A Meditation From Is It Gratitude Or Something Else?
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A Meditation From Is It Gratitude Or Something Else?

by Judi Cohen

Rated
5
Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
Plays
6

I want to say this is the season for gratitude,
and that’s not wrong, but I’m also not 100%.
 I’m grateful, and I’m also confused and fearful and nauseous. 
Or I’m pedaling fast and furious, or hiding behind my screen.
 Greed, hatred, exhaustion, restlessness, doubt: 
they all co-exist in this heart and mind right now, 
alongside gratitude.

 So the question I’m asking myself is,
how do I create enough space for everything?
How can I be gentle with the way things are?
What creates spaciousness and ease?
 Breath helps because it creates spaciousness: 
continuing to pay attention to the breath 
and the sense of the body, breathing, 
moment by moment. 

Love helps because it creates ease: 
continuing to be loving even with those who wear 
hats with slogans I can’t understand,
and with myself when I feel like 
I should understand and be able to connect. 

So, gratitude, spaciousness, and love.

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Meet your Teacher

Judi Cohen

Sonoma, CA, USA

Meet your Teacher

Judi Cohen

Sonoma, CA, USA