Tune in for a strong determination meditation, that will facilitate sustained change. If we just dabble in a meditation, it might move a few things around, at the level of sensation, emotion, feeling, and perception. However, when you get inside a meditation, and stay inside of a meditation, and let it set a match to all your petty preoccupations, & to any concept you may have of I, and Me, and Mine, it sets a transformational fire. The fire illumines where in which you are fighting life, and who it is that is actually fighting that fight, where your neutrality lies in waiting, for you to discover it, & to integrate it, so your multi-variegated mind can become your meticulous mind. This is a beautiful meditation for creating sophistication, sensitization, and sublime elevation in our Intuitional Intelligence. When the inner conditions are conducive, then the transformation happens elegantly.

Inside this practice you will find a seated Chi flow, perfect for this time of year, as we honor this last day of summer, metabolize the many moving parts of this potent past season, and shift into autumn. Biologically speaking, as we harness the seasonal transition, we become more susceptible to the winds of change, we can experience more frequent symptoms like sleeplessness, anxiety, and general destabilization. This seated practice will help establish your root system, and the recognition that we are already everything that we are searching for. It is a tender counter-balance for the any “off-ness”, that will bring a resonant stability, connecting & protecting your nervous system, combing through any brambles of your bio-field, and readying you to take care of what all you are caring for, with the naturalness of a centered, single-pointed mind. Think of the way the moon effortlessly casts its reflection into a vessel of water, the way it illumines the night sky, uncomplicated & complete. In that same way, this practice can convey a similar quality of guidance, flipping the switch, so your innate wherewithal can emanating from the conviction of your own embodiment and relaxation. Practice is one of the self-development keys that helps us reach clean water. May you continue to lower the bucket, into the inexhaustible nourishment, even when it feels impossible. May you trust the time lines of your own emergence, that aren’t necessarily aligned with our modern operating systems. May you feel connected, elemental, & alive, & cultivate awe for the active restoration in simple root system respiration. Knowing it as meditation and a source of perennial inspiration.

Beingness is always beconing to us, courting us, wanting to enfold us into its wings. Inviting us to to bloom as self awakening. Ascending to the highest heights– to the tender young quivering developmental aspects of our being, it is there for our pruning, and it is descending into the roots, to help us with our attachments, so that we may know the secrets of our hearts, and in that knowledge become an emanation of life’s great heart.

In the modern western world of practice, there is a lot of emphasis on bypass behaviors, suggesting that simply chasing the light could be an option. The truth is, that the edge of the shadow defines the light. The shadow always hovers as a reminder to us, to reside in the present moment, to be here now, and to use every challenge that arises in our field as a kind of compost, in the garden of our own becoming, to make for a fertile future, with a quiet mind as big as the sky.

We are learning so very many lessons in this time about the medicine of the broken heart. When we practice, we align with our human nature, and our native innate capacity to be drawn open, toward wonder, to give thanks as we look toward the adventure horizon of our boundless sky, and to simultaneously evaluate our underbellies, so as to see and know all sides of the story, and host the possibility for change. When I am personally faced with loss, very often times the self-inquiry question of ” Who is it that I am bringing to this moment? ” will arise. Am I bringing a broken or conditioned iteration of self, or am I bringing a full and even vulnerable, deeply alive, & immensely touchable version of my here-now self? In times of great loss, in times of bliss, and in the neutral times in between, as practitioners of this great way, we want to endeavor into uncensored straight talk, with ourselves and with each other. Who are we when we break the mask, drop the facade, unstitch the artiface & airs, & presence here now, in a way that enable us speak beauty repeatedly.

If possible, grab some good headphones for this gong meditation, so to maximize the sound current as fully as possible!! A great turning for each of us, is when we soften into and sturdy up into our spiritual maturity, with all of our ability to respond, and capacity to embrace opportunity, from a place of gratefulness. To be Grateful, is to be full of our greatness. The practice of holding and honoring gratitude, from the deep fertile ground of our innermost happening, is the most resonant and relevant response we can bring to every moment, especially in these tender times or toil and transformation. Every time it feels like the scab is getting torn off, recognize that right there, where your heart is breaking, is the deliverance, the coordinates for transformation, for generating change, and for committing to growth.

The act of surrender to the flow allows us to tune in to the contemplative side of things, to unhook from the moorings, to align with nature, to create coherence in our bio-field, & to heal our nervous systems. As human beings, we are always part of an epic theatre of inner activity, in the brain, in the organ function, and at every level. As practitioners it is useful for us to take time to slow down, and to surrender, so that we can decipher the hidden depths of what is happening to us. Have the courage to bring all of your joy, into the process of unwinding, and coming home into the truth of who you are. Move the tectonic plates of the mind & up-shift the way energy is moving through the tissues of your humanity, and steward a visceral, collective, compassion. Let the unconditional commitment you have to your own embodiment, be one of your legacy projects. If our physical bodies are numb or rigid, we will not be able to recognize love, endeavor into our own healing, and develop a relationship with our sense of wildness. This is a revolutionary time, we are unveiling impartial ways to love this life, and take care of one another and the planet, in profound new ways. One of the best ways to be a revolutionary in this time is to show up as who you came here to be, full power, and to be that.

So much beauty and strength are available when we presence into the undefended moment, landing here, with nothing to hear, in the unchanging expanse of the limitless. Begin by feeling the revolving still point, the place, the space, the home base, the base camp, that we want to always be in touch with and be touched by, in the practice of life. Your life is your making, every moment matters, and the practice of conscious action, sets us straight so we can make each moment a boost, so that we can identify the wound, and make medicine by turning toward the brilliance. We are being asking to listen, at the level of the crossroads, to embrace multiplicity, & look for beloveds amongst allies, and allies amongst opponents. In the company of shadow and light, this is our ground floor for a new collaboration with evolution. Our common unity is a remedy, a We Space of Consciousness without Identity is our Sanctuary. The work of our honest self inquiry is necessary, so the adult armor may begins to fall away, and we may regain communication with our capacity to self regulate, as human animals, as dust of the stars, as elements of nature, as a collective avatar, stewarding the privilege of a free and full future. Stretch out your long body, to mend the part of the world you can touch. With all hands on deck.

Every time we practice we are having a character rich conversation with evolution. Every time we practice we wield the sword of discernment, which is all about knowing our No, so as to Know our Yes, to understand the constructs of our personhood, and to Look from Here Now, in the realization, and reality of what is, enabled to call off the search, because what was being searched for has been found within, and what was being searched for is no greater than the one who searches. We are presented with a choice: to evolve or remain. To calcify in our comfort zones or to shed the armor & awaken to Love more effectively. The path begins the moment we incarnate and take to a body. A blossoming a breakthrough, some invitation, devotion or attraction gets us going in the right direction, building the mental structure for the Way, which wishes to arise. Every beginning is a good beginning, start anywhere. Feel the universe at your back Organizing around your success. • May we attenuate separation and engage inclusively as activist of compassion. May we accumulate merits as immeasurable as there are grains of sand. May we feel the ground beneath our feet and seat. May we be gentle and attentive toward our own struggle and the suffering of others. May we know generosity of heart and broadcast abundant joy, wisdom, and forgiveness. May we move toward life freely as a friend of the world.

If we are in the freshness of being here now, every moment is a magnificent window of opportunity, for turning toward brilliance. During dynamic meditation, we most certainly recalibrate and harmonize the physical organism, but we also use the physical body, to speak the language of gesture, to generate, emanating, & master softness, & thereby surrender to victory, embracing both stone & starlight.