Hello friend,
Thank you for joining me today for this talk in meditation,
The Next Moment is Not Written.
And there's a little story behind this in that I had originally recorded this episode here to put up onto Insight Timer and to post onto my podcast and then a week later I had the opportunity to speak at my Unity Center here on Vancouver Island and between the time I recorded this and that talk some new ideas and some new thoughts had come around the idea that the next moment is not written.
And so as it turns out this is now part one of a two-part conversation and meditation.
I invite you to look for part two and I also invite you to share any ideas or ahas that come up for you and and just let me know where you are with all of this.
It's a great pleasure for me to be able to read or hear from people and be in touch with your journey.
Thanks again.
I just finished a wonderful conversation with a friend of mine.
We talked about a lot of things about 90 minutes and before that I was actually on a call with another friend of mine which was I don't know an hour an hour or so and so there's just my my feeling is right now there's there's things I want to just put out and so I invite you to to hang with me a little bit here as as I just throw out some ideas and unpack them and so if you're if you're anything like me right now you're feeling that sometimes the world is against me and maybe it feels that way a lot like the world is against me and and I was on insight time and the other day and I had this thought that came to me which is that the next moment is not written you know as as I go through life and and maybe as you go through life it feels like life is lifing and that the moments just kind of happen because what has just happened is going to be brought forward into the next moment and as I think about what I said that the next moment is not written for me it's like hope there's like there's an essence of hope there if the next moment is not written by default that means that I have I potentially have a say I have a say in that next moment I have the opportunity to frame that next moment to decide how I am going to show up in that next moment I was reading something the other day on an email and it was around Eric Butterworth who's a was a unity minister and he was talking about being non-resistant and it was referencing the idea of the meek shall inherit the earth and it wasn't from a place of the meek how does he put it does that he doesn't mean a surrender to people so meek isn't about surrendering to people the meek shall inherit inherit the earth is about surrendering to the divine to the great universe if you will to God whatever frame or word you want to put on it it's about surrendering to life and understanding that life is about surrendering to God what we are and what all things around us are and when we surrender to that bigger idea then we can accept that the next moment is not written and in in concert with that bigger way of living that brighter consciousness we can have a say to how we show up and we can show up however we want we can show up at our lowest consciousness or we can show up at our highest consciousness we get to say you get to say I get to say how am I going to be in the next moment regardless of all this other stuff that's going on behind me regardless of what just happened regardless of what I just said this next moment is not written and when I get there I can write it and I can choose how I'm going to write this next moment and I can open up myself to something bigger than my past I can open up myself to something greater than my past there's a great scripture that I'll paraphrase that you know you never put a light on in a house to put a bowl over it you put a light on in a house to light the way for others so that they can see they can see the great divine they can see a path they can find the ability to write their next moment and maybe in all of that we all can raise our consciousness together to begin writing our next moments together as one in unity operating from a higher place away from the I just want to survive away from the how do I just get through this moment away from the oh if only if only if only they or them or that or this or that other thing if only if only if only I'm sharing this in hope of finding my own strength through this and maybe inside of that you can find some strength for you to to write your life to write the script that is going to define your next moment and we don't need somebody else's approval we need only connect Center within ourselves find that truth within find that place within that speaks that has you know you're okay all is already given it's right here and it shows up in the moments that we have and so why not write the next moment why not choose how it's going to be written things are gonna happen stuff's gonna come your way life is never gonna stop lifing it's always going to be right in front of you showing up in all of its vibrancy and vitality and fullness technicolor the whole thing here it is here's life it's coming it's that next moment and you and I can write it we can decide how we show up for that moment I invite you to join me and spend a few moments in peace silence and allow ourselves to find that truth find that space within you if you're comfortable you can close your eyes and if that's not comfortable find a pace a place on the floor either a couple of feet in front of you or if you're looking at a wall a spot on the wall and soften your gaze and allow the sound of the bell to come in and drift out allow your thoughts to drift away with that Bell breathing into your belly if it helps you can put a hand on your belly and just feel it rise and fall and with each Bell as you exhale and hear it drift off invite yourself to settle in a little deeper bring a gentle smile to your face you you keep breathing keep noticing the Bell drifting off you let it carry your thoughts away each Bell is like a new opportunity to practice surrendering to the moment you you The sound of the bell is heard.
The sound of the bell is heard.
The sound of the bell is heard.
The sound of the bell is heard.
The sound of the bell is heard.
The sound of the bell is heard.
The sound of the bell is heard.
The sound of the bell is heard.
The sound of the bell is heard.
Gently begin to awaken your mind-body connection.
You can move some fingers,
Some toes,
Gentle.
And let us affirm together,
I am the light of the world.
I am divine light.
I will attract goodness.
I will breathe beauty and joy into my being.
And so it is,
And so it shall be.
Namaste.
Thank you for joining me today.
