Santosha Meditation tm
By
Manorama & Luminous Shabda
Suggested
Practice: 2 x's per week for 10 minutes
Grounding:
Begin
your practice with this guided meditation
Find a
comfortable seat either in a chair or on the floor in a cross-legged position.
Pay
attention to the space around you.
Be open
and one by one, notice the five gateways of perception.
Notice
what you see, hear, smell, taste, the quality of the air on your body, is it
hot or cold?
Once you
are aware of them, start to pull your attention away from the objects you
perceive.
Notice
that your attention needs energy to exist.
Being
with Energy:
Withdraw
the energy that underlies your attention and practice being with it inside.
Feel the
quality of this energy.
Don't
make any meaning about it, just feel it without letting thoughts flood the
experience with mental meaning.
Learn
and practice the value of being with energy without thought.
Allow
your awareness to gently connect with the breath.
Watch the
natural in going and outgoing breath pattern.
Feel the
lightness and subtlety of your own essence as energy beyond thought.
Have
contact with your Self and gently be with that.
Unify
your attention, breath, energy by bringing them all together with your
awareness.
This is
Santosha contentment, which arises from contact with the internal union.
Mapping
Healing:
After a
few minutes, begin to re-connect with your body and your mind.
Open your
eyes and ground in your physical reality.
Place your
hand on your heart for 30 seconds inhale and exhale slowly notice how your
heart is calm, you feel refreshed and at ease with simply being.
2012
Copyright Manorama & Luminous Shabda/Sanskrit Studies
