Savoring the Moment
Saborear el momento
A gentle invitation to slow down, hold your experience with care, and find something worth savoring in this ordinary moment.
Savoring the Moment
There are generally two directions for meditation.
One direction, and there are many combinations of this,
is where you have an intention or a certain kind of activity,
which might even be a physical activity.
Even sitting down, but there are all kinds of active meditations
that have been designed and practiced,
and they have their purpose and their use.
And then there are meditations where the direction is to not have an intention,
so in a sense the intention is of no intention,
to allow whatever is happening
and let it be as it is.
And that's ultimately a paradox, the difference between those two.
Once you understand what could be described as action in inaction,
then there's no difference between having an intention or not having an intention.
An invitation to savor
So, that said, for today
I want to invite the intention to savor the moment,
to really let yourself enjoy what is happening.
And if there are obstacles, let's say the mind is difficult,
or the body is uncomfortable,
if the emotions and the stories are challenging,
just really try to leave that in the background
and bring your attention to any sense of something that you could savor and enjoy.
And it will be the simple things.
And the intention is gentle.
It's not an effortful intention.
It's almost like a touching,
a gentle caressing of your experience.
Sinking into the heart
And the invitation also fully involves the heart,
fully involves a loving, caring energy.
It's not an inquiry, it's not analytical.
It's just fully sinking into the heart and sensations.
Sense of loving,
of caring.
Experience of the skin,
of sound,
of the weight of the body.
If the mind is active, you can direct it.
Explore dreams and visions and memories
that are expansive and heartful and loving.
Anything is allowed.
And if there are feelings that are difficult,
or pain, or sadness,
that could also be savored
and appreciated.
The sweetness of life,
the sweetness of pain,
of caring.
The breath and the body
Let the breath remind you of the flesh,
of sensations,
body,
vulnerability,
aliveness.
As if you're holding a newborn baby,
you can bring that quality of attention to your own being,
to your own body,
to your own skin.
Notice if there's any resistance to bringing this quality, this attention, or this energy,
and just bypass it.
Just gently say no, put the resistance aside,
and overcome it with loving, caring attention.
Nothing in the way of holding a newborn baby.
Life itself, this moment itself.
Precious, gentle, vulnerable, sensitive.
Savoring what is here
If you can, notice your heartbeat,
the pulsing,
tingling in the hands.
Savor the sounds, savor the silence,
the movement, the stillness,
the rawness,
the vulnerability.
Quiet, soft celebration
for no reason,
just for life itself.
Celebration of seeing,
hearing,
sensing,
being,
thinking.
Imagining, remembering.
Big, juicy celebration, quiet, soft.
Let yourself celebrate.
Dropping the intention
For the next little while, just drop the intention.
Just let whatever comes come up.
Nothing to do,
nowhere arriving or leaving,
just this.