So let's,
Yeah,
Let's have a little silence together now.
So finding your posture for this sit,
Whatever will best support you.
And coming to whatever stillness is available to you for the next few minutes.
Noticing the body sitting or standing or walking or lying down or driving.
Seeing if there is silence in the body.
Just sitting in this silent container,
Or maybe there's not silence,
Maybe there's gurgling or whatever might be happening,
But seeing how it feels to just sit in this body,
This container.
Locating the breath,
Just the body breathing the way that the body moves so gently,
Expanding on the in-breath,
Letting go on the out-breath.
And if there's silence in the mind,
Then wonderful,
Enjoy that.
And if the mind is busy,
Just notice that with the most loving attitude possible.
And then invite the attention back to the breath,
Creating a kind of container or shelter.
A refuge.
It's always right here,
That's always available.
Whenever busyness starts to take hold and those thoughts start to bang around against the roof,
Just noticing,
Letting go.
Coming back to the breath and doing that with a smile,
With a lot of love.
Expanding on the in-breath and letting go just a little bit more on the out-breath.
In pausing,
We find ourselves ripening into another way of being.
It happens as silently and as slowly as an apple turning red.
