He is such a remarkable presence in the world. And we happen to be at yet one more zenith of accessibility for learning these old tools, refitted for modern day use.
And its a great tool box.
For navigating life.
For untangling stuck and scary things we try to avoid.
This guided meditation invites you to imagine that you are a mountain. A mountain with a stable base, a lofty peak, a profile of your sides: that are all uniquely you.
And as the seasons come and go, the years passing slowly by, as you experience small changes incrementally, your stability remains. Because, after all - you are a mountain.
He likes to talk aobut how good mountains are, at sitting. At being with what is. Of having a 360 degree vantage point. A panoramic view of reality. Of takingnote of what is different now, than a few moments ago.
And so, I sat for a moment, before runnin goff to do other things, and I imagined that I was Mt. Washington. A mountain I've climbed many times, from childhood on. A mountain that, when you stand at the base, looks enormous.
I mean, your mind says to you "Why on earth would you think you could climb this thing?"
And then, you do. And when you get to the top, everything inside of you changes.
Your self starts to say to you "You know, if this looked so impossible, and we actually did it, what about all the other things we have always thought were impossible? Maybe, just maybe, that's not true."
And as you stand there at the very top of the impossibly tall mountain, having made it, all htese things inside of you begin to shift around.
And instead of being stuck in making assumptions, all these parts of you egin to reconsider what is possible.
Probably you've had all kinds of experiences that seemed impossible, that you ended up doing.
And then you faced yourself in the same way. Said to your self "Wow! We did it! Now, if we did, what does that say about all th stuff we've been telling ourselves is not possible??"
I love stuff like that. It really messes everything up. In a really good way.
So I lestened to Jon Kabot Zinn do the guided meditation that is included here, and I was a stable mountain. With a lofty peak. Yup. Just sitting, while all kinds of crap happened over time. But I was fine. I just sat. And accepted every single thing.
My thoughts did trickle byor zoom by or pound along by, like birds or monsters, and I just sat, and they came into view and then just went on by. And everything settled. And then it was time to get up.
I got up and everything was rearranged. Back into persepctive. I flet like I was really rooted in the present. And no overwhelemed. I felt like what had been really too much was was settled down into what it is in actuality. I gathered up mythings , went to the door, opened it, and went down the stairs, prepared to live another moment.
Jon Kabot Zinn is fond of saying that also. You might as well allow yourself to be in this moment. Fully embodied. You wanna know why?
Because its actually the only one you have.
https:m.youtube.com/watch?=Bzv_zXWIMTM
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