Meditation From Groundlessness/Feet On The Ground

What if the aspiration to let go at this level, in the relative sense, is about just letting go of unwholesome concepts like that we, and others, are bad, wrong, difficult, or not enough? To me, this feels like a powerful enough letting go, and for now, because it points to a powerful level of freedom: the freedom to connect compassionately with others, and the freedom to be connected to my own luminous self.

What about you? If you have a practice of letting go at this level, where does it feel like it leads?

(Dedicated to letting go of any sense that we’re right, they’re wrong, and the fight is to the death; and to cultivating love and compassion in all directions on our small blue planet.)

Transcript

Finding a comfortable posture,

Your posture,

Whatever best supports you right now,

And connecting to the earth,

Maybe placing the feet flat on the earth,

And sensing into that connection,

Receiving strength or offering strength,

Whatever is right for you right now today,

And connecting to yourself,

Just this sense of how it feels to be in your body in this moment,

And seeing if you can bring that exploration of this moment,

This moment in your body to its elemental level,

Just the sense of the body,

Breathing,

Hearing sounds,

Maybe digesting breakfast if you're out on the West Coast,

Or the tummy is grumbling for lunch if you're out East,

Letting go of any concepts around the body,

And just being present to the sensations,

Restlessness or settledness as a sensation in the body,

Not as a concept,

And then inviting the awareness to the mind,

And noticing if thinking is happening,

And just noticing thoughts arising and passing away,

Not as concepts,

But just as phenomenon,

Letting go of thoughts as they arise,

And letting go of any sense that letting go of thoughts is the right thing to do,

Just like opening the palm and letting sand flow through the palm,

Sand,

Water,

Holding on to nothing,

Breath,

Sound,

Sensations,

Thoughts,

Even emotions,

Just arising and passing away,

And even the knowing of that arising and passing away,

Abiding in the unconditional openness of the prajna paramita.

Thank you.