In our light-polluted world there are few chances to appreciate the vastness of a truly dark night sky. The boundaries of our world can feel small and contracted. When neighborhood lights blaze, highlighting differences and marking borders, the boundaries of our world are emphasized.
To connect with a wider world seize any opportunity you can to sit, or better still, to lie on the ground and look directly up into the night sky.
Feel the earth beneath you… holding and supporting you… breathing in… breathing out… allowing yourself to be held and supported… grounded in this earth… safe in this moment… yet spinning in the vastness.
Breathing in… breathing out… Expand your awareness to include whatever comes into your line of sight… the lights of a plane… a blinking satellite… letting go of any stories or thoughts that might be arising about them.
Breathing in… breathing out… Expand your awareness further to include the stars … the planets… the galaxies… breathing in… breathing out… Soak in the dark night of space… bathe in the starlight.
Breathing in… breathing out… Feel the earth beneath you… breathing with the earth… breathing in… breathing out… connecting with the ground… connecting through time… connecting across the galaxy… connecting with the universe… at one with this earth.