Understanding Loss

Reflecting on the loss I am feeling and understanding the transient nature of all things, I gently start a process of letting go of what does not belong to me and bring my focus back to the real self. This gentle meditation helps to relook at life as a temporary phase in my existence and detach from the world around me.

*A special thank you and blessing to David Kilowsky for creating the music for this meditation.*

Transcript

Let me take a few moments to be with myself,

To relax my body,

And just check the state of my mind and my heart.

As I sit to reflect,

To meditate,

I try to come to terms with a feeling of loss,

A feeling of having lost something that was of value to me,

Someone who was very dear to me,

Or perhaps even a situation,

A circumstance in life that was comfortable and has now been taken away.

Anything that is loved,

That is valued,

Creates a feeling of comfort,

Makes life so much more worthwhile.

And so it's natural to feel the loss,

The grief,

The pain,

When something I depended on is no longer there.

It's natural to feel a sense of emptiness,

Like an inner void.

And as I sit here,

Reflecting on my feelings and the thoughts that come and go,

And the emotions that might feel like a roller coaster,

I also take a few moments to understand.

Everything that comes has to go.

Every cloud that appears in the sky has to move on.

And I reflect on the transient nature of life,

And how everything is temporary.

Everything has a fixed time,

A time of arrival in my life,

And then a time of departure.

Even my being in this world is temporary.

I have only a limited time in this body,

Playing this role.

And I gently reflect on this truth,

This reality of life.

And in fact,

To love,

To cherish,

To care for is a very beautiful thing.

However,

When I get attached to anything that is temporary,

I am often blinded by the truth that everything is temporary.

Every object,

Every human being in my life is a gift,

Just for a short while.

And as I come to understand that my feeling of loss,

Is nothing but a sense of insecurity,

Then I ask myself,

Where is there real security?

What is it that is permanent in my life?

What is it that will never be taken away?

Because everything I am attached to on the outside makes me dependent on it.

And once I've created a sense of dependency,

Attachment,

Then I've lost my inner strength.

However,

If I turn within,

And I connect to my inner being,

The place where my thoughts and feelings are generated,

That life energy within this body,

The inner,

Conscious self,

If I reconnect to my being,

Then I realize that I will always be with me.

I will always be this in a life.

Even before I entered this body,

There was me.

And after I leave,

I will still be me.

I,

The soul,

The spirit,

The inner being,

Can never be separated from my feeling of self.

So I hold my attention,

My awareness on this one point that will be with me forever.

I,

The being of light,

The inner star that shines.

I am a being.

Everything around me is all temporary,

Including my own body.

And one day,

It will go.

And I sit here,

Gently reflecting and accepting its reality.

And I find myself overwhelmed with a feeling of stillness and peace.

Reviews

Thank you for this little bit of comfort in a very bleak time. Namaste

Wow, this was truly powerful. I will come back to this often - after break up this came as a gentle, wondrous reminder of how everything in life is fleeting, except ourselves. Thank you.

Thank you 🙏🏻

Very soothing when going through
A painful time. Thank you

Very comforting!

Amazing how words connect heart to heart, soul to soul. Thank you, dear soul sister, sharing trueth in it’s pure form of nature and wisdom, though it is much too hard to realise the fact when once heart is still bleeding from loss🙏♥️🐛🦋

Thank you for your soothing words that offer hope and perspective.

i been feeling empty and very sad listening you today gave a lot of comfort and make feel or understand the a little bit more why I'm feeling the empty space that my friend left because he stopped talking to me it's been for me very painful thank you