Walked Into The World

"Remembering that we are all individualized expressions of a single Eternal Being can provide support for the challenges we encounter in our daily lives. But the stories we inhabit are so compelling, it's difficult to remember the fuller implications of the interconnectedness of all Being. Meditative practice provides time for our deeper remembering, and that remembering allows us to channel a more loving Consciousness into the world we share.

Taking time to calm ourselves physically allows us to slow our restless minds and sink into where we are in this moment.

Even as you read these words, allow your breath to absorb stress and tension as you inhale. Hold it all for a moment, and then let it go. Easily and naturally as you exhale. You can let your breath do it for you. Breathing in the restlessness, the stress, the anxieties, the challenges. Holding them gently for a moment, and then releasing them. Again and again. Every time you inhale; every time you exhale. A deepening release. So gentle, so natural, so easy.

You can stay with this as long as you like, and you can return to this conscious breathing whenever you need. You might wish to read this paragraph again, and breathe along.

And when it's time, allow yourself to drift into an even greater calmness, withdrawing gently from sounds around you. Noticing physical sensations in this moment, and moving behind them.

You are a greater Self behind your individualization, and that greater Self naturally embraces your individuality with great compassion and with love. Notice that gentle embrace. Remember that awakening of greater compassion.

You might choose to move more deeply still, into the fuller embrace of your greater Self. A place to rest. A place to rejuvenate. A place to remember. A place to dream.

Your greater Self connects you to an ever more inclusive Consciousness, as the very nature of your identity naturally expands. As you relax into the embrace of your greater Self, you become more available for the deep Wisdom and Love expressing from a more universal Self.

Always here. Always now. Always present. Waiting to be met, yearning to be walked into the world. "

-- Rabbi Ted Falcon