April 25, 2025 • 24 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:27):
Take a deep breath in through your nose, holds it now,
release slowly again deep in, Helle, hold, release, repeating internally
(01:03):
to yourself as you connect to my voice. I am
deeply well. I am deeply well. I am deeply wow.
(01:30):
I'm Debbie Brown and this is the Deeply Well Podcast.
Let's first start this conversation by centering ourselves. If it
is possible for you where you are at, I would
like to invite you to get a little more comfortable,
to find an area that you'd like to sit in,
(01:55):
support your spine, keep your belly soft, whatever feels comfortable
for you. And now let's just take a couple of
deep breaths in and out together. Did this maybe three times,
so just very casually. We want to settle and kind
of ground into the space and into this moment. So
I want to invite you here, with your eyes still
(02:19):
open but soft. I want to invite you to take
it deep in hell in through your nose, and we'll
hold it at the top and releasing through your nose,
(02:41):
In through your.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Nose, and release and in through your nose.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
And really now return to a breath that just feels
natural and nourishing for you. Whatever pace feels good. That
is allowing you to really bring in some energy into
your body and keep that circulation moving. All right, So
(03:28):
I want to walk through the four soul questions and
then I'm going to go back and I'm going to
speak about each individually for a moment, and then we'll
get into our meditation. So in primordial sound meditation, the
four soul questions are who am I? What do I
really want? What am I grateful for? How can I serve?
(03:59):
Who am I? What do I really want? What am
I grateful for? How can I serve? So that first
question who am I? The reason we invoke that question
and why it can be such a beautiful tool is
who am I? But without all the conditioned beliefs I
(04:24):
have about myself? Who am I? When I am not
all the roles that I'm playing in the world. Well,
we're really asking with that question who am I? We
are inviting our soul to come forward. We are inviting
in an opportunity to glimpse our higher self, our most
(04:45):
authentic self, the version of us that is whole, that
is worthy, that is in existence even when we are
not someone's friend, even when we are not someone's relationship
someone's parents, someone's worker, someone's boss. Even when we are
not whatever, it is that the some of our personalities
tells us we are Who am I? You know, one
(05:11):
of the fundamental mantras in meditation is I am, And
when we say I am, we don't follow that with
an answer. So this is the precursor to the I am.
We are looking to invite in the I am. And
so as we ask these questions, we are not actually
(05:33):
looking to fill them with answers at all. We are
asking the question as an invitation and invocation and intention
of what can possibly come in that is not yet
known to us, but very often as a deep remembrance.
So it feels eventually very soft to land into. So
(05:56):
who am I? We are inviting in mystery. We are
inviting in layers, we are inviting in facets, We are inviting,
in a prismatic experience into knowing ourselves. Who am I?
There is so much to know, there is so much
(06:18):
to remember in that statement. So that's the first question.
The next question in primordial sound meditation is what do
I really want? What do I really want? I think
a more maybe spiritual way of saying that is like,
(06:43):
what are my desires. The reason we are asking what
do I really want? Is because the truth is, most
of us have no idea, really, right like, we are
so filled with things happening, society, with being influenced. Good Lord,
(07:04):
we're in the midst of that right now, right the
last ten years, being told, being in a space where
we are looking to match energy or compare ourselves. Right Like,
it's very it's very rare that we all naturally know
(07:28):
what we really want. The beauty is, that's what we're
here to find out because none of us know, but
all of us think everyone else knows. And when we
invite in that question what do I really want or
what is my deepest desire? We invite in healing, we
invite in clarity, we invite in purpose, we invite in awareness,
(07:52):
we invite in the opportunity to expand and explore what
do I really want? On a surface level, it could be, well,
I want a relationship, or I want this job, or
I want this to happen, I want to be seen
like this, And then what's under that? Right? Because what
(08:15):
made that a desire for you? When we find out
the things that we're desiring, we can go a little deeper.
And we get to look at why do I desire that?
Which sometimes Onearth's what unmet needs are present that may
desire our attention? You know, it could bring up things
(08:37):
from your life's history that need to be observed, witnessed, healed,
transformed for all of the reasons that are usually personal
to each of us. And then when we get to
that layer, we get to get curious, what do I want?
What do I need now that I've landed in a
(08:59):
healthy space? Yes, what do I need? What does feel
good when I'm not just looking at life through a
more surface view? What is a deeper need? What is
a deeper desire? It helps us cultivate our healing. It
(09:19):
helps us cultivate our purpose because when we understand what
our needs are, we also get to understand the opposites
of that of what we have to give as well,
Right like, what are the areas that we are able
to share ourselves more deeply because we're so aware Question
(09:45):
number three? What am I grateful for? What am I
grateful for? Gratitude is one of the most int We're
profound pieces of ourselves to cultivate and grow and enhance.
(10:09):
Living a life of gratitude allows so many of the
things that come to us to feel even better because
we feel enough where we are. When we have a
heart of gratitude, we're able to meet ourselves deeper. We're
really recognizing and honoring needs that we have. We're recognizing
(10:35):
and honoring ways that we potentially showed up or opened
ourselves enough to receive. It's so important that we open
to receive so often, and I know many can relate
to this. You know, so often people are trying to
give us the best of what they're able to give us.
(10:57):
And that doesn't necessarily mean it is what we think
we need. It doesn't necessarily mean it's what we give.
But everyone has their own way of giving, and sometimes
when it's not what we think we want, or it's
not reciprocal in the way that it's how we would
do it or give it, we don't recognize it, and
(11:18):
there's a real opportunity miss there. We're not receiving something
that could be really beautiful to be on the receiving
end of, and we're not able to really see or
honor the person that's giving the giving, which can sometimes
be a feeling of an injury or a harm for
them and that's not necessarily our responsibility, but showing up
(11:41):
as the higher, softer version of ourselves for people in
our lives is it's important, you know, as long as
our boundaries are also protected, it's important. And so what
am I grateful for? You know, Let's get fundamental. Let's
realize where we might be missing opportunities to see beauty, grace,
(12:02):
love and gratitude and things, you know, where are my
needs met? Sometimes I feel so deeply grateful for, you know,
things you may not take time to stop and see
someone doing something a little extra when you don't know
them and they absolutely don't have to and they're doing
(12:22):
it just because or just because it's the right thing
to do, or because they had time to do it.
You know, being on there seeming in of some of
those small gratitudes is so beautiful. You know, even if
I'm in the car, I really try to acknowledge, Like
if someone lets me over r I raise my hand
in my mirror so they can see and say thank
(12:42):
you for that. You know. Granted we're merging and we're
in and out all day and night, but being able
to just take a moment that required something thank you,
you know, the more we can practice doing that, the
more we're able to see how abundant life actually can
be for us. And we also just energetically are creating
(13:04):
an energy around us that says we really like that,
we like receiving things that feel good. And I've found
just from my personal experience and experiences of those I know,
that allows the universe to kind of program at a
higher level for us, you know, co create experiences that
(13:28):
we're really responding to in a heartfelt way, and those
experiences of gratitude, it really creates a pathway for us
to now be attracting more things that will be grateful for.
So gratitude practice. What am I grateful for now? The
fourth question how can I serve? How can I serve?
(13:50):
How can I serve? Service to all? Service and love?
It is why we are here. Being of service is
your purpose. That is my belief. That is what I
live by, That is what I believe for myself. Service
(14:10):
is my purpose. That is why. It is less about
what is my job title, and it's more about how
do I recognize and observe my unique gifts so that
I can connect it to something that is of service
for the greater good to all that is my purpose,
(14:31):
and very often we add a little curiosity and creativity
to that, and we're able to have a purpose that
can also be the things that we do in life
and in the world, and that can you know, potentially
earn us money or get to a place where existing
in our purpose, existing as ourselves is how we can
(14:55):
live and how we can meet our needs as well.
So how can I we have to always be looking
for how am I meant to now share this? We
are all conduits of awakening for one another. We are
all conduits of healing for one another. That's the intention.
It's not always executed for each of us, but that
(15:16):
is the intention, a path of service to all for
the highest good. And when we're all on that path,
that means we're also receiving service from others, so it
doesn't feel like an imbalance. So those are the beautiful
four soul questions, and now let's test them out just
a little bit. Okay, so we will have a beautiful
(15:40):
meditation here after listening, I want to invite you now
to readjust your body to a level of comfort that
feels supportive, straight spine, soft belly, Connect to your heart,
connect to your breath and now here, gently close your eyes,
(16:06):
and let's start by allowing your body to come into
an even more relaxed position. So notice any tension in
your body and release it. Maybe it's your jaw, your neck,
your shoulders, drop them, release that jaw, release your arms,
(16:30):
release your stomach, your hips, allow your legs and your
knees and your calves to soften, and really experience yourself
as taking root right now in this grounded, present moment.
(16:51):
Now notice your breath and your body, the gentle rise
and fall of your chest. It could feel comfortable in
this space to have your hands palms facing up on
the tops of your thighs or on the sides of
you in a state of receiving. It could feel good
to maybe place the hand on your heart, maybe one
(17:13):
on your abdomen, either your solar plexus or sacral so
above or beneath your navel. And I will invoke now
the four soul questions. And again we are not looking
to fill these questions with an answer. We are asking
(17:38):
them and releasing them. Taking a deep breath here in
and out.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Who am I? Who am I?
Speaker 1 (19:09):
What do I really want? What do I really want?
Speaker 4 (19:27):
M m h m M.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
M What am I grateful for? What am I grateful for?
Speaker 4 (20:28):
M m m h.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
M hmmm.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
How can I serve? How can I serve?
Speaker 4 (22:01):
Oh h h oh.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
H Coming back into this present moment, taking a big
(23:22):
deep in hell and through your nose and releasing through
your nose and releasing your position in this moment. If
it feels good, you can bring your hands to prayer
position of the center of your heart and just hold
(23:45):
your awareness there, taking a vow forward. Now I must stay.
The lighten me recognizes and honors the lighten. You connect
with me on social at Debbie Brown.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
That's Twitter and Instagram, or you can go to my
website Debbie Brown dot com. And if you're listening to
the show on Apple Podcasts, don't forget. Please rate, review,
and subscribe and send this episode to a friend. Deeply
Well is a production of iHeartRadio and The Black Effect Network.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
It's produced by Jacquis Thomas, Samantha Timmins, and me Debbie Brown.
The Beautiful Soundbath You Heard That's by Jarrelen Glass from
Crystal Cadence. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio
app or wherever you listen to your favorite shows,
Take a deep breath in through your nose, holds it now,
release slowly again deep in, Helle, hold, release, repeating internally
(01:03):
to yourself as you connect to my voice. I am
deeply well. I am deeply well. I am deeply wow.
(01:30):
I'm Debbie Brown and this is the Deeply Well Podcast.
Let's first start this conversation by centering ourselves. If it
is possible for you where you are at, I would
like to invite you to get a little more comfortable,
to find an area that you'd like to sit in,
(01:55):
support your spine, keep your belly soft, whatever feels comfortable
for you. And now let's just take a couple of
deep breaths in and out together. Did this maybe three times,
so just very casually. We want to settle and kind
of ground into the space and into this moment. So
I want to invite you here, with your eyes still
(02:19):
open but soft. I want to invite you to take
it deep in hell in through your nose, and we'll
hold it at the top and releasing through your nose,
(02:41):
In through your.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
Nose, and release and in through your nose.
Speaker 1 (03:03):
And really now return to a breath that just feels
natural and nourishing for you. Whatever pace feels good. That
is allowing you to really bring in some energy into
your body and keep that circulation moving. All right, So
(03:28):
I want to walk through the four soul questions and
then I'm going to go back and I'm going to
speak about each individually for a moment, and then we'll
get into our meditation. So in primordial sound meditation, the
four soul questions are who am I? What do I
really want? What am I grateful for? How can I serve?
(03:59):
Who am I? What do I really want? What am
I grateful for? How can I serve? So that first
question who am I? The reason we invoke that question
and why it can be such a beautiful tool is
who am I? But without all the conditioned beliefs I
(04:24):
have about myself? Who am I? When I am not
all the roles that I'm playing in the world. Well,
we're really asking with that question who am I? We
are inviting our soul to come forward. We are inviting
in an opportunity to glimpse our higher self, our most
(04:45):
authentic self, the version of us that is whole, that
is worthy, that is in existence even when we are
not someone's friend, even when we are not someone's relationship
someone's parents, someone's worker, someone's boss. Even when we are
not whatever, it is that the some of our personalities
tells us we are Who am I? You know, one
(05:11):
of the fundamental mantras in meditation is I am, And
when we say I am, we don't follow that with
an answer. So this is the precursor to the I am.
We are looking to invite in the I am. And
so as we ask these questions, we are not actually
(05:33):
looking to fill them with answers at all. We are
asking the question as an invitation and invocation and intention
of what can possibly come in that is not yet
known to us, but very often as a deep remembrance.
So it feels eventually very soft to land into. So
(05:56):
who am I? We are inviting in mystery. We are
inviting in layers, we are inviting in facets, We are inviting,
in a prismatic experience into knowing ourselves. Who am I?
There is so much to know, there is so much
(06:18):
to remember in that statement. So that's the first question.
The next question in primordial sound meditation is what do
I really want? What do I really want? I think
a more maybe spiritual way of saying that is like,
(06:43):
what are my desires. The reason we are asking what
do I really want? Is because the truth is, most
of us have no idea, really, right like, we are
so filled with things happening, society, with being influenced. Good Lord,
(07:04):
we're in the midst of that right now, right the
last ten years, being told, being in a space where
we are looking to match energy or compare ourselves. Right Like,
it's very it's very rare that we all naturally know
(07:28):
what we really want. The beauty is, that's what we're
here to find out because none of us know, but
all of us think everyone else knows. And when we
invite in that question what do I really want or
what is my deepest desire? We invite in healing, we
invite in clarity, we invite in purpose, we invite in awareness,
(07:52):
we invite in the opportunity to expand and explore what
do I really want? On a surface level, it could be, well,
I want a relationship, or I want this job, or
I want this to happen, I want to be seen
like this, And then what's under that? Right? Because what
(08:15):
made that a desire for you? When we find out
the things that we're desiring, we can go a little deeper.
And we get to look at why do I desire that?
Which sometimes Onearth's what unmet needs are present that may
desire our attention? You know, it could bring up things
(08:37):
from your life's history that need to be observed, witnessed, healed,
transformed for all of the reasons that are usually personal
to each of us. And then when we get to
that layer, we get to get curious, what do I want?
What do I need now that I've landed in a
(08:59):
healthy space? Yes, what do I need? What does feel
good when I'm not just looking at life through a
more surface view? What is a deeper need? What is
a deeper desire? It helps us cultivate our healing. It
(09:19):
helps us cultivate our purpose because when we understand what
our needs are, we also get to understand the opposites
of that of what we have to give as well,
Right like, what are the areas that we are able
to share ourselves more deeply because we're so aware Question
(09:45):
number three? What am I grateful for? What am I
grateful for? Gratitude is one of the most int We're
profound pieces of ourselves to cultivate and grow and enhance.
(10:09):
Living a life of gratitude allows so many of the
things that come to us to feel even better because
we feel enough where we are. When we have a
heart of gratitude, we're able to meet ourselves deeper. We're
really recognizing and honoring needs that we have. We're recognizing
(10:35):
and honoring ways that we potentially showed up or opened
ourselves enough to receive. It's so important that we open
to receive so often, and I know many can relate
to this. You know, so often people are trying to
give us the best of what they're able to give us.
(10:57):
And that doesn't necessarily mean it is what we think
we need. It doesn't necessarily mean it's what we give.
But everyone has their own way of giving, and sometimes
when it's not what we think we want, or it's
not reciprocal in the way that it's how we would
do it or give it, we don't recognize it, and
(11:18):
there's a real opportunity miss there. We're not receiving something
that could be really beautiful to be on the receiving
end of, and we're not able to really see or
honor the person that's giving the giving, which can sometimes
be a feeling of an injury or a harm for
them and that's not necessarily our responsibility, but showing up
(11:41):
as the higher, softer version of ourselves for people in
our lives is it's important, you know, as long as
our boundaries are also protected, it's important. And so what
am I grateful for? You know, Let's get fundamental. Let's
realize where we might be missing opportunities to see beauty, grace,
(12:02):
love and gratitude and things, you know, where are my
needs met? Sometimes I feel so deeply grateful for, you know,
things you may not take time to stop and see
someone doing something a little extra when you don't know
them and they absolutely don't have to and they're doing
(12:22):
it just because or just because it's the right thing
to do, or because they had time to do it.
You know, being on there seeming in of some of
those small gratitudes is so beautiful. You know, even if
I'm in the car, I really try to acknowledge, Like
if someone lets me over r I raise my hand
in my mirror so they can see and say thank
(12:42):
you for that. You know. Granted we're merging and we're
in and out all day and night, but being able
to just take a moment that required something thank you,
you know, the more we can practice doing that, the
more we're able to see how abundant life actually can
be for us. And we also just energetically are creating
(13:04):
an energy around us that says we really like that,
we like receiving things that feel good. And I've found
just from my personal experience and experiences of those I know,
that allows the universe to kind of program at a
higher level for us, you know, co create experiences that
(13:28):
we're really responding to in a heartfelt way, and those
experiences of gratitude, it really creates a pathway for us
to now be attracting more things that will be grateful for.
So gratitude practice. What am I grateful for now? The
fourth question how can I serve? How can I serve?
(13:50):
How can I serve? Service to all? Service and love?
It is why we are here. Being of service is
your purpose. That is my belief. That is what I
live by, That is what I believe for myself. Service
(14:10):
is my purpose. That is why. It is less about
what is my job title, and it's more about how
do I recognize and observe my unique gifts so that
I can connect it to something that is of service
for the greater good to all that is my purpose,
(14:31):
and very often we add a little curiosity and creativity
to that, and we're able to have a purpose that
can also be the things that we do in life
and in the world, and that can you know, potentially
earn us money or get to a place where existing
in our purpose, existing as ourselves is how we can
(14:55):
live and how we can meet our needs as well.
So how can I we have to always be looking
for how am I meant to now share this? We
are all conduits of awakening for one another. We are
all conduits of healing for one another. That's the intention.
It's not always executed for each of us, but that
(15:16):
is the intention, a path of service to all for
the highest good. And when we're all on that path,
that means we're also receiving service from others, so it
doesn't feel like an imbalance. So those are the beautiful
four soul questions, and now let's test them out just
a little bit. Okay, so we will have a beautiful
(15:40):
meditation here after listening, I want to invite you now
to readjust your body to a level of comfort that
feels supportive, straight spine, soft belly, Connect to your heart,
connect to your breath and now here, gently close your eyes,
(16:06):
and let's start by allowing your body to come into
an even more relaxed position. So notice any tension in
your body and release it. Maybe it's your jaw, your neck,
your shoulders, drop them, release that jaw, release your arms,
(16:30):
release your stomach, your hips, allow your legs and your
knees and your calves to soften, and really experience yourself
as taking root right now in this grounded, present moment.
(16:51):
Now notice your breath and your body, the gentle rise
and fall of your chest. It could feel comfortable in
this space to have your hands palms facing up on
the tops of your thighs or on the sides of
you in a state of receiving. It could feel good
to maybe place the hand on your heart, maybe one
(17:13):
on your abdomen, either your solar plexus or sacral so
above or beneath your navel. And I will invoke now
the four soul questions. And again we are not looking
to fill these questions with an answer. We are asking
(17:38):
them and releasing them. Taking a deep breath here in
and out.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
Who am I? Who am I?
Speaker 1 (19:09):
What do I really want? What do I really want?
Speaker 4 (19:27):
M m h m M.
Speaker 1 (20:04):
M What am I grateful for? What am I grateful for?
Speaker 4 (20:28):
M m m h.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
M hmmm.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
How can I serve? How can I serve?
Speaker 4 (22:01):
Oh h h oh.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
H Coming back into this present moment, taking a big
(23:22):
deep in hell and through your nose and releasing through
your nose and releasing your position in this moment. If
it feels good, you can bring your hands to prayer
position of the center of your heart and just hold
(23:45):
your awareness there, taking a vow forward. Now I must stay.
The lighten me recognizes and honors the lighten. You connect
with me on social at Debbie Brown.
Speaker 5 (24:03):
That's Twitter and Instagram, or you can go to my
website Debbie Brown dot com. And if you're listening to
the show on Apple Podcasts, don't forget. Please rate, review,
and subscribe and send this episode to a friend. Deeply
Well is a production of iHeartRadio and The Black Effect Network.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
It's produced by Jacquis Thomas, Samantha Timmins, and me Debbie Brown.
The Beautiful Soundbath You Heard That's by Jarrelen Glass from
Crystal Cadence. For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio
app or wherever you listen to your favorite shows,
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