The Power Of Unity

A guided journey through words, meditation, breath, music, and silence led by Edward Pike and Kevin Hewitt. Recorded live during the monthly Temple Sunday Service of 17th of Jan 2021. Sunday Services are open to all and free of charge, on the 2nd Sunday of every month.
Music by Kevin Hewitt; recorded live and may contain background noises

Transcript

Okay,

Here we go.

So welcome to the Sunday service,

The power of unity.

I'm going to guide us through a little journey to really rekindle that sense of intimacy with all that is with ourselves,

With each other,

With the world and with our dreams.

And I won't say too much apart from just these opening words.

So let's start to just breathe first with our eyes closed.

We just took two,

Three breaths,

But let's do three more.

Weaving our breath together,

Inhaling deeply through the nose into the belly.

And exhaling out through the mouth.

And do that a couple more times.

Another inhale in through your nose into the belly with the paws at the top.

And exhaling with a bit of a sigh,

A bit of sound,

Letting go,

Letting go,

Letting go.

And then one more,

A nice deep inhale together,

Weaving our breath,

Our energy,

Our intention to be here together.

Our intention to experience the power of unity.

So the journey home is not one of action,

But one of depth.

It is the quiet remembering of what is essential and true.

The undying light of love that we are.

Home is where the heart is as well as our gut,

Our pelvis and our feet.

Our home is the energy of our soul,

The unique expression of who we truly are.

When coming home,

We come home to others,

Uniting mind,

Heart and energy to allow the beautiful supportive and creative energy of life to work through all of us,

Spiraling,

Weaving,

Wielding together.

We return to our most natural state,

That of unity with all things,

From the pulse of life to the entire cosmos and every single cell and molecule of our being.

When we come home to this deep and ancient knowing,

We can dream again and together we can create a new dream.

That is the power of unity.

So finding your own way of breathing through this,

I invite you when you are ready to close your mouth and just to breathe in and out through your nose and into your belly,

But also just to let the breath kind of take charge,

Know what it is doing,

You can trust it.

And just notice yourself here and now.

Notice your body,

Notice any tightness,

Any tension,

Any openness,

Any part of you that feels numb,

That might feel alive.

Notice your thoughts and your feelings,

Know that there's nothing to change,

No one you need to be right now,

There's nowhere you need to go,

Nothing you need to do,

But just to be open and here.

And imagine yourself gently falling into the earth,

Leaving this body,

Leaving this room,

Leaving this space just for now.

Imagine yourself dropping,

Dropping into a sea of purple until you're floating downwards in this sea of purple all around you,

Just purple light,

Purple color,

Feeling safe and held and loved,

Embraced by this color,

Embraced by my voice,

Floating gently downwards like a feather until you land on grass,

You land at the foot of this beautiful mountain.

This is your sacred place,

Your mountain,

A space of pilgrimage and you feel that inside that it is time.

You've been on this journey for a long time and this is yet another step.

Take some deep breaths here and pause and take in the beauty around you,

The mountain in front of you with a path weaving up nature around you,

Noticing the sounds,

The smells,

Maybe an animal or two comes to say hello and to guide you upwards.

Any fears,

Any resistance as you know inside that you have to climb this mountain and go on this pilgrimage.

So you find that in your heart as an intention to follow through.

As you do that and as you breathe you can sense or see or feel all of those that have walked this path or are walking this path or will walk this path.

You can see all of those that have come before,

All of those that are here with us now and all of those that will come after us.

Then with another breath you begin the ascent,

Begin to put one foot in front of the other following this path,

Perhaps following the gentle nudge or calling of an animal guiding you.

As you walk with each step,

Begin to listen deeper,

Listening to your heart beating,

To the floor,

The earth crunching under each footstep,

To the sound of your breathing,

Listen to the sounds of the world around you,

The wind,

Birds,

The insects.

As you walk,

As you breathe,

You begin to rise above the land around you,

You start to ascend and see these heights,

See these beautiful places from above.

You feel yourself getting warmer,

Getting hotter with each step,

Enjoying the feeling of your body in this exercise,

Challenging yourself.

And you hear in the wind all the voices of those marching together with you,

Of those of us marching upwards now and those who have come before us and those who will come after us.

This journey is,

This part of the journey is one that we must all do alone individually and yet surrounded.

A few more steps,

You start to reach the top and then finally you're there at the summit.

Then you look around and stretching out as far as the eye can see is this beautiful world,

This beautiful planet,

Your kingdom,

Our kingdom.

And appears in front of you a beautiful structure,

Your temple.

This could come in whatever shape,

Form or size you love.

It could be a shack,

It could be a palace,

It could be just nothing,

Could be some rocks.

Noticing a beautiful structure,

This temple.

You feel really drawn to entering this place and so you move towards it as you take some gentle breaths into your belly.

Slowly you make your way into your temple.

In the center of this temple is this incredible beautiful light.

As you approach it you feel its warmth,

You feel its love,

You feel its brilliance and its beauty.

As you come close to it and stand in front of it,

You recognize that this same light lives inside you.

In every single one of your cells,

Every single part of your being,

In the core of what you are.

Take a few moments as you breathe to feel yourself merging,

Shape shifting,

Becoming one once again with this light,

This infinite light,

This infinite intelligence,

Love and power.

Allow it to really fill every single cell from within,

Filling the space around your body.

Allow this light to emanate from your belly and your heart,

To pour out of your hands,

Your feet,

Your eyes and your crown.

This space,

This state,

This place,

You emerge from the temple and stand there at the top of your mountain,

Arms outstretched,

Perceiving,

Open,

Present,

Embodied,

Allowing the beauty all around you to move the beauty inside you.

Seeing or sensing,

Imagining all of us together at the top of this mountain,

In a circle,

Facing outwards,

Arms outstretched,

Sharing,

Receiving and sharing this incredible light that we are.

And with this lightness in your heart and in your cells,

You now begin the descent on the other side,

Something has awoken inside you,

An innocence,

The magical divine child that lives in every single one of us,

That lives in all of nature,

Feeling alive,

Playful,

Walking,

Then skipping,

Then running down this hill,

This mountain,

Feeling the pleasure,

The joy of being,

Being in the body,

Being of earth and of sky.

You run down this beautiful,

Beautiful mountain and the bottom of this mountain is crystal clear waters,

The sea.

You arrive running on the beach,

Big smile on your face and your heart and diving into these crystal clear waters,

The mountains behind you ending in the sea.

You notice others swimming and diving under the water.

You dive as well,

Swim to the bottom,

Allowing these beautiful waters to shed,

To help you cleanse,

To heal anything that needs to be left behind,

Anything that is no longer part of your journey.

You dive to the bottom as you breathe,

Letting go,

Letting go.

At the bottom is the treasure chest.

You find your own unique way of opening this treasure chest and in there lies a beautiful,

Beautiful gift,

The gift that you are,

Your treasure,

What you are here to share with the world.

You are what you came to earth to be.

So it might appear as an object,

It might be a board of energy,

It doesn't matter,

However that gift shows up for you is perfect.

Just imagine and feel it and see it and sense it and feel yourself receiving this gift,

Taking in your arms,

Allowing it to enter your whole body,

To emerge.

Feel this gift inside you.

Notice any impact it might have on your mind,

Your body,

Your energy,

Your feelings.

Taking this gift with you,

You swim back up to the surface and get back on the beach and there on the beach are all of us and hundreds if not thousands of others,

All holding their gifts,

Being their gifts,

Celebrating,

Cheering each other on.

There's a whole party going on,

A celebration of what we are and what we can do together.

We go on this journey and we find these gifts.

This party goes on until the sun sets and the stars come out and we light a big campfire on the beach and all of us are standing around it in silence,

Enjoying the quietness of the night,

The gentle lapping of the waves,

The fire crackling.

And in this circle,

We allow ourselves together to dream,

To allow yourself to dream this new world,

This new life,

Both ancient and new,

That is now ready to be born through each and every one of us.

What does this new world look like?

What does it feel like?

What does it even sound like or smell like?

Tasting it with your five senses but also your other senses.

Really allowing it to enter every single one of yourselves to receive this dream.

And then finally,

Take a deep breath,

Say goodbye to this circle.

You find yourself again floating upwards into this sea of purple,

Turning up to this physical world,

Carrying within you this experience,

This knowing,

These gifts,

Treasures,

Memories,

And holding within you the vision of what we would love to create together.

Floating upwards until you softly and gently re-emerge into the space you're in,

Into your body.

And then slowly,

You can either choose now to keep your eyes closed or you can slowly open them and I'll pass the relay to Kevin.

You can start whenever he's ready.

Thank you so much,

Ed.

That was really,

Really beautiful.

And the imagery that you wove like a tapestry in that was absolutely incredible.

And what struck me was how you had all the elements,

The air,

The earth,

The fire,

The water,

Everything was in that.

And with each one,

There was this beautiful sense of unity with each of those elements.

And the focal point of all the unity with each element is you,

Whoever you are,

As the one who experiences and engages with all of those elements.

So it was a beautiful,

Beautiful journey.

And I thank you for that.

And I also,

As always,

Thank you for this beautiful platform that you've created so lovingly and so beautifully.

It's really wonderful.

So thank you for that.

And hello to everyone and all the beautiful souls gathered here today.

It's incredible,

Really,

How we can meet like this and be together.

And I think that what's so beautiful is that there's a common thread that draws us all together,

Though we're not in the same physical space,

Many of us.

And many of us don't know each other in terms of details and so on.

But it doesn't matter,

Because there's something there that is known.

And that's what's focused on in these gatherings.

The focus being on that,

Which is truly important to each one of us.

And in fact,

What is important to each one of us is really what unites us.

And the power of unity,

As the topic that you chose today,

Ed,

Is so beautiful and so,

So,

So relevant,

Certainly in these times,

And really in every time,

In every moment,

In every era.

But certainly,

In these days,

We can truly relate to this as there's a great hunger and a great need for that sense of unity and connection and oneness.

And the reason that that thirst and hunger is there for it is because it's somewhere known.

But there's as if a kind of illusion or something that's come in between to keep us from really experiencing that fully.

So beautiful gatherings like this,

Where we're together and where we meet together,

Are,

Is a huge step and a huge unfoldment and a huge gift towards experiencing ourselves as that unity with each other.

And interestingly,

As you said,

It's something that we all,

Each one of us is on our own doing this.

But the beautiful thing about it is that each,

Although each one of us is doing this on our own,

What we're doing is connecting to our Source,

To that,

To our home,

To that temple within,

That temple without.

And the minute we do that,

The incredible thing is that we see we're actually instantly connected to everyone everywhere who's been doing the same thing.

And even beyond that,

That we were actually never separate.

The thought that we were separate was actually the illusion and the reality is that through taking the time and doing the practice of just simply remembering that connection to our Source,

To our home,

To our heart,

To our temple,

By doing that again and again,

The connection to that becomes stronger and clearer and more accessible.

It's actually always accessible,

But it just somehow we got out of practice of really remembering that.

But now we have the opportunity and we're taking that opportunity very importantly to do that practice,

To build that muscle,

That awareness,

That fine-tuned laser beam,

If you will,

Of awareness that goes right to that Source and remains connected to that no matter what.

And then everything else that goes on in life goes on.

We deal with everything we have to deal with,

But our connection to that Source,

That anchoring,

Remains firm and unwavering.

And it often reminds me of a little boat that's in the water that's anchored to an anchor right down at the bottom.

And no matter what waves come,

It can be tossed all over in all sorts of directions,

But that connection,

That anchoring,

That direct harboring,

If you will,

To that,

Which is really important and unchanging,

Is not broken.

So the connection in oneness,

In unity,

Is really to ourselves.

As you were saying,

It is a personal work.

It is something we all have to do for ourselves.

And that's the incredible thing,

Is to really unite together as a group together,

Experiencing and knowing ourselves as one group,

One reality,

One,

In fact,

One being together.

The whole process comes through knowing ourselves,

Being united in ourselves,

With ourself,

And through that self.

And by remembering that as much as we can,

The magic of oneness,

If you will,

Unfolds.

And it's always there waiting for us.

I sometimes think it's actually so accessible.

It's like you can touch your nose like this,

Or you can touch your nose,

Reaching around as if like that.

And both actions end up doing the same thing,

But how much easier it is just to go like that,

Rather than making great,

Unnecessary or strenuous actions to accomplish the same thing.

So in these times,

I think so much has been kind of removed from our lives,

Giving an opportunity for those who wish to take it to see,

Well,

A lot of those things that were removed,

Did I really need them?

Yes,

Some of them we may miss,

And some of them we're hoping will come back,

And some of them,

Of course,

Will come back.

But it's a very,

Very unique opportunity now to see that that which has been removed that maybe we would not have voluntarily removed from our lives,

But it's somehow disappeared.

And just sorting out,

It's an opportunity to sort out,

What is it I really want?

And what is it I really need?

And what is it I'm really going to work towards?

And I think that it has become really obvious to many,

Many people that all of this stuff out here,

All of the forms and phenomenon,

They're fine.

It's fine.

We need food,

We need water,

We need air,

We need all of those things,

Of course.

But there's something that has been overlooked by many people that now has been given the opportunity to look at.

And that looking towards that heart,

That self,

That purest part of you,

That love center that you have and that you are,

And that in fact is not anything separate from anyone else.

That heart love center is actually the same in everyone.

And when we really connect to that in ourselves,

We've automatically connected to everyone everywhere.

And so the more that we can do that,

The more we really can come to see what is really important in life,

And maybe the things that we don't really need,

And that we actually can do not only okay without,

But actually quite well without.

And then other new things come in,

Other beautiful things come in to fill that space and to celebrate with us as we celebrate every moment in joy and delight and freedom and oneness.

So on that note of oneness,

I have a song to sing for you in English this time.

And it's a song that was prepared by the mother of a good friend of mine who lives here.

She's a musician,

And she prepared this.

And it's called,

We Have All the Love.

We have always been one.

We are one.

We have always been one.

We are one.

We will remain forever one.

We will remain forever one.

No duality can put us away.

I am confident and I hope it will always stay.

No duality can put us away.

I am confident and I hope it will always stay.

More than this I don't say a word.

More than this I don't say a word.

It is enough that oneness is my Lord.

It is enough that oneness is my Lord.

We have always been one.

We are one.

We have always been one.

We are one.

We will remain forever one.

We will remain forever one.

No duality can put us away.

I am confident and I hope it will always stay.

No duality can put us away.

I am confident and I hope it will always stay.

More than this I don't say a word.

More than this I don't say a word.

It is enough that oneness is my Lord.

It is enough that oneness is my Lord.

It is enough that oneness is my Lord.

It is enough that oneness is my love So that's just a little simple little song that my friend prepared to sing about that oneness that we are and that that Lord or that consciousness that permeates everything that we are is ever present is ever in all of us and I just really really appreciate all of you and I just send love and wishing but all blessing wishes of joy and happiness to everyone and you are that infinite pure free forever being and I appreciate you and acknowledge you and respect you and send love to that as that.

Thank you so much.

Thank you Kevin.

We can just take a minute of just being in silence just to receive all of that you Okay so let's take a few breaths and then we can have some sharing about that experience.

We'll press the button.

I'm going to stop recording now but we can have some sharing around that experience and then we can open up space for anything else that's going on.