Take a nice couple of deep breaths in your own rhythm place.
Adjust your posture to be comfortable if you haven't already.
Let the monkey mind just go to the back burner.
Your thoughts and your rumination just fade slightly.
See if you can be very present in your physical body.
Take another couple of deep breaths and just feel the oxygen pouring into your bloodstream enlivening you,
Enriching you.
Come with me today on our journey to walking the lotus flower.
Imagine you're standing at a vast body of water right on the edge.
Maybe it's an ocean,
Maybe it's a big lake or a huge river,
But you can't see the other side and you can't even see how far it goes to the right or the left of you.
But standing there you have an urgent desire to get to the other side.
But that presents you with a problem because you can't swim far too far to swim anyway.
There's no boats anywhere around.
It's still your desire is strong,
Wanting to get to the other side,
Whatever the other side is of this water's edge.
You stand there for a minute not sure what to do.
Too far to walk around wherever it is,
However far it is.
And the desire in you to cross finally overtakes your uncertainty and perhaps your fear.
You just decide what the heck I'm just going to take a step towards the water and see what happens.
Maybe it's a six inch pot of water,
Who knows?
Let me just see.
As you step towards the water and as your foot is slowly getting closer to the water right in front of you,
Right over the edge,
A lotus flower appears with leaves around it,
Beautiful flowers in the middle.
And somehow,
Wonderfully magically,
It holds up your foot.
It bounces a bit,
But it's clear it's going to hold your weight,
Much to your shock and to light.
And you stand there one foot on the land and one foot on the lotus flower and you wonder,
Hmm,
Now what?
If I had decided to step over the edge again,
So to speak,
To step into the unknown,
Trusting,
And having faith for what may happen next,
And you step again and a lotus flower appears with petals and leaves holding you up.
And at first,
Your little tenant is saying,
Wait a minute,
What's happening here?
Am I going to follow it?
Is this crazy?
Am I dreaming this?
But you decide to find out the only way you can find out,
Which is to take another step.
And another lotus flower appears.
And another step.
And another lotus flower appears.
And each step you take gains you just a little more confidence,
A little more trust,
A little more faith,
And a little more certainty that it's okay,
It's safe.
You're going to get across the water,
Your intention is clear and strong.
And the universe in this case is literally supporting you.
So now in your own time,
Take a few more steps.
And as you do,
Perhaps bouncing a little bit with the waves with the buoyancy of the lotus flowers,
But beginning to feel less and less nervous,
More and more comfortable,
More and more in harmony with the flowers and water that holds them up.
Take a few more steps.
Just keep walking.
Your own speed,
Slow,
Fast,
Start,
Stop,
Whatever you'd like.
Realize that each step you take requires you to step into the unknown.
Not knowing if you're going to drown or what's going to happen,
But nonetheless,
You step anyway to follow your intention and your heart's desire to get to the other side of the water.
You're learning,
You're learning that that intention,
Combined with that trust in a co-creative universe,
Will always lovingly support you.
Sometimes,
Especially when you're sure in your mind that it won't,
When you're scared,
Nervous,
Upset.
And the more you continue walking down the lotus flower,
In your own pace,
The more those fears and uncertainties wash away,
Like old habits,
Like mud off your back in the rain.
You get clear and stronger and almost feel like you could run on the lotus flowers.
Go ahead if you want to run on the lotus flowers.
They will be there because you take the step.
They won't be there if you don't take the step.
Man,
There's no bargaining here.
There's no,
Well,
I'll take steps if I see the lotus flowers.
No,
That's not how it works.
Just keep taking the step whenever you're ready.
However hard or easy it is,
It'll probably become easier each time.
Until finally,
You begin to see the other shore.
And now you're full of encouragement and confirmation and gratitude and appreciation for your connection to the planet,
To the water,
To the lotus flower,
To the magic of the universe that cares for you,
And you walk towards that shore certain that you will achieve it when the time is right.
And now you've learned,
You're beginning to learn at least,
That you can walk to lotus flower whenever you decide you're ready to,
Whenever you need to,
So to speak.
And I invite you to do that in your life.
Be ready.
Recognize the moments.
They don't always look like lotus flowers.
Take the step.
And the next step.
And the next.
When you're ready,
Give thanks.
Come back into the room.
And have a wonderful day.
