Guided Meditation | (Peaceful Place)

Channel: Simply Always Awake

Transcript

Language: English (original, Whisper AI)

[0:02] Sometimes when we begin to meditate, it can be helpful to just take note of the environment.

[0:12] Put some attention into the soundscape. Take it in.

[0:26] Whether those sounds are ambient or distinct, close to the ear, farther away,

[0:45] they're all equal. It's just sound, and there's no need to reject it, judge it, filter.

[1:10] It's not right or wrong for meditation, it's just what's happening.

[1:25] And then turn some attention to the visual field. If the eyes are open, you'll see a few feet in front of you,

[1:36] or perhaps just those patterns, forms, and they're raw, unfiltered confirmation.

[1:53] If your eyes are closed, you'll see subtle shades behind the eyelids.

[2:03] Tiny points of light, variations in the subtle colors.

[2:17] Don't judge this. It's not right or wrong.

[2:25] Just a sense.

[2:29] Just what's happening.

[2:36] We can turn our attention to the body sense.

[2:45] We might notice areas of tension in the jaw, face, neck, chest or shoulders.

[3:02] In the belly.

[3:07] In the groin.

[3:13] We may notice the arms, legs, feet, hands.

[3:22] Any contact points.

[3:25] Warmth or coolness.

[3:31] All of this can be experienced without filters.

[3:37] Just pure experience.

[3:53] And we can let our attention drift into the stirring pool of consciousness, which is thoughts.

[4:05] The movement of thoughts.

[4:10] The sense of being a thinker.

[4:13] The one who's aware.

[4:20] Any relationship we have with a certain thought in the moment.

[4:28] The thought says, I don't follow this.

[4:30] It doesn't make sense.

[4:32] We notice the thought.

[4:35] Which is usually our voice.

[4:40] We notice there's something more subtle that's aware of that thought.

[4:48] It might feel like I.

[4:52] Or me.

[4:56] But it's just the other end of the same thought.

[5:07] We might be able to perceive a subtle or not so subtle expansion of the edges of that thought space, consciousness, into all directions.

[5:31] Like a pool or an ocean of thought potential.

[5:39] Thought stuff.

[5:43] Eye stuff.

[5:52] Because we inhabit the whole of this consciousness.

[5:57] The whole of the pool or the ocean.

[6:02] No space in that field is apart from us.

[6:09] So any thought arising is perfectly okay.

[6:21] We can orient directly toward any thought movement.

[6:31] As if you're just noticing the next thought start to arise.

[6:37] It may not even fully form.

[6:57] There may be thought movement in front, behind, above, below.

[7:22] The content of thoughts is not a concern.

[7:32] because every thought we've ever experienced is here.

[7:52] Nothing new is going to appear in this thought space so we can completely surrender to the

[8:01] movement of consciousness.

[8:02] That's it.

[8:38] There may be a lot of movement in consciousness, a lot of thoughts.

[8:46] There may be very little but we don't concern ourselves with that distinction because that's

[8:58] just another thought.

[9:25] So the beauty of meditation is we don't need anything.

[9:31] Everything that could be needed is already here.

[9:44] We're not trying to acquire anything.

[10:00] We're not trying to clarify anything.

[10:14] We don't have to wrestle with where our attention naturally moves.

[10:23] Because where our attention appears is already the right place.

[10:26] It's perfectly okay.

[11:07] We can allow our attention to pour into that thought substance.

[11:20] I'm going to see you in the mirror.

[11:38] Okay?

[11:48] Thank you.