The final part of a three-part guided meditation: Body like a mountain, breath like the sea, mind like the sky...
Mind like the sky (from MSS: Mountain, Sea, Sky 0:56:58.40 - 1:10:10.60)
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[Bell 4x]
Mind like the sky (from MSS: Mountain, Sea, Sky 0:56:58.40 - 1:10:10.60)(download into iTunes)
[Silence]
Body like a mountain, breath like the sea, mind (or heart) like the sky. Let the experience of each arise, and rest in the experience. We aren't moving from one to another, but resting in all of them together. Body like a mountain.
Breath like the sea.
Mind like the sky.
[Silence]
Don't be concerned with thoughts, memories, stories. Rest in the expanse of the sky itself, letting whatever comes take care of itself. You are not even observing it, you just rest in the expanse of the sky itself. And the clouds, and the planes and the birds, they do their thing. You are the sky.
Body like a mountain. You are the mountain.
Breath like the sea. You are the sea.
Mind like the sky. You are the sky.
And just rest there.
[Silence]
When you fall into sleepiness, or distraction and you recognize it, just relax and start again. Don't try to hold onto anything. Just let everything go, and start again. Body like a mountain. No effort. Breath like the sea. Infinitely deep motion, that just goes on and on. And mind like the sky. You can experience everything. Because you are the sky.
[Silence]
Sometimes your attention will go to the body, when it does, and you notice it, first expand so that it's your whole body, and then include the breath, and then include the mind, which is like the sky. Sometimes your attention will go to the breath. When it does, and you recognize it, include the sensations of the body. Body like a mountain, and mind like the sky. Sometimes your attention will go to the sky, and when it does and you recognize it, then include the body. Like a mountain, and the breath, like the sea. And then rest.
[Silence]
Now there are lots of parts of us that are not used to relating to the world, to life this way. They have a few things to say about it. You can let them talk, and their movement in the sky, they are ripples on the wave. They are trees and bushes on the mountain. They're there, but you don't actually have to do anything about them. You can continue to be the mountain, the sea and the sky.
At first we can only do this for very short periods, and that's fine. Something pulls us away, and so we come back, that's why we call it practice. It's not failure, we're learning. Body like a mountain, breath like the sea, mind like the sky.
[Silence]
[Bell 3x]
Body like a mountain, breath like the sea, mind (or heart) like the sky. Let the experience of each arise, and rest in the experience. We aren't moving from one to another, but resting in all of them together. Body like a mountain.
Breath like the sea.
Mind like the sky.
[Silence]
Don't be concerned with thoughts, memories, stories. Rest in the expanse of the sky itself, letting whatever comes take care of itself. You are not even observing it, you just rest in the expanse of the sky itself. And the clouds, and the planes and the birds, they do their thing. You are the sky.
Body like a mountain. You are the mountain.
Breath like the sea. You are the sea.
Mind like the sky. You are the sky.
And just rest there.
[Silence]
When you fall into sleepiness, or distraction and you recognize it, just relax and start again. Don't try to hold onto anything. Just let everything go, and start again. Body like a mountain. No effort. Breath like the sea. Infinitely deep motion, that just goes on and on. And mind like the sky. You can experience everything. Because you are the sky.
[Silence]
Sometimes your attention will go to the body, when it does, and you notice it, first expand so that it's your whole body, and then include the breath, and then include the mind, which is like the sky. Sometimes your attention will go to the breath. When it does, and you recognize it, include the sensations of the body. Body like a mountain, and mind like the sky. Sometimes your attention will go to the sky, and when it does and you recognize it, then include the body. Like a mountain, and the breath, like the sea. And then rest.
[Silence]
Now there are lots of parts of us that are not used to relating to the world, to life this way. They have a few things to say about it. You can let them talk, and their movement in the sky, they are ripples on the wave. They are trees and bushes on the mountain. They're there, but you don't actually have to do anything about them. You can continue to be the mountain, the sea and the sky.
At first we can only do this for very short periods, and that's fine. Something pulls us away, and so we come back, that's why we call it practice. It's not failure, we're learning. Body like a mountain, breath like the sea, mind like the sky.
[Silence]
[Bell 3x]
Note: Thanks to Tracy Ormond for the transcribing.
