Welcome,
Dear souls,
To this mala meditation,
OM MANI PADME HUM.
It's a heart of compassion journey.
So sit comfortably,
Spine aligned,
Heart open.
Hold your mala gently in your right hand,
Draped between your middle and index fingers.
And let the guru bead rest near your heart,
While we take three slow,
Steady breaths.
And as you inhale,
Imagine light entering your crown,
Pure,
White and gentle.
And as you exhale,
Feel that light flow into your heart,
Softening and expanding it.
Do that again,
Inhale,
Imagine that light entering your crown.
And exhale,
And feeling that light flow into your heart.
One more time,
Inhale,
Imagine light entering your crown,
Pure,
White and gentle.
And as you exhale,
Feel that light flow into your heart,
Softening and expanding it.
Now bring your awareness to your intention,
To awaken compassion,
Dissolve suffering and bring peace to all beings,
Including yourself.
And whisper softly,
May this practice awaken the jewel of compassion within me.
Now OM MANI PADME HUM is six sacred syllables that vibrate with universal compassion.
OM is the vibration of the universe,
Unity,
Divine consciousness.
MANI is the jewel,
The intention of compassion and altruistic love.
PADME is the lotus,
Wisdom arising from the heart of experience.
And HUM,
The essence,
The invisible union of wisdom and compassion.
And together they mean the jewel is in the lotus.
Within the heart's challenges lies the seed of enlightenment.
So bring your attention to the first bead after the guru bead,
And take a soft breath in.
And as you exhale,
Chant OM MANI PADME HUM,
And then move your fingers to the next bead,
Drawing it toward you.
And with each repetition,
Let the sound carry your intention deeper into your heart.
And continue this rhythm,
One breath,
One mantra,
One bead.
Let the mantra become the breath of your soul,
Rising and falling like waves of light.
And if your mind drifts,
Return to the vibration of the sound,
The feel of the bead between your fingers,
The pulse of your heart beneath it all.
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Compassion shimmering like liquid sunlight and with each repetition of OM MANI PADME HUM let the light of the jewel expand,
Filling your body your energy field and the space around you.
This is the vibration of pure love,
Timeless,
Unconditional infinite.
You are not chanting to compassion,
You are chanting as compassion OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM OM MANI PADME HUM Now that we've arrived back at the Guru beat,
Pause.
Do not cross over it.
Hold it between your palms in prayer and bow your head slightly.
Let silence follow the vibration of your mantra.
In this stillness,
Feel the spacious calm that now fills your being.
And whisper softly,
May all beings be free from suffering.
May all hearts awaken to love.
May compassion bloom like the lotus within us all.
Place your mala gently over your heart or wrap it around your wrist.
And take three deep breaths.
Inhaling peace,
Exhaling gratitude.
Notice the gentle hum in your chest,
The afterglow of the mantra still echoing in your cells.
That hum is OM MANI PADME HUM.
The living vibration of compassion.
The jewel is within you.
The lotus blooms in your heart.
And compassion flows through all that you are.
Namaste.
