Meditation: A Listening Presence (20 min.)

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🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The receptivity of listening awakens us to the living stream of life. This meditation guides us in listening to sounds, and then listening to and feeling the aliveness of our bodies and the movement of the breath. We close with a simple offering of lovingkindness to our inner life and our world.

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0:00.0	The following meditation is led by Tara Brock.
0:05.0	To access more of my meditations or join my email list, please visit
0:10.0	Tarabrock.com. Mm-mm-mm. Mm-mm-mm. find yourself into a posture that is upright. So you're sitting tall and in a way
0:50.7	that can help you to feel alert.
0:53.4	And also sitting in a way that's balanced,
0:58.3	you're not leading to either side, forward or back, and then a way that's relaxed. So while you're holding
1:07.3	yourself upright you're letting whatever can relax, relax. Relax. As you close your eyes and let your attention go inward, you might feel the movement of the breath
1:21.3	at your heart.
1:30.3	Become aware of whatever you notice in the heart area. And listening inwardly, ask yourself what really brings me here right now to
1:40.8	meditation? right now to meditation. What is it I am longing for? What's my deepest intention
1:50.1	in meditating.
2:07.0	And listen for what feels most sincere. What is that your heart is longing for? What's the quality of presence or what's the quality of presence or way of being in the world that matters to you to continue listening.
2:27.0	And just sense what happens in your bodies as you listen to the sounds around you, including the alarm.
2:40.0	Including other sounds you might detect.
2:45.0	A listening attention.
2:50.0	So you're listening into the space around you.
3:13.0	Aware perhaps of the soft sounds in the room. listening in a global way, letting everything wash through you. See if you can listen not just with your ears, but your whole awareness,
3:28.0	noticing how sounds appear spontaneously.
3:35.0	And there's nothing to do with listening.
3:39.0	Completely receptive.
3:45.0	listening to the sounds of these words.
3:57.0	And the spaces between the sounds. Receptive, open, listening.
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