We're going to do a guided meditation now.
But for this to begin,
I'd first like to help you relax.
So please just lie on your back on the floor,
A pillow for support if you like.
Just lie in the corpse pose,
The Shravasana pose.
And close your eyes.
And we'll begin by relaxing the body.
And then this will ease into a guided meditation.
To begin with,
Just quietly listening to the music,
Let your body sink into the floor.
Feel it getting heavier and heavier.
As your body sinks into the floor,
We'll begin just moving through the various parts to assist in this relaxation process.
So beginning with the feet,
Relax your ankles.
The soles of your feet and your toes.
Just let the tension ebb away.
Coming to your calf muscles.
Feel the tension dissipating.
Feel the body sinking,
Sinking into the floor.
And now coming to the knees,
The undersides of the knees.
Let go.
And now we come to the thighs,
Let the tension ease away.
And then moving to the pelvic area,
To the abdomen,
Relax those stomach muscles.
And the small of your back.
All the time just sinking into the floor.
Now the chest muscles.
And the shoulders.
Relax.
Moving to the arms,
To the elbows,
And the forearms.
Unwind,
No tension.
Now loose wrists.
And the palms of your hands.
Your fingers and your thumbs.
Now the jawbone.
The lips.
And the cheekbones.
Let the tension go.
Now the eyebrows.
The eyelids.
The forehead.
Everything in a state of complete relaxation.
And as you lie there in this relaxed state,
Imagine that the atma,
Also known as the soul,
This energy that it resides in the heart region.
And to think of this energy that gives consciousness to your body,
To imagine it as a golden ball of light.
And now think that this ball of energy,
It moves up through the heart region to hover just above your body.
And for a short while,
The soul power,
The atma,
Is going to go on a journey,
Transcending infinite life.
And in time,
This golden ball of energy,
The Atma,
It crosses a material field known as Yogamaya and it enters into the divine phenomena known as Yogamaya.
And when it enters into this divine phenomena,
You find yourself in the most beautiful of this,
And your Atma,
The golden ball of energy,
It enters into another body,
A youthful,
Ethereal body.
It takes residence in this body.
And you can feel now your bare feet standing on the soft powdery earth.
And as you look around,
You see there is a beautiful,
Crystal clear,
Pure river flowing beside you.
The sunlight sparkling on the river surface.
And there are great trees with their big,
Huge branches of green leaves leaning over the river and occasionally the branches are just brushing the top of the surface of the water.
Lotus flowers,
Lotus leaves,
A scene of great beauty that calms the heart.
And as you look further around,
You see an abundance of flowers and plants of all shapes,
Sizes and colours.
And these flowers,
Their perfumes are mingling together to give the most intoxicating,
Sweet aroma.
You are well pleased to be in this environment,
Happy,
Content.
And while standing there,
Suddenly you hear the sound of a flute.
And you become aware that the flute is in fact calling you by your name.
Intrigued,
You move towards where the sound is coming from.
You follow the path of soft powdery earth around the river banks,
Twisting and turning past the flowers in the bushes until you come to a clearing.
And there,
Standing on the grassy clearing is the most beautiful,
Blue-complexioned personality that you have ever seen.
And this personality is holding a flute to the lips.
And it is this personality that has been calling you by your name through the sound of the flute.
As you approach this most beautiful personality,
You feel from every pore of the body of this person is emanating bliss.
And instinctively,
Naturally,
You go down on your knees to pay homage.
And this personality accepts your homage,
Then gently assisting you to standing position,
Looking deep within you says,
I am yours.
I have always been yours.
I am the love for which you have been seeking.
I am the aim of your life.
From this moment forward,
Whenever you think of me,
I am there.
If you call me,
I will come.
You are never alone.
I am the Para Atma,
The Supreme Soul,
And you are the Atma of me.
But your time to be here with me is not yet.
And you must go back to the material phenomena.
But go with the knowledge that I am always with you.
Just think of me and you will realize the truth of this.
And with these words,
You find yourself again moving back off through time and space.
Moving through vast areas until eventually you again come to your body where you left it.
The Atma,
This ball of energy,
Enters again through the heart region.
It takes up its residence there.
And once more,
The energy of your soul emanates and flows and pervades the entire body,
Bringing consciousness,
Sentience to your complete being.
And with the flow of this positive loving energy,
Again move your fingertips and your toes.
And when you are ready,
Lie to one side and then take the seated position again.
And now placing your hands in the prayer position in front of the heart,
Gently bow the head for all that we are and for all that we can be.
Our humble thanks.
Namaste.
