Here’s a Sample of the “Reflecting On What Connected You” Guided Meditation Script:
Reflection on interconnectedness.This is a practice that can bedone in any posture.Just be relaxed,be at ease.See if you can begin totrace back all those peoplewho are involved in yourinterest and meditation.Someone might havegiven you a book,read you a poem,played you a piece of music,told you about their meditation experience.Let a sense of them,recollection of themcome into the room with you.Consider including those whohave really hurt you,not just those who you finda little bit annoying or irritating,but someone’s who’s actionshave really brought you to an edgeso that you almost said,”I’ve got to find another way to be happy.I have to look more deeply into life.”After all,they’re a part of why we’rehere now as well.Maybe you had a teacher whoinstilled love of learning anda willingness to be adventurous.
Maybe you had a parentwho instilled confidencein your ability to try new thingsor explore new terrain.Maybe you’ve had a child who’s openedyou up to a sense of wonder and interest.Just let them be here with you now.What about the clothing that you’re wearing?How many forms of life,how many people,how many beingshave been involvedin a growing of that fiber,creation of cloth,transporting it,selling it?The creation of the buildingin which you’re sittingor the stewards of the plots of landif you’re outside.All the forms of lifeinvolved in the foodthat you’ve eaten today.Creature in the earthwho planted that seedand nurtured that crop,who did the harvest,transported the food,sold the food,prepared the food.You can see that none of us isactually independent,alone, or cut off,however alone we mightsometimes feel.
