Absorbing Self.

Art by Eleanor Carter

'Receptivity'

We can only absorb that which we have room for.
In order to receive we have to learn to profoundly 'let go'.
Drop into your breath. Breathe in. Breathe in again. and Breathe in.
We can only take on so much. Eventually nature dictates that we must 'let go'.
We must exhale fully before a deep inhalation becomes possible.
We decode, to re code. We fall asleep, to Wake up.
The more we 'let go' The more spacious we become. The more we can absorb.
As we surrender all expectations from the mind. The body wisdom is able to receive and absorb that which it needs. Whatever it is, 'let it go' even if only for a moment. Allow something new to come into you.
We can be 'self absorbed' in an unhealthy way - we hold ourselves so high that nothing can come into us. Breathing ourselves in and puffing ourselves up - until it feels we may pop.
Or we can absorb the self. Embracing the truth of the self, good and bad. Only seeing it , so we can liberate it. Breathing in our truth. Then letting it go.
When we practice this - one day we will yield so deeply, that on the next inhale - the universe floods into us.