Living Room Sessions_dreams edition
All Things Envisioned
I invite you to close your eyes
or settle your gaze on a restful place
I invite you to close your eyes
or settle your gaze on a restful place
I invite you to forget about time
5, 6, 7, 9.. see how we skipped 8?
here, this is fine
and in your mind - repeat after me
I decide how to be
****sound bowl gong
Notice your breath
Without changing anything
Be with the body
Be with your breath
Be with the collective body
Notice that we breathe together
That our cells are fuelled by the same air
That we draw into us the things of this room
And the energy of the hands that placed it there
Notice your breath
Without changing anything
Watch it as it goes
Follow the air in through your nose
Go down with it as it flows into your belly
Into your cells
This is how the outside comes in and casts spells
Pumping Oxygen through your bloodstream
Your heart contracts and expands conjuring the dream
of your life
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This is your dream space
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“A place for innovation”
This is your dream space
A place for innovation
A vastness where all you know dissolves to zero
A blank space from which new thoughts can grow
Did you know that all of existence has first been imagined?
That all our systems, the powers that be were first - envisioned?
Then built by bodies, by the command of minds
And backed by the spirits of all humankind
With these vital components of mind, body, spirit
Why does it feel like there’s no place for us in it?
In these schedules, in these side hustles, in these negotiations of space
the sum of the capital rat race
In the unnatural pace of life that keeps us so busy
The have-to’s and need-to’s that make us all dizzy
Why is it that we are socialised to feel guilty when we pause?
If this is the effect, what is the cause?
If fatigue is the symptom, how do we heal the source?
I invite you into the portal rest provides
I invite you into the space where your true self resides
I invite you to meet your spirit guides
And discover modes of existence from previous lives
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Consider your ancestors
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Consider your ancestors
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Consider your ancestors signaling you
Speaking through your body
Where could this ring true
your back, your liver, your hips speak to you
Beckoning to inner dimensions
inviting you to resist given conventions
That don’t belong to liberations
When the system demands more and more
What does it cause you to ignore?
When we are constantly committed to outside economies
What space is left for inner autonomies?
What happens if we stop -
And allow deep rest
What happens if we stop -
Giving our best to perpetuate a legacy of exhaustion
And stop - expecting our bodies to perform like machines
And stop - subscribing to the rush of enforced Western regimes?
Inside me, my ancestors still dream
At my core, I cannot un-be who I have been
I cannot un-see what they have seen:
you
and me
holders of sacred keys to submerged knowledge
Embedded in us is the sun-soaked village
Our bodies are intelligent life forms
Portals propelling us back to the hearth
Each organ a pathway to the ancient technology of the earth
Use rest
Use rest as a tool
As a plane of divine communication
Use rest to cultivate imagination
A deeper way to see
A non-active construction of alternative ways to be
Use refusal
Use refusal to reclaim space
Lay your body down to uplift the divine human race
Recline
Recline to repay a debt
Step out of line and be the first in a while to not let stress
have you
Take time here
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Ground through your breath
Watch it as it goes
Follow the air in through your nose
Go down with it as it flows into your belly
Into your cells
This is how the inside goes out and manifests your spells
So breathe deep
Every second is yours to keep
Transform minutes into hours and conjure sleep
Bend the fabric of time
Listen as your every cell chants
This life is mine
Consider affirming daily:
My body is more than just a body
My body is more than just a body
I contain a spirit and an ancestral line
My body is an odyssey through time
I take responsibility for arrested fate
I
am
not
late
I am an expansion of the ages
Before the interruption of their developmental stages
My people were healers, shamans, and sages
I am a continuation, an occurring
A natural progression, a stirring
I am wisdom coming back
I am the egg hatching from cracks
From inside I emerge anew
Through me I see you
Who might we uncover if we stopped to listen
If we logged out, tuned in, and envisioned
Studied the undefined science of our intuition
What would we feel called to do?
What would rise to the surface as true?
What does intentional rest look like to you?
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Stay there
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“What does intentional rest look like to you”
Notice your breath
Without changing a thing
Enjoy this place you’re in
Much is possible from inner space cleared
Much is visible from inner navigation adhered
Heed your body
Notice its breath
Witness the collective death
of toxic systems
In a bit, we’ll awaken together
Our cells fuelled by dream space air
By the knowledge that resides in the particles there
In a bit, we’ll exhale and let it go
but you will not un-see what you know
That innovation is in your gut, your lungs, your hands, your liver your blood flow
You are chosen to exist here
Take Your Lifetime
Your every cell creates a new paradigm
through resting,
regenerating
through simply stating
this life is mine
5, 6, 7, ..8…9
You’re back in time
but still free
and in your mind - repeat after me
I decide how to be
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