"You can be this physical body and have a life, and yet when you turn your awareness to the Universe inside, and discover that - it’s just magnificent.
And what rises from that is often profound love, joy, appreciation… that this is given, that this is happening, that this is your experience.
So the invitation is to dive into that which you are, both present here in a body, in a beautiful exquisite body, and beyond anything you could ever imagine with your thinking.
So let’s just do that: diving back in to the Universe which you are."
The Elixir of Life
"This Joy that flows from the heart: it comes from nowhere, and it is immense.
What a joy, what a joy to feel… anything at all, really. But such Immensity, coming from nowhere, all through a window of you! You are the window, and the Nothing from which the Joy flows.
And of course you are the Love too. How could you not be? How could you be anything else?
Down to your very toes… your cute little toes! Do you know how cute toes are?
Open your hearts! You are magnificent, every single part of you.
I’m not on drugs, honest. I did not take anything before class.
And yet, the truth sometimes feels that way. We hold ourselves tight in so many ways. Tightening down, holding back on cells, emotions, thought.
And that tightening and holding restricts all sorts of flow. Let go. Open. You have no idea your suffering is so connected with this holding.
And so the invitation is: let go.
Drugs do this, in different ways.
But the ultimate letting go is the Elixir of Life… far better than anything you could find.
And yet it is everywhere, and is the stuff of Life, of which you are - the stuff of Life!
You are Life inhabiting life. There is no separation."
Compassion
There is so much Joy that’s available. Life is so precious - all forms, all stages, all moments, all transitions - all beautiful. Open through the depth of your heart, the depth of your heart’s compassion, opening to all that is true: the Infiniteness, the Love.
As you open in your heart, open to your own softness, your own tenderness, that you would offer another so easily. Offer it to yourself.
This is always available, no matter what another offers, in the midst of a chaotic world. You are Love and Compassion. Open into it.
If you choose, if it’s easier, think of another, where your response is second nature. That love, that tenderness, that soft understanding when something appears to go wrong, or appears to be hurt, appears other than what one might wish for - or simply because there’s an understanding that there’s another way that’s easier, and witnessing consciousness choose a painful way. And instead of judging that choosing, compassion arises. Does this make sense?
That tenderness that is so easily offered to another, offer it to yourself in this moment, letting yourself soften and be held. Relax back into that depth within yourself, that so easily flows outward. It flows outward because it arises in you, because it is you. Don’t forget this! It flows through you, because it is you.
Judgments and blame may rise too, but those also are held lovingly. So focus on your generosity, that even flow, second nature, movement - of kindness, love, loving warmth, embrace, understanding. And let yourself be in that.
Many things arise in the course of a day. All things arise, and disappear, in the midst of this infinite Compassion.
Pregnant Possibility
When the mind stops - when the mind stops one realizes that’s all there is - this present moment.
Dive deep into yourself, and you will see there is no past or future.
Open to the pregnant possibility - infinite nothingness and pregnant possibility - all in the moment. This is what we are, when the mind stops, and there is no longer fear of being - of being here, being in the body, being on the planet, having feelings. It’s fear that keeps you from knowing your truth. Let it go. Open to this moment, now, and now, and now. It’s beautiful, beyond imagining. Dive deep into your own Self, opening to this well of expanse, truth, joy, possibility. Surrender. It is all good. Every dastardly deed, bad thought, wrong decision … it’s all good. Truly. This you will see when you open beyond where you have opened to, so far (if not already).
Do not take my words as Truth, but see what resonates in your own knowing, and discover for yourself if this is not true, the depth of your inherent beingness. Exquisite, profound miracle, you. Exquisite, profound miracle - you. You are joy, you are creation.
There are so many things of which I could speak.
But at this moment, the present moment … dive into the present moment, you are already here. Why be anywhere else, when this is all there is? So go into yourself, in this endless moment, being with all the fullness and emptiness and brilliance and possibility and love and truth and joy. Your mere being here is miraculous. Enjoy it!
Resonance
What is of the utmost importance is that you understand that what is being taught, you already know. Anything that is spoken is coming from a depth of Truth that you can access through your own Being.
And it is recommended that anything that is said and spoken, that you listen from that deep place to see if it resonates in your own being, and to speak up if you have a question or a different experience.
So in other words, don’t pass off authority on a voice outside yourself.
This whole series is to direct you back into the depth of your own well - of truth, knowledge, love, satisfaction. So all our exercises are given to guide you back inside.
And so for this first meditation, we would like for you to settle into yourself, and perhaps remember the feeling of self-knowing, a situation maybe, where you, for no reason particular, happened to know something that was not apparent on the outside, and you trusted it in the depth of your being. And so we would like to have this next meditation be for all of you beautiful people who are gathered here to resonate in your individual resonance.
Oftentimes in exercise, we will focus on the same resonance, focusing on Love or Truth, which is universal. And so the focus is also a collective focus, which can amplify a particular experience. It’s another reason that exercises done here in this room can be stronger and more vivid than when you return at home. Do not be discouraged by this phenomenon. It is the nature of the beast, and is also why we gather in this way - to amplify your experience for you to know it as truth, and to go home and practice, and go home and play, and live your life, and notice.
But for this exercise … in the midst of our sameness, there is individual resonance as well. And so as each of you go in and access the depth of your own knowing, you may find this sameness, and you also may find your own resonance. So it’s as if in this room, attention will be drawn to the music that’s happening, that each of you is playing, or resonating, or in your beingness resonating at a particular frequency - if you could hear all the different frequencies, there would be an orchestra. So in this exercise, the invitation is to dive into yourself, feel, and be, the breadth of that exquisite resonance.
And don’t worry if it appears you didn’t get it, or you did it wrong. It’s actually not possible to get it wrong. You are that exquisite, beautiful, individual resonance, no matter what you do. You cannot fail - it’s already happening, right now.
So we will support you in the meditation from our vantage point, and the ways we support. As well as… The beings that are near you often, that you may or may not be aware of, will also help support.