Good morning,
Good afternoon,
Good evening.
Short extract from Joko Beck.
Very simple.
There is a foundation for our lives,
A place in which our life rests.
That place is nothing but the present moment,
As we see,
Hear,
Experience what is.
If we don't return to that place,
We live our lives out of our heads.
We blame others,
Complain,
Feel sorry for ourselves.
All of these symptoms show that we're stuck in our thoughts.
We're out of touch with the open space that is always right here.
So what we're doing is very simple.
Going back to the hearing,
Feeling,
Seeing.
There's no drama there.
That's where the ease and the wonder is.
So let's begin with.
.
.
A mantra meditation to help us.
Relax.
So the mantra is,
Shahreem doesn't mean anything.
And we can recite it silently inside too.
While in sync with the breath.
Shareem shari.
Just for a few minutes.
It has joined us.
Just using the mantra Sha Reem for a few minutes.
Always returning back to this present moment.
The feeling,
The hearing.
And if you're ready,
You can drop the mantra.
Pick it up when you need it.
You're spinning in your thoughts.
Where is the attention?
What's going on?
Listen to the silence.
Being in the senses.
Is the present moment.
Pick up the mantra if you need it.
Just too scattered.
Too busy.
What's going on?
And there's nothing to ponder,
Nothing to work out.
So when you are in thinking,
Is just having it so.
Back to the body.
Just here.
Not doing anything with what's here.
It's resting.
Out of the head.
Becoming more and more intimate with presence,
The present moment.
Okay,
Bring this session to an end.
Just love the simplicity of the directions.
It's the present moment and that's it.
Come out the head.
Come into the senses.
