New Consciousness Review December, 2014 | Page 48

FEATURES I t may seem like these are simple ideas - but there’s a lot of information here. Please take your time, and put it to work, and see what happens. As an artist you are the bridge between the worlds. You inspire. Spirit joins breath and carries ideas and emotion back out into our world via language. You are a powerful magician. Your voice can change a conversation, can shift a room from grief into hope, can ignite hearts and get us to start things we never dreamed were possible alone. We are here to make a difference. So what does our world need the most? It needs us to reconnect to source. It needs healing. It needs to have LOVE be the focus of why we are where we are and do what we do. One of the quickest ways to change the world and be able to voice freely is with one simple practice. 48 | NEW CONSCIOUSNESS REVIEW THE BASIC HEART LOVE GRATITUDE MEDITATION INHALE Inhale love. While breathing in connect with the love that lives in the center of your heart. Let it glow and grow. Let it warm your heart transmuting and purifying each breath that moves through you. Breathe in the sky that is overhead, the earth that you are standing on. Breathe in the smile of someone in the room. Breathe in the beauty of the tones that you hear coming from the band or the piano or a stereo. Remember how your ears are direct channels to your heart. When you breathe in, breathe in the sweet sounds that are close to you. Do you hear birds? The sound of a river? Do you hear a guitar? Strings? The audience talking quietly excited for what you will share with them? Open yourself to the goodness that is surrounding you. Wherever you are, there is always a small sliver of beauty. Find it, and breathe it in. EXHALE Exhale gratitude. Feel the sweetness of breath after it has touched your heart and let it go back