Hi,
I'm Roseanne,
Your host and guide.
Today we are completing this mini-series of meditations on the chakras,
Looking deeper still into the aspects that we hold within each of our energy centers.
And today we are at the crown chakra,
The Sahasrara,
Where we connect with the energy of the cosmos,
Find our relationship with the divine,
And from where we sometimes believe that we receive our inspiration.
But let's take a moment to reflect on something that we're told all the time,
That inspiration strikes like lightning or descends like a gift from above,
As though it's something we're lucky to catch,
Something given by someone or something else.
But what if that's not quite how it works?
What if divine inspiration doesn't arrive,
But it's already here,
Already within you?
Not a spark from the outside,
But a light that's been quietly glowing inside all along?
That's the shift we're exploring in this meditation.
This is the territory of the crown chakra.
Not the search for something out there,
But the opening to what's already present in here,
To the vastness of the universe,
Which is not separate from you.
You're not just receiving energy from the divine,
You are divine energy in motion.
You're made of the same stuff as the stars,
The sky,
The stillness between everything.
So let's not try to summon inspiration today.
Let's just sit with it,
Be with it,
Open to it.
Not like a seeker,
But like someone who finally trusts what they've always known.
So let's begin.
Allow your body to settle.
However you are,
Seated or lying down,
Invite the shoulders to soften,
The jaw to loosen,
The eyes to gently close.
Take a gentle,
Soft,
Deep breath in and a gentle,
Soft breath out.
Let it be natural.
No need to control it.
Feel the weight of your body supported by the earth.
Feel gravity holding you.
There's no need for you to do anything.
And now gently bring your awareness to the very top of your head.
To the crown.
Imagine it softening as if a flower there is slowly beginning to bloom.
Not forced,
Just opening with ease.
And as your breath flows continuously,
Softly,
Above your head there is space.
Endless,
Clear space.
The energy at the crown is subtle.
It doesn't shout,
It doesn't rush in.
It waits for you to be still enough to notice.
Sense into it now,
This quiet presence.
This spaciousness that is both around you and within you.
And there is no separation here.
You are not reaching upward towards something beyond.
You are remembering your place within it.
Inspiration doesn't come from outside of you.
It rises when your own inner sky is clear.
When your mind is soft enough to receive.
When your heart is open enough to trust it.
And the divine,
That's not something that visits you,
It is what you are made of.
The same energy that dances in the stars,
The same stillness that holds galaxies in place.
It lives in you,
It is you,
There is no other.
Just you,
Breathing,
Open,
Divine.
And if you like,
You can whisper to yourself now,
Quietly,
Inwardly.
I am divine.
Inspiration flows through me because I am it.
Let those words vibrate through your being.
And now,
Let it be quiet once more.
Just rest in the space,
Not needing to do anything,
Just being,
Just letting it rise.
Whatever comes or doesn't,
It's perfect.
As you reach your awareness upwards,
Feel that you are part of everything.
You are inspiration.
You are divine.
You are connection.
You are whole.
You are one.
One with all.
You are inspiration.
And gently bring your awareness back into your body.
Simply feel your breath moving again.
Notice your fingers,
Your toes.
And as you return,
Don't close the crown,
Let it stay open like a window left ajar in a quiet room.
There is no need for you to shut the light out,
Carry it with you.
Because you are not a visitor here,
You are not a channel for something outside of you.
You are the signal,
You are the source.
Allow a small smile to play on your lips.
Internally smiling,
The corners of the eyes,
Your heart,
Your belly,
All gently smiling as this truth settles within.
Take a deeper breath in and release it.
And when you're ready,
Bring movement back into your body and gently open your eyes.
Om Shanti.
