Welcome. This meditation supports the Stage Three task of connecting to yourself; recognizing that you are more than your needs and wants. In this task, you are challenged to question WHY you need what you think you need. We ask why over and over, at least five times, to dig deep into how you think this thing would make you FEEL. That is why you want it… because it would make you feel a certain way. This task then challenges us to see that we are not our needs and wants; that we have something to offer this world. The hardest part of this task is admitting the truth behind what we believe we need. This meditation will support the brutal honesty needed for this task by tapping into the truth in the heart and in the gut as well as recognizing the emotions tied to each desire.
Posture
Take a moment to get comfortable. You may want to sit or lay down, and close your eyes for this internal exploration.
Presence
Take a slow deep breath. Let it out like a sigh of relief. Be at peace. You are here now. Take another slow deep breath, and this time, send it out slowly, consciously, with purpose, all the way. Be at peace. You are here now. Pause and repeat these breaths until you feel relaxed and at peace.
Journey
We begin. For this journey, choose something that you feel you deeply desire, or something that you would even say that you need. Hold this in your mind for a moment.
Bring your attention now from the mind to the heart. Feel the heart beating. This is a good place to explore the truth. Place the image of what you want into your heart. Imagine it literally inside your heart. Ask yourself, why do you want this? Take a few moments to ask why, why, why…. dig deep for the truth.
Imagine now that you have what you want. How would that make you FEEL? Be honest. What is the feeling that you seek? Freedom, worthiness, prestige, being loved, acceptance, wholeness, adventure, joy…. be deeply honest with yourself. Now ask yourself… Why don’t you have that feeling NOW? Take a moment to explore the truth of why you don’t have that feeling right now, and are seeking that feeling in what you desire.
Move your attention now down to the lower dantian. to the gut.. the source of infinite wisdom. Feel the expansion in that space in your body as you focus on it. Feel gratitude for the wisdom that is to come.
Ask…What other ways could you find that feeling you seek, right now, in your current situation, while you await the the fulfillment of your desire? Take a moment to be creative. What could you do right now?
Imagine carrying out your new idea. How would that feel? Are there new feelings there? Excitement? Joy? This is a good idea. If it feels off, go back to get another idea until it feels exciting and joyous.
Return
When you are ready, bring your awareness back to your surroundings. Notice how you feel. Take this feeling with you and return to it anytime you like. Carry out your new idea. See now that changes your desires for the original thing that you wanted. Does it refine your desire? Doe it change it completely? Good ideas are all around you. Return to the source of wisdom anytime you need it.
