Lent meditation Week 4
This week we are going to be looking at a subject that focuses us to appreciate life and staying in the moment. We are going to meditate on life and others who support us.
Each and every living being is unique, life is precious and rare and we have this life to live for the good of all living beings that share this unique life's journey with us. We are all dependent on each other. As you sit there in your room think how it would not be possible to be there if it was not for the builder the plasterer the electrician the carpenter etc who build your house. When you eat your dinner that would not be possible if it were not for the farmer, pickers and shop staff that made it possible for the food to be on your plate. We all are supporting each other in an endless web of goods and services that are all connected together. This extends into every aspect of our lives. If we all stopped doing what we do the whole of society would collapse.
Having this in mind settle into your meditation place and calm your mind by practising the exercise from week one. When your mind is quiet think of how precious your life is, how important what you do is to others, how important others are for your life to exist. Think of how everything is connected and supporting each other. A house only exists because the land was cleared, the footings dug, concrete and bricks made by others in a factory, delivered and assembled by the builders. Carpenters, plumbers,bricklayers, electricians, plasterers, tilers, roofers, landscape gardeners etc all came together to make it possible for the house to be built for you to live in. You did not know any of these people but they all worked for your good. This extends into every aspect of our lives. We all support and make possible our lives. Be grateful for everyone that makes it possible for you to exist. Try and get a sense of how vastly interconnected we all are before ending your meditation.
Dedicate your meditation for the good of all living beings and offer it to God or the universe which ever you feel comfortable with.
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