Friday Night Guided Meditation

0:00 So anyway, let's now do some meditation instead of just talking about it. And just honestly, meditation is the most beautiful thing. That's why I don't mind just going to different places in the world to teach this meditation, because it's gorgeous. Report an error in the passage at 0:00 Highlight the passage at 0:00

0:22 Once you get very still and peaceful, it's amazing how much happiness you can get. It's just there, it's like... A lot of times we waste our energy in the happiness which it supplies to us. We're too busy doing things and where we can be still and peaceful and let things go. Report an error in the passage at 0:22 Highlight the passage at 0:22

0:48 So when you're meditating in this hall you take your shoes off which doesn't allow you to go very far and just not take your shoes off. But just to take all those responsibilities you have in life and put them outside. It's only for half an hour. And you feel just how easy that is. And how beautiful and free to let go. So right now, you're the same as monks and nuns who have been doing this for centuries. Report an error in the passage at 0:48 Highlight the passage at 0:48

1:32 Just sitting quietly and allowing the peace. To come right inside of you and kind of take over. Report an error in the passage at 1:32 Highlight the passage at 1:32

1:46 You're a person of peace, not of thoughts, not of arguments, but of silence. And that silence becomes so gorgeous, you can just be still. So Report an error in the passage at 1:46 Highlight the passage at 1:46

2:15 it's nice to begin the meditation reminding yourself of where it's going and it's safe, incredibly safe and gorgeous and so... Therapeutic for everything. So Report an error in the passage at 2:15 Highlight the passage at 2:15

2:46 again, I begin the meditation. Sometimes I do it many different ways. I usually do the scanning the body first of all and relaxing everything. And Report an error in the passage at 2:46 Highlight the passage at 2:46

3:06 other times I just look at my body and the breath and just be kind to it. Kindness to the body, kindness to my breathing, which is kind of central to my body. Report an error in the passage at 3:06 Highlight the passage at 3:06

3:32 Can you experience your breath right now? Report an error in the passage at 3:32 Highlight the passage at 3:32

3:37 Don't try and change it, just to know it. How is it? Report an error in the passage at 3:37 Highlight the passage at 3:37

3:46 If you're anxious, the breath is like one way. If you're really relaxed, the breath is a totally peaceful, calm thing. Report an error in the passage at 3:46 Highlight the passage at 3:46

4:05 And it's not just calm. Your breath can be something which is beautiful. Report an error in the passage at 4:05 Highlight the passage at 4:05

4:13 Few people realize just how gorgeous just watching your breath. Come in, go out. It gives you something very peaceful to observe. And it really is delightful. So Report an error in the passage at 4:13 Highlight the passage at 4:13

· · · silence, 1 minute

5:23 today I'm indulging. Just enjoying. Report an error in the passage at 5:23 Highlight the passage at 5:23

5:33 Watching this breath go in. Report an error in the passage at 5:33 Highlight the passage at 5:33

5:38 Pause. And watching it go out. And Report an error in the passage at 5:38 Highlight the passage at 5:38

5:51 keep it very, very simple. Report an error in the passage at 5:51 Highlight the passage at 5:51

6:00 Today my body is very at ease. I don't need to relax anything. The whole body is fully relaxed. What Report an error in the passage at 6:00 Highlight the passage at 6:00

6:18 am I doing? The bare minimum. Getting Report an error in the passage at 6:18 Highlight the passage at 6:18

· · · silence, 18 minutes

24:43 very close to the end point of this meditation. So Report an error in the passage at 24:43 Highlight the passage at 24:43

24:57 nice to not do anything. Report an error in the passage at 24:57 Highlight the passage at 24:57

25:07 Peace, stillness, calmness. When you refuse to do anything, you Report an error in the passage at 25:07 Highlight the passage at 25:07

25:22 just are. How Report an error in the passage at 25:22 Highlight the passage at 25:22

25:29 was your meditation? It's Report an error in the passage at 25:29 Highlight the passage at 25:29

25:36 close now. Please prepare yourself. To come out from the meditation slowly so you can take much of that peace out into the world. Take it with you. You've learnt, grown, kept a lot of beautiful things which worked. Bring that out with you when you open your eyes to complete the meditation. Report an error in the passage at 25:36 Highlight the passage at 25:36

26:23 Thank you. Report an error in the passage at 26:23 Highlight the passage at 26:23

26:37 Excellent. Report an error in the passage at 26:37 Highlight the passage at 26:37

26:42 Thank you so much for letting me. Just be really, really peaceful. If Report an error in the passage at 26:42 Highlight the passage at 26:42

26:52 you wish to carry on with your eyes closed, please carry on. Report an error in the passage at 26:52 Highlight the passage at 26:52