Songs of One Breath

Towards the One, the perfection of Love, Harmony and Beauty, the only Being, United with all the Illuminated Souls who form the embodiment of the Master/Message/Messenger/ Mystery/Miracle/Mother, the Spirit of Guidance. Sheikh Muiz Brinkerhoff writes: Many of the world religions indicate a particular direction toward which the body should be oriented during prayer, and some even align the altar an...

Teytey Malkutakh Nehwey tsebyannach. Malkutakh, Ameyn. Let Your ideals and counsel rule, let the will of the Cosmos come to pass, through us. Focus on Fire rising through your form from the toes up until the body burns to ashes but not you. (Zen Flesh Zen Bones No. 28) Live for a few days in the meditation, "I am immersed in the flame – The flame of time, The flame of love, The flame of life. The...

The Mother Womb Creates the Human (Babylonian-Assyrian - approximately 2nd millennium BCE) (From Neil Douglas-Klotz - Desert Wisdom) “From what is small and fragile let abundance and power come: let humanity take on the consciousness of the whole creation and be absorbed by this task.” So spoke the Great Ones. shining centers of awareness, the original archetypes of existence, in the primordial be...

Songs of One Breath meditation and chant session

Bismillah! '...Take a moment to breathe, and begin what you are about to do wholeheartedly.' Let's begin the New Year together in the conscious awareness of the web of Life, in Unity, in the One Love, the breathing Life of All. Breath and Heartbeat creating a clear and spacious place inside - connecting our heart to the Heart of the Cosmos. ‘God is your lover, not your jailer!’ 'We begin by rememb...

Follow the path of the life force As she flashes upward like lightning Through your body. Attend simultaneously To the perineum, that bright place Between the legs, To the crown of the skull, And to that shining star place Above the head. Notice this living current Becoming ever more subtle as she rises, Radiant as the morning sun, Until she streams outward from the top of the head Into all embrac...

There is a current of love-energy that flows Between Earth below and Sun above. The central channel of your spine is the riverbed. The streaming is as delicate and powerful as the tingling touch of lovers. Entering here, Radiance arches between above and below. Your whole attention resting in the subtle, Vibrating in the centre of the spinal column, Tracing this current between Earth and Sun, Beco...

In 2022 Passover, Ramadan, and Easter all fall in April, a coincidence that happens only about every 33 years. Often we hear about the conflicts and differences between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. And yet at their heart, these traditions have so much in common. As humans we are very good at focussing on complexity and difference. Yet peace and unity are more present when we concentrate instea...

Only Love is Flowing Here - Leila Be The Algonquin Water Song expresses loving gratitude for the water and raises the consciousness and connection of women with Mother Nature’s greatest gift. The song is easy to learn, and our hope is that millions of women will sing it, raising their own connection and awareness of the water they interact with daily even in the shower or at the sink. Sing it 4 ti...

Let me tell you of the luminous path. I am beyond measure. I cannot be calculated. I am beyond space and time. I am beyond ancient and beyond the future. There are no directions to me. I am always here. I am the embrace Of your most intimate experience. Though I am beyond the intellect, I am not beyond your daring. I am the nourishing state of fullness That is the essence of soul. You belong to me...

Songs of One Breath meditation and chant session

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-bl...

Songs of One Breath meditation and chant session

'Those who love, and loving, pour forth radiance; These are the Sons and Daughters of God-' (Murshid Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti) Excerpts from Githas on Dhyana: Meditation by Murshid Samuel L. Lewis One going to one’s meditation feeling, “God is my Teacher, I have something to learn, I will listen attentively,” will be rewarded with the greatest blessing, receiving in the Silence and Meditation that...

This episode begins with simple singing, a Kyrie Eleison, a prayer for mercy that opens us into shared breath and presence.   From there, we linger with words attributed to Yeshua, Jesus, spoken in Aramaic and often translated as “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” Heard contemplatively, these words point to the meeting place of the small, individual self and the great, only Being. When that...

Recorded in the wake of COP26, this reflection from Songs of One Breath shares an experience of singing, praying, and bearing witness outside the official halls of power in Glasgow. Without access or authority, a gathering of strangers moved through the city with banners and songs, making visible both hope and heartbreak. This episode explores the surprising freedom, lightness, and joy that can ar...

In this gentle episode of Songs of One Breath, Jilani reflects on grief, remembrance, and gratitude following the death of her mother-in-law. As the year turns toward All Saints, All Hallows, and Samhain, she draws on Celtic spirituality and the wisdom of this thin place between worlds. Opening with a chant for peace, this episode offers a quiet space to honour ancestors, breathe deeply, and rest...

Allah Estaferallah La ilaha il'llah This is How it is Right Now: Ya Shafi Ya Kafi Kyrie Eleison, Kyrie, Kyrie. Christe Eleison, Christe, Christe. Alleluia! Alleluia! It is the nature of this world to share its burden with you. And it is my nature to remove it from your back. (Hafiz) Boil Nicely Now Look at the chickpea in the pot, how it leaps up when it feels the fire. While boiling, it continual...