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Breathing in Peace
Allow around twenty minutes for August’s meditation.
Close your eyes and sit comfortably with your spine upright yet relaxed. Begin by noticing your breathing as it is right now – simply receiving your breath and not trying to change it in any way. Rest your awareness at the point where you most easily feel the air entering and leaving your nose – either at the tip of the nose or on your upper lip. Be aware of cool air entering your nose on the in-breath and warmer air leaving your nose on the out-breath. Tune into the sensations of your breath and whenever you become distracted, acknowledge it without judging, and bring your attention back to your breathing.
After a few moments add this element into your practice – Feel that when you breathe in you are breathing in peace. When you breathe out you are breathing out peace. With your in-breath feel flowing into you all the peace in the entire universe, all the peace in existence, all the peace of the Buddhas, those beings who have achieved the highest liberation, who have become liberated from all suffering. With your out-breath you radiate out this peace, sending it back into the infinite space of the universe.
You don’t need to think about what you are doing. Simply feel you are breathing in peace, breathing out peace, and let the process happen by itself.
When you complete the practice take a few moments to notice how you are in your body, mind and emotions.
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