Long visualization.
Upon the basis of a comfortable posture,
Draw your awareness inwards and let the mind rest upon the breath.
Begin what's called the Perfect Ten,
Assigning a number to each exhalation and cycling through natural breathing.
Let your energy settle.
Let your mind become clear and vivid.
Now take a moment to reflect on the motivation for your meditation.
Feel now for a moment that sense of being lost out at sea,
Caught in the rain.
Look courageously at your predicament and now seek safe direction from the confusion of your mind by going to the Three Jewels.
Take refuge in the Buddha,
That underneath your confusion is the potential for awakening.
And go for refuge in the Dharma,
The realization of truth.
And go for refuge in the Sangha,
All those awakened beings surrounding you,
Offering guidance and support.
We don't have to do it alone.
We just have to go within.
And if you were to go within and find your inner sanctum,
Your safety,
Your happiness,
What about all the other living beings in your life?
What about them?
And so generate Bodhichitta,
The Spirit of Enlightenment,
That you will work on your mind to its highest human potential for awakening,
In order to save all sentient beings,
Leaving none of them behind.
If it helps to think about your loved ones first,
Then think about neutral people,
And then the difficult ones,
Even they,
Don't they deserve freedom?
And from this messianic intention,
Evoke the mentor merit field.
Begin by dissolving your sense of self.
Look deep into your internal narrative,
Your inner script,
That I am such and such person,
Such and such alive,
Fearful,
Angry,
Confused.
And imagine that dissolving slowly,
Letting it go,
Letting it melt away,
With each passing breath,
Dissolving into the emptiness,
The open potential.
And then out of that open potential,
Imagine rising up in a new body,
Reborn in a body made of breath and light.
And in your breath body then imagine transforming the entire world picture.
The world of wars and famines and diseases and shrinking resources,
Imagine that world begins to dissolve into its primal energy,
Melting into light,
Until all that remains is a luminosity.
And out of that luminosity,
With the greatest of intention,
Imagine recreating a world into a paradise of your choosing.
A place of safety,
Of purity,
Of wonder.
And from within your breath body and your purified environment,
Call your mentor.
Imagine in the space before you,
Spontaneously arising,
A beautiful lotus.
And from the open petals of the lotus,
A luminous sun and moon disc.
And upon that sun and moon disc,
Seated in full lotus posture,
Your mentor.
It could be the Buddha,
It could be Krishna,
Christ.
You see them in their full divinity,
Luminous,
Resplendent,
Adorned with beautiful garments and jewels.
They're just for you.
Smiling at you.
Gazing at you with eyes of compassion.
And you feel their presence close to you.
And if you'd like to invite in the spirit of someone that you know in your own life,
A teacher,
A friend,
Who is on their way to awakening,
Imagine their spirit inhabiting the form of your mentor.
So that your own personal teacher merges with the archetype of the divine.
So that there is a real tangible presence of a loved one who embodies the sheer brilliance of an awakened being.
And begin the inner therapy,
The bonding process.
Begin by admiring the particular qualities of the mentor that you see.
Their charisma,
Their love,
Devotion,
Their strength and courage,
Their wisdom.
Think to yourself how nice it would be if you could be more like that.
And then with deep gratitude and respect make offerings to your mentor.
You can imagine giving flowers and offerings.
Or you can imagine giving the highest gift,
Which is your spiritual practice.
And imagine the mentor looking back at you with such delight and receiving your gifts with gratitude.
Feeling close to you.
And then make your confession.
Feeling close to the mentor,
Allow yourself to disclose any limits,
Any doubts,
Any fears.
It's safe enough now to let go of these things.
And your mentor is so delighted in your disclosure.
And now look into your mind and rejoice in all your good qualities.
All your efforts you've been applying to changing your life and mind.
All your generosity.
And take some healthy pride in everything that you're doing.
And then imagine that your mentor looks back at you and sees you well into the future.
Past all your fears and doubts and limits.
And sees you at the end of your journey fully awake.
And what a wonderful vision that is.
You have arrived.
And now recognizing that it is but a vision of your future,
Your inevitable destination.
Ask your mentor for all the guidance and support you need to fulfill your goal.
And delighted to be asked,
Your mentor sends from his or her heart a beautiful white light that beams down upon you and enters into your heart.
And there it dissolves any lingering fears and doubts.
It melts away any illness or toxins.
And it completely illuminates your mind.
Like a flame does a lamp.
And it inspires within you great joy.
And it inspires within you great love.
And that love and light begins to ripple out from your heart.
Illuminating it with rainbows and waves of positive energy.
And that wave carries on to the ends of the universe.
Touching all the hearts and minds of all living beings.
And in a single moment it touches all of their hearts and fills them with hope and joy.
Illuminating all of their minds,
Every single countless living being.
And then it begins to ripple back.
Gravitating back into the sacred space.
And gravitating back into your heart.
And there let it linger and resonate.
Like the sound of om,
A primal sound.
Resonating at your heart.
And you may like to pause here for a few deep breaths.
Sealing in the goodness of your mentor guide.
And the vision of interconnectivity with all living beings.
Or transition into further meditation.
Deepening your contemplation and analysis.
Thank you.
