February 5, 2025 • 14 mins
Join Philip Carr-Gomm in this episode of 'This Magical Life' as he guides you through a serene meditation set in a sacred Druid grove. Experience the calming influence of nature with a contemplative verse from 'The Radiant Sutras' by Lauren Roche. Be present in the moment, attune yourself to the energies of the earth and sky, and find peace and balance within. Follow along to connect deeply with your surroundings and emerge refreshed and grounded.
Original Recording: Tea with a Druid 289: The Elixir of Immortal Peace
Music Credits: Blessed Garden, Druid Circle, Charlie Roscoe
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Hi, I'm Philip Carr-Gomm, and this is This Magical Life, your guide to the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and wisdom. 2 00:00:13,662.040816327 --> 00:00:25,762.040816327 So I wanted to suggest that we, we had a meditation in our usual way, gathering around the fire in the forest, and we just enjoy being there. 3 00:00:26,252.040816327 --> 00:00:47,162.040816326 And when at the heart of the meditation, When we're in the forest in the, in the circle in the middle of the meditation, I'm just going to read you a very brief verse that comes from the Sanskrit, uh, from this wonderful book, the radiant sutras, uh, translated by Lauren Roche. 4 00:00:47,682.039816327 --> 00:00:53,132.040816327 Um, and I'll read you out the verse now, because you'll see at that point, we're returning to the simplicity of the breath. 5 00:00:53,172.040816327 --> 00:00:57,282.040816327 It goes now, it goes like this breath flows. 6 00:00:58,107.040816327 --> 00:01:03,167.040816327 Into this body as a nectar of the gods. 7 00:01:04,817.040816326 --> 00:01:16,437.040816327 Every breath is a whisper of the goddess who says, Here is the ritual I ask of you. 8 00:01:18,207.040816327 --> 00:01:22,477.040816327 Be the cup into which I pour this bliss. 9 00:01:24,427.040816327 --> 00:01:27,327.040816326 The elixir of immortal peace. 10 00:01:29,817.040816327 --> 00:01:42,767.04081633 So I shall offer that in the middle of the meditation and we can go into the simplicity of just being with our breath for a little while and then we'll come out to an awareness of the forest. 11 00:01:44,867.03981633 --> 00:01:50,187.04081633 So if you'd like to join me, do go ahead. 12 00:01:50,682.04081633 --> 00:01:54,292.04081633 Or you can just watch and listen and decide to do it later if you want to. 13 00:01:55,432.04081633 --> 00:01:59,122.04081633 These things usually work best if you close your eyes but you don't have to. 14 00:02:01,92.04081633 --> 00:02:05,22.03981633 But either closing your eyes or lowering your gaze or softening it. 15 00:02:06,432.03981633 --> 00:02:11,92.03981633 Just gently become aware of being seated in the circle. 16 00:02:12,122.04081633 --> 00:02:13,782.03981633 Sorry, seated in the room. 17 00:02:14,292.04081633 --> 00:02:18,632.04081633 Just gently become aware of being seated in your room in front of your screen. 18 00:02:20,142.04081633 --> 00:02:22,692.04081633 Just aware of your position in the room. 19 00:02:24,412.04081633 --> 00:02:26,202.04081633 Aware of the four walls around you. 20 00:02:29,497.04081633 --> 00:02:35,317.04081633 The floor beneath you and the ceiling above you fully present here. 21 00:02:35,317.04081633 --> 00:02:51,67.04081633 And now in this space, just allow your awareness of the four walls and the ceiling and floor and the screen just gently fade so that you find yourself sitting. 22 00:02:52,887.04081633 --> 00:03:33,216.94081633 In the forest clearing in a sacred grove of the Druids, you see your companions and friends around you in the circle, you may want to come a little closer into the circle and sitting in the circle, you just allow yourself to close your inner eyes for the moment, just to relax and let go, just to let the cares and tensions of the day slough off you to become aware of your surroundings. 23 00:03:34,867.04081633 --> 00:03:45,577.03981633 Of the kind force of gravity that just allows you to rest and to let your weight sink into the earth onto the earth. 24 00:03:45,577.13981633 --> 00:03:52,917.04081633 And you become aware of all the activity and life in the earth beneath you. 25 00:03:52,917.04081633 --> 00:03:58,557.04081633 All the little creatures burrowing, the worms gliding through the soil. 26 00:04:00,342.04081633 --> 00:04:34,312.03981633 Moisture, the minerals and crystals, and you feel how all this life, how you are part of it and the energy of the earth flows into your being, bringing you a sense of groundedness and oneness with the earth. 27 00:04:37,102.04081633 --> 00:04:40,282.04081633 You become aware of the roots of the trees. 28 00:04:41,862.04081633 --> 00:04:45,892.04081633 You can feel how they've stretched deep into the soil in the grove. 29 00:04:47,582.04081633 --> 00:05:03,172.04081633 And how they're drawing the moisture up their roots from the tiniest filaments to the thicker roots, the moisture traveling up and all this energy, this earth energy is traveling up the trunk of the trees. 30 00:05:03,172.04081633 --> 00:05:08,412.04081633 And as it travels up, it changes the quality of the energy changes. 31 00:05:09,862.04081633 --> 00:05:18,602.04081633 Becomes more energetic in some way, more energized, and you can absorb the energy of the trees. 32 00:05:18,642.04081633 --> 00:05:46,427.04081633 They're willingly sharing it with you, and you can smell the scent of the trees too, and you breathe in the scent of the trees, allowing yourself to be Energized by them healed and balanced by these being these beings who have their own consciousness. 33 00:05:54,637.04081633 --> 00:06:05,137.03981633 You become aware of their branches, bows, and you sense them high above you and the sky above these branches. 34 00:06:05,547.04081633 --> 00:06:17,321.94081633 And you breathe in now the energy of the sky and the energy of the sky meets the energy of the earth. 35 00:06:18,692.04081633 --> 00:07:32,742.04081633 Within the center of your being, and you allow your awareness to be in the center of your being, just settling there, you move your awareness to your breathing now, and you follow the breath down into your belly, breathing in deeply, but gently following it down to the belly, perhaps holding it for a few seconds, and then breathing out fully and deeply to breath flows into this body. 36 00:07:34,287.04081633 --> 00:07:58,697.04081633 As a nectar of the gods, every breath is a whisper of the goddess who says, Here is the ritual I ask of you. 37 00:08:03,17.04081633 --> 00:08:09,577.03981633 Be the cup into which I pour this bliss. 38 00:08:11,967.04081633 --> 00:09:48,932.03981633 The elixir of immortal peace, be the cup into which I pour this bliss, the elixir of immortal peace, sensing this peace deep within your being. 39 00:09:51,967.04081635 --> 00:09:57,417.04081635 You sense also that you are seated in a field of peace. 40 00:09:59,737.04081635 --> 00:10:14,267.03981635 Gradually you become aware of your companions in the circle, all breathing with this awareness of peace. 41 00:10:18,107.03981635 --> 00:10:26,17.03981635 The breath like an elixir flowing in and out. 42 00:10:52,907.04081635 --> 00:11:27,852.04081635 And in this field of peace, You stretch out your hand to either side of you to take the hand of a companion in the circle, and you continue to focus on the breath, breathing in this elixir of immortal peace. 43 00:11:48,592.03981635 --> 00:12:02,672.04081635 And then with a gentle squeeze, gently let go of the hand to either side of you, as we all ask that all beings might be blessed. 44 00:12:05,82.04081635 --> 00:12:14,752.04081635 And we touch the earth with our hands now, and ask that the earth might be blessed, and that peace Might rain on earth. 45 00:12:17,552.04081635 --> 00:12:20,952.04081635 May there be peace throughout the whole world. 46 00:12:27,932.04081635 --> 00:12:33,412.04081635 You then let your hands drift up to your heart, placing both hands on your heart. 47 00:12:35,652.04081635 --> 00:12:37,302.04081635 You feel the warmth of your hands. 48 00:12:40,772.03981635 --> 00:12:42,782.03981635 You feel the blessing of the peace deep within. 49 00:12:46,122.04081635 --> 00:12:49,22.03981635 And as you do this, you become aware of your physical body. 50 00:12:51,382.03981635 --> 00:12:54,292.04081635 And your awareness of the sacred grove begins to fade. 51 00:12:57,542.04081635 --> 00:13:00,696.94081635 As gradually your awareness of the walls around you fades away. 52 00:13:02,217.04081635 --> 00:13:08,337.04081635 The floor beneath you and the ceiling above you returns and you become aware of being seated in front of your screen. 53 00:13:12,677.04081635 --> 00:13:20,447.04081635 And in your own time, when you feel ready, you stretch your fingers and toes and open your eyes. 54 00:13:44,347.03981635 --> 00:13:46,257.03981635 I hope you enjoyed today's episode. 55 00:13:46,957.03981635 --> 00:13:50,987.03981635 Stay connected and join us again soon for more magical insights.
Hi, I'm Philip Carr-Gomm, and this is This Magical Life, your guide to the intersection of psychology, spirituality, and wisdom. 2 00:00:13,662.040816327 --> 00:00:25,762.040816327 So I wanted to suggest that we, we had a meditation in our usual way, gathering around the fire in the forest, and we just enjoy being there. 3 00:00:26,252.040816327 --> 00:00:47,162.040816326 And when at the heart of the meditation, When we're in the forest in the, in the circle in the middle of the meditation, I'm just going to read you a very brief verse that comes from the Sanskrit, uh, from this wonderful book, the radiant sutras, uh, translated by Lauren Roche. 4 00:00:47,682.039816327 --> 00:00:53,132.040816327 Um, and I'll read you out the verse now, because you'll see at that point, we're returning to the simplicity of the breath. 5 00:00:53,172.040816327 --> 00:00:57,282.040816327 It goes now, it goes like this breath flows. 6 00:00:58,107.040816327 --> 00:01:03,167.040816327 Into this body as a nectar of the gods. 7 00:01:04,817.040816326 --> 00:01:16,437.040816327 Every breath is a whisper of the goddess who says, Here is the ritual I ask of you. 8 00:01:18,207.040816327 --> 00:01:22,477.040816327 Be the cup into which I pour this bliss. 9 00:01:24,427.040816327 --> 00:01:27,327.040816326 The elixir of immortal peace. 10 00:01:29,817.040816327 --> 00:01:42,767.04081633 So I shall offer that in the middle of the meditation and we can go into the simplicity of just being with our breath for a little while and then we'll come out to an awareness of the forest. 11 00:01:44,867.03981633 --> 00:01:50,187.04081633 So if you'd like to join me, do go ahead. 12 00:01:50,682.04081633 --> 00:01:54,292.04081633 Or you can just watch and listen and decide to do it later if you want to. 13 00:01:55,432.04081633 --> 00:01:59,122.04081633 These things usually work best if you close your eyes but you don't have to. 14 00:02:01,92.04081633 --> 00:02:05,22.03981633 But either closing your eyes or lowering your gaze or softening it. 15 00:02:06,432.03981633 --> 00:02:11,92.03981633 Just gently become aware of being seated in the circle. 16 00:02:12,122.04081633 --> 00:02:13,782.03981633 Sorry, seated in the room. 17 00:02:14,292.04081633 --> 00:02:18,632.04081633 Just gently become aware of being seated in your room in front of your screen. 18 00:02:20,142.04081633 --> 00:02:22,692.04081633 Just aware of your position in the room. 19 00:02:24,412.04081633 --> 00:02:26,202.04081633 Aware of the four walls around you. 20 00:02:29,497.04081633 --> 00:02:35,317.04081633 The floor beneath you and the ceiling above you fully present here. 21 00:02:35,317.04081633 --> 00:02:51,67.04081633 And now in this space, just allow your awareness of the four walls and the ceiling and floor and the screen just gently fade so that you find yourself sitting. 22 00:02:52,887.04081633 --> 00:03:33,216.94081633 In the forest clearing in a sacred grove of the Druids, you see your companions and friends around you in the circle, you may want to come a little closer into the circle and sitting in the circle, you just allow yourself to close your inner eyes for the moment, just to relax and let go, just to let the cares and tensions of the day slough off you to become aware of your surroundings. 23 00:03:34,867.04081633 --> 00:03:45,577.03981633 Of the kind force of gravity that just allows you to rest and to let your weight sink into the earth onto the earth. 24 00:03:45,577.13981633 --> 00:03:52,917.04081633 And you become aware of all the activity and life in the earth beneath you. 25 00:03:52,917.04081633 --> 00:03:58,557.04081633 All the little creatures burrowing, the worms gliding through the soil. 26 00:04:00,342.04081633 --> 00:04:34,312.03981633 Moisture, the minerals and crystals, and you feel how all this life, how you are part of it and the energy of the earth flows into your being, bringing you a sense of groundedness and oneness with the earth. 27 00:04:37,102.04081633 --> 00:04:40,282.04081633 You become aware of the roots of the trees. 28 00:04:41,862.04081633 --> 00:04:45,892.04081633 You can feel how they've stretched deep into the soil in the grove. 29 00:04:47,582.04081633 --> 00:05:03,172.04081633 And how they're drawing the moisture up their roots from the tiniest filaments to the thicker roots, the moisture traveling up and all this energy, this earth energy is traveling up the trunk of the trees. 30 00:05:03,172.04081633 --> 00:05:08,412.04081633 And as it travels up, it changes the quality of the energy changes. 31 00:05:09,862.04081633 --> 00:05:18,602.04081633 Becomes more energetic in some way, more energized, and you can absorb the energy of the trees. 32 00:05:18,642.04081633 --> 00:05:46,427.04081633 They're willingly sharing it with you, and you can smell the scent of the trees too, and you breathe in the scent of the trees, allowing yourself to be Energized by them healed and balanced by these being these beings who have their own consciousness. 33 00:05:54,637.04081633 --> 00:06:05,137.03981633 You become aware of their branches, bows, and you sense them high above you and the sky above these branches. 34 00:06:05,547.04081633 --> 00:06:17,321.94081633 And you breathe in now the energy of the sky and the energy of the sky meets the energy of the earth. 35 00:06:18,692.04081633 --> 00:07:32,742.04081633 Within the center of your being, and you allow your awareness to be in the center of your being, just settling there, you move your awareness to your breathing now, and you follow the breath down into your belly, breathing in deeply, but gently following it down to the belly, perhaps holding it for a few seconds, and then breathing out fully and deeply to breath flows into this body. 36 00:07:34,287.04081633 --> 00:07:58,697.04081633 As a nectar of the gods, every breath is a whisper of the goddess who says, Here is the ritual I ask of you. 37 00:08:03,17.04081633 --> 00:08:09,577.03981633 Be the cup into which I pour this bliss. 38 00:08:11,967.04081633 --> 00:09:48,932.03981633 The elixir of immortal peace, be the cup into which I pour this bliss, the elixir of immortal peace, sensing this peace deep within your being. 39 00:09:51,967.04081635 --> 00:09:57,417.04081635 You sense also that you are seated in a field of peace. 40 00:09:59,737.04081635 --> 00:10:14,267.03981635 Gradually you become aware of your companions in the circle, all breathing with this awareness of peace. 41 00:10:18,107.03981635 --> 00:10:26,17.03981635 The breath like an elixir flowing in and out. 42 00:10:52,907.04081635 --> 00:11:27,852.04081635 And in this field of peace, You stretch out your hand to either side of you to take the hand of a companion in the circle, and you continue to focus on the breath, breathing in this elixir of immortal peace. 43 00:11:48,592.03981635 --> 00:12:02,672.04081635 And then with a gentle squeeze, gently let go of the hand to either side of you, as we all ask that all beings might be blessed. 44 00:12:05,82.04081635 --> 00:12:14,752.04081635 And we touch the earth with our hands now, and ask that the earth might be blessed, and that peace Might rain on earth. 45 00:12:17,552.04081635 --> 00:12:20,952.04081635 May there be peace throughout the whole world. 46 00:12:27,932.04081635 --> 00:12:33,412.04081635 You then let your hands drift up to your heart, placing both hands on your heart. 47 00:12:35,652.04081635 --> 00:12:37,302.04081635 You feel the warmth of your hands. 48 00:12:40,772.03981635 --> 00:12:42,782.03981635 You feel the blessing of the peace deep within. 49 00:12:46,122.04081635 --> 00:12:49,22.03981635 And as you do this, you become aware of your physical body. 50 00:12:51,382.03981635 --> 00:12:54,292.04081635 And your awareness of the sacred grove begins to fade. 51 00:12:57,542.04081635 --> 00:13:00,696.94081635 As gradually your awareness of the walls around you fades away. 52 00:13:02,217.04081635 --> 00:13:08,337.04081635 The floor beneath you and the ceiling above you returns and you become aware of being seated in front of your screen. 53 00:13:12,677.04081635 --> 00:13:20,447.04081635 And in your own time, when you feel ready, you stretch your fingers and toes and open your eyes. 54 00:13:44,347.03981635 --> 00:13:46,257.03981635 I hope you enjoyed today's episode. 55 00:13:46,957.03981635 --> 00:13:50,987.03981635 Stay connected and join us again soon for more magical insights.
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