A Meditation From Sitting Above The Fray

So,

Finding a comfortable posture for you that is upright but also relaxed,

And then closing the eyes or lowering them,

And turning the gaze towards the heart,

Feeling the connection to the earth,

Our home,

This collective home that we share,

And connecting with one another,

And then finding the breath and beginning to follow the breath,

And noticing if any of the hindrances are present,

If desire is present,

Or if ill will is present.

If a hindrance arises,

You know,

Can you welcome it?

Can you welcome it with love,

With compassion?

You welcome and examine,

Be with and examine the hindrances,

And this is where we get to practice.

Do that with a lot of love,

And then we're practicing being with whatever arises with love.

And yeah,

Just like practice in and of itself is a choice,

We're choosing to sit together and to sit.

Also,

Love is a choice.

I mean,

Maybe we're lucky enough that it just happens for us,

But for me anyway,

It's a choice.

I have to make that choice,

So just inviting you to make that choice with any hindrances arising now or that arises when we close our sit anytime.