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Hear this meditation. Audio 8:38 min Stand, hands as if in your back pockets, feet together, toes and heels touching. Drop your head back, push your hips forward, weight on your heels. Let your heart be open. When ready, come up, focus on your breath. When ready, sit. We are going to think about some people we know. Some folks like to close their eyes. Think of someone you love dearly. See them. Hear them. Touch them. a strong affection arising out of kinship or personal ties.* el amor el cariño entero basa en el parentesco ó los lazos personales. il amore il affetto forte basate su la affinita o il legami personale. What ties, kinship, do you have with this person you love dearly? Feel your love for this person. Compassion sympathetic consciousness of another's distress, together with a desire to alleviate it.* la compasión la conciencia afecta del dolor de otra persona, con un deseo de aliviarlo. la compassione la consapevolezza in sintonia de la sofferenza con il desiderio de alleviare. What suffering, distress, does this person you love dearly have? Take their distress within you. Dissipate it. Feel both of you at peace. Think of a casual acquaintance of yours. See them. Hear them. Touch them. What ties, kinship, do you have with this acquaintance? Feel your love for this person. What suffering, distress, does this acquaintance have? Take their distress within you. Dissipate it. Feel both of you at peace. Think of one person with whom you have some fundamental diagreement. See them. Hear them. Touch them. What ties, kinship, do you have with this person? Feel your love for this person. What suffering, distress, does this person have? Take their distress within you. Dissipate it. Feel both of you at peace. Think of all the people of the world. See them. Hear them. Touch them. What ties, kinship, do you have with all the people of the world? Feel your love for all the people of the world. What suffering, distress, do all the people of the world have? Take their distress within you. Dissipate it. Feel all of you at peace. Think of you. See you. Hear you. Touch you. What ties, kinship, do you have with yourself? Feel your love for you. What suffering, distress, do you have? Take in your distress. Dissipate it. Feel peace. Breath. Notice your breath. Listen to the words of the song, All You Need is Love by The Beatles. Really hear the words. When you are ready, wiggle your fingers, your toes. When you are ready, open your eyes.  Sunrise at Malibu photo © LC Roque, used by permission. All other materials ©2008 CRC Consulting, Inc. To request permission to reprint this material, contact me. |