Tara Brach

sending a message inwardly, you are the awareness, the heart space holding this experience, not the identity.

You're more than this pain.

You're larger than the one who feels threatened.

The victim self is not who you are.

And see if it's possible to sense that this victimized self, these feelings that are in the depth of vulnerable being, that this is a conditioned survival pattern.

It's not the whole of who you are.

And that you can choose to open to wholeness.

Turn towards a larger belonging.

Open and feel the awareness that's noticing all this.

Sensing how there's a natural spaciousness and kindness and presence here.

Remembering the larger truth of what you are.

And from that presence, you can ask, what is yours to do in this situation?

What is love or wisdom asking?

Sensing the possibility that you can move forward living from the truth and fullness of who you are.

And as we close this meditation you might ask yourself what feels most important to remember.

Your eyes are closed.

It's fine to open them now.

So I want to thank you, friends, for joining me in exploring this particular lens that can help us wake up in our lives.

It's an honor to walk this path with you.

So maybe we'll close together in prayer, just to feel your heart.