Meditation 357 Generosity : Creating A Safer, Braver, World

It seems to me that the most generous thing we can do for one another is to create safer, braver, spaces. I’m not sure exactly how, but what about a formula that looks like letting go of as much greediness as possible, letting go of as much aversiveness as possible, and remembering we belong to one another, even in our very adversarial profession?

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So taking whatever posture is most supportive for you,

For your own practice,

Settling in,

Relaxing,

Relaxing into this moment.

Maybe letting go,

Wanting this moment to be anything other than whatever it is.

And one thing,

Any gratification to come from this meditation,

Right?

Nothing's happening next.

Just letting go and being with what's here.

And if any fear arises or any aversion arises,

And probably will or could,

I mean,

Anything could arise and it's all in there,

Right?

Then just relaxing with it,

Letting go to the extent that that's possible.

Let go.

And also watching if the mind wants to slide away into distraction.

And seeing if you can just very gently come back to the present moment and connect to this moment and to yourself and to everyone here,

Much of us here today.

Just tapping into that community,

That interconnection that's possible to feel when we do that.

And in this small way of being generous with ourselves,

Maybe creating some safety internally first.

Finding non-greed and non-hatred and non-delusion as to ourselves.

Finding that generous light on ourselves so that we know what safety feels like.

And then we can offer it to others.

Acting as trans northern COLAS.

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