Great Falls
There is a place within you that is always at rest, always at peace
An aspect of your being that is always within your reach and yet somehow we all forget
When we’re in that place of peace, we experience our innermost strength, smoother edges, and boundless depth
And when we come from that place in our inner and outer relations
Every choice we make resounds throughout all creation
To come from this place of peace, think of your life as an ongoing broadcast every day
There is a broadcast within you
Thoughts, words, judgments, feelings
This broadcast is ancestral
Often utterly unconscious, and sometimes deeply healing
Especially when we’re attentive to our breathing
There is also the broadcast going out to the world around you
Not necessarily through your words or your point of view
But through your subtlest silent signals that are teaching others how to treat you
And both of these transmissions need our attention
Because when we forget to live from that place of peace for too many hours, days, even a moment
We begin to believe we can’t hold ourselves up
We easily forget that we’re far more than enough
So we’re asking and listening
We are here to give up this futile resistance
We’re here to remember that every heartache, every challenge, every rejection, and every loss that seem to have such an exorbitant cost
Are actually here to carry us across to the next opening
The next expansion…
Night Light
Every hardship is here to teach us how to dance with this life
So if some sensation of failure rises up inside
Remember what it means to shine at your light
Take one deep breath
How many times have you found yourself listening to some thought convincing you that nothing would ever get better?
How many countless moments of mine
Bound by such insidious fetters?
Substances, thoughts, fears, insecurities
How many times have I railed at the world, my child, my family?
Moments when hurting myself seemed to offer me some sort of sanity
Inhale one deep breath with me
And exhale, let your body just settle and rest
Let the breathing be easeful and smooth
Let this peace emerge from within you and let this quiet be your food for a few more seconds
This is how you cultivate a state of meditation
This is when you bring coherence to your entire system
And as you accrue time in this state of meditation
This state eventually becomes your steadfast quality of being
Even when things seem intolerably challenging
Don’t Leave
This is your simplest serene state of listening
And this is the state you were born to bring
Take one deep breath
Welcome home
Welcome to the voice of someone you know you’ve met
Sense this stillness
Plumb the interior depths
This is how you inhabit that place within yourself that is always at rest
And when that knowing slips again into restlessness, doubtfulness
Sensations of inner discomfort and unsteadiness
To varying degrees, all of us have felt this
Take one deep breath
The question becomes, how can we swiftly move through those moments of forgetting with real expansiveness?
Can we relate to ourselves with more openness, steadiness?
We seek an inner conversation that brings a sense of safety
An inner relations that allows for the most vital healing release
Breathe
And with this one deep breath, you are safe
You are listening, you are seen, you are home
There is no shame
And you were never alone
Slow Buchla Sunshine
When you take this time to connect to what is deeper than any wrong, any secret, any grief
That connection will enhance your immunity
And time in this connection helps recreate of your body a cohesive, coherent community
And when you manage to string a few of these moments together
You can sense in your being a distinct wordless relief
That’s the welcoming of a new perspective
That’s the heart’s nourishment, cleansing, protective
And this listening and breathing is a form of stabilizing
It’s an invitation to go inside to see everything and slowly, quietly transform what is heavy into more grounding
And change what is dark into a profound and lasting teaching
All that’s required in these few minutes of time
Is a willingness to find more space in your mind
And when you’re ready to diligently and generously share these rays of clarity
Silently, wordlessly, subtly, swiftly
Breathe with me
Energy
Dear shame and doubt
I hold a knowing that is deeper than what’s palpable
And although you seem to protect me from pain unimaginable
I know there’s more meaning in you
It’s slowly becoming legible
I’m here to refine my heart’s vocabulary
To see what hurts more clearly
So I can perceive this pain as my own treasure and healing
I’m here to stay with myself
To hold myself close
I’m here to practice courage and quietly let go of righteousness, hurtfulness, doubt, complacency
To learn how to navigate all this emotionality with care
With judiciousness, with gratitude, intelligently
I’m here to grow my prayers into relations with my own conscience, my own integrity
I’m here to fully participate in my reality
May we remind ourselves
That what hurts is a luminous teaching
May we untangle that pain from the majesty of our being
May the fullness and the emptiness be an opening and expanding
May this love, this dedication, this place of peace be our softest landing
May we remember that our actions have an impact on all of humanity
And we may say what’s been unsaid with kindness, with dignity
May the next breath carry us home, again and again
Instantly
Take one deep breath
The above spoken word excerpts are from Elena Brower who did a special collaboration with perhaps my favourite musical act, ever: Above & Beyond.
Their music is indescribably special to me. Their music has gotten me through the absolute worst times of my life and has propelled me forward each time my demons viciously had been holding me back. They share music that has messages of love, peace and unity. They are electronic ‘djs” but are just as comfortable performing acoustically with their instruments and microphones in front of an opera style audience.
In their latest album entitled “Flow State” they produced a transcendent and uplifting collection of music for the purposes of yoga, mindfulness and breathwork. I was at the start of my personal growth journey when this album was released and I instantly became addicted to it. I listened to it as I started my days and again before bed. After several start to finish listens of this album I noticed 5 tracks had spoken word versions, too.
Elena Brower is masterful, succinct and empowering in her words. The way her words glide from her soul into the listener’s ears & heart is undeniably powerful. I begin each day with a meditative session and I often find myself pulling up the Flow State meditations (when I am not doing the Joe Dispenza meditations).
I connect deeply to the words I’ve transcribed above and wanted to share them with the world that hasn’t come into contact with them yet. When listened to in their original state with corresponding music (linked above), they are truly healing. I look forward to hearing your feedback!
Omid