Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for taking this time.
This time for you and this time for us to be together.
I very much appreciate you,
Your presence.
And I appreciate that you have a very busy schedule.
Thank you.
Today's meditation will be geared and focused toward those of us who feel a great deal of anxiety and operating heavy machinery.
And that could be any kind of heavy machinery including a car.
Truly,
Today,
In our world,
We oftentimes are behind the wheel or behind some mechanism that pulls away from us our ability to be present in the moment.
It does this by being absolutely easy to operate.
It causes a kind of mindlessness.
Often exploring mindlessness and its origins or triggers can provide greater understanding to mindfulness and a mindful practice.
Mindlessness is habitual,
Automatic,
Repetitive behavior generally brought on by multitasking.
It can directly impact an individual's overall wellness,
Stress level,
Attention,
Work and productivity,
Listening skills,
Injury risk and safety,
And family relationships.
Here are a few examples of mindless living and how it directly impacts a worker's health.
A person's safety.
Highway hypnosis is most commonly found in individuals who consider themselves experienced in the operation of machinery.
Operating any type of machinery without full attention on the task clearly sets the stage for a safety hazard.
Multitasking is the process of doing more than one task at a time.
Although some multitasking has a purpose and place,
Most multitasking is the thief.
Multitasking has been shown to steal time,
Take away from quality and accuracy,
And even negatively impact an individual's mental health.
Each time the body experiences any form of stressor,
Positive,
Negative,
Physical or emotional,
The sympathetic nervous system responds in the same way.
Increased breathing rate,
Elevated blood pressure,
Sweating,
Tense muscles,
Gastrointestinal dysfunction,
Dizziness,
Decreased immune function,
And heightened sensitivity to light and sound.
Constantly living with these physical conditions without appropriate ways to cope has been directly related to impacting both an individual's health and risk for injury.
And so now,
With that in mind,
Perhaps if you're ready,
I say let's find a perfect position,
A lovely posture,
One that allows for flexibility and comfort.
Now for you that may be lying down,
For you that may be sitting,
Maybe in a chair or sitting with your back to a wall,
Whatever that position is for you,
Find it now.
As you find it,
I wonder if you can sort of move around in it,
In that position,
And feel the weight of your body,
The presence of your body,
The gravity of your body,
And the relationship between you and this planet right now.
Perhaps as you are settling into your space,
You look about the room.
Perhaps you see colors.
Perhaps you see shapes.
As you look about the room,
I ask you to move your head now,
From side to side,
Slowly in a motion that loosens the tension in your neck.
Take your chin shoulder to shoulder,
Very slowly,
Very carefully,
Very lovingly,
Just now.
And perhaps as you begin to feel the loosening in your neck,
Perhaps you'll loosen your shoulders as well,
And allow your shoulders to just drop and hang freely.
That's it.
And when you feel just safe and comfortable enough,
Let's soften our gaze,
Release the tension from our eyelids.
For you that may be a softened gaze,
Or for you that may be your eyes closed.
As you choose,
Take your time,
And also take a deep breath.
Witness that breath.
Take another.
This time,
Witness your chest expand,
And as you exhale,
Witness it close.
As you take another breath,
Bear witness to your chest rising,
And as you exhale,
Bear witness to your chest falling.
And just witness your breath right now.
The clearing effect of your breath.
Sintering effect of your breath.
The silent anchor to the right now is your breath.
The silent anchor to the left now is your breath.
The silent anchor to the left now is your breath.
And during these times of silence,
While we're with one another,
You may notice that your mind moves.
Images,
Ideas,
Thoughts,
They race across the mind,
Yes,
And I'd like for you to know that that is very natural,
And that you are doing this just right.
So allow the mind to do as it does.
Be what it is.
It is a computing organ.
This is what it does.
It's healthy.
Yours,
Your responsibility right now is just to witness without emotion,
Without judgment.
Just peacefully witnessing as you focus on your breath,
As you focus on breathing into your heart,
And exhaling out of your mouth.
Be here.
Be here now.
Be here.
Be here.
Be here.
Be here.
Be here.
Be here.
And as we come closely,
Closely to our end of this vipassana meditation,
I have a few phrases that perhaps if you witness and whisper to yourself,
Or maybe aloud,
You will find some benefit from.
May I find peace in my focus.
May I find peace in the now.
May I find peace in my focus.
May I find peace in my now.
May I find peace with what I'm doing.
May I find peace with where I am.
May I find peace in what I am doing.
May I find peace where I am right now.
Surely when we find peace with what we're doing and where we are right now,
We are in a very,
Very,
Very good position.
We are closer to ourselves now than we were before we began this journey together.
And so again,
I thank you for your time.
I thank you for this time together.
And at any point,
If you feel you need to,
Please come back.
I will be right here.
Thank you again for your practice.
I am Kalfani now.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
