I am absolutely devoted to my morning ritual.
My life-changing morning ritual.
I know, that is such an overused claim that it hardly impresses us anymore. And when I began my ritual practice a couple of years ago, I had no idea what I was in for.
It goes like this:
I start by taking the wheel away from my mind that wants to get down to the business of organizing, and strategizing and greeting my body through her senses- my ears to the sounds of my awakening neighborhood, my eyes to the rosy color of the morning light, and my eyes to the roses, dawn-lit beauty I have created around me.
I sink into meditation for 20 minutes. I invite G/U/S (God/Universe/Source) to join me.
A recent meditation/conversation went like this:
ME: "I am grateful for: My sweet new condo in this rad neighborhood in a great city."
And-
"I desire: A beautiful spacious modern home with big windows looking at the ocean, palm trees and citrus trees."
:pause:
ME: "OK G/U/S. I feel guilty. You just helped me land in a great new home and I now want more? Bad girl! Bad!"
G/U/S: "That's how I roll, Doll. The second I create something, I want to create even more. And I do. I never, ever stop."
ME: "Isn't there only so much to go around?"
G/U/S: "Hahahaha! I just keep making more! And desire is why I do it. I love love love desire. It lights me up."
ME: "Which includes my desire."
G/U/S: "Yes please. And, it's always been a co-creative joint effort between us, right?"
ME: "Right! The thing is there for me to receive when I rise to the level at which I am able to co-create it with you. And that has always meant doing the 'scary" thing I have never done before, which is how I learn to rise. G/U/S, you are a genius."
G/U/S: "And your desire is the genius creative ingredient I need to create. Action is the other one- putting one foot in front of the other with the winds of desire at your back."
I hope you choose to set aside time for self-devotion and create your day with your inner flame lit and glowing.
To step through the portal to your spirit and creational power that is most open to you right when you awake.
To sit in silence in communion with your feminine body's sensations.
To greet your awakening body with loving caresses.
To move in a way that feels good.
To let your eyes wander around your surroundings without judging, alighting them on what delights you- color, shape, texture, light.
To receive the sounds of the world without filtering or analyzing what they are.
To notice your thoughts without trying to fix them.
To fix nothing. Just notice.
To feel into your heart space and what it is holding- pain and joy alike.
To know that you are loved.
To know that you ARE Love.
To lay your heart bare to the loving God/Universe/Source.
And to open it wide to receive the nudges, hints, images, truths, ahas- the brilliance this divine energy wants to provide for you.
Because it knows your beauty and your worthiness- it installed it in you on purpose with a purpose: To deeply feel and embrace what it is like to be you- in all your beauty and mess, your pain and your bliss.
To add the flavor of your unique expression to the world as a co-creator of evolution.
And then, to step into the rest of your day feeling nourished, cared for, seen and loved.
Because you decided that you wanted to feel that way.
And you gave that to yourself.
Now go enjoy your coffee!
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