Abide Supported by my Kamma– Trust, resting in …

How would I usually guide you into meditation? - How would I start? - Do you remember?---
Can you do it yourself, without me? - Try. -----
(Watch, and only mention something, if somebody is obviously lost and getting uneasy.)

That’s interesting: It seems as if most of you can do it on their own and don’t need me any longer.
I like that, because, in a way, I like to trust you, and I like to be free. ---

Now simply stay with focusing your awareness around breathing in and out, even while I’m speaking. - Allow the breath to support you in receiving and understanding of what you hear. ---

So, that you can do this now on your own, is the result of your kamma – you have practised it so often, that you know by heart how to bring the breath back into awareness. ---
Is that a good result or what? ---

Why do we practice mindfulness of breathing? - What is the result when you do it? –

In which way could it support you in your life? – Just think of a few reasons or good effects it has on you. ---
Can you be aware of you breath while you are thinking now? ---

If that is difficult, try to be aware of your breath during the GAPS between thinking. ---

Do you remember situations, when that what you see or hear is OVERWHELMING for you, so that you start to loose your clarity? – Like when somebody is shouting at you or threatening you? – Usually we would react and defend ourselves, and for many of us, that means we are going to attack back, shout or even hit… - Will that make the situation any better? ---
What could help you to stay cool and clear?

--- You could GO AWAY. That is very good, if the situation is too overwhelming for you. - What else could you do? ---
Guess what? – Would you think, MEDITATION could help? ---

In my experience, if, for EXAMPLE, somebody is shouting at me, and if I manage to direct my attention to my breath before shouting back, I am safe. – I can stay with my breathing in and out sensations, and even enjoy that I am not so much affected by what the other person is doing. And usually that is helping the other person too. Because if I don’t react, they are more likely to realize what they are doing, and that it might not be helpful to continue in this way. So they tend to calm down a bit. And after that, it might be possible to find out with them why they are in pain, or what they need. -

And if I can trust in my ability to stay with my breath, to rest in awareness, then I don’t feel threatened or defensive, and I am more willing to listen and even to help them. ---
So I am sharing this with you, because I like to encourage you to try it out for yourself. ---

Where is your breath now? ---

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