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Transcription of Meditation

Welcome everyone to the World Blessings Guided Meditations.  Today's guided meditation is about letting go of habitual thought patterns and expectations.   These are learned often, especially those of us that have been experiencing certain repetitive challenges over a long period of time.

What can happen is that you start to expect things to be a certain way, and it colors your whole perception so that you're not aware of the new things that might be possible. It's always a fine line, and being open in the present moment to what is, and doing our best to release habitual expectations and thought patterns, especially the negative thought patterns of, "Oh, it'll never work out," "Nothing good ever happens to me."

All those kind of thoughts which may rise, obviously, from times of challenge but are likely not completely accurate given the larger picture of our lives and our soul purpose.

This meditation is best done sitting, if you possibly can sit. So allow yourself to either sit in a chair with your feet flat on the ground or some other seated position, or you can cross your legs also. Allow yourself to take a breath, a deep cleansing breath.

Allow yourself to begin to sink more deeply into that part of you and yourself that is connected with the divine, connected with your soul purpose. We all have this part of us, even when we're not conscious of it.  If you have the intention and the prayer to rest in that place, then you can more easily go there in your consciousness.

Breathing deeply. Moving down, down. Feeling your consciousness moving down into your feet and even passing through your feet into the earth. Feeling your consciousness connecting with the earth which is holding you. The earth which is filled with love and with a nurturing, healing energy that comes from the earth.

Now become aware of the habitual thought patterns that you would like to let go of, whatever they are. This might be a habitual expectation of certain things not working out, or it might be a negative thought about yourself.

Whatever it is, just allow yourself to feel that with a space of love, if possible. Not diving into the emotions so that you're completely consumed in it, but just becoming aware of this as an energy that is affecting your consciousness.

And now allow yourself to imagine that this part of you can be seen. That it's no longer in you or in your mind or in your body, but imagine that it's in front of you. You might even see an image of what that energy is, all those thoughts or feelings. Allow yourself to experience this energy in front of you so that you can see it or perceive it more directly.

That's it, and just continue to breathe. See if you have any experiences as you look with your inner eyes. See if you have any experiences of this energy. Allow yourself to notice any effect that this energy is having on your body, on how you feel, your thoughts or emotions. Just seeing. Just allowing yourself to see and perceive without judgement. It's almost as though you have a quiet, peaceful observer that is a part of you, just seeing this part of you.

Now allow yourself to imagine all of this energy that you're seeing, all of these thoughts and feelings, habitual patterns, energies, imagine that all of these are being infused with the brilliant light from the divine. You can imagine this as a brilliant light that comes down through the heavens, down into this image that you have, or there might be another image that comes to you where the light is infusing and surrounding all of these thoughts, perceptions, habitual thought patterns and expectations. Some may be learned. But all of these can be transformed with your intention and with your prayer.

Allow yourself to experience these thought patterns, energies, receiving the light from the divine and beginning to dissolve. Imagine that this ball of energies or this image of energies that you have is starting to dissolve, starting to release. Feel the relief in your body and mind as they start to dissipate energetically.

Experience that the light is transforming these energies, dissipating them, until all you can see in your mind's eye or in your mind's image is the brilliant light. Now allow yourself to breathe and receive this light into your body. Allow this light to move all the way through your body, moving through every cell of your body, restoring, rejuvenating, revitalizing all parts of your body, your physical body and your energy bodies.

Allow yourself to experience and receive that the healing light is washing through all parts of your body, your mind, and your consciousness. This light is cleansing and healing, and it's like an internal shower of light, and anything that is no longer needed from your body on an energy or a cellular level is releasing down into the earth through your feet. The light is restoring, rejuvenating, and revitalizing all parts of your body, your mind, your emotions, your energy body.

Now allow your consciousness to move into your heart and feel the gratitude to the divine for the health that is being given to us at this time to release habitual thoughts and feelings and energies and know that at any time that you can return to this meditation and to release all energies that are no longer needed so that you can be open to what is new and what is present now.

I send you lots of love and many blessings.