Friday Night Guided Meditation

0:00 So welcome everybody here today. And it's also a beautiful opportunity to do more meditation, to learn how to meditate. Because you know that those people who haven't got jobs are looking for something to help their career. To do meditation, as well as whatever other job you do, really helps. I was just saying, somebody was, their sport, His tennis, and I don't know if you know that Novak Djokovic, every time he plays in the Wimbledon finals, that's coming up soon I imagine, that every time he plays at Wimbledon, he always goes before every match to the Thai temple, the Thai Buddhist temple in Cologne Road in Wimbledon. Report an error in the passage at 0:00 Highlight the passage at 0:00

0:53 They know him there, he just goes round the back into the garden and meditates before every match. That's one of the reasons why he's a champion. Report an error in the passage at 0:53 Highlight the passage at 0:53

1:05 Somebody was even saying also that one of the football clubs in London, they had a guru teaching them and that's one of the reasons why they did well in their competitions. So anyone looking for a new job, the West Coast Eagles apparently are doing terribly, so they really need Champion, so if you want to Report an error in the passage at 1:05 Highlight the passage at 1:05

1:29 some spiritual guidance, and even many years ago. Honestly, I did a radio program for 6PR years ago, and I was having an interview with, of all people, the West Coast Eagles, Stryker Brian, I forget his name now, but anyway, he was the captain of the team, so I was teaching him how to levitate. Report an error in the passage at 1:29 Highlight the passage at 1:29

2:01 Well, you know, if you've got to jump for the ball, you've got to jump high. So there's a lot of possibilities there. If you learn your meditation here and get good at it, there's many careers open for you. Somebody asked me, they're looking for a nice job. Now that's my answer. Okay, so anyway, let's be serious now if I can. Report an error in the passage at 2:01 Highlight the passage at 2:01

2:25 Do some meditation. So please sit down and close your eyes. Report an error in the passage at 2:25 Highlight the passage at 2:25

2:40 With your eyes closed, First of all, bring all of your attention into this, what we call the present moment. You're just here. Report an error in the passage at 2:40 Highlight the passage at 2:40

2:55 No plans, no fears. Let the past vanish. Because being in such a beautiful place like this temple, safe, calm, it's nice to be here, to appreciate the beauty of silence. That's Report an error in the passage at 2:55 Highlight the passage at 2:55

3:22 how wonderful it can feel, just being here. Report an error in the passage at 3:22 Highlight the passage at 3:22

3:31 Sometimes it's like you're in the world but not really part of it, like Report an error in the passage at 3:31 Highlight the passage at 3:31

3:40 you're up in the mountain looking at the people in the distance. Report an error in the passage at 3:40 Highlight the passage at 3:40

3:50 I remember usually a long time ago on Fridays, I'd look at the Southwest Highway and see all of the cars going south. I'd sit in the same place two days later on Sunday afternoon and see all the same cars going north, going back and forth, back and forth. I was just sitting still, peaceful. In Report an error in the passage at 3:50 Highlight the passage at 3:50

4:23 order to create that deep stillness inside of you, I like doing a little body scan, first of all. How do your legs feel? Report an error in the passage at 4:23 Highlight the passage at 4:23

4:40 As you can feel your legs, are they comfortable? You're looking as if your legs are something which are your friends, and you want to make sure your friends are comfortable. When I see someone I haven't seen for a while, I usually ask them, how are you? How are you going? What's occurring? Report an error in the passage at 4:40 Highlight the passage at 4:40

5:08 And just when you care for something, even something like your own legs, you care for them, you want them to be happy. You want them to be at peace and useful. Report an error in the passage at 5:08 Highlight the passage at 5:08

5:24 When I feel my legs, I mean with my mind, it's what's called mindfulness. I'm not allowing my mind to think and name. Have fantasies or dreams. I'm just being aware of something so simple, my own legs. And I add the care so if any part of my legs do feel a bit uncomfortable, I will move them straight away. Report an error in the passage at 5:24 Highlight the passage at 5:24

5:59 Just the fact you care produces relaxation. Report an error in the passage at 5:59 Highlight the passage at 5:59

6:08 So my legs relax very deeply. And Report an error in the passage at 6:08 Highlight the passage at 6:08

6:16 then I'm aware of my butt. Report an error in the passage at 6:16 Highlight the passage at 6:16

6:21 I'm sitting on a cushion, it's very comfortable but I can still feel the pressure, the weight of my body transferred to the floor through these cushions. Report an error in the passage at 6:21 Highlight the passage at 6:21

6:36 I don't worry about them, I just care to make sure they're well balanced, everything is even and peaceful. Report an error in the passage at 6:36 Highlight the passage at 6:36

6:51 I move my attention up, up my back. Many years ago I had a back injury and I can feel all of those ...bones in that spine. And I wanted just to make sure that they're comfortable. The advantage, one of the advantages of mindfulness is it gives you feedback. Just by caring or even by moving slightly, I can know whether I become more comfortable. Report an error in the passage at 6:51 Highlight the passage at 6:51

7:30 If I do become more comfortable, I realize I'm going in the right direction. So I relax my back even more. Report an error in the passage at 7:30 Highlight the passage at 7:30

7:44 But I also care about the insides of my body, just all those digestive tracts, all of the blood, the lymph, everything else, making sure the body is at ease. Report an error in the passage at 7:44 Highlight the passage at 7:44

8:04 And even if somebody does forget to turn off their mobile phone, please be kind, you've done that many times. Report an error in the passage at 8:04 Highlight the passage at 8:04

8:22 So you don't tense up, relax and let it go. The biggest noise from a mobile phone or from a person is the reaction it generates inside your mind. Report an error in the passage at 8:22 Highlight the passage at 8:22

8:40 If you don't react, you let go, there's no more noise from that mobile phone anymore. You're at peace. If there's any ache or pain in your body, sometimes going right into the center, As we're Report an error in the passage at 8:40 Highlight the passage at 8:40

9:33 doing these guided meditations, please be aware of how you react to them, to the pieces of advice, to everything which you receive. starts to become peaceful. Report an error in the passage at 9:33 Highlight the passage at 9:33

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9:51 What makes you more relaxed, more at peace? Report an error in the passage at 9:51 Highlight the passage at 9:51

9:59 What does peace feel like? After Report an error in the passage at 9:59 Highlight the passage at 9:59

10:06 usually scanning through my body, I usually get up to my shoulders and it's quite strange that they do become, they do feel tense right now. I've been working quite hard. So now I can feel the muscles in my shoulders tight. Report an error in the passage at 10:06 Highlight the passage at 10:06

10:35 So one thing I do is to scrunch them up to make them even tighter. The reason I do that is because once they're as tight as I can hold them, then I let go. Report an error in the passage at 10:35 Highlight the passage at 10:35

10:49 When I let go, they become much more peaceful than when I started. Report an error in the passage at 10:49 Highlight the passage at 10:49

10:59 Sometimes it's like moving a ball further up a hill. They get so high when you let it go, it falls way to the bottom really fast. Report an error in the passage at 10:59 Highlight the passage at 10:59

11:11 My shoulders are now... It's actually quite amazingly relaxed. And when you do relax the body, it feels good, it feels pleasant, it feels pleasurable. And Report an error in the passage at 11:11 Highlight the passage at 11:11

11:32 that pleasure of meditation, of relaxation, makes you enjoy the meditation. It's not a task you force yourself to do. It's like the meditation draws you in to go more and more peaceful, more and more deep. For Report an error in the passage at 11:32 Highlight the passage at 11:32

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12:23 my shoulders I just scan down my arms. I can feel these parts of my body. I Report an error in the passage at 12:23 Highlight the passage at 12:23

12:37 know how to relax them. Imagine things opening up. Sometimes I imagine my arms just resting on the softest of cotton pillows. It Report an error in the passage at 12:37 Highlight the passage at 12:37

12:56 feels pleasant. I have no tension in the body. I go up to my neck again and up to my... I like going to my face because there, if there's any tension in the mind, you can read it on the way that your face gets screwed up. Report an error in the passage at 12:56 Highlight the passage at 12:56

13:24 I learn how to relax all the feelings around my eyes. They're closed, but not closed tight, not scrunched up around the nose and the mouth, like Report an error in the passage at 13:24 Highlight the passage at 13:24

13:42 everything is loose and open because we've all got our eyes closed. Nobody is looking, so you can relax to the max. You don't have to put on a show for somebody. Report an error in the passage at 13:42 Highlight the passage at 13:42

14:00 You're at peace. That's the reason why we get relaxed. And that's the reason why we do relaxation. To experience peace in the body. Report an error in the passage at 14:00 Highlight the passage at 14:00

14:17 Once the body is at peace, the mind can be at peace. How Report an error in the passage at 14:17 Highlight the passage at 14:17

14:26 does peace feel to you? In your Report an error in the passage at 14:26 Highlight the passage at 14:26

14:33 life, I'm sure you've all... Report an error in the passage at 14:33 Highlight the passage at 14:33

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15:20 express consent. The future is being created. Report an error in the passage at 15:20 Highlight the passage at 15:20

15:24 Make sure this present moment is at peace, kind, positive. When you're at peace with the present moment, it's pleasant. Because it's pleasant, you don't get drawn to escape to some past, or get drawn away to some fantasy future. Report an error in the passage at 15:24 Highlight the passage at 15:24

15:51 Present moment is more than beautiful enough. When Report an error in the passage at 15:51 Highlight the passage at 15:51

16:02 you're here in this moment, the next stage of meditation, It's learning how to be silent inside. You don't have to give things names. You don't have to work it all out in thoughts and ideas. Let Report an error in the passage at 16:02 Highlight the passage at 16:02

16:31 the inner chatter disappear. Instead, see, hear, be, be in silence. Report an error in the passage at 16:31 Highlight the passage at 16:31

16:49 And then many of you will feel it's like you're existing now. Report an error in the passage at 16:49 Highlight the passage at 16:49

16:57 That you're living more Report an error in the passage at 16:57 Highlight the passage at 16:57

17:04 deeply, feeling and understanding what's always been there, what you haven't had the time or the inclination to really look at. Now Report an error in the passage at 17:04 Highlight the passage at 17:04

17:21 you can actually hear sounds. You can feel the coolness of the air. You can feel the sound of my voice. And Report an error in the passage at 17:21 Highlight the passage at 17:21

17:37 no one is interfering with you. No one is judging you. You haven't got to prove anything. You're just at peace. All Report an error in the passage at 17:37 Highlight the passage at 17:37

17:57 of the wanting just disappears for a moment or two. You're just happy to be here in Report an error in the passage at 17:57 Highlight the passage at 17:57

18:12 this moment, not needing anything in the whole world. At peace, free. It's like all your muscles relax and the mind relaxes too. It Report an error in the passage at 18:12 Highlight the passage at 18:12

18:31 feels the opposite of pain. It feels... Freedom, peace, Report an error in the passage at 18:31 Highlight the passage at 18:31

18:44 stillness. Be Report an error in the passage at 18:44 Highlight the passage at 18:44

18:52 quiet for a few moments. See how much of that stillness and peace you can experience. The Report an error in the passage at 18:52 Highlight the passage at 18:52

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25:01 end of the meditation. Before Report an error in the passage at 25:01 Highlight the passage at 25:01

25:07 you open your eyes, just pause. Pause to enjoy where you are. Report an error in the passage at 25:07 Highlight the passage at 25:07

25:20 Usually these periods mean the mind is relaxed, at ease. It feels good. And you can see much deeper, understand more. And Report an error in the passage at 25:20 Highlight the passage at 25:20

25:39 also one thing you understand is what peace is like. Beautiful, free. I Report an error in the passage at 25:39 Highlight the passage at 25:39

26:04 invite you to please slowly open your eyes to finish the meditation for now. Thank Report an error in the passage at 26:04 Highlight the passage at 26:04

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26:47 you. So Report an error in the passage at 26:47 Highlight the passage at 26:47

26:55 those who have come in a little bit later, please find a nice seat somewhere. Report an error in the passage at 26:55 Highlight the passage at 26:55