A Short Meditation On Awakening

The world, or my world anyway,
is full of messages about how I can become a better person.
In a way, mindfulness has fallen into that trap, too.
But what if we just awakened to the present moment? Join me in this short meditation on awakening.

Transcript

So finding a comfortable posture,

Posture that will support your practice for the next 10 minutes or a little bit less than that.

Sensing into the body,

Sitting in the chair or cushion or wherever you are right now.

Noticing the breath in the body,

Just that the body is breathing,

Nothing more complicated than that.

But then noticing,

Then noticing.

And when there's some steadiness,

Some steadiness in the attention,

Steadiness in the body,

Then seeing if you can can step back and notice this factor of mindfulness.

Just this simple ability that you have to step back and see that mindfulness is happening.

That present moment attention is happening without any judgment,

With some real courage,

With grace,

Not trying to be someplace else or wishing something else was happening.

Just these few minutes of practicing mindfulness,

It's already there.

And is there a gladness in the heart,

In the mind,

That mindfulness is there,

Or a wonder,

Or an appreciation?

Because it's pretty amazing noticing that we have this quality of mindfulness that we can practice right now.

And if the mind wanders,

Just come back to the body,

The breath in the body,

And this amazing sense of being mindful.