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 44
A CHANGE OF FORM
When a lake turns to ice; or when rain becomes snow, something fluid is given shape. What had no fixed shape now acquires one, presenting to the world in a new manner. The watery essence remains; only the form has changed.
The form of our lives changes also; a constant becoming and unbecoming. This is not always easy. We sometimes hold onto old empires and cling to pillars which once supported us. We keep pictures of how things were, and record kisses and precious moments in diary and on film. "Lest they are lost!" we say. "Put down the anchors in the sea of change. May nothing be lost!"
But fear not. Nothing is ever lost, for the essence was always you; the source always you. Fluid, hardening, solid, melting, fluid, hardening, solid, melting...
Becoming, unbecoming, becoming...
Imagine
Imagine the icicle melting...
the lake frozen...
the kettle steaming...
the rain pelting...
the snow falling...
the river flowing...
And you? Where are you in all this?
Form is changing; essence is the same.
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