Self-Reflection: The Universe Seeing Itself

You are the most evolved version of the Universe seeing itself through your eyes. In this YOUniverse visualization, travel back in time millions of years ago to the point in our evolutionary journey when eyes came into existence. Uncover what the Universe is trying to learn through you as you feel yourself as an integral being who was born for a reason. Connect with a deeper sense of purpose as you reflect on meaningful life events that have shaped who you are.

Transcript

This time,

I invite you to keep your eyes open.

Bring your awareness to the act of seeing.

We do this all day long without being fully aware of our eyes that are doing the seeing.

What is it that you can see in this moment?

Can you feel into the sensations of the eyes?

Now close your eyes.

Imagine what life would be like if you could not see.

One way to do this is to allow yourself to travel back in time 500 million years ago before eyes existed.

Up until this point in time,

Seeing wasn't a part of life.

Until the first eye came into existence in the trilobite,

An aquatic creature from the Paleozoic era.

Not only did the trilobite create a way to see,

But eyes have been constructed independently 40 different times in the evolutionary process of creatures.

It's almost as if life was determined to see.

Why?

Survival,

Certainly.

But what if there was something more?

A longing for a deeper intimacy with the world.

Life wanted to see itself.

Could it be that through life's journey,

It has been evolving to be able to discover more about itself?

Once creatures had the capacity to see,

The universe was able to see itself for the first time through the eyes of the trilobite.

Open your eyes again.

You are the most evolved form of the universe,

Seeing itself through your eyes.

Take a moment to let that sink in.

You are not a separate individual looking at an external world.

You are the universe itself,

Seeing itself in this very moment.

And you were created to help the universe learn more about itself.

What is it that you see?

Not only with your physical eye,

But with your mind's eye.

The particular way in which you see the world helps the universe learn things about itself that it can't learn from anyone else's experience.

Because your experience is unique.

Close your eyes once again and let yourself scan your life up until this point.

What have you seen during your life?

What moments stand out to you as important?

What perspective do you have on the world?

What do you think the universe is trying to learn through you?

Reviews

That was very thought provoking. Thank you for the very different approach.

Some fascinating food for thought and a fresh perspective on how we take the world in. Thank you!

Amazing but ended abruptly. I wasn’t sure it was over.

Beautiful. I did this mediation in the morning during sunrise. Felt more profounding.

Oh wow, what an incredibly cool perspective. I'm going to be thinking about this for days!

Deeply insightful. Introduces a previously, for me, unexplored avenue of reality.

Not only was this filled with interesting fact about the evolution of eyes, it was a new perspective on seeing the universe thru your eyes.
Beautiful

Very unique, helped shift my perspective. I loved it

amazing listen!! started tearing up halfway through with the assurance i’m not crazy!!❤️lol

Enjoyed it a lot on first listen. More to say after I work with it a little more.
***REFLECTIONS AFTER A SECOND LISTEN:
1. Beautifully written & delivered
2. Surprising, subtle, delightful use of background sound/music
3. LOVE the way the eyes are engaged in the way that most other meditations tend to engage the breath or the body; it’s not easy, which leads me to
4. Definitely not for absolute beginners to meditation; I personally would consider this a senior or grad-level exercise (but don’t let that shoddy analogy stop you from trying this technique any time you want; you can always come back to it later if it’s not working for you yet
5. Heads up: ends a lot more abruptly than most recordings on the app.

Your voice is so soothing. And the message is so wonderful. This was a perfect reminder of why I am here and what my duty is as a human being, growing on this planet in this incarnation. Thank you.

The universe is seeing itself through me........I will think on this for quite some time.....thank you💐💕

Pretty cool! Very different, and your last question.....whoa! I never thought of that! 😱 (I won’t spoil it for anyone - give a listen!)

One of the best most unique meditations on here 🙌🏻