(Bell)
Dear friend,
please enjoy this short meditation on mindfulness of thinking.
You may like to find a stable position for your body
and bring your attention gently back to your breathing.
Breathing in, I become aware of my in-breath.
Breathing out, I become aware of my out-breath.
In. Out.
(Bell)
Breathing in,
I become aware of my body
in whatever position I may be, whether
sitting, standing, even walking,
or lying down.
I just become aware of it.
Breathing out,
I relax my body,
and release any tension in my body.
In - aware of the body.
Out - relaxing body.
Breathing in,
I feel joy to be alive,
like a spring within a mountain,
whose clear, pure water
flows out and down all sides
of that mountain,
and bubbles up,
even in places where water has not
previously entered,
saturating the entire mountain.
In the same way,
I allow joy,
born from the awareness of the breath,
to permeate the whole of my body,
present everywhere.
Breathing out,
I smile to life,
to all the wonders of life, within me,
and around me.
In - feeling joy to be alive.
Out - smiling.
Breathing in,
I become aware of my thinking,
of whatever thoughts are passing through,
coming and going,
I'm just aware of them, as they are.
Breathing out, I smile to my thoughts;
they pass like the clouds;
even if I try, I cannot grab onto them.
In - aware of thoughts.
Out - smiling to the thoughts.
Breathing in,
I notice how paying attention to
certain thoughts may give rise to emotions
like water and sunlight sprouting a seed,
Breathing out,
I let go of my thinking;
I allow my mind to be free,
not letting my attention dwell
on any particular thought.
In - aware of thoughts.
Out - letting thoughts go.
Breathing in,
I touch immense space inside.
Thoughts come and go freely,
like birds in the sky, with no hinderance.
I can shine the lamp of mindfulness
clearly, in every direction.
I am not controlled by my thinking.
Breathing out,
I feel free; I smile a smile of freedom.
In - immense space.
Out - smiling and free.
Dwelling happily in the present moment,
I breath in,
enjoying fully this very moment;
I breath out.
Present moment.
Wonderful moment.
Aware of my stable posture, I breath in;
enjoying the stability, I breath out.
Stable posture.
Enjoying.
Thank you for enjoying this meditation.