Self Esteem Meditations

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Self Esteem Meditations by Serge Kahili King

You can read about increasing your self esteem and you can practice a mind-

boggling variety of techniques from many sources to increase your self esteem,

but nothing is going to work until you begin to feel better about yourself.

Based on our natural human ability to mimic - and eventually grok - whatever we

keep our attention on, here are some meditations designed to bypass all the

intellectual stuff and work directly with your Ku.

Because these meditations require a lot of sustained attention in order to produce

the desired effect, please do not do them while reading a novel, watching

television, playing a video game, driving a car, flying an airplane, or operating

heavy equipment.

Each meditation involves imagination and reflection, so prepare yourself for that.

Choose a comfortable posture - standing, sitting, or lying down - that will help

you maintain conscious awareness, keep your eyes open or closed as you prefer,

and take two or three slow deep breaths (or use pikopiko if you know it).

Although the descriptions are short, take the time to experience each part as fully

as you can.

Be a tree Think of a tree, one you know well and feel good about. Imagine what it might

be like to be a tree, with roots growing down into the ground, with a trunk and branches and leaves or needles. Imagine what it feels like to draw nourishment

from the soil, to have sap moving upward through your trunk around your core

and protected by your bark. Feel the sensations of new branches growing, of

leaves or needles forming, and perhaps flowers budding and blooming, of

generating seeds that eventually fall away. Be aware of the wind as it moves you,

of the sunlight that empowers you, of the slight weight of birds or animals

moving upon you. And reflect on the fact that you simply are what you are.

There are no rules in Nature that tell you how you should grow or how you

should look. There is no hierarchy of trees that tells you how to behave. You are

simply a tree, complete, and yet always becoming more than you are.

Be an island Think of an island that you know, or know of. It might be tropical, desert-like, or

arctic; mountainous, hilly, or flat; forested, jungled, or barren; inhabited or not.

Imagine what it would be like to be such an island. There may be a lot of things

to consider, so take your time and explore yourself. Pay attention to the water



that surrounds you and how it feels as the waves touch your shores. At first it

might seem like the water separates you from the rest of the world, but if you

reflect on it a bit you'll realize that it actually connects you to distant shores of

other islands and continents. In the same way, the wind that blows over you,

perhaps bringing clouds and rain, also connects you to all the places that the wind

has been and that the clouds have drawn their water from. And be sure to shiftyour awareness to that part of your island self that lies below the water, the part

that actually, physically, does connect you to the whole of the earth.

Be a river Think of a river that you know, or know of. It can be the part of the river that

tumbles down a mountainside, the part that emerges from a waterfall, the part

that moves like rapids through gorges or canyons, the part that flows slowly and

broadly through forests or farmlands, or the part that is close to the sea where it

can taste the salt of the ocean. Be aware of the feel of your banks and your bed as

you brush past or over them; be aware of the life of other creatures that live onyou or in you; and be very aware of the irresistable urge that keeps you moving

downward, toward a place that is as close to the center of the earth that is

possible for you to reach. Reflect on the fact that this is your primary focus, your

main motivation, to reach the center. And reflect also on the fact that even when

you are not directly moving toward the center as rapidly as you can, there are

some parts of you that continue to seep downward as far as they can go, and

other parts that evaporate upward to form clouds that release rain that helps you

continue your life as a river.

Be a butterfly Think of a butterfly, the type of your choice. Imagine what it would be like to

find yourself trapped in a prison of your own making, triumphantly breaking free

of the cocoon, and sun-drying your wings in the open air. How would it be to lift

off and fly for the first time, moving and adjusting four wings as you adapt to the

wind and change direction rapidly when you need to or want to? Be aware of

how your antennae test the scent of flowers, and how your eyes see colors that

range beyond human vision. Notice how wonderous it is to be able to sense the

taste of leaves and flowers through your feet when you gently land upon them.

Reflect on how quickly your memory of being imprisoned fades away and how

easy it becomes to let go of the past without worrying about the future, not caring

where you came from, letting the future take care of itself, and spending all your

time just flying around, sipping nectar, and making love.

Be the Earth Think of the Earth as a planet in space, all mostly blue and white with touches of

green and brown; abundantly, joyfully alive and beautiful. Imagine what it would



be like to be a planet that is consciously aware of itself, aware of being alive, and

aware that there is no difference between its life and the life of everything in it,

on it, and around it. As the planet, be aware of your molten core and the great

mass of matter that forms your body, moving around yourself, around the moon,

and around the sun. Be aware, too, of the short-lived creatures that burrow, crawl,

swim, walk, run, and fly all over your wrinkled surface and be glad that thewrinkles don't even show from a few miles away. Feel the constant movement of

water and wind across that surface, notice your magnetic and ionized aura, and

welcome the energy granted you by your parent sun. Take pleasure in your own

unconditional granting of air, water, food, and shelter to those parts of yourself

that need such things, doing it out of caring, enjoying appreciation, but not

requiring it. You are the Provider, that is what you do, and within you there is

neither anger, nor fear, nor doubt. You are the living embodiment of love.

Be the sun

Think of the sun, a fiery ball of light, pulling planets along with it as it slowlycircles the galaxy. Imagine what it must feel like to be such a gigantic source of

endless energy, using your powerful gravity to keep your family of planets

together, while at the same time radiating enormous amounts of light to help

produce warmth, visibility, and life itself. You and you alone are the primary

source of every kind of power in your entire solar system. On Earth, yours is the

power that moves the winds to mix the elements needed by plants and animals,

that heats the oceans to allow rain to fall that causes rivers to flow, that gives

plants and animals the power to grow and multiply. You are also the source of

great beauty, of sunrises and sunsets, of the auroras, and of colors of every kind.

From within yourself, you empower life elsewhere, and you have enough and to

spare for everything and everyone everywhere in your domain.

Be a wave This may be a stretch, but think of a wave. Most people will probably find it

easiest to think of an ocean wave, so we'll start with that. Imagine what it would

be like to be a wave moving through the deep ocean, like a swell. Imagine

yourself big or small, broad or narrow, moving steadily forward, and do your best

to imagine yourself as a pure wave of energy. You are moving through the ocean.

You are not made of water, you are not made of anything. Something started you

moving, but that doesn't matter right now. What does matter is where you go and

what you become. Imagine moving toward a landmass of some kind. As you

move closer and the water that you are moving through becomes more shallow,

you feel yourself rising higher and higher until the water impacts against a cliff.

You are suddenly aware, perhaps with surprise and delight, that although the

water has stopped, you have not. Now, however, you are moving forward as a

different kind of wave, a vibration in the rock. You move in all directions, but for



the moment you pay attention to a part of yourself that moves upward towards

the roots of a tree, and then you become a vibration wave in the tree that stirs you

into becoming part of a wave in the wind that carries the scent of blossoms to a

young couple sitting on a hill with hands entwined and you, as the wave, touch

their skin and you turn into a wave of pure pleasure that turns into smiles on both

of their faces.

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