But that's later on.
Now is an opportunity to meditate because we are fortunate to have a nice call to meditating and we are fortunate to have the time and the freedom.
So sit here,
Close our eyes and allow ourselves to settle in.
Settle into the world inside,
Not the world outside of seeing other people and hearing stuff,
But your body and mind.
Especially first of all your body.
Developing mindfulness on your body,
Being aware of the feelings and sensations occurring in your body.
With the sensitivity called mindfulness towards your physical feelings,
You can try and ease any aches or pains or tightness,
First of all by moving,
By scratching,
By coughing.
Just so your body can relax.
This is kindness,
To your own body.
When you give a little bit of compassion to your own body,
The body responds by feeling nice and free and easy and relaxed.
You're taking away the physical stress,
The tightness which causes sickness and disease.
Letting the body go to its open natural state,
Not being pushed or pulled or stretched or squashed.
Just at ease and open and free.
That happens when you combine mindfulness of the body with compassion to the body.
It's the first preliminary stage of any meditation.
Take a deep breath.
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We squash,
We stretch.
All we need to do is have mindfulness and let things be.
Loosen everything.
Be kind.
A lot of those inner irritations.
Ease off.
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Once the body is really relaxed,
You can let it go,
And start relaxing our mental world.
Mental world gets so busy,
Because of busyness it gets tired and stressed,
And tight.
You want to loosen things off,
So even inside it feels very peaceful and open and relaxed like our body.
So be aware of your mental world,
And be kind.
Whatever you are experiencing right now,
Whatever it is,
Embrace it with kindness.
If you need to cough,
Cough.
If you need to sneeze,
Sneeze.
Allowing this moment to be,
With respect,
Kindness and friendship.
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Just being in the moment,
No past,
No future.
See if you can be silent as well.
So you are not thinking.
You are not naming things,
You are being here.
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If you wish to follow your breathing,
Just as an anchor into the present,
Just know the breath as it comes in.
Just be with the breath as a good friend.
Be with the breath as it goes out.
Allowing the mind to settle on the breath.
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Coming to the end of the meditation now,
How do you feel?
What's it like inside?
What has this meditation done?
This is when we feel the result of meditation and learn what works.
I will now bring the gong three times to end the meditation.
As usual,
Please listen to every sound from the gong when the last resonance fades,
Come out from your meditation.
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