A meditation on masculinity.
Accepting our own gifts.
This exercise is designed to help you unlock and accept your gifts.
When you are ready to leave the prison of false masculinity and spread your wings,
May you find this useful.
If you normally meditate to music,
You can put that on quietly in the background.
Being out in peaceful nature will amplify this experience for you.
Consider lighting a candle to symbolize your light and that this moment is special.
As always,
Follow your heart.
When an impulse or idea arises in your deeper awareness,
Follow it.
Even if that means putting down this book or creating your own meditation.
For now.
Sit down.
Close your eyes and breathe deeply.
Sitting on the ground will ground you.
Take 10 full breaths without rushing.
Know that you are safe.
Place one or both hands on your heart.
It may feel right to put one hand on your heart and one hand on your belly.
Ask for help.
Call in whoever you sense may be able to help you.
An ancestor?
A guardian angel?
Your highest self.
A guide.
But know that you can do this all by yourself.
This is your journey.
As you breathe in,
Accept the help and goodness being offered to you right now.
As you breathe out.
Release all the pain.
Breathe in healing.
Without guilt.
Breathe in,
Remember you are whole.
Breathe out shame.
Breathe in peace.
Breathe out anger.
Breathe in love.
Breathe out love.
Forgive yourself for anything that makes you feel unworthy.
Release what makes you smaller in this moment.
Let go of what holds you back.
Give yourself permission to be big.
Think the past that brought you here.
Everything was for this moment.
You built the perfect foundation.
For what you would need right now.
Gather up that strength,
That bedrock,
And stand tall.
Be proud of who you are.
Picture your physical body and then zoom in.
Go beyond what you see from the outside.
Go beyond your job title.
Go beyond your role as husband,
Father,
Brother,
Or son.
Zoom in until you find a golden light at the center of you.
This is the real you.
Accept this.
Accept the fullness you feel.
Accept that this part of you is unending.
It cannot die or be taken away.
Feel the peace left when you release the fear.
Feel the joy when you let go of the doubt and shame.
Is peace and joy is you.
Whole in your being.
Thank yourself for being here.
Thank you for the gifts that only you can give.
Thank those around you for accepting this version of you when they see it.
Understand they are on their own journey.
And that will limit their perception of you.
If you aren't yet seen in your fullness by them,
It is their temporary limitation.
Bless them on their path.
Take a long inhale.
Hold this moment.
And slowly release.
Do this three times.
Receive the blessing to be truly masculine.
Trust your intuition that you will know how to do this.
Know that you are deeply balanced by your true femininity.
Give understanding to those who don't yet know this truth.
And with that,
You are complete.
This is your rite of passage.
Open your eyes when you're ready.
You're in a new world.
One with the biggest,
Fullest,
Brightest you there has ever been.
Take this gift.
The gift of you.
And make the most of it.
Consider commemorating this feeling in some way,
Whether it be a ceremony,
Celebration,
Talisman,
Or another marking.
Do it entirely for you.
Receive the love from my heart into yours.
And know that you are surrounded by your brothers on the path.
Amen.
Aho.
Namaste.
Many blessings.
Let it be so.
