Find a comfortable place to sit.
And take a moment to make sure you are warm enough.
Place your hands in your lap.
Close your eyes and take a long deep breath in.
And slowly let it out.
Keep your eyes closed as I take you on this journey to peaceful solitude.
Imagine yourself walking down a busy city street.
It's full of shops and businesses.
And you can see crowds of people hurrying from one place to another.
Cars and buses fill the roads.
And they crawl through the city bumper to bumper.
Look up ahead and notice a narrow doorway.
It's a small opening that makes you curious.
You walk towards it.
Arrive at the doorway.
The entrance is dimly lit.
You step inside and you see a cozy retreat from the hustle and bustle of the world around you.
It is warm and inviting.
And it shelters you from the outside world.
You take a few steps deeper into the space.
And arrive at the top of a flight of ten stairs.
You slowly make your way down the steps.
And as you do,
The sound of the city begins to fade away.
With each step you take,
You feel yourself moving away from the noise of the world.
And down into a place of deep quiet.
As you gradually descend the ten steps,
You sink deeper and deeper into a state of peaceful relaxation.
You have reached the bottom of the staircase.
You are feeling calm and deeply relaxed.
You can barely hear the sound of the street above you now.
It seems so far away.
Before you is a tall wooden door.
A door with no handle or lever with which to open it.
You study the door more closely.
And you notice that the word release has been carved into its surface.
Contemplate this word.
Feel the essence of it.
Slowly you begin to feel a sensation of opening.
Of letting go.
Of releasing.
And the door unlocks.
Its old hinges creak as it slowly opens to reveal a small round room.
This room is a library.
It is filled with bookshelves and it has a tall domed ceiling.
You step inside the room.
And slowly the door closes behind you.
This room is a private place.
It's secluded and inviting.
It has no windows and it is very,
Very quiet.
You feel content and secure in this place.
In the center of the room sits a small wooden desk.
And on the desk lies a large old dust covered book.
You pick up the book and you feel the weight of it in your hands.
You feel a sense of wonder as you behold this grand old book.
It has rested in this place for a long time.
Waiting for you since long before you were born.
You open the cover and you notice that all the pages are blank.
This is a book of freedom.
It has the power to free you from anything in life that might be bothering you or weighing you down.
It is time for you to write in the book.
Simply feel or imagine your thoughts and feelings being imprinted into this book.
Take a moment to think about anything that is troubling you in your life.
Bring to mind any situation that seems to be blocking you.
Any forthcoming event that frightens you.
Any person that you are in conflict with.
Any negative feelings that you are holding onto.
Write about anything at all that you feel is holding you back or that burdens you.
There is no right or wrong way to do this.
Take your time.
Allow images to form in your mind and allow your feelings to flow.
Let them flow out onto the pages of the book.
Sense that all the pages are filling up with all your worldly concerns.
The book absorbs them all.
As the pages fill with words and pictures,
You begin to feel lighter and more positive.
You have been heard.
You have been understood.
You feel reassured and relieved.
When you are ready,
Close the book.
Now the domed roof above you begins to open.
Surely but surely,
The roof opens completely,
Revealing a clear blue sky above.
You stand with your arms by your side,
Observing the sky above.
You gently raise your forearms and hands,
Your palms facing away from you.
And as you do,
Your body begins to float and your feet lift off the floor.
A wave of exhilaration flows through you as you realize that you have the freedom to fly anywhere you choose.
As you raise your hands,
You float higher.
When you lower them,
You gently descend.
With effortless ease,
You begin to float towards the roof above you.
You glide up and out of the room and slowly up into the sky.
You feel a wondrous sense of freedom as you fly higher and higher in the sky.
You can see the entire city below you and it is gradually becoming smaller and smaller.
You are leaving the world behind and floating high up into the heavens.
Higher and higher you fly,
Passing beyond the clouds,
Feeling even more joyful,
Even more free.
Now dear one,
You decide to flight right into the cosmos.
Feeling all of your concerns far behind you.
With your arms raised,
You ascend higher and higher,
Traveling beyond the skies and out into space.
You turn to look back on the earth.
It is a small blue sphere floating in a vast emptiness.
Take a moment to drift,
Simply drift through space.
Smile and admire the beauty of the stars and the planet far below.
You are weightless,
Serene,
At peace.
This floating sensation is profoundly relaxing and you slip even deeper into a state of complete stillness.
You feel as though you are a million miles from anything or anyone and yet you feel connected to the entire universe.
You feel vast,
Weightless,
Timeless.
From deep within the silent space inside you,
A voice can be heard.
Its loving words echo in your mind,
Echoing these words.
I am without beginning or ending.
I am eternal.
I am free to experience life in any way I choose.
My consciousness is not bound by time or space.
Like the universe itself,
I am limitless.
I am a part of a vast unified wholeness.
I am free from all concerns about the past.
I am free from all concerns about the future.
My life is in perfect order and it unfolds according to perfect plan.
I do not strive to attain the things that I desire.
I simply allow them to flow to me.
I release my grip on life.
I am calm in the knowledge that all my needs are taken care of.
I am open to all of life's experiences.
As the moments of my life come and go,
I am at peace.
I do not judge these moments.
I welcome them.
I observe them.
I accept them all.
If problems arise,
I do not resist them.
I observe them with a calm,
Open mind,
For I know that they will resolve in time.
And I have all the time in the world.
In the quiet spaces between my thoughts,
Inspiration comes to me.
All becomes clear.
My life transforms in magical and unexpected ways.
Obstacles that once seemed impassable now seem insignificant.
I rise effortlessly above all challenges to a place of serenity and knowing.
My path forward is becoming clearer and clearer.
Every day in every way,
My life becomes more and more harmonious.
I trust in the natural flow of life.
I resist nothing.
I yearn for nothing.
I gratefully receive all that comes my way.
My consciousness is not bound by time or space.
Like the universe itself,
I am limitless.
I am part of a vast,
Unified wholeness.
With all this awareness,
You now bring your arms down and descend back to earth.
You are sitting on a bench on a sidewalk in the city.
You feel grounded and light.
The city noise does not even phase you.
You feel rooted in your physical body.
Take this moment to return to the calmness of the breath.
Take three deep breaths.
Inhale through your nose.
Inhale the breath sifting through the nostrils and then gently release.
With each breath,
Feeling yourself dropping down closer to earth.
Feel how it loves you and you love it.
Let it soften you.
Let it be the constant between worlds.
Just breathe in the space.
In this moment,
Allow yourself to feel you are safe to surrender here,
Despite of what surrounds you.
Hearing that you embody all the love and peace you need.
The more you trust in the journey,
The more things will flow.
The more you trust in the journey,
The more things will flow.
