Welcome to the meditation series on restful and restorative sleep.
My name is J Chodhagam and I'm a meditation teacher based in San Francisco.
Over the next seven days I will take you through a series of exercises that will help you to sleep deeply so that you can be rested and rejuvenated.
Let us begin today's practice by becoming present.
Notice the activity in your mind.
In the world that is within us,
The world that is I,
Me,
You,
Being present is the ability to observe whatever thoughts and images that may arise in your mind without going in to your mind or being carried away by what's on your mind.
Whatever feelings and memories of emotions that arise are allowed to rise and fall and fade as they do anyway,
Eventually.
In this practice of watching and witnessing,
The self is centered.
The self is still.
The self is peace.
The self is not thinking I am still or I am peace,
But just is.
In this is-ness,
Present moment awareness is born.
And in that awareness we become peaceful,
Quiet,
And rested.
Resting and restoring our self to full power.
The peace that arises out of our stillness is also our power.
In this awareness of is-ness,
The self knows the self as it really is,
As nothing and no-one.
There is nothing to be afraid of being no-thing.
Any attachment to the physical causes fear.
Let go of all the illusions of who you thought you were,
All the identities that you have been creating within your stories,
Which you can now see as pure fiction.
Being nothing and no-one is a scary thought because it means all that you have been taught about yourself so far is not true.
Not wrong,
Just not true.
Just watching and witnessing the self.
The self is centered.
The self is still.
The self is peace.
Let go of any attachment to a physical identity.
Let go of any attachment to a physical identity.
Let go of any attachment to a physical identity.
Let go of any attachment to a physical identity.
Let go of any attachment to a physical identity.
Let go of any attachment to a physical identity.
Let go of any attachment to a physical identity.
Let go of any attachment to a physical identity.
