So let's sit and let's do a little equanimity practice so that maybe we can kind of play around with how that works.
Okay,
So go ahead and find the most supportive way that you can be still.
Whatever posture will best support stillness for you.
And just taking some breaths and maybe bringing the attention to the breath,
Letting the body-mind-heart settle and then beginning to warm the heart.
So calling to mind,
Maybe it's the being who you've been working with over the past couple of weeks here,
Or some other being who is just really easy for you to love.
Letting the heart soften.
Maybe saying the phrases for yourself,
Just for yourself for right now,
May I be safe.
May I be happy,
May I be healthy,
May I live with ease.
And then maybe calling to mind someone who you really feel could do better if only they would see things the way that you do,
And not the most profound person,
Right?
So play with this a little bit,
Just someone,
Maybe a friend who's about to do a small thing and you've suggested maybe they want to think about that a little bit more,
Or a colleague who came to you for their thoughts and isn't listening,
But not something terribly consequential.
It's just calling to mind someone who you feel like might not be taking your advice and just seeing how that feels.
Seeing if it's still possible for you to wish them well,
May you be safe,
May you be happy,
May you be healthy,
May you live with ease.
And if there's any glitchiness at all,
Anything in your own heart of,
Yeah,
And you would be if only you'd listened to me,
Anything like that,
Then a few more phrases for them,
Or for yourself,
Or for both.
My wishes for you can't determine your happiness.
Only your choices can determine your happiness.
My wishes for you can't determine your happiness.
Only your actions can determine your happiness.
