BLESS Meditation

For all of you who meditate and for all of you who don’t, you just may want to try this new meditation that I have developed.  After you’ve gone through it a few times you’ll be able to use it for a quick break and when you have more time, to sit with it for as long as you desire.

Each letter of the word BLESS reminds us of another step in this meditation. 

B – breathe
L – link up
E – expand
S – sink inward
S – surrender

As you sit in a comfortable position with your feet flat on the floor, allow your eyes to close and your body to start to relax.

Breathe.  Take 3 long, slow, deep breaths.  With your first breath breathe in clarity and wisdom, breathe out doubt and confusion.  On your second breath breathe in understanding and acceptance, breathe out judgment and criticism.  On your third breath breathe in love as you breathe out forgiveness.  As you breathe in your own cycle, focus on breathing into your heart.

Link up with Love, Creator, God, The Source, Oneness or your Higher Self.  With each breath you take, in your own natural rhythm, breathe into your heart and feel your connection.  Continue breathing into your heart.  Feel the fullness of your connection.

Expand that feeling.  Let the fullness and love you are experiencing extend through out your whole body so that every single cell is filled with love, peace and comfort.  Every single cell, filled with love.

Sink inward.  Relax and allow the feeling to deepen as you continue to breathe into your heart. 

Surrender yourself to the experience.  There is nothing to think about. Let yourself simply be.  You are loved and filled with love.  Rest for a few moments in the silence.

The above is the basic format and can be changed to suit the direction that you want the meditation to take.  For instance, in the expand section, after you have expanded your consciousness to include all of the cells in your own body, you could expand the thought to include the space surrounding you, the room you’re in, your community, and building up the increments to include the world or the universe.  You could expand via people, i.e. the person next to you, the others in the room, family and friends, etc.  Or to include a project, new home or job and envision it already here, seeing it in your mind’s eye, embracing it fully and completely.

B.L.E.S.S.  So simple.  An easy method to relax, connect, feel peaceful, take a break and at the same time to be a blessing to yourself and everyone you meet.  Make no mistake.  What you think and what you feel affects everyone around you.

Blessings!