Welcome to meditation oasis. This is Mary Maddox. You can visit

us at meditation oasis.com. We have questions and answers, a lot of information

about meditation, and they also have a blog. For this episode I'll be adding a

new guided meditation. The theme of this meditation is trust. It's not about trust

in someone or something. It's about a basic trust in life and a basic trust in

yourself. Begin by finding a comfortable position. Now close your eyes. What are

you experiencing? Simply become aware of everything that's being experienced. What

are you sensing around you? Are you hearing sounds? What's going on inside you?

Noticing thoughts coming and going. Sometimes the mind will become absorbed in

thought. It doesn't matter when you become aware of that just easily come back to the meditation.

Did you notice that thoughts come spontaneously? Just let them go the way they come. Easily, effortlessly.

Not following the train of thought.

Noticing what emotions are present. What are you feeling? Bring your awareness to your

body. How does your body feel?

How these experiences come without effort? Everything appears spontaneously. Thoughts,

emotions, feelings, sensations, sounds, everything apart of a natural flow of life. In this meditation we'll

trust that flow. Perhaps you'll notice that sometimes there's a resistance to what's

naturally happening. Letting that go. Other times you may notice that there's an attempt

to change things, to change how you feel, to change what's happening. Letting that go.

Simply noticing the ways that we don't trust or experience. Simply noticing that doesn't

matter.

Simply being easy, open awareness. Noticing what's happening. Letting go of resistance. Letting

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