This is Going Inward, a 7-day journey into your inner life.

+ FRAMING TRANSCRIPT

This is Going Inward, a 7-day journey into your inner life. Today is Day 3.

This is where it starts to get really good.
It turns out the mind, for all its foibles, is not the enemy.
In fact, the mind is like a guardian for what lies within it,
and today we are going to cross that threshold.
We are going to the place where your inner world connects with your deepest longing.

Remind yourself - what is the longing of your heart?
Your heart and your mind are woven together inside your being. They are not at odds.
Your feeling center and your thinking center are united in this place we’re going now.
For within your powerful mind lies an even more powerful force:
the nucleus of you, the core of your whole existence...
This is Spirit.
You are home to an inner bastion of pure, living, loving, divine essence.

There is something regal in you, of the highest dignity.
A power beyond compare.
Perhaps you’ve sensed it.
Perhaps you’ve felt, at times, a welling up within yourself that goes beyond emotion or logic.

When you’ve felt connected to something more than … what? More than physical, more than mental, more than maybe you felt like you could contain.

You carry a divine spirit core, and you are the only one like you.
You are the only one who can get to know your inner Spirit, and learn to express that Spirit in the world.
And that is the path we’re walking down.

+ EXPERIENCE TRANSCRIPT

Make Contact

Welcome back to the inner world.
As you get settled, close your eyes if you want to, and take a few good breaths.
And as you breathe, just gently move your body in a way that feels good.

We find ourselves back in the space of the mind.
You have had the courage to return here, which says a lot about you. By coming back, you are developing a new pattern of going inward that will lead to inner strength.

So I celebrate you for being here, and I honor you.
As you continue to breathe, find yourself once more in the open, relaxing space that you created for yourself last time.
The space of your mind.

Remember what this environment looks like,
what it feels like.
Just allow yourself to be immersed here, to take pleasure in your own mind.

And as you may encounter obstacles or disruption, I want to pass along an invitation to strength.

To say no.
This space is mine.
Nothing else and no one else can enter here.
That includes the inner critic, that includes resentment, anxiety, and fear.

This space is mine.
Within this protected space, today we’re going in search of something very important:

Your personal power source,
the core of pure spirit energy that powers your beautiful inner life. That energy is love.

Let’s try making contact with the nucleus of love living inside you. It might help to put a hand on your heart.

First, just feel a warm glow in your heart as you bring to mind someone you love very much.

Allow yourself just to feel the way you love them.
And if there isn’t anyone, then imagine how it would feel.
Stay with that feeling for a moment.
Good.
Your inner Spirit is what allows you to feel love.
Now bring to mind someone who loves you very much.
It could be the same person as before, or someone else.
Or, again, if there isn’t anyone, imagine someone.
And then allow yourself to feel their love for you.
And feel that glow in your heart growing bigger.
Just stay with that feeling.
Good.
Your inner Spirit is what allows you to feel loved.
Now, finally, let’s take a leap of faith.
Bring to mind your inner Spirit.
The source of that warm glow in your heart.
Which illuminates your whole mind.
Imagine Spirit however you imagine Spirit.
Allow yourself to feel Spirit’s love for you, radiating from within yourself.

And if you’re not sure about it,
Then imagine how it would feel.
Let’s stay with this for a little while.
Your inner Spirit loves you from within.
Good work today.