Healing The Ancestral Heart - Thich Nhat Hanh

Please enjoy this humble rendition of the meditation by Thich Nhat Hanh. During this pandemic, I found myself reciting these words as a regular practice. Along with words, I became mindful of my breath and the words and essence began to come to life and continue to deepen my practice and understanding. One day, inspired I put it to music. This recording is a few years old with its oddities, I tried to re-record it, however, I found this recording captured the sincerity I had deeply felt.

Transcript

Breathing in,

I enjoy my in-breath.

Breathing out,

I enjoy my out-breath.

Enjoying in-breath.

Enjoying out-breath.

Breathing in,

I become mindful of my heart beating.

Blood,

A new oxygen to every part of my body.

Breathing out,

I smile to this life flowing inside me.

Aware of heart beating,

Smiling to life flowing through me.

Breathing in,

I feel my in-breath bringing life to every cell of my body.

Breathing out,

I feel my out-breath deepening my awareness of being alive.

In-breath,

Bringing life to every cell.

In-breath,

Deepening my being alive.

Breathing in,

I know that my heart beating is also the heart of my ancestors.

With all their dreams,

Joy,

Happiness,

Strength and courage.

Breathing out,

I am determined to continue to nourish this heart for them and for me.

My heart,

The heart of my ancestors.

Determined to continue their joy,

Courage and strength.

Breathing in,

I know that my heart beating is also the heart of my ancestors.

With all their fears,

Their sadness,

Hunger,

Anger,

Hatred and discrimination.

Breathing out,

I am determined to practice to transform the afflictions of my ancestors in my own heart.

My heart,

The heart of my ancestors.

Determined to transform their afflictions.

Breathing in,

I am aware of the very many hearts practicing this meditation right now.

Bringing life,

Blood and oxygen to the many body parts of the many bodies here.

Breathing out,

I smile to this life flowing all around me.

Aware of very many hearts around,

Smiling to life flowing all around me.

Breathing in,

I am aware that all these hearts are the hearts of many ancestors.

With their joy,

Their dreams and suffering.

Breathing out,

I am determined to learn to embrace,

Accept and love all the people around me.

Hearts around,

The hearts of many ancestors.

Determined to embrace,

Accept and love.

Breathing in,

I am aware of the heart of the earth under and all around me.

Beating in the trees,

The rocks,

The grass,

The water,

The birds.

Breathing out,

I take refuge in the heart of the earth.

In her love,

Strength,

Forbearance,

Creativity,

Always bringing forth new life.

Aware of the heart of the earth,

Taking refuge in the earth.

Breathing in,

I enjoy my in-breath.

Breathing out,

I enjoy my out-breath.

Enjoying in-breath,

Enjoying out-breath.

Breathing in,

I become mindful of my heart beating.

Sending blood and new oxygen to every part of my body.

Breathing out,

I smile to this life flowing inside.

Aware of heart beating,

Smiling to life flowing through me.

Breathing in,

I feel my in-breath,

Bringing life to every cell of my body.

Breathing out,

I feel my out-breath,

Deepening my awareness of being alive.

In-breath,

Bringing life to every cell.

Out-breath,

Deepening my being alive.

Breathing in,

I know that my heart beating is also the heart of my ancestors.

With all their dreams,

Joy,

Happiness,

Strength and courage.

Breathing out,

I am determined to nourish this heart for them and for me.

My heart,

The heart of my ancestors,

Determined to continue their joy,

Their courage and strength.

Breathing in,

I know that my heart beating is also the heart of my ancestors.

With all their fears and sadness,

Hunger,

Anger,

Hatred,

Discrimination.

Breathing out,

I am determined to practice to transform the afflictions of my ancestors in my own heart.

My heart,

The heart of my ancestors,

Determined to transform their afflictions.

Breathing in,

I am aware of the many hearts practicing this meditation right now.

Bringing life,

Blood and oxygen to many parts of the many bodies here.

Breathing out,

I smile to this life flowing all around.

I am aware of very many hearts around,

Smiling to life flowing all around me.

Breathing in,

I am aware that all these hearts are the hearts of many ancestors.

All their joys,

Dreams and suffering.

Breathing out,

I am determined to learn to embrace,

Accept and love all people around.

The hearts around,

The hearts of many ancestors,

Determined to embrace,

Accept and love.

Breathing in,

I am aware of the heart of the earth,

Under and all around me.

Beating in the trees,

The rocks,

The grass,

The water and birds.

Breathing out,

I take refuge in the heart of the earth,

In her love,

Restraint,

Forbearance and creativity.

Always bringing forth new life.

Aware of the heart of the earth,

Taking refuge in the earth.

Breathing in,

I am aware of the heart of the earth,

Under and all the things that are in me.

Reviews

Beautiful connection to hearts of the ancestors. In gratitude

I really enjoy his making a tune of the meditation.... its kinda sweet actually!

What a beautiful little practice/song, I really enjoyed it.

Healing the Ancestral Heart ❤️ has brought my BE-ing a mix of emotions - joy, sadness, love, compassion, empathy, kindness, deep healing vibes et al ❤️🙏🏻🕊️❤️‍🩹😔🔆🤍😊❣️.

This is an inspirational and uplifting meditation of the late Master Thich Nhat Hanh which I loved practising & listening to this morning 🌅❤️.

I AM full of gratitude for listening to the Master's divine words and knowing that my sacred body is a priceless gift from my ancestors 🙏🕊❤️🤍😇.

My deep loving heart is fully aware of this sacred gift which I shall nourish & cherish for the rest of my spiritual & bodily priceless days🕊️✨🙏🏻.

Thank 🙇 you so much for this amazing meditation which was beautifully paced and composed. The soundscape & blessed narrative was truly soothing & heartfelt❤️🎼🌻🎶🤍🙏🏻.

Namaste🙏🏻🕊️🌸

Beautiful Marcus
Exactly what I was needing this morning❤️
Thank you friend

Great tribute to Thay .I consider him one of my teachers thank you

Such kindness in your voice, such presence in your music.

Just beautiful. Thank you.

I can't find words to express feelings after listening... I'll be returning to this meditation! Thank you! 🙏

Nice love it