SPEAKER_00: Welcome, beloveds, to this sacred space of stillness.
SPEAKER_00: Let us begin by coming home to breath, to body, to presence.
SPEAKER_00: Gently close your eyes if that feels right.
SPEAKER_00: Let your spine grow tall, yet supple like a tree, rooted in the earth, reaching toward heaven.
SPEAKER_00: As you inhale, breathe in peace.
SPEAKER_00: As you exhale, release striving.
SPEAKER_00: We gather under the words of Psalm one hundred and thirty-one.
SPEAKER_00: I have calmed and quieted my soul like a weaned child with its mother.
SPEAKER_00: My soul is like the child that is with me.
SPEAKER_00: This is not a psalm of effort.
SPEAKER_00: It is a psalm of surrender.
SPEAKER_00: A returning.
SPEAKER_00: A remembering that peace is not achieved, but received.
SPEAKER_00: In the arms of the Source who loves us utterly.
SPEAKER_00: Bring your awareness now to your body.
SPEAKER_00: Notice the weight of your body resting in the chair.
SPEAKER_00: The floor supporting you completely.
SPEAKER_00: You are held as the earth always holds you.
SPEAKER_00: Feel the rhythm of your breath, the tide of the spirit moving in and out, as if the ocean itself is breathing you.
SPEAKER_00: Notice any tension in your shoulders, in your heart, in your mind.
SPEAKER_00: And on the next breath, imagine light warm as fire, softening, loosening each place that clings.
SPEAKER_00: You are safe to rest.
SPEAKER_00: Imagine now a vast field at dawn.
SPEAKER_00: Cool mist rises from the earth.
SPEAKER_00: The breath of God whispering peace.
SPEAKER_00: The sky opens, soft blue streaked with golden light.
SPEAKER_00: Each step draws you deeper into presence.
SPEAKER_00: All striving, all comparison, all fear dissolves.
SPEAKER_00: The waves of your mind settle into glassy calm.
SPEAKER_00: You are the child resting in the arms of the Mother.
SPEAKER_00: My soul is quiet within me.
SPEAKER_00: My soul is like a child with its mother.
SPEAKER_00: All elements singing of the same source.
SPEAKER_00: Notice how the quiet remains, a living stillness, not separate from the world, but at one with all things.
SPEAKER_00: Offer thanks for this moment of resting in the heart of God.
SPEAKER_00: This quiet is not something you leave behind.
SPEAKER_00: It lives in you as breath, as presence, as peace.
SPEAKER_00: Carry this stillness with you as a gentle flame that lights your way.