How to use the meditations
1. Find a quiet place where you will not be disturbed.
2. Read through the whole meditation a few times, then put it down.
3. Sit in a position both comfortable and alert.
4. Allow the meditation 10 minutes or so in your imagination. Do not give up before this time; stay with it.
5. Allow another 10 minutes for recording what happened. Allow events to develop as you record. |
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MEDITATION 40
AIN'T NO CRYSTAL STAIR
Well, son, I'll tell you
Life for me ain't been no crystal stair
It's had hard tacks in it
And splinters
And boards torn up
And places with no carpet on the floor –
Bare.
But all the time I'se been climbing on
And reachin' landings
And turning corners
And sometimes going in the dark
Where there ain't been no light.
So, boy, don't you turn back...
(From Mother to Son, by Langston Hughes)
Consider
Is some resistance getting you down?
Is there anything making you want to sit yourself down on the steps, because it's all a bit hard?
Imagine
You're climbing some steps.
What sort of steps?
Where do they lead? Do you know?
And are they easy or hard?
What happens on your climb?
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