AGOL 26, Ведомая медитация 1 — стенограмма

[Speaker 1]
So, please relax your face. Get comfortable. We will be meditating a lot in this week.

Relax your eyes. Relax your fingers. Pull in your stomach slightly.

Little bit of a smile. And your shoulder blades in the back, a little bit pulled together so your chest comes up. And then slowly come to your breath.

[Speaker 2]
Try not to move.

[Speaker 1]
Long exhales. And the inhale is automatic. Eyelids are relaxed.

Then imagine that your teacher is coming to the door. Could be one of the teachers you've had earlier in your life. Your mother or your father.

Or someone who taught you in the school.

[Speaker 2]
Special teacher in your life.

[Speaker 1]
Could be one of the great teachers of history, like Jesus, or Moses, or Muhammad, or Buddha. Could be heart teacher. Could be a perfect teacher that you haven't met yet.

Ask them to come into the room, and to invite them to meditate with you. And they're very happy because you are meditating. And they sit down in front of you, and they make themselves comfortable.

And they are smiling. You can see their face even with your eyes closed. And it's just quiet between you and them.

Then think of some good quality they have. Something you would like to develop yourself. Then make them an offering.

Traditionally, it could be the sky filled with flowers. They especially enjoy some good thing you did yesterday to someone. Then think of something you did yesterday that you weren't very proud of.

Some mistake. And open your heart, and show them. And just showing them honestly will clean it.

Then also, share with your teacher something beautiful you did yesterday. Then ask your teacher to continue teaching you, not to stop. And ask them to stay in your life.

Then I'd like to bring our mind into a special meditation. This is about the Buddhist idea of taking refuge. It's a traditional meditation.

And there are three parts. The first part, with your eyes closed, try to think about places in this world where there is great suffering right now. I was listening to the radio in my car.

And they were describing Syria in this city called Mosul. And they were describing this highway, big highway that goes into the city. And if you want food or water, you must drive or walk down this highway.

And so there are people who are hiding in buildings along the highway. And anyone who tries to go for water or food, they shoot them. And the highway, even today, right now, is covered with dead people.

And one person who saw it, they said, you can see very old people, even some people in wheelchairs who were shot. And you can see small babies also shot. And the person I heard talking, they saw a teenage girl shot in the hip.

And she was lying on the highway for seven days without water or food. Cannot move. And no one else can reach her.

But they can watch her. And there was a baby with her mother. And the mother was shot.

And the baby crawled under her shawl, her Muslim veil, and was hiding for three days. People can see, but they cannot reach the baby. So, this is happening now, last week.

Then, we live in countries that are different. We are not having a war like that right now. But we have the seeds to have a war like that.

It's not something that can only happen in the Middle East. All countries have had wars like that. And even the countries which seem very stable, the countries which seem very peaceful, they can change very quickly in a few months.

If you understand history of this world, those wars come very quickly and very unexpectedly. Mosul was a very beautiful city before. And now it's like hell.

And we all have those same seeds. And by next year at the same time, we don't know that we won't be in a war like that. So, we have seeds for terrible things inside of us.

Terrible diseases, terrible tragedies, terrible accidents. Then, before those seeds open, we have to take refuge. And that's by understanding the pen.

That everything around us is coming from me. Even me, to be in this room, is also coming from seeds. And just to understand that can prevent those wars, accidents, diseases.

So, we'll take a few minutes now. Just try to imagine seeds in your heart chakra. Try to imagine watching them.

[Speaker 2]
And try hard to imagine them creating this room and the people around you.

[Speaker 1]
And also creating yourself sitting on this seat right now.

[Speaker 2]
We'll meditate for five or ten minutes.

[Speaker 1]
Try to be quiet. Try not to move. And try really hard to picture seeds in your heart opening and creating this room and the other people and even yourself.

[Speaker 2]
Especially your thoughts.

[Speaker 1]
Even in your own mind. Try to imagine karma seeds opening and those thoughts are coming out. See if you can find the place where the seeds are opening.

And we'll stay quiet for about five, ten minutes. Then, please slowly come back to your breath. Take three deep exhales.

Each time you exhale, please imagine that you are sharing this peace and this understanding with other people. Then you can slowly open your eyes.

[Speaker 2]
Stretch your arms.