Welcome everyone,
This is Dorothy Ratusni.
Thank you for joining me in this beautiful Samadhi meditation.
The term Samadhi means to collect or bring together and it is often translated as concentration or unification of the mind.
In the early Buddhist text,
Samadhi is also defined as one pointedness of mind and it's a very traditional meditation that we practice.
You will find that as you continue in your practice,
It is easier to hold attention on a single point of focus and you will find that it will be easier for you to do this for longer.
Let's begin.
Find a comfortable posture where you can be undisturbed.
It is helpful to be alert and awake throughout this meditation to experience the benefits of holding attention.
Allow your eyes to close and allow your body to comfortably move into a stillness,
A gentle comfort and ease where you are.
As you focus inward,
Eyes closed,
We're going to use breath as our point of focus.
Simply begin by following your breath,
Letting it be in your presence.
Notice when your mind moves away from your breath.
This is also how we strengthen our focus of attention.
We continue to bring our mind back to focus every time we notice it has moved away.
As we hold awareness and focus on our inhalation and our exhalation,
Just become aware of what you notice.
Samadhi also reminds us to deepen our practice of observing without judging,
Simply being aware.
If you wish,
You may deepen your inhalation and exhalation.
Simply noticing,
Being attentive to your experience.
And now let us gently shift our point of focus to our belly.
Here we experience a gentle movement likely as we breathe in and then as we exhale,
Feeling our belly expand and then move back in toward our body.
Again we simply allow for whatever the experience is without judging it,
Including all of what we are aware of as part of our experience.
Notice also how you feel.
When our mind is still,
We have the ability to connect with,
To sense,
To experience our emotions and any felt sensations that may otherwise go undetected.
Be aware of these and simply allow them to be as they are.
And finally we will bring our awareness,
Our one pointedness to our heart center,
The center of our chest.
As we continue to also be aware of our breath,
We simply hold our attention in this area while feeling,
Sensing,
Being aware of our experience of breathing.
As you breathe,
Just notice if you feel any sensations,
Whether in your heart center or in your body.
Notice if you feel emotion and what it may be and simply to allow it as part of your experience.
We can notice what else is happening for us and then return our focus to our point of concentration.
So wonderfully done everyone.
I wish that you find much use for this meditation,
For this formal practice of samadhi and for strengthening your one pointedness,
Your meditative awareness.
Namaste.
