Hello and welcome to the Daily Insight.
My name is Anne-Marie Rawley and I am a meditation teacher in Melbourne,
Australia and it's a pleasure to be with you here on Insight Timer.
Lie down now on a soft surface with a light blanket covering you to keep you warm and cosy.
If you need support beneath your knees or head or both,
Just arrange this.
Do you crave to stop and to restore?
Our heart calls out for peace.
It doesn't want to be broken or sad or hurt or angry.
It wants to beat peacefully,
Doesn't it?
Our body doesn't want to be sore,
Stiff or immobile.
Doesn't the body scream out for peace too?
And our mind,
It doesn't want to be foggy,
Confused,
Fearful or obstructed,
Does it?
Are you alert enough to hear the beckoning of peace or do you ignore its imploring plea?
As the songwriter John Lennon wrote,
Peace is not something you wish for,
It's something you make,
Something you do,
Something you are and something you give away.
Peace is something that you embody,
Patiently creating its place and space within you.
When you are peaceful and emanate this peace to all around you,
On a larger scale you are contributing peace to the world.
You are peace.
It is said that peace is the warrior,
The weapon of the strong,
It conquers all darkness.
But you must be it in order to radiate the light.
Calmness is power.
As you lie here,
Softly whisper to yourself,
I'm relaxing my breath.
I'm relaxing my breath.
My breath is relaxed.
I'm relaxing my mind.
I'm relaxing my mind.
My mind is relaxed.
I'm relaxing my body.
I'm relaxing my body.
My body is relaxed.
And now,
Quietly,
Listen to the beckoning of peace.
Peace is calling me.
Where do I find you,
I ask.
I hear you calling me.
Come within,
It says,
To that sanctuary that is within us all,
Where your true self lies waiting.
Hear my whispers through your body.
Feel my presence in your breaths,
Says peace.
Let me flow through you.
Let me embrace you.
Let me move by you.
Let me surround you.
Feel me above you.
Feel me beneath you.
Apart from you.
Apart of you.
I shall slow you down and expand this moment,
Says peace.
For I am the reason to live.
A peaceful heart.
A peaceful body.
A peaceful mind.
Feel me in your eyes.
Imagine I am being breathed in and out of your eyes,
Says peace.
Feel me glide across your forehead.
And resting at the third eye,
That quiet place between the eyebrows.
Drawing you inwards,
Away from all,
But towards the now.
Let me take you,
Says peace.
Deep within.
Deep,
Deep within.
Feel me soften your cheeks.
And smile,
For a smile is my way of guiding you to love.
Turn your smile inwards.
Turn your inward smile outwards.
Let me clear the path to your very essence.
Let me clear the path to your soul.
Feel me in the tips of your toes,
Says peace.
Feel me in the tips of your fingers.
Feel me sink into your very core.
With calm and gentility and kindness.
Hear my voice,
For I am calling you.
And I know you're calling me.
Be with me always,
Says peace,
As I shall be with you.
In silence,
Stillness,
Harmony.
