Find a comfortable,
Quiet place,
Either sitting or lying down.
Close your eyes if you prefer.
Take a few deep breaths.
With each inhale,
Imagine a shower of light pouring down from the above into your heart.
With each exhale,
Radiate out the light from the heart to the whole body.
Breathing in,
Light to the heart.
Breathing out,
Light all over the body.
Now bring your awareness towards the mind.
Look deeply inside with openness,
Without any judgment.
Notice all the ideas,
Narratives,
And beliefs floating through your consciousness.
Do not engage with any of them.
Just notice how they come and go,
Arise and subside.
These images and ideas don't come from you.
They are created by the collective minds,
The society,
Culture,
And even past lives.
Notice how your mind is like a canvas.
It doesn't draw pictures on its own.
It simply allows paintings,
Images,
Stories to appear.
They don't belong to you.
They are not you.
See how these images and ideas condition your perceptions about the world.
Recognize them for what they are.
Empty stories that seem real only because of your identification with them.
But now you can see they are simply meaningless constructs passing by.
With each breath,
Allow more space around these images,
Thoughts,
And stories.
Allow more light,
More peace to come within.
Loosen their grip on your mind.
Let go of believing or rejecting them.
Simply witness and allow.
Now turn your awareness to that silent witness within.
The changeless awareness prior to all stories,
All constructs.
Abide as from this consciousness itself.
The space in which all stories arise and pass away like clouds in the sky.
Focus on your breath.
Each inhalation brings more space,
More freedom.
Each exhalation releases the grip,
Another layer of illusion.
Allow each breath completely into the present moment,
Into formless awareness.
The images,
Thoughts,
And stories may reappear,
But you remain the space that enables their arising prior to and beyond all constructs.
You are the infinite consciousness in which collective mind appears,
But you are not that mind.
Abide peacefully as the changeless witness of this ever-changing,
Elusive world.
Come back to your breath,
To the witness within.
Free from seeking or resistance.
You are already whole,
Complete,
At peace.
All else is story.
