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Many of us spend our entire lives in pursuit of happiness, fulfillment, contentment, and abundance. While the deep desire to expand and improve the conditions of our lives is an essential element of the human spirit, a constant yearning for a greater good just beyond our current horizon can easily become a disease of the soul that infects every aspect of our being. This is actually the condition that most of us experience for the majority of our lives, but living in discontentment, scarcity, and unhappiness turns out to be entirely a matter of choice.
This meditation will help you make a different choice – the choice to walk the path of happiness – that will help you claim the fulfillment, abundance, and deep contentment that is your divine birthright.
The choice of happiness does not require that you give up your desire to create a more perfect life for yourself and your loved ones. The deep desire to pursue worthwhile goals and to express our positive creative power is as much a part of our nature as is our physical form. This inclination toward abundance and expansion is actually one of the keys to the path of happiness. Surprisingly, our desire for more and better is best expressed and fulfilled when approached from a state of gratitude, fulfillment, and contentment.
This may at first appear to be a paradox. After all, if we were truly content and fulfilled, what need would there be for expansion, improvement, or betterment? Walking the path of happiness requires that we embrace the truth of our nature, which is that we exist in constant duality. Through the power of our choice, we express opposite traits and characteristics at any given moment. We are embodiments of the potential for both greed and generosity, anger and forgiveness, kindness and cruelty, faith and doubt, love and hate. We are paradox personified. While it may sound unusual, it really isn’t; paradox and duality are woven into the fabric of our being, and are also woven into the fabric of the entire universe.
Not all of our innate paradoxes seem so clearly definable as either positive or negative; the paradox of the path of happiness is one such dichotomy. Blissful contentment with the conditions of our existence, and contentment’s apparent opposite, the desire and expectation of greater abundance, improvement, and fulfillment, are both powerfully positive states of consciousness. And while they may at first seem diametrically opposed, they are really just different facets of the same universal characteristic of abundance.
These two opposite but integral qualities of abundance – desire and contentment – together form the first part of the key to living on the path of happiness. The desire to improve conditions that surround us allows us to view challenging circumstances (and all circumstances, for that matter) as opportunities for growth and expansion. The quality of perfect contentment and fulfillment allows us to view each of the conditions of our lives with gratitude and amazement. Together, these two opposite but unified characteristics of abundance can change everything about how we view every event, person, struggle, triumph, challenge, and reward that comes into our life. It is the first key to choosing a path of happiness.
The second key to living a life of happiness, or walking the path of happiness, lies in recognizing that we are endowed with amazing creative power. We don’t realize that we wield our most powerful creative force every moment of every day. This force is our power of observation.
How is observation our most powerful creative gift? The nature of the events, conditions, and even inanimate objects we encounter on a daily basis is not absolute. Whether we realize it or not, we intend them to have certain characteristics, and this intention is manifest in the way we observe the specific events and objects in our lives. Observing life from the determined vantage point of ever-increasing optimism, abundance, and happiness creates a life of ever-expanding fulfillment and joy.
This is not a uniquely human characteristic, nor is it a quaint, comforting artifice of thought. Rather, just like the facets of abundance, the creative power of observation is woven into the fabric of the universe at the quantum level. All energy and matter exist in a state of continuous probability. This means that the objects and conditions that we observe as absolute and solid really are not so; rather, they are manifestations of the defining power of observation. We perceive a definite, solid, matter-dominant universe. But the truth is quite the opposite. At the quantum level, the universe is an infinitely variable, pliable, and even compliant creation. As a result, our power of observation takes on a profoundly creative role in the realities we observe around us.
What does this mean for us, today, right now? It means that we were born with the divine power to create an abundant, fulfilled, ever-expanding reality. We express this power through our choices. Walking the path of happiness means choosing to observe each condition in our lives as a divine gift, intended expressly for us.
Notice the powerful difference in our terminology from the usual lexicon. There is no need to pursue, seek, or chase after happiness. The life-altering truth we seek to embrace and incorporate into our lives is that we have infinite power to choose happiness. It does not exist outside of us, and cannot be found, discovered, or stumbled upon.
Rather, happiness radiates from within us through the power of our intention. Walking the path of happiness is a gift we can choose at every moment, regardless of any other condition in life.
This meditation will help you translate these ideas into concrete practice in your daily life. This meditation will help you choose the life-changing power of happiness in all your moments. Used regularly, this meditation will help you to change the way you participate in the creation of your life. You will notice that you have the power to bring joy, fulfillment, optimism, and happiness to everything and everyone around you.
Find a quiet, comfortable spot, free from interruptions.
Relax. Your meditation begins now.
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You will now begin your journey of continuous happiness and gratitude.
Sit or lie down in a comfortable place.
Open your legs slightly, comfortably, and relax your feet.
Place your hands comfortably by your side, palms up.
Close your eyes.
Breathe slowly, calmly, deeply.
Inhale slowly.
Feel your lungs filling with life-giving air.
Relax your face into a smile.
Keep inhaling. Deeper.
Fill your lungs to their capacity, then inhale just a little bit more.
Focus on your smile, and exhale slowly.
As the breath leaves your body, imagine that it takes with it all tension and anxiety.
Feel your smile reach your soul as all tension leaves your body.
Inhale again, deeply and slowly.
Imagine that as your lungs fill with air, your spirit fills with relaxed joy.
As you inhale, feel your heart beat.
Visualize your life-giving blood circulating in your veins.
See your blood flowing into your heart and lungs.
Imagine the air in your lungs presenting the life-giving gift of oxygen to your blood.
Exhale slowly.
Relax your eyes, and imagine your blood leaving your lungs refreshed, fulfilled, carrying the miracle of life with it.
Visualize your blood flowing up to your neck and shoulders.
Feel the healing, life-giving oxygen bring warmth and relaxation to your neck, and your shoulders.
Breathe deeply again. Visualize your blood carrying relaxation, life, and contentment to your jaw, your face, your eyes, your forehead.
As the rejuvenating circulation reaches your eyes, feel them soften.
Allow the smile to return to your face.
Feel the powerful relaxation reach your entire face, neck, shoulders.
Feel the life-giving blood flow down your arms, past your elbows, and into your forearms and hands.
Feel your pulse in your hands. Open them skyward, and feel the warmth of life and joy radiate from them.
Breathe deeply.
Now feel your warm, life-sustaining blood flow from your heart down to your stomach.
As it reaches your solar plexus, feel the center of your body grow warm, joyful, and content.
Follow your circulation down your pelvis and into your legs.
Feel the powerful muscles of your legs rejoice and relax as your circulation brings the gift of life and rejuvenation to them.
Feel warm, liquid life flow further down your legs, past your knees, and into your lower legs and feet.
Feel your pulse in your feet.
As your circulation reaches them, feel them grow warm, tingling with joyful life and calmness.
Inhale deeply.
Fill your lungs with delicious, healing air.
As you exhale, imagine your blood collecting all remaining tension, anxiety, and discomfort from every cell in your feet…
In your hands…
In your legs…
In your arms…
Imagine your blood collecting any remaining tension from your pelvis…
From your abdomen….
From your heart….
From your neck and shoulders….
Breathe in deeply, and feel your heart beat.
Feel the joyous relief in the cells of your body as your circulation carries away any anxiety, guilt, tension, unease, and discomfort.
As you exhale slowly, smile as you visualize any remaining tension from every cell in your body now leaving your life as the air leaves your lungs.
Keep exhaling.
When your breath has gone, pause briefly, thankfully.
Feel the relaxation in your entire body.
Inhale luxuriously.
Bask in this state of pure relaxation.
Feel the perfect joy of living.
Feel the bliss of being alive.
Bask in the warmth of contentment and relaxation.
Breathe deeply once….
Twice….
And a third time.
Smile.
In your mind’s eye, see the smiling face of someone you love.
Imagine their happy, contented eyes, looking directly into yours.
In their eyes, you notice perfect calmness, and loving acceptance.
Imagine the sound of their voice as they say the words, “I love you.”
Feel a powerful sense of joyful gratitude grow within you.
Smile with your eyes, and feel your gratitude and contentment grow
You are deeply thankful for this person’s presence in your life.
Appreciate their human perfection.
Feel your gratitude for the relationship you have with this person you love.
Know them as the divine gift they are.
Bless them as they slowly fade from your vision.
Breathe deeply, and feel the blissful sensation of deep relaxation and contentment.
Allow your home and your possessions to appear slowly before you, one by one.
Feel complete contentment and gratitude as you see your home.
Notice your thankfulness for the warmth, comfort, and shelter it provides.
Notice gratitude growing as you feel a sense of home and belonging.
Feel your deep thankfulness for your home.
Breathe deeply, and picture your favorite possession.
Observe its perfection, and feel your growing sense of wonder and gratitude at its presence in your life.
Inhale again, and imagine another of your favorite gifts.
See it in great detail.
Notice the feeling of contentment and gratitude growing within you.
Envision a beautiful place that you have seen.
Imagine it in great, glorious detail.
Find the most awe-inspiring part of this beautiful place in your memory.
Is it a tropical waterfall surrounded by lush, extravagant life?
A snow-covered mountain bathed in orange hues at sunrise?
Is it an endless, blue ocean?
A vast, starlit sky?
Imagine every detail.
As you dwell in this sacred, beautiful place, become aware of your ever-deepening sense of gratefulness.
Notice your profound gratitude for having experienced this beautiful place.
Embrace your thankfulness for the presence of this beautiful place in your memory, in your life.
Inhale slowly, allowing gratitude to fill your soul as air fills your lungs.
Become aware of a deep knowing rising within you.
This knowing grows, and becomes clearer and clearer.
You are richly blessed.
This life is lavishly abundant.
Your life is full of extravagant beauty, of exquisite richness.
Feel awe and gratitude at the lavish beauty and fulfillment that surround you.
Feel the richness of life all around you, and within you.
Notice that you feel complete relaxation, perfect joy, and deep happiness.
Become aware that this feeling isn’t attached to anyone or anything, but is part of who you are.
Notice that your soul hums with blissful thanksgiving.
You are completely content.
This moment is perfect.
This life is perfect.
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Breathe deeply.
In your blissful, contented state, begin to imagine the ideal morning.
Inhale deeply, and imagine that this breath is your first conscious breath of your perfect morning.
Smile as you exhale slowly.
You feel perfectly content.
You feel quiet, blissful excitement for what awaits you in this perfect day.
Imagine it clearly, in great detail.
As you rise and greet your day, what does your ideal bedroom look like?
Walk to the large window in your perfect dwelling.
As you slowly open the curtain, what beautiful scene awaits you?
From your ideal bedroom, what gorgeous view fills your heart with gratitude and joy?
Drink in the cool, delicious morning air as you open the window.
What scent greets you? Wildflowers? Evergreen trees?
Inhale deeply, and imagine this invigorating scent filling your lungs.
Smile with joy and contentment.
In your mind’s eye, slowly make your way from your ideal bedroom into the great room of your perfect house.
Imagine the home of your dreams unfolding before you.
What sights greet you?
What colors, textures, and scents fill you with feelings of richness and pleasure?
Move slowly through the great room, and imagine the beautiful furniture.
View photos on the wall of you and your loved ones in faraway, beautiful places.
Step out onto the balcony, and drink in the gorgeous view one more time.
Inhale deeply, and imagine that you own this perfection.
Turn slowly, and make your way back into your ideal imagined home.
Pass through the great room, decorated precisely as you desire.
Move slowly into the dining room.
Imagine that you join your loved ones at a large table.
Smile with loving acceptance as you greet each person in your life.
In this ideal world, imagine the pure love and acceptance you see on each person’s face as they meet your warm gaze.
Feel a deep gratitude as you make your way around the table, greeting each loved one with warmth and joy.
Become aware of the perfection of each relationship.
Honor the perfect humanity of each of these loved ones in your life.
Feel your heart swell with love and community in your perfect world.
Breathe deeply, slowly.
Feel the possibility of this imagined perfection.
Experience the exciting anticipation of your idyllic home, family, and life.
Feel the sweet longing in your heart for this perfect existence.
Embrace the delicious expectation of creating this perfect life.
As images of your perfect life slowly fade, become aware that this joyful anticipation of greater and greater abundance is woven into your soul.
Embrace this eager excitement with joy and thanksgiving.
Inhale deeply, and feel gratitude for the deep urge to create the desires of your spirit.
Become aware that this desire comes from a sacred place deep within you.
It is divine, joyful, generous, and gracious.
This primal creative desire is your divine gift.
Exhale with contentment and thankfulness.
Smile with appreciation at your deep, energetic longing to create beauty around you.
Embrace this desire for more abundance, more beauty, more joy.
Your pure, creative energy is a gift from the Source, given to the world through you.
Become aware of a warm sensation in your left hand.
Imagine a small sphere of warm, soothing light growing in your palm.
As it grows, become aware that this light is perfect contentment with all aspects of your life.
Allow this warm, glowing ball of light to grow slowly, steadily, over your left hand.
Now become aware of a pleasant, tingling sensation in your right hand.
Observe a bright, energetic ball of light growing above your right palm.
Feel its pleasant energy, its joyful excitement.
Become aware that this light above your right palm is deep desire for greater beauty, greater abundance.
Allow this light to grow larger.
Watch as the pleasant excitement of creative desire above your right palm grows to match the warm glow of perfect contentment above your left.
Appreciate their perfection and beauty.
Watch with joy and anticipation as they move from your palms, slowly up your arms toward your shoulders.
Feel their pleasant intensity increase as they near the center of your body.
Feel contentment and energy swell simultaneously in your chest.
See their lights merge slowly, beautifully, into one light.
Become aware that the glow of contentment and the excitement of desire are joining, becoming one.
Watch as they form a single orb of energetic, warm white light above your chest.
Watch this light pulse with each heartbeat.
Feel gratitude swell within you.
Become aware of infinite contentment, and infinite possibility, as this warm, pleasant energy returns to your body.
Feel the warmth in your chest as the light of joy and creation fills your heart.
Contentment and desire are your nature.
They are part of your being.
Inhale deeply, and allow a smile to light your face.
Feel contentment and desire mix in your soul to form joy, pleasure, and happiness.
As you exhale slowly, form a deep knowing that you carry happiness with you.
Happiness dwells within you, and radiates from you.
It is your gift.
It is your choice.
Slowly return your consciousness to your body.
Move your fingers slowly.
Allow your feet to move at your ankles.
Feel the sensation of the surface supporting your body.
Inhale deeply, then exhale slowly.
As you exhale, smile with contentment.
Open your eyes.
Know that you are completely ready for this moment.
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it's really hard to realize we have the power to make a change. I felt like I could take control of my own happiness. Recommending you to my stressed-out friends :)
they should teach you this in school. what an easy way to feel better about life.
