Continuation Meditation
[Wake the BELL]
[One Breath]
[BELL]
[Three Breaths]
[BELL]
[Three Breaths]
[BELL]
[Three Breaths]
listen, listen,
this wonderful sound brings me back to
my true home.
[BELL]
breathing in I know that I am breathing in.
breathing out I know that I am breathing out.
[BELL]
in out
deep, slow
calm, ease
smile, release
present moment, wonderful moment
[BELL]
who am I?
what is “me”?
my eyes are not me
my ears are not me
my nose, my tongue, my body and my mind
are not me
that which i see is not me
that which i hear is not me
that which i smell, taste, touch and think are not me
seeing is not me
hearing is not me
smelling, tasting, touching, and thinking are not me
the element of earth is not me
the elements water, fire, air, space and consciousness are not me
i am not bound or restrained by the elements
birth and death cannot touch me
i smile because i have never been born
and i will never die
birth does not give me existence
death does not give me existence
death does not take existence away
with inspiration i continue
with expiration i continue
[BELL]
[Three Breaths]
[BELL]
[Three Breaths]
[BELL]
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-dennis landi © 2009
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Note:
The main part of the above text was adapted from Thich Nhat Hahn’s “Old Path, White Clouds”, Chapter: “Tears of Happiness”, where Saraputra ministers to the dying Sudata.
