A Meditation From Why Change Is All The Things

Change is often out of my control, whether good or bad. When things are good, I cling tightly; when bad, I push for change. Forgetting this brings stress. But if I remember that everything changes, there’s a pause, sometimes an "ah ha." In that moment, I don't feel so protective or trapped. I can relax.

Transcript

So finding your posture for right now, And organizing your body into that posture, Being intentional. Whether you're sitting or standing or lying down or walking or driving, Whatever your posture, Come into it intentionally, Settle into it, Relax into it. Knowing that even something as elemental as a posture is always changing. We can notice the impermanence of things just by noticing that the body is not still. It's always changing and moving. So the invitation is to come to stillness, Noticing that the stillness can be really delicious and it's also just for a moment. And then finding the breath in the body, Noticing how each breath is different. The breath is always changing. In-breath, Out-breath, The body moves. The lungs expand and contract. There's ease, But then there's a catch in the breath. Or today the air is good and tomorrow it's not. Or maybe you notice the sound in your environment coming and going. Just taking time in our practice, Taking time in our practice to notice the truth of change. To notice it and to get used to it on this very fundamental level, To make peace with it. Changes in the body, Changes in the breath, Changes in the sound in the environment. I think not so much trying to make things easy, Because some change is just hard and sad, But to make things easeful. Beginning right here in our practice, To develop an easeful relationship, A realistic relationship, To change.