Hello and welcome to this short guided meditation.
To begin,
Please sit comfortably or if you're lying down,
Please continue to do so.
And then whenever you feel ready,
Just close your eyes and begin to watch.
Begin to watch the space in front of your closed eyes and just observe anything that you are noticing right now.
Be aware of your breath,
How it's flowing in and out.
Just observing.
And if there are any thoughts there at this time,
Just allowing those thoughts to be there without thinking that anything wrong is happening.
Simply allow those thoughts to be there and if you will,
Very gently bring your attention to the background space,
The space behind the thoughts,
The space at the back of all the thoughts,
Which is the space of the observer,
The knower and the experiencer.
So taking a nice deep breath in and exhaling.
Once again,
Inhaling all the way in and out.
And inhaling all the way in and exhaling.
If you need to adjust your body in any way at any time,
Please do so.
If you need to stretch or move in any way at all,
Please do so.
Feeling relaxed and relaxing,
Relaxing,
Relaxing into each and every moment as it comes,
As it stays and as it moves along.
In these moments,
The attention is able to flow easier and easier back to the source of your being,
To your life spring,
Your life source.
And so now just taking some time to observe that life source,
That life spring within,
To observe any thoughts which may be there and most importantly,
To observe the space of awareness from where all of this is observed.
And just being with this space of awareness for some time.
And we'll take three minutes in silence and then we'll move on from here.
Okay.
You you you you you and now continuing to watch,
Continuing to be aware of your breath,
To be aware of any thoughts which are there,
To be aware of your body if there's anything that you need to adjust or move in any way to continue to feel comfortable and relaxed,
Please do so.
Just continue watching and observing and now taking a nice full deep breath in and exhaling once again inhaling deeply fully all the way in and exhaling once again inhaling all the way in and exhaling let it go,
Let it all go.
Very good and continuing to watch,
To observe.
So now if you wish,
Only if you wish,
Bringing the hands together,
Rubbing the palms together and creating some nice warmth in your hands and then gently placing your palms over your eyes without touching your eyes.
So you may wish to cup your palms slightly so that you're not touching your eyes at any time,
Just allowing your hands to rest gently on your face,
Your fingers are resting gently on your forehead and your face is resting gently in your hands,
Just observing with the closed eyes still,
Whatever it is that you are seeing in front of your closed eyes,
Breathing deeply fully in and out in your own time,
Your own pace and then whenever you feel ready,
Still with closed eyes,
Lowering the hands down to your lap or beside you wherever is comfortable,
Continuing to watch and observe with closed eyes,
The space in front of your closed eyes.
I'll just sing a couple of words a few times and then we can begin to conclude our meditation session.
Om Shanti.
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Om Shanti.
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Om om Svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om Om svahati Om OM Continuing now to observe and to be present in this moment,
In each moment as it arrives,
As it stays,
And then as it moves along.
Begin to bring your attention more into your body,
Into your mind,
Becoming more aware now of your body,
Your mind,
Your identity,
And feeling a sense of groundedness or connection to your environment as well,
To your body,
To your mind,
And everything that is surrounding you,
And feeling that wonderful flow of life energy as it flows through your body.
Taking one more nice,
Full,
Deep breath in,
And exhaling.
If you wish to continue on with closed eyes for a few more moments,
Or as long as you wish,
Of course,
Please do feel free to do so.
Otherwise,
If you feel ready to open your eyes,
Then begin to do so,
And as you do so,
Please do so slowly,
Gently,
Softly,
If you will,
Allowing your eyelids to float up as you open your eyes.
And then once your eyes are open,
Just having a look around your environment,
Being aware of where you are,
Of who you are,
And also,
If you will,
Just noticing anything which you perhaps hadn't noticed before in your external environment or inside,
Or perhaps noticing something that you were aware of,
But now you're seeing it in a slightly different way.
And if everything feels pretty much the same as it did beforehand,
That's fine,
Too.
What is important is,
As always,
Your sense of freedom,
Your sense of peace,
Your sense of being,
And being with that space of peace,
That space of being or beingness,
Again and again,
Whenever you have the time,
Whenever you feel that you would like to simply just take a few moments,
However much time is available to you when you're not appointed,
And when you are not required to be doing some other activity,
To just be in this space and just observe.
Thank you so much for being here today and for listening to this recording.
I do hope that you have enjoyed this meditation,
And in particular,
I hope that there has been something of benefit that you're able to take away with you and keep with you and have with you in the days to come.
Thank you.
