Before we begin here,
I want to invite us to recognize that part of ourselves which is in opposition to the truth or in opposition to the way of things.
To illustrate very,
Very simply,
It's like being in the wintertime and wanting it to be summer.
And in that wanting,
There's an opposition against the winter that effectively withholds love,
That casts judgment,
That sees the winter as undeserving to be what it is.
And just recognize that aspect of yourself that is in opposition to the way of things.
We could also say the truth of life.
But we all have that.
We all have this aspect of ourselves that wants what we want over what is.
And it's very common for that aspect of ourselves to be violent in some way,
This violence that withholds love from what is.
And in the same way we can do this with the winter,
We can do it with other people.
We can do it with ourselves,
Where we can be as we are,
But effectively withhold love from what we are,
Because we are not how we want ourselves to be.
And so we can be in opposition to the truth of what we are.
And just notice this character in your experience.
There's no judgment for that character right now.
We're just bringing awareness to it.
And then this guided journey will invite us to surrender that fight,
Maybe just a little bit.
And in that surrender,
We can see ourselves,
See others,
And see life with more clarity.
And with that clarity,
There will be a natural blooming of more love.
To start off here,
We're just going to recognize and acknowledge that we're here right now.
We're going to quickly just connect with the breath,
Connect with this space,
Connect with the presence of right now.
And we'll just very naturally and effortlessly breathe.
And we can let these breaths be a little bit more deep,
But nothing too extreme.
We can allow it to be natural.
And as we put our awareness on the breath,
We can just allow it to bring us more and more into the present moment.
I like to see this as breathing into right now.
Okay,
So when we hit that drain,
We're going to see,
Well,
If the harmonyining's important,
Whatever relaxation we can start to notice,
We can invite that relaxation into all parts of our body.
In this relaxation,
I invite us to recognize any tension in our human experience.
This can be a frustration,
An irritation,
A sadness,
An anxiety.
We're just going to bring awareness to it.
We can acknowledge that it's there.
And I invite us to recognize this opposition in that tension.
We can recognize how that opposition is almost like a fight against life.
And again,
It's not wrong and it's not bad.
We're just going to recognize it.
Whatever opposition or tension is most loud for you right now in your life,
Let's just sort of invite it into this space,
Almost like you were going to sit down and have a cup of tea with it.
It's a beautiful thing to invite this opposition into a space like this.
It's like there's no opposition for the opposition.
There's no tension about the tension.
There's no problem with the problem.
We can just acknowledge it and allow it to be.
What I invite us to recognize about this opposition,
This fight,
Is underneath it is this innocent fear.
And just notice that there's a part of yourself that's just scared.
And we're just holding space for that right now,
To see it,
To allow it to be there,
And acknowledge a deeper sincerity.
Most commonly,
When we have tension,
Agitation,
Some flavor of opposition,
There's a projection that thinks the real problem is out there.
The real problem is what we are seeing or experiencing.
But I invite us to recognize a deeper sincerity that touches that fear,
That really,
I'm scared.
And we can acknowledge that in such a fearful space,
There is a violence that emerges,
A violence that fights for the truth,
And that is a real fear.
And in that fight,
There's a real space.
There's a violence that emerges,
A violence that fights for what we want.
And in that fight,
There's a withholding of love.
In the same way that if there's a opposition toward yourself,
Where you think you're not enough,
Where you think you are missing something,
There's a fear that you might not be lovable in the future.
There's a fear maybe that tomorrow won't work out how you want it to work out,
So that you can hold on to this love.
Or there's the fear that in some way tomorrow you won't be enough.
Or there's the idea that somehow you can become more worthy or more lovable tomorrow.
And I find that so interesting.
Just notice that there's a real space.
And I find that so interesting.
Just notice that for a second how we can project this future where we can be more lovable,
If only this and if only that.
And you see in this projection,
We become afraid of not capturing that in the future.
And in that fear,
We start blaming everything that's seemingly in the way.
We can say,
If only this was different,
If only that was different,
If only those people weren't who they were,
If only I wasn't who I am.
And I invite us to recognize how in this fearful space we're not seeing things clearly.
We're not seeing things as they really are.
We're looking through a lens of fear.
And we're just bringing awareness to that,
To see how the fear distorts our view.
And as we become more and more present,
As we see more and more clearly,
We start to see that maybe this opposition isn't necessary.
And so we invite a sweet surrender,
If only a little bit.
Maybe I can just be here right now.
Maybe I am enough as I am.
Maybe I don't need to withhold love.
I invite you to just rest in that space.
Breathe into it.
You see,
My friend,
It's just an innocent misunderstanding.
It's an innocent misunderstanding that's not seen clearly.
And in that misunderstanding,
Fear shows itself.
That's okay.
We get scared.
We're swimming in a big miracle,
And sometimes it gets confusing.
So be gentle on yourself.
Be gentle on others.
We all get scared.
And in this moment,
We can honor the people who are in this place.
And in this moment,
We can honor a deeper truth about what is.
We can surrender our fight that fights for what we only think we want.
And come home to the miracle we've already been given.
We can see ourselves,
Others,
And all of life with brand new eyes.
And we can say thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you for being what you already are.
Thanks for joining me today.
