A transcript of transient thought
aka
THE SEED
[17/08/'24] - sharing the sentences from my vault - 4 months ago I collected the courage (through residency in community, support from siblings and some healthy pressure from the planets) to share my first virtual offering on soundcloud.
A transcript of some transient thoughts that trickled from my mindbodysoul now hopefully into yours. What could be received if we released resistance, and returned to the earth, planted seeds of salvation for every iteration of the next//current//previous generation.
If you get lost at any time, know that you can always return to your breath.
Everything is an invitation, an offering,
a space where we can rest, retreat into ourselves and seek to plant our feed firmly onto the ground.
In a moment, we will travel together towards a space of rest and surrender, slowing down and tuning into the sounds that surround you. Thought may trickle in and water your worries, and trick you into losing focus.
Become aware that you are a being, being breathed. Breath is moving through you, and there is nothing you need to do. Nothing you need to achieve. Nothing to become and everything to be.
So just breathe.
Breathe in fully Breathe out deeply
Finally feel, finally feel your body
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If you close your eyes
refrain from seeing and start sensing
hear what is hidden within your skin
taste the words that were left unsaid
feel the cells of your body
As the light leaves you, and darkness caresses your core
If you picture yourself as a seed, what more do you see?
Visually or in your body,
what becomes of your shell, seated within the soil,
planted underneath the very place you have planted you feet
can you feel your feet?
can you purposefully plant yourself into the present
for just a moment
and grow roots there?
Plant yourself into the present, feel your feet beneath you, feel your breath within you
Become aware that you are a being being breathed, and thats all you need to be.
So just breathe, into your chest, into your lungs, into the bottom of your belly
all the way down to your seat
as you sit and let yourself be breathed, let the air take you where you need to be
feel into shape of skin, the texture of your shell, the contours of your container, the lines of your limbs and lips, the heaviness that sits in your hips
For a moment, release all that has been and will come to be - and just breathe
Breathe in fully
Breathe out deeply
Finally feel, finally feel your body
Ground yourself into the sound of your heart as it beats
The sensation of your breath as you breathe
Inviting you to breathe in and out,
with or without sound
As you connect with your core, you find yourself sinking
More and more, with every moment, with every breath
Plant It at the bottom of your belly, begin to breathe into the very bottom of your being
Surrender your sorrows to the soil, bit by bit or otherwise whole – what is your soul seeking to release?
covered in darkness, it grows
it may take seasons, before a seed sees to become a tree
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Can you find space to breathe deeper, to find more ease?
Enter into the skin that you inhabit, out of habit we hold our bodies upright
We become so uptight, we cannot find our feet
Find your center, surrender to your senses, don’t try to make sense of it all
For just a second, maybe for the first time, let your being and your doing intertwine
Surrender to the sounds around you, drown out everything that feels to loud
And let the silence linger, take your fingers and retrace the lines of your limbs, your lips
Feel into the shape of you, the container that holds you wherever you go
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Plant yourself into the present
Find the ground beneath your feet
If you’re sitting on a chair, plant both feet firmly onto the floor
Maybe youre laying down, connect with every part of you that is connected to the ground
Find a door that you can open, let some wind in, feel the breeze of a new begin-in
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A dive behind the scenes/screens -
some notes from the reseach phase
Vocabulary
Weed - A wild plant growing where you don’t want it to and self-seeds.
Deciduous - A tree that loses its leaves in Autumn.
Evergreen - Any tree that has green leaves all through the year.
Roots - The part of a plant that grow underground.
Stems - The thin part of the plant that joins the leaves, flower or fruit to the rest of the plant.
Leaves - A flat usually green part of a plant that grows out from the stem.
Flowers - The part of a plant that has petals and produces seeds.
Petals - One of the separate colored parts of a flower.
Seed - A tiny thing that a plant can grow from.
Fruit - The part that grows out of the flower that is edible.
Bulb - Something that looks like an onion that is planted such as tulips that grow from bulbs.
The Life Cycle of a Seed
Step 1 - Seeds
When the seeds are planted in the ground or they fall from the seed head and settle, they can begin to grow.
Step 2 - Germination
About three days after planting the seeds will germinate. This means that the hard shell softens and splits. Roots begin to grow downwards and shoots begin to grow upwards.
Step 3 - Seedling
After about a week the shoot will appear above the soil. Then leaves will start to grow. As time passes the leaves and stem will get taller, wider and thicker.
Step 4 - Young Plant
As the seedling grows buds will form. These will begin to unfold into petals.
Step 5 - Adult Plant
The sunflower reaches adulthood and the flower blooms.
Step 6 - Seeds Fall
The plant wilts and dies. The seed head dries out and releases the seeds for the cycle to begin again.