Buddhism for Healing: Practical Meditations, Mantras, and Rituals for Balance and Harmony by Terry Cortés-Vega

Buddhism for Healing: Practical Meditations, Mantras, and Rituals for Balance and Harmony by Terry Cortés-Vega

Author:Terry Cortés-Vega [Cortés-Vega, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Rockridge Press
Published: 2020-11-30T16:00:00+00:00


Let your loved one know that they are much more than their body; they are part of the stream of life that never ends.

CULTIVATING SOLIDITY: A VISUALIZATION MEDITATION

GOLDEN SILENCE, SUN DOWN, SUN UP

You know how beautiful, solid, and peaceful mountains are? Even in rough weather and difficult seasons, mountains inspire us with their equanimity and solidity. In this mountain meditation, you “become” a mountain, which helps you weather life’s challenges, meeting them handily with solidity, flexibility, stillness, and peace, much as a mountain does in turn.

Sit in a relaxed, dignified way. Let go of the day you’ve had so far. Drop your thoughts about what might happen next or in the future. Let your breathing anchor you in the present moment.

Bring the image of a mountain to your mind.

Notice its shape, peak, and where it’s rooted in the earth.

Are there trees? Is it rocky or barren? Are there streams?

Notice how massive the mountain is. Solid. Still. Beautiful.

Take several moments to appreciate the details of the mountain.

See if you can bring the mountain into your body so that your body and the mountain in your imagination are one. Your head is the peak. Your buttocks and legs are the base of the mountain grounded in the earth; your arms are its sides.

Sit and breathe as Mountain.

Sun shines on you, the mountain. Feel the heat.

Clouds gather and it begins to rain on your mountain body.

The moon comes up, turning your sides silvery; the stars envelop your peak.

You just sit and breathe as Mountain.

Seasons come and go.

Sometimes Mountain is enshrouded in fog, pelted by freezing rain, attacked by violent storms.

You as Mountain sit, tall and dignified, sitting and breathing in unshakable groundedness, rooted in the face of all change.

People come and comment on how beautiful Mountain is. Or they do not come, and do not comment.

Mountain’s beauty is not changed by the seasons or the weather or by the way people see it.

In the same way, you experience light and dark, stillness and movement, happiness and sorrow. Storms come and go in your life.

Learn to be Mountain. Know your inner strength. Your solidity. Stillness. Peace.



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