A message from today’s meditation:
Remember that scene in The Matrix where Neo realizes he’s stuck in a simulation, but he can bend it to his will? Turns out, we all have that power. The secret? It’s not some fancy coding, it’s the most revolutionary self-upgrade possible: learning to love yourself.
Rumi, the poet who could dance with both angels and demons, whispered an elusive truth, he said:
“This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love, you are.” – Rumi
But here’s the twist: that love starts with you. How you treat yourself, how you see yourself, that’s the code that sculpts your reality.
From my work with clients it has become crystal clear that our foundation of love rests on how we love ourselves. And this same quote on the deepest level means, “how you love yourself, determines exactly what you are – how you love yourself, is how you show up in the world.”
So here is what it comes down to:
“You stand or you fall on your view of yourself.” – pierre
Today’s meditation is the very simple exercise of bringing your attention to your physical senses, and even in its simplicity, repeating this exercise with regularity can have an extremely powerful effect on how you view yourself and here is why:
Notice how when you pay attention to your physical senses, you’re not judging yourself for what you are “feeling”. You accept that this is what your eyes do… they see stuff. And this is what your nose does… it smells stuff.
There is a lesson in this: In much the same way that your sweat glands produce perspiration, so does your brain produce thinking, followed by emotions. Your sweat glands doing what they’re designed to do is not a judgement on you, and your brain producing thoughts and emotions should likewise carry no judgement from you.
If you can sit and allow your body to give you feedback from its physical senses, then you can also learn to sit and allow your body to give you feedback from its inner senses… without judgement.
Ready to break free from the self-judgment matrix? Here are your daily mantras:
- I am a universe of sensations, worthy of awe and wonder.
- My thoughts and feelings are like passing clouds, not my core identity.
- I accept myself, unconditionally, in this beautiful, messy human experience.
- Self-love is the ultimate hack, rewiring my reality one mindful breath at a time.
Take a few minutes daily to just immerse yourself in your senses. Relish the feedback your body gives you. You will be rewarded with more love for the whole of your human experience, and as Rumi beautifully reminded us, however you love yourself, is who you become.
Join us for today’s today’s meditation, it’s a step in a beautiful direction.
– pierre -Today’s LIVE meditation is: Come to your senses.