In the ancient language of Sanskrit,
The heart center is called the Anahata and translate as the unstruct.
It refers to the energetic center that rests in the center of our hearts.
It's the molten liquid center of unconditional love.
The tender part of who we are.
Perfect,
Whole,
Pure,
Innocent,
Unblemished,
Untainted,
Unstained.
The very core of our being.
Loving unconditionally in every moment.
Infinitely forgiving.
Unhurt,
Unwounded,
Undamaged,
Never offended and beyond pain.
This abundance of unconditional love that rests in our heart center is also the universal divine love that flows throughout the universe.
It is love,
Gratitude,
Compassion,
Forgiveness,
Wholeness,
Oneness and kindness.
Unconditional love is healing but not only on the personal level but on the collective,
Global and universal levels.
So let's connect to our heart space and allow that space to offer healing not only to ourselves but also out into the collective.
When you are ready,
Make yourself comfortable.
Either sitting or lying down.
Close the eyes or if you prefer you can have a soft gaze.
Allow your whole body to soften.
Feel the tension leaving your body.
And take a moment just to notice your breath.
Your natural spontaneous breath.
Notice your mind starting to calm and your body beginning to relax.
Give yourself this time and this space for healing by allowing yourself to be right here,
Right now in this precious present moment.
To begin this process of awakening our healing heart energy,
Let's begin by taking some time in gratitude.
By bringing our attention to all the things in our lives that we are thankful for.
List those things,
People,
Circumstances,
Experiences in your mind and at the same time get that sense of what gratitude feels like in your heart.
And now breathe into your heart space.
And as we begin to connect deeper into our heart space you might want to place the fingertips or a hand or both hands over your heart.
Feel free to drop the hands at any time or you can keep them there throughout the practice and connect to the centre of your heart.
Beneath the layers to the unstruck part of you.
The part of pure unconditional love.
Sometimes this can be hard to connect to and often a little painful.
Not one of us receives enough love.
None of us love ourselves enough or allow love to flow completely unrestricted to us or out from us.
We've built walls around our heart to protect us from the pain of not receiving enough love,
From giving love that's not returned,
From losing love,
From grief and heartbreak.
And moving through these walls is painful and sensitive.
But you beautiful soul deserve all the love in this universe.
You have a well of unconditional love resting inside you.
So find a small path through those walls and tap into it.
Hopefully through this meditation and similar meditations we can begin to heal ourselves and feed ourselves with the love we need and deserve.
We can break down our walls and crack our heart wide open and then flow that love back out to where it's needed most in the world.
The world needs love.
So let's make our small but powerful impact like a small stone in the still pond that ripples out and creates waves.
Let's connect to that deeper most vulnerable place in our heart and the abundance of healing unconditional love that rests there.
If you are struggling to connect then for a moment bring into your awareness someone or something that you love unconditionally.
Maybe your child,
Parent,
Sibling,
Friend,
Lover,
Dog,
Cat,
Horse.
A being that when you think about you feel that center in your heart surge with that unconditional love.
Connect to that feeling and allow it to expand filling your own heart.
If it helps you can imagine it as a light or a color.
Maybe it's a gold light or pink or green or any color you can associate with unconditional love and allow it to fill your own heart with light and love.
As you connect to that well of unconditional love it begins to surge and expand.
Allow it to fill the left side of your heart and the right side.
Allow it to fill the front and the back of your heart.
Allow it to fill the bottom and the top of your heart.
Let that light radiate out from the center filling your whole heart and then let that light be pumped around your body with every beat of your heart around the body to every cell and at the same time it's expanding out from your heart to fill your body.
Feel that unconditional love filling your body and your being.
This center is an infinite pool of love.
Feel your heart cracking open and widening as more love pours out from your heart to fill your body.
This is often the hardest part of a loving kindness meditation,
Loving ourselves but we all need more love.
That's why this part is the most important.
You deserve to be loved,
You are worthy of love.
You are loved,
You just need to allow that love in.
So take this time to just let that love flow into you and as it does you feel that love energy expanding filling your body.
Every fiber of your being being filled with that healing unconditional love.
It's filling your lungs so the air you breathe out is also love.
It's radiating out from your body from the pores in your skin that love is radiating out creating a bubble of love and healing around you.
Now you are breathing that love energy,
That healing light and as you breathe it in and out from your body it begins to expand even more radiating out further.
It begins to encompass everything and everyone around you.
Using your breath send out love to your loved ones here and in the beyond and as you send out that love you feel it coming back to you.
You are a conduit of love flowing love in and out.
Send out that love even further to friends,
Acquaintances and again as you send that love out you again feel it radiating back to you ever expanding.
You send that love out even further to friends of friends to those you don't even know.
To those even with whom you have a grievance out to all beings unconditionally and feel that love bubble,
That bubble of healing light expanding further.
It expands encompassing all the beings,
People,
Animals,
Plants and still it keeps expanding.
The more you send out the more that comes back to you.
And now you are wrapping the whole planet in a bubble of love and then it's expanding even further out into the universe.
And take a few moments just to bathe in this space.
This space of pure unconditional love.
You are a conduit of love and of healing.
You are unconditional love and unconditional love is a part of every cell of your being.
Rest in this space.
You are a conduit of love and of healing.
You are a conduit of love and of healing.
You are a conduit of love and of healing.
And now repeat to yourself.
I am whole.
I am divine.
I am loved.
I am love.
I am whole.
I am divine.
I am loved.
I am love.
I am whole.
I am divine.
I am loved.
I am love.
I am whole.
I am loved.
I am whole.
And now gently come back to your body.
Back to the room you are in.
Breathe a little deeper.
Reawakening yourself with the breath.
Give a wriggle to your fingers and a wriggle to your toes.
Stretch the body if you need and if you are lying down maybe roll onto one side.
When you are ready you can move back into your day allowing the ripples of unconditional love to guide you.
Namaste.
