My friend,
Take a moment in your seat to connect to the ground.
Through the soles of your feet,
Or your sitz bones,
Or whatever is touching down.
Notice the connection to the ground.
And then,
With a long,
Slow breath,
In through the nose.
Lengthen the spine.
Equally long breath out.
Ground it again.
As you sit here watching your breath,
Intentionally draw a slight smile to your lips.
And allow your body to bask in a sensation of happiness.
Feel that sensation as if you already have all the happiness in this world,
And every cause of future happiness.
Right here,
Right now,
Content.
Knowing you have everything you need.
And then,
With the sensation of how this happiness feels in your body,
Imagine sending that same sensation to either one single particular being,
Or all living beings in the world.
And then imagine this one in particular,
Or everyone,
Feeling that same full-bodied happiness and contentment that you feel right now.
And from this sensation of joy,
Allow yourself to feel as though you are also free from every pain and suffering,
And all causes of future pain and suffering.
Still breathing into that slight,
Seen,
Or unseen smile,
You are entirely free from pain and suffering.
With your whole body,
Drop into the sensation of how good this freedom feels,
As you wish the same for just one particular being,
Or all beings everywhere.
May all beings everywhere be free from pain and suffering,
And all causes of future pain and suffering.
As you send out this wish,
Feel the energy of that wish fulfilled coming back to you.
Your happiness and your sending of joy to others cause the happiness of others to return to you.
Thanks to your wish,
Seeing all other beings happy and free from pain brings you joy.
Locate this joy in your body and rest in awareness of it,
Feeling utterly full of joy,
Send it to others.
May all beings everywhere feel this same complete and total sense of joy.
May they feel the pleasure of a full body connection to happiness,
Fully absent from pain or suffering.
And allow yourself to imagine a world where every being was connected to joy.
And because of this connection,
Not a single being would ever hurt another.
And recognize that this world began with you,
With your willingness to connect to the joy within you,
To share it with others.
And so may you always be willing to share joy,
And may you share it freely with all beings equally,
Whoever they may be.
When you are ready,
Slowly return to the environment.
Thank you,
My friend.
I wish you love,
Joy,
And happiness.
