Be welcome to this mental control meditation.
Search first for a comfortable position.
You may sit on a chair or you can sit on a mat with crossed legs or you can even lay down on your bed.
Whatever feels comfortable for you right at this moment.
Just take a relaxing position.
Do gently close your eyes.
Take a slow,
Deep inhale and a complete exhale.
As you begin to be aware of your breath,
Start to notice what thoughts are going through your mind.
What are you thinking about?
Do not get caught up in your thoughts,
But just begin to notice them as they are traveling across your mind.
Let them go as they pass.
And watch them come and go.
Thoughts are as clothes.
They are coming and leaving.
Continue to breathe deeply and slowly.
I will start to describe settings.
Allow your mind to jump immediately to those settings.
Let your mind be free to travel and do not become attached to any one setting or image.
You are a traveler,
Jumping from place to place in your mind.
Now we will begin.
An ocean.
A deep blue ocean.
A beach with white sand.
A seagull flying over the sand.
Pelicans chasing the current over the waves.
The waves crashing on the beach.
The white sand.
The desert.
A cactus in the desert.
Blue sky.
Blue cloudless sky.
Birds are singing.
A walled garden.
Lush green grass.
Storm clouds.
A cool breeze.
The crack of thunder.
The dark sky,
Illuminated by lightning.
A long dirt road,
Stretching toward the horizon.
A grove of olive trees.
A farmer.
A woman,
Pulling water from a well.
Children playing in the distance.
Tall trees stretching up to the sky.
Blue sky.
Warm sun.
Mountains in the distance,
Topped with snow.
A farmhouse.
A stable.
Horses enclosed in a coral.
Sunset.
A flock of black birds in the sky.
The sounds of crickets.
An old front porch with a swing.
A glass of cold lemonade.
A warm chair next to the fireplace.
A grey cat curled on a small rug.
An old woman,
Sipping tea.
A rose garden in full bloom.
A robin with a worm in its beak.
A hammock.
Cool,
Dry concrete.
A church with tall spires.
White,
Puffy clothes.
White dove.
A burning candle.
Flickering flame.
Burning candle.
Burning candle.
Now take a slow,
Deep inhale.
And a long,
Complete exhale.
Feel the calmness in your mind and in your body.
And to open your eyes.
