Welcome dear Thay,
Beloved community,
Dear friends.
Thank you for coming together today so that we may breathe and practice as one body.
And also giving me the opportunity to offer this wee Dharma talk and meditation.
As mentioned,
This is being recorded and I should be trialling a new format so that we may use aspects sections of the talk later on.
Therefore,
I will be mentioning structured questions as we go through the talk itself.
These are just to assist in the editing process but also to assist in my practicing as well.
So to begin with,
We shall enjoy a sound of the bell and we shall then enjoy a guided meditation together.
The meditation will begin following my usual format of inviting three sounds of the large bell and will conclude with inviting two sounds of the large bell.
There will be stanzas offered throughout the guided meditation and as with Plum Village format,
These are just guiding words that can be allowed to flow down like Dharma rain as Thay offers to us.
There is no need to intellectualise them or think about them but they may touch upon feelings within yourself or come up with a later date that you may like to contemplate and explore.
So I invite you now to adjust your position so that you are in a place of comfort,
A place of ease.
So that you may retain some attentiveness to your breathing but be in a body position that you are able to sit or lie and enjoy the meditation which will last for around 20 minutes,
15 to 20 minutes.
So as we slowly close our doors,
Our sense doors to sense objects,
We may like to close our eyes if we are comfortable to do so.
Just drawing our attention further inward to rest on the rhythm of our breathing.
Observing the rise and fall of our chest and abdomen.
And just coming further and further back inward.
If at any time you need to adjust your position then please do so and if the situation allows,
If we could do this in mindfulness,
That would be wonderful.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG Aware of my body I breathe in.
Smiling to my body I breathe out.
Aware of body,
Smiling.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG Aware of discomfort in my body I breathe in.
Smiling to the discomfort in my body I breathe out.
Aware of discomfort,
Smiling.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG Aware of numbness in a part of my body I breathe in.
Smiling to the numbness in that part of my body I breathe out.
Aware of numbness,
Smiling.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG Aware of feeling pins and needles in a part of my body I breathe in.
Smiling to the feeling of pins and needles in my body I breathe out.
Aware of pins and needles,
Smiling.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG Aware of a building painful part of my body I breathe in.
Smiling to this build up of pain in my body I breathe out.
Aware of building pain,
Smiling.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG Visualising inhaling cool air into the affected painful area.
I breathe in.
Exhaling hot air out of the affected area.
I breathe out.
Inhaling cool air.
Exhaling hot air.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG Recognising physical pain as a sensation I breathe in.
Smiling to physical pain as a sensation I breathe out.
Pain a sensation.
Smiling.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG Recognising physical pain as a mental feeling I breathe in.
Acknowledging physical pain as a mental feeling I breathe out.
Pain as feeling.
Acknowledging pain as feeling.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG Seeing that like all things pain is impermanent I breathe in.
Smiling to the understanding that pain is impermanent I breathe out.
Pain is impermanent.
Smiling.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG Recognising the beauty in my life I breathe in.
Smiling to the small beauties everywhere I breathe out.
Recognising beauty.
Smiling.
GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG GONG
