Living a Soul-Centered Life
I came up with the term soul-centered to describe a shift in perspective which meditation cultivates: a transformation of the vantage point for one’s life. It’s a great to go through life soul-centered, and it’s one of the most powerful benefits of meditation.
Here’s why:
When you are soul-centered, you are not dependent on other people or external factors for your sense of self or for your own self-worth. Instead, you begin to depend on an inner reference point to identify yourself: your soul.
When you are soul-centered you are your own navigator. You trust yourself and feel safe and confident wherever you go and whatever you do, no matter whom approves of you, who doesn’t, no matter what anyone thinks about you, or what they say you should or shouldn’t do.
You can focus your attention where and when you want to, easily, without distraction. You have a receptive awareness and your natural state is relaxed, calm, peaceful, and loving toward yourself and others. You are open to all possibilities and approach life courageously and fearlessly, without aversion or clinging; without offensiveness or defensiveness.
When you are soul-centered, your attention is in the present moment, receiving the moment, welcoming it, and accepting things as they are. You don’t struggle against what is happening now.
You become aware of a spacious quality in the present moment in which you can listen to your inner wisdom, make nourishing choices, you feel your feelings fully, and respond rather than react to the world. You have a deep inner wisdom and knowingness, make decisions easily, and are confident as you journey on your own path.
What you think, feel, say, and do are all integrated and in alignment with your deepest truth. You know when to say yes, and when to say no, and you address each moment with integrity in that way. When you are soul-centered, your nervous system is stable yet flexible, such that no matter what occurs in your life you can handle it. If for some reason you are thrown off balance by a thought, experience, or difficult emotion, you quickly realize it and are easily able to regain your center point of peace.
Though you are self-sufficient, you deeply realize your interconnection with all beings. You are in communion with life and enjoy nature’s support, and you feel the love that surrounds you and that you are. You are equanimous. You may feel closer to all of creation, including the intelligence and love that created it.
When you are soul-centered, you are in touch with and radiate the qualities of your soul. You have access to unbounded energy and creativity and you feel vital and clear. The silence of the soul is nourishing to your nervous system, and when you are soul-centered your very presence is nourishing to others.
When I’m around soul-centered people, I notice they have a quiet power. They seem happy for no particular reason and they radiate joy, harmony, health, integrity, and wholeness. They are authentic, magnetic, loving, receptive, and they naturally draw others to them. I believe some unseen source supports them as they easily create situations and circumstances that support their desires. Perhaps they are in a state of grace.
