A Meditation On Balancing On Shaky Ground

Sometimes I just can’t get my balance. I’ve caused someone harm, been hurt by the world, lost someone I love. I’m so upset that all I can do is turn away. The ground feels unstable. I’m balancing on the head of a pin.

As Ram Dass said, we're all just walking each other home.

Transcript

So finding your meditation posture,

Whatever most supports you right now,

Sitting,

Standing,

Lying down and,

Uh,

Just grounding in this present moment and whatever is here.

So sensing into the body and how are you feeling this morning or this afternoon,

Wherever you are,

Letting the body just feel however it feels,

Not raising any objections,

Not building any walls,

Finding the rhythm of the breath,

And if it supports you,

Just,

Uh,

Letting the attention rest on the breath as it flows in and out of the body and beginning to notice if there are moments that arise where we turn away.

This question,

Pema,

Invites us to ask,

What repels me and what attracts me?

Riding the waves of the breath and also those waves of aversion and craving,

Not trying to change anything or fix anything,

Just noticing,

Coming back to the breath,

The body,

And just noticing what repels me and what attracts me with gentleness and honesty.

Year after year,

We train in remaining open and receptive to whatever arises.