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To begin the regular practice of meditation, of looking into ourselves.
Let's arrange to spend this time on a regular basis,
in a place where we can comfortably still the body,
and at a time when we will not be interrupted.
Allowing this to be a time in which we set aside the usual mode in which we operate,
that of more or less constant doing,
and switch to a mode of non-doing.
A mode of simply being.
Of allowing ourselves to be.
Of becoming aware of our being.
This, of course, will tend to slow time down,
and is best accomplished by making this time,
and coming to sit in a direct and dignified posture,
either on a straight back chair, or on the floor on a cushion,
and as we allow the body to become still,
just bringing our attention to the fact that we're breathing,
and becoming aware of the movement of the breath,
as it comes into your body, and as it leaves your body.
Not manipulating the breathing in any way, or trying to change it.
Simply being aware of it,
and of the feelings associated with breathing,
and if you feel comfortable with it,
observing your breathing deep down in your belly,
feeling the abdominal wall as it expands gently on the in-breath,
as it falls back towards your spine on the out-breath,
and simply being totally here, in each moment, with each breath.
Not trying to do anything, not trying to get any place,
simply being with your breathing.
Just giving full care, and your full attention,
to each in-breath, and to each out-breath,
as they follow, one after the other,
in a never-ending cycle, and flow.
Now, of course you will find that from time to time,
your mind will wander off into thoughts, fantasies,
anticipations of the future, worrying, thoughts of the past, memories, whatever.
But when you notice that your attention is no longer here,
no longer really on your breathing,
and without giving yourself a hard time,
just intentionally escorting your focus, your attention, back to the breathing,
and picking up wherever it happens to be,
on an in-breath, or on an out-breath,
and just observing, moving up close to your breathing,
and keeping the attention here, as if you were riding the waves of your breathing,
fully conscious of the duration of the in-breath,
and the duration of the out-breath, from moment to moment.
And as the tape finishes,
recognizing that you have spent this time intentionally nourishing yourself,
by dwelling in this state of non-doing,
in this state of being,
intentionally making time for yourself to be who you are,
and you might want to just congratulate yourself for taking the time and the energy to do this,
and to allow yourself the occasion to do it on a regular basis,
and to nourish yourself in a deep way,
and to allow the benefits of this practice
to expand into the active expression of your life,
in every domain, as it continues to unfold.
