How To Open To Happiness

Happiness is an emotion that can be difficult to fully embrace or to bathe in. Sean Fargo leads a guided meditation that uses a past memory to call forth the experience of happiness. We are invited to bring mindful awareness to the thoughts and physical sensations associated with happiness, allowing these sensations to radiate throughout the body.

Transcript

Find a posture that feels relaxed and alert. Maybe taking a deep breath or two as we relax the belly, Sensing the body in the seated position. As it's settled on the seat, Supported by the earth, And sensing into any predominant sensations sensing into any predominant sensations, Anywhere in the body. Allowing the body to feel whatever it happens to be feeling. Just with more and more awareness of it. With no agenda, Simply sensing breathing in and out. Now shifting our awareness to the moment in our life and which we felt genuine happiness. Maybe there is a moment of connection with someone, And there was a moment during a meditation, Which you felt very happy. Maybe there was a wholesome accomplishment that you made time of peace in nature. Something made you happy. Where you can sense into that happiness where you can sense into that happiness and that moment, Remembering where you were, Maybe what that day was like, What that moment in your life was like at the time. What about that experience made you happy? What about that experience made you happy? What kinds of thoughts did you have when you experienced that happiness? What was that experience like when you experienced that happiness? What happened in the body or the heart? Soaking in this experience of happiness, Allowing this happiness to be here, Throughout our experience. Allowing it to radiate throughout our body, Allowing it to radiate throughout our body, This genuine sense of happiness. Maybe recalling the memory some more to help feed the sense of happiness. If we want to enrich this experience of how happiness feels in our mind, Pervading happiness, Is like this. Allowing ourselves fuller and fuller experiences of happiness. Can we give ourselves permission to reside in happiness? A little bit more. As the heart softens, Expands, And fills our experience, This sense of care and delight. Wishing ourselves happiness just as we would wish. A dear friend or a loved one, These experiences of genuine happiness. Abiding in this feeling more and more. For ourselves and for the wellbeing of all beings everywhere. And slowly opening your eyes whenever you're ready.