Beneath the wounds, the armor and debris of childhood,

under the buzz and hum of your current life, bustling and urgent,

Beneath the deadlines and promises

lies a river,

Subtle and meandering, yet deep.

It weaves through the very fabric of your being, though you may have hardly noticed

Its cool glistening currents of blue gold and green

Undulate, and fold,

Rolling over all obstacles in its path, nourishing them at the same time.

It a surprise and delight to witness.

The air here is clean and wide

It stretches open, yawns and

Breaths with you.

Emptying and filling,

Emptying and filling again and again.

Until you feel both empty and full at the same time.

Over time this will feel like less of a contradiction.

Because you will have learned the secret of the yogis and the mystics:

What pervades you and everything is you.

You are intimately woven into the fabric of life.

It is possible to make deep contact with yourself and the world without getting lost.

You can’t be injured here. And it can’t be broken.

You are unbreakable.

It is unbreakable.

And the river flows on.

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