Good morning to you, God morning.

One of my favorite teachers, TicknotHon, he says, please do not think we must be solemn

in order to meditate.

In fact, to meditate well, we have to smile a lot.

A lot.

I'm smiling now.

You should too.

Let's allow the corners of your mouth to turn up.

It doesn't have to be a big fake cheesy smile, just like a little Buddha smile.

Try to hold that smile during our time together this morning.

And when you become aware that you've lost it, smile again.

Anything that you're doing consciously like that becomes meditation.

Because it gives you something to come back to, to keep you here, to keep you rooted

in the present moment.

And so when you notice that you're no longer smiling, you smile again.

And you notice that you're lost in thought, you come back to the smile.

I like to smile, to love, to smile to my inner being, to that presence.

Just like with a Namaskar, like when I Namaskar folding my hands in front of me and bowing,

you can bow to your inner self, to that true self, to your love.

It keeps in that oneness, you know, you could bow to a form of God out here.

You can bow to a statue, to a Buddha statue, to a Krishna statue, a Marti.

You can bow to a person, to a teacher, to a Guru, but the true Guru.

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