Meditation of Divine Love

• "Breathe in and out, in and out.

• "Hear in your breath a prayer. Hear in your breathing in and breathing out an acknowledgment of the Divine.

• "Breathe your prayer in . . . and out. In . . . and out. . . .

• "Feel within yourself the touch of the Creator, the wisdom of the Divine. . . . You are divinely inspired. You are loved into being. You are a gift.

• "Feel your giftedness. . . . This breathing, living, loving being: a gift to be alive; a gift to others.

• "Feel the touch of divine love in the expansion and contraction of your lungs, the pulse of the universe.

• "Feel the love-inspired heft of your being, your weight upon the chair or floor, your grace. . . . Feel the love that brought you here into being with this spinning planet, this web of life. . . .

• "Give thanks. Express your gratitude from the tips of your toes all the way up to the crown of your head.

• "You are a gift. . . . You are loved . . . cherished . . . caressed into being. . . . You are a gift to yourself . . . to others . . . to this world, and to God.

• "To the Divine, you are a gift . . . a gift giving back."