Sometimes in life,
We can become so lost in our little thought bubbles.
A world of worries and concerns,
Our to-do lists.
That we forget who we are.
So,
Taking a few minutes now to remember.
To remember that we're not these little cartoon characters with our thought bubbles hovering on top of us.
But much larger.
There's a much larger space that holds us.
We are a much larger space.
We're going to take a few minutes now to visit our own lives.
Like visitors to the planet.
Like visitors to ourselves.
Beginning as if we are coming upon this planet for the first time.
Seeing it from above.
Seeing this beautiful blue globe.
Revolving in space.
Synchronized.
Gravitationally attached to the sun in a timeless orbit.
And as if we are up above the atmosphere looking down.
And seeing it turning.
Seeing the sunlight make a line across the planet.
As morning moves across the globe.
And taking a few moments to travel with that light.
As if we are gliding above the planet.
Following that line of light.
As sunrise touches the planet below.
That long line of light moving across the oceans.
Across the continents.
The world waking up.
Gently moving in time with that light.
Seeing the beauty of the Earth below.
Then moving down to notice the landforms.
The movement of clouds beneath you.
The stirring of wind on water.
Traveling across the planet.
With the light that caresses it every day.
Always there.
And moving down above the mountains and treetops.
Seeing the colors,
The shapes,
And the forms.
The movement in the trees.
And descending now to your own space on this Earth.
Wherever you are right now.
Coming down to meet yourself.
Visiting your own life for a moment.
Beholding this person before you.
Dropping into your life for this moment.
And entering into your own body.
Feeling yourself sitting on whatever it is that supports you.
Feeling how gravity gently holds you here in place.
Noticing how you are an organism that breathes.
How you and the air around you are one.
How the air moves in to the body.
Each breath sustaining you.
Each exhalation giving thanks for life.
Noticing your heart beating within your body.
The physical heart that keeps you alive.
And the sacred heart that holds you.
The sacred heart that is both within you and radiating beyond you.
Radiating out into your physical environment.
The landscape beyond.
Gracing everything it touches like light.
Like a fragrance blessing the world around you.
This heart that is always within you.
Connected to everything around you.
The trees and the animals and the landscape.
The people you love.
All connected to the sacred heart within you.
All part of the breath that enters you.
The gratitude that leaves you like fragrance blessing everything around you.
Meeting this person here yourself.
With great compassion.
For everything that you carry.
Your worries and concerns.
The narrative of your life.
The things you have felt obliged to carry.
And noticing the pure presence that permeates all of it.
The connection of you to everything around you.
Beholding yourself here.
A person in the world.
A person incarnate.
A person with relationships and responsibilities and concerns and offering yourself a blessing.
Reminding yourself that the part of you that is within this body is beautiful and real.
And also just a fraction of your full radiant self.
Reminding yourself that the person sitting here is one facet of the landscape,
Of the planet,
Of the integral connection.
One facet of the whole beautiful diamond.
The jewel of creation.
We can feel so alone sometimes that we can forget this deep connection to all of life.
To all that's preceded us for thousands of years.
For all that will continue for thousands more.
And we are integral to that,
How that is within us.
How we are within that.
Acknowledging that the here and the now is our portal.
Our way to remember.
Our way to connect to the greater truth of who we are.
And so we bless ourselves.
Offer yourself here a blessing,
A blessing for this day,
For every moment of this day.
For the opportunity of being here in the world today,
Alive.
You're offering yourself courage and offering the world your compassion.
Now with this blessing,
We rise up to see the whole terrain again.
The landscape,
The atmosphere,
That line of light moving across the earth,
Blessing everything it touches.
And knowing that in the hours and days to come,
At our most challenging moments,
We can always remember that line of light is there.
Caressing the planet right now.
And that part of us travels within.
And so we bless ourselves.
We bless everything the light touches.
May all beings on this beautiful planet be safe and free and protected from inner and outer harm.
May they be happy and contented.
They be healthy and whole to whatever degree possible.
They experience is of well being.
They all beings be happy.
They all beings be at peace.
They all beings be free.
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