ROOT INVOCATION
When you come to the ground, you come home...
You Come Home, to the safety and security that resides, deep inside yourself.
Come to the ground and feel how the earth supports you,
begin to become aware of your presence, your body.
As you exhale,
feel yourself dropping deeper into the belly of mother earth.
On the inhale,
feel her gently lift and support you, to exhale even deeper...
.... Letting Go ....
Drop in, submerged and anchored inside yourself
You are solid, rest.
Resting here,
you remember that you are held.
Resting here,
you remember you are safe and secure.
In resting, you begin to remember, your roots.
Listen now, for your heart is beating...
Listen for its vibration and sound,
its deep resonance inside you...
Listen-
Listen, for its call to life,
Your life-
Here, you honor where you are in space,
your body
Here, inside the rhythm of your heart,
you value who you are,
your right to be.
As newborns we don't know,
there is no experience, no thought.
There is only the senses,
a simple state of contentment, bliss.
When we know, we grasp, we clutch,
we hold on tight!
We try to mold ourselves into something
other than who we are or know ourselves to be
and we struggle.
But here, grounded in stillness,
you are solid, you are safe, you are secure,
you are rooted.
There is No thought-
You are Just being.
You are Just beating.
You are Just breathing...
Each inhale gathers and each exhale,
empties the mind chatter-
Each inhale gathers and each exhale,
releases the attachments, the holding-
Each inhale gathers and each exhale,
let's go...
Each inhale gathers and each exhale, let's go.
Let go...
Let the earth open itself for you-
Let it take what no longer serves,
no longer supports.
Let each inhale gather, gathering yourself
for your greater purpose rising from your roots!
You are lifted and supported,
you are filled and fulfilled.
You are inside yourself,
Be - In
To Be - In is to know God.
- J. Circosta, "Root Invocation," 2014
begin to become aware of your presence, your body.
As you exhale,
feel yourself dropping deeper into the belly of mother earth.
On the inhale,
feel her gently lift and support you, to exhale even deeper...
.... Letting Go ....
Drop in, submerged and anchored inside yourself
You are solid, rest.
Resting here,
you remember that you are held.
Resting here,
you remember you are safe and secure.
In resting, you begin to remember, your roots.
Listen now, for your heart is beating...
Listen for its vibration and sound,
its deep resonance inside you...
Listen-
Listen, for its call to life,
Your life-
Here, you honor where you are in space,
your body
Here, inside the rhythm of your heart,
you value who you are,
your right to be.
As newborns we don't know,
there is no experience, no thought.
There is only the senses,
a simple state of contentment, bliss.
When we know, we grasp, we clutch,
we hold on tight!
We try to mold ourselves into something
other than who we are or know ourselves to be
and we struggle.
But here, grounded in stillness,
you are solid, you are safe, you are secure,
you are rooted.
There is No thought-
You are Just being.
You are Just beating.
You are Just breathing...
Each inhale gathers and each exhale,
empties the mind chatter-
Each inhale gathers and each exhale,
releases the attachments, the holding-
Each inhale gathers and each exhale,
let's go...
Each inhale gathers and each exhale, let's go.
Let go...
Let the earth open itself for you-
Let it take what no longer serves,
no longer supports.
Let each inhale gather, gathering yourself
for your greater purpose rising from your roots!
You are lifted and supported,
you are filled and fulfilled.
You are inside yourself,
Be - In
To Be - In is to know God.
- J. Circosta, "Root Invocation," 2014