Guided Meditation to "Fount of Compassion"





Wrote a guided meditation to a "Fount of Compassion." For those that would like to listen to it, the (still photo with audio file) video of it is on youtube here. 


The basic script for it follows - 


Get comfortable


Whether you sit or lie down


Take a moment and


Let yourself relax


Focus on your body


Breathe in, Breathe 0ut,


Tilt your head to one side


And back


Tilt your head to the other side


And back


Breathe in, Breathe out,


Shrug your shoulders


And shrug them again


Turn your torso to look left


And hold


Return to center


Turn your torso to look right


And hold


Return to center again


Breathe in, Breathe out,


Always return to your breath


Rock gently from side to side


Feel the movement of your hips


Return to center and rest


Tighten you leg muscles and hold


And release


Breathe in, Breathe out,


Wiggle your toes


Relax and close your eyes


Be in your body


Breathe in, Breathe out,


Feel yourself growing lighter


And growing lighter still


Growing lighter than air


You are floating, allow it


Breathe in, Breathe out


Floating, you drift forward


You are traveling


To a spiritual place


You’re floating along


And floating


Breathe in, Breathe out


Look ahead and see two mountains


You float toward those mountains


Closer and closer


You begin to descend down


Down to the ground


And land in front of the mountains


Feel your body again


Gravity is gaining hold


You regain your weighted form


Breathe in, Breathe out,


On ground, you see a path between


The two mountain faces


Now look down the path


The two mountain faces 


Gleam with specks of silver


Lightly illuminating the way


Breathe in, Breathe out


Step forward onto the path


Continue walking along it


Looking ahead, you see two pillars


They border two open doors


Continue toward the doorway


You get closer and closer


You arrive at the open doorway


Breathe in, Breathe out,


The entrance is bright


You walk through the doorway


And you see steps down


A garden is down below


You descend the steps


You continue down and


You reach the bottom


Breathe in, Breathe out


You take a step forward 


The garden around you is pleasant


You see butterflies and bees


Hear the birds singing lightly


You see a trail to the right 


The trail meanders toward a fountain


You walk along the trail


Enjoy the greenery around you


You continue toward the fountain


With a clear view of it you see


The fountain is made of stone


Breathe in, Breathe out


An olive tree looms behind the fountain


The tree hangs over and above 


The back of the fountain


So the water there


Is half in sunshine


Half in shadow


You step up to the fountain


And see a name etched in stone


Eleos, 


Eleos is the deity


Of mercy and pity


Of compassion


And of kindliness


Breathe In, Breathe out


While the sun gleams high in the sky


Another light shines 


And hovers above the tree


Eleos greets you with that light


You return a waved greeting


Breathe In, Breathe out


The fountain water beckons you


You walk into the fountain


The water there is waist deep 


The warm water invites you


Allow yourself to stretch back 


And float in the water


Breathe In, Breathe out


The water supports you


The fount of Eleos


Holds the waters of


Compassion


Mercy and Pity


Kindliness


Breathe In, Breathe out


Now if you like, 


Allow yourself to feel


Compassion for your self


Take a moment to


Hold Yourself in Compassion


Hold



(music for quarter-minute)



Breathe in, Breathe out


Now if you like, 


Allow yourself to feel


Compassion for your friends


Take a moment to


Hold Your Friends in Compassion


Hold



(music for quarter-minute)



Breathe in, Breathe out


Now if you like


Allow yourself to feel


Compassion for all strangers


Take a moment to


Hold all strangers in Compassion


Hold



(music for quarter-minute)



Breathe in, Breathe out


Now If you like, 


Allow yourself to feel 


Compassion for everyone


Whether friend or foe


Take a longer moment to


Hold Everyone in Compassion


Hold



(music for half-minute)



Breathe in, Breathe out


Again Allow yourself to feel


Compassion for yourself


Take a longer moment to


Hold Yourself in Compassion


Hold



(music for half-minute)



Breathe in, Breathe out


Now if you like


Give thanks for compassion


Take a moment to


Hold thanks in your heart


Hold 



(music for quarter-minute)



Compassion is with you


Now you stand up in the water


Breathe in, Breathe out


You step out of the fountain


Knowing you may return again


Before you the garden sits


You take its path back


Back to the steps


You go up the steps


And through the doorway


See the pillars on either side


Breathe in, Breathe out


The path between the mountains


Beckons you forward


You move along the path


And continue on


You reach beyond the mountains


Where you first landed


Again, you grow lighter


And lighter still 


Breathe in, Breathe out


You float and go back to


Where the journey began


You reach your starting place


Breathe in, Breathe out


Gravity takes hold 


You regain your weighted form


Breathe in, Breathe out


Wiggle Your toes


Relax


Tighten you leg muscles and hold


And Release


Rock gently on your hips 


From side to side


Return to center and rest


Breathe in, Breathe out


Turn your torso to the right


Return to center


Turn your torso now to the left


Return to center


Shrug your shoulders


And shrug them again


Breathe in, Breathe Out,


Tilt your head to one side


Tilt your head to the other side


And back to center


And now the eyes


Blink them open twice 


Close and open again


Breathe in Breathe out,


You are fully back in your body


Lightly shake it out


Thank you for participating


May compassion be with you


This concludes the meditation


Be well


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