element of our feelings.
I thank you for this gift of feeling,
For the gift of tenderness,
Of heartache,
Of palpable joy.
Thank you for all that squeezes and pushes against this loving heart of mine.
Breathing here in gratitude.
Understanding you are infused with sacred life.
Breathe here in gratitude.
Coming to move and stretch in body when you are ready.
Opening your eyes to the room you are in with new sight,
New hearing,
New sound.
Being aware of the sacred elements alive inside of you.
I'd like to thank you for joining me for this practice,
For showing up to do the good work of being present to your heart.
Sending blessings.
