Okay,
So sitting up straight,
Pushing the crown of the head up towards the ceiling,
Starting to settle in.
We'll take three deep breaths.
Go ahead and inhale as deeply as you can and then retain the breath.
Exhale.
Exhale.
Inhale deeply and then retain.
Exhale.
Inhale deeply.
Okay.
Now bring up the easy to love object.
Just to reflect on you filled with joy.
So and now bring up your child self.
Oh just to reflect on you fills me with joy.
You are such a delight.
So so you are such a delight.
Okay good.
So that was our preliminary and now let's get into the real meditation.
So imagine yourself.
So like really imagine yourself as a separate person from you and then kind of observe yourself and now immediately smile.
Oh you are such a wonderful person.
You can imagine yourself holding yourself.
You and your other self are smiling at each other.
Just to think of you fills me with joy.
What a delight.
And now we'll go through the six parameters towards self.
So now think of how you've been generous.
So see yourself being generous.
And now let that just fill you with delight and joy.
How wonderful.
How wonderful.
What a delight.
What a delight.
You can say to yourself,
I know that this generosity of yours creates so much happiness for you and for those around you.
And that just fills me with delight.
And review your acts of review your acts of generosity.
Okay.
Okay,
Now let's move on to ethics,
Virtue,
Trustworthiness.
So review your ethics,
Trustworthiness.
How you've acted in that way.
And then let that just fill you with delight,
Knowing how much happiness that causes you and those close to you.
What a gift it is to be trustworthy for others.
What a gift.
What a gift.
What a gift.
Now let's move on to the virtue of patience,
Tolerance,
Forbearance.
And reflect on how you've been patient,
Forbearing and taller,
Especially see how this is a real gift to you and to others,
And how this creates happiness.
And let that just fill you with joy.
How wonderful.
So much suffering that you presented by being tolerant and forbearing.
Seeing your patience is a total delight.
How you've been patient,
Forbearing.
How you've been patient,
Forbearing.
Okay.
And now let's move on to energy,
Heroism and strength,
Especially character strength.
So see this good quality in yourself.
See how you stood up and energetic and heroic been strong.
Review those acts of yours.
And then let that fill you with delight,
Knowing how that has caused so much happiness for both you and others around you.
How wonderful.
How wonderful.
How much happiness that your strength and heroism and energy cause in your life and in the lives of others.
So much joy.
Okay,
Good.
Good.
Now let's move on to concentration,
Indestructibility,
Focus.
So reflect on how and when you've been very focused in and not on distractible.
Thinking about how much happiness that caused you and cost others.
What a delight,
What a delight you are.
How wonderful.
See all the good things you accomplished through that focus.
How wonderful.
Now we'll reflect on your wisdom.
You've acted very wisely at many different points in your life.
Reflect on those times that you've acted wisely and see how that's caused so much happiness for you and for others prevented so much harm and rejoice in that how wonderful.
How wonderful.
What a delight you are.
Good.
Now let that go.
Wrap up the meditation just a minute.
But before we do,
Look back,
What was this like,
What did you learn,
What are the takeaway messages.
Hopefully it's a healthy sense of self esteem,
A healthy pride,
And the desire to keep cultivating the spiritual virtues and keep causing happiness,
Both for you and for others.
Okay,
Good.
Now we'll just let that go.
