So Let’s Begin…

BIRTH AND DEATH MEDITATION SCRIPT

Press your back
Against your chair or bed
Until you feel
The gentle support
All around you.

PAUSE

Take a moment,
And become aware
Of your surroundings.

What sounds do you hear?
Can you smell anything?
How does that chair or bed feel?

PAUSE

Now, take a deep breath,
And let go of any
Distracting thoughts.

Instead, fill your
Mind and body
With relaxation.

PAUSE

Now, breathe again,
And let the word “birth”
Into your consciousness.

And, as the word enters,
Notice all the meanings
That it brings into
Your awareness.

Life
Awareness
Manifestation
And more…

PAUSE

There is the birth
Of a child,
Of an animal,
Of any living thing.

And…
There are more abstract births…
Ideas and new ways of doing things.
Art and music.
Discoveries.

And…
There are natural phenomena births…
Islands.
Volcanoes.
Rivers.
Planets.
Stars.

Take a minute to absorb
What can be birthed
Or manifested.

PAUSE

Now, breathe,
And let your mind shift.

Let it sink into the idea of death,
Not just death of persons,
But the importance of death
As change.

PAUSE

There are many things in life
That we want to let go of
Or to die away…

Bad habits…
Negative attitudes and emotions…
A bad job…
Racism…
Crime…

And more.

What do you want to let go of?

PAUSE

Now, breathe,
And let those thoughts
Fade away into calmness.

PAUSE

Think now about how death
Clears the way for life.

Trees go barren in winter,
And are birthed back to life
In spring.

Dark skies and stars
claim the night,
Only to give way
To the birth of a new day.

Birth and death
Are beautiful cycles of change.

Each one needs the other.

PAUSE

Now, bring yourself back
To the here and now.
And, as you do,
Take a minute to think
What you want to change,
And what will be birthed
In place of it.

And, as those thoughts take hold,
Quietly, to yourself,
Express your gratitude
For life’s beautiful cycle of change.

And, let yourself birth
The rest of your day,
Exactly the way you want it.

NAMASTE, BEAUTIFUL