This guided meditation is brought to you by soundstrue.
Com So as always,
Find a comfortable place to sit,
Where you can be relaxed and alert.
Aware of your body,
Your body breathing,
Your chest rising and falling with each breath.
And now imagine standing in the street outside of your house with two heavy suitcases.
And know that one of those suitcases is full of worries about the future.
And the other suitcase,
Know that it is full of regrets about the past.
Take a moment standing there in the street holding these heavy suitcases,
And reflect about each one.
Reflect about the future,
How it will come when it comes,
And that most of what we worry about will never happen.
Standing out there in the street,
Reflect about the past,
That other heavy suitcase.
Consider how the past cannot be changed.
All we can do in the present is to learn from it.
Put in whatever corrections make sense.
Become more skillful,
Become a better person,
And move on.
Standing there in the street,
Feeling the weight of these suitcases,
And absorbing the wisdom of your own reflections right now,
Make a conscious decision.
Do you want to drop the suitcase of worry about the future?
And if so,
Simply drop it.
Then,
Standing there in the street with the other suitcase,
So heavy about the past,
Make a conscious decision.
Do you want to drop it?
And if so,
Just drop it.
And as soon as you have dropped the two suitcases,
Walk into your home,
And take your seat right where you are.
And plop down,
So relaxed,
Like someone coming home from a long trip,
Dropping suitcases,
And just relaxing.
Rest it in the present,
Just breathing,
Resting in the natural well-being of the parasympathetic nervous system,
Resting in the fundamental well-being of awareness itself,
Awareness which does not cling.
Resting,
If this is meaningful for you,
In a sense of the infinite,
The unconditional that's always present as each moment changes.
Could be the universe itself,
Or maybe some underlying spiritual reality,
Allowing yourself to abide and rest ever more deeply as that.
Sensing a peace,
A joy,
A well-being,
Shining through the cracks between each moment in time.
A natural happiness,
Always your true home.
Thank you.
