Support Your Inner Dreamer (A Self Forgiveness Meditation)

Good morning and welcome to the artist morning.

My name's Darius and wherever you are in the world,

Whenever you are in the world,

I'm so grateful we get this time together.

The theme of our meditation today will be forgiveness.

Forgiveness is a key component to a creative life,

Particularly self-forgiveness.

At some point in your life,

You had some sort of dream,

Some sort of vision,

Some sort of goal.

You went out in the world,

Whether it was for an hour,

A decade,

And you pursued this dream.

And there's a good chance things didn't always go the way you had expected.

Sometimes we can get our heart broken.

A dream,

A vision,

No matter how big or small that we believed in that doesn't turn out exactly how we had hoped.

Today's meditation practice,

Invitation to connect with that dreamer inside all of us,

To see them,

Believe in them,

And to support them,

And to forgive them.

Let's begin our meditation.

If your eyes are still open,

I'd like to ask you to close them now as we begin to go inwards together,

Bringing your attention to the rising and falling of your chest now.

Nice and slow,

Landing in our bodies,

Landing in your heart space now.

Good morning,

Beautiful heart.

There you are,

Always right there,

Literally beneath my nose.

How are you,

Dear heart?

It's a new day.

We're here together once again,

Taking a moment to connect with your own heart.

And if you're open to it,

I'd like to invite you to share a little gratitude with your heart,

Just between you and your heart,

Or two things maybe you are thankful for.

Thank you,

Beautiful heart,

For feeling so deeply,

For caring so much.

Thank you for giving me access to so many emotions.

Thank you for moments when you are big and brave.

Thank you for shy,

Contracted.

Thank you,

Beautiful heart,

For all you do.

Let's take a deep breath here,

Together,

Breathing in,

Feeling your heart space expand in every direction,

And letting it all go.

However your heart is feeling in this moment,

I want to remind you that it's welcome,

All of your feeling.

This next part of our meditation,

I'd like to see if we can tap in to a dreamer,

The dreamer that lives inside all of us.

Maybe you're really connected and close to that part of you that dreams and visions and imagines big,

Bold ideas for your life.

And maybe that dreamer part of you is very distant,

You haven't connected in a while.

Either way,

I promise you that dreamer part of you is there.

Go gentle,

And wherever you are in the process,

We're going to send some love.

Thank you,

Dear dreamer,

For being courageous,

For having vision.

Thank you,

Dear dreamer,

For believing in me,

Believing in my impact,

In my purpose.

I know things haven't always gone the way we had hoped.

Sometimes,

Perhaps,

We jumped in too quickly and had expectations that were a bit unrealistic.

That's okay,

Those moments were a part of our journey.

Whether it was a relationship with someone,

A project,

A book,

A painting,

A marriage,

A home,

Whatever the vision was,

This is a space where we could love,

Support,

And believe in that beautiful dreamer that lives inside us.

Thank you,

I forgive you,

I forgive you,

I love you,

I'm here to support and believe in you.

Thank you,

I forgive you,

I love you,

And I'm here to believe and support you.

Maybe those statements feel true for you,

Maybe you are resistant to those statements.

That's okay too.

My offer to you is,

We will not abandon the dreamer inside us,

No matter how many times things did not go to plan.

Instead,

We will hold them,

We will support them,

We will balance them.

We will forever believe in our dreamer.

There is no timeline,

There is no competition.

This is our journey.

Our journey.

Take a deep breath,

Breathing into our hearts here.

The easy answer is to cut off the dreamer,

To never give them a chance again.

That's the safest bet.

There's another option,

That's to support,

To love,

To forgive,

And encourage that dreamer part of you to get back on that horse.

This time with support around them.

Maybe this time you can go slower.

There is no rush,

There is no timeline.

This is our last song.

This is an opportunity to find that dreamer part of you.

Sit with them,

Talk to them,

Dance with them,

Feel with them.

It's a new day,

New energy,

New page,

New you.

Let's take a moment to land back in our bodies,

Land back in your seat.

Let's bring our meditation to an end with one last breath together.

Breathing in,

Feeling your heart expand in every direction,

And letting it go.

Wherever you went,

However close or distant you were with your dreamer,

I'm grateful we had this time together.

Everyone has a different relationship with their dreamer,

So please be gentle,

Be kind.

Remember you can always come back to this meditation.

For those of us that are joining the live artist morning,

I'm going to put 20 minutes on the clock and allow us to continue going deeper,

Continue connecting with that dreamer part of us.

Get your journals and your pen ready.

And for those of us that are catching this on a replay,

Of course,

You can do the same.

Thank you for meditating with me.

My name is Darius,

And I will see you next time.