Where you see the word singing bowl please lightly strike the bowl. This will signify a change in time and seasons. You can also use chimes or a bell, but I find the singing bowl is a softer way.
Seasons Change Meditation:
Introduction:
As the October leaves fall to the ground and the earth returns to slumber remember that winter snows fall after summer springs to life. Then winter gives way to flowing springs,warming summers,falling leaves and winter snows. This is the circle of life.
We often think of winter as the ending of and beginning of the New Year, but it seems that the beginning of the New Year starts with going to sleep and once we wake from that sleep we begin again to feel alive and renewed.
So,for this meditation I am going to guide you through the forest of falling leaves and peaceful slumber and to awaken refreshed and reborn like the spring
Let the singing bowl sing its sweet tune for about 30 seconds.
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Take in several deep slow cleansing breathes
It is night time and you are in a forest clearing sitting peacefully enjoying the late summer heat the moon is full and bright. Find the most comfortable sitting position for you. Notice that you have several warm blankets around you for when the air cools.
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As you are sitting enjoying the cooling weather you notice one of the trees is illuminated by the moon light and the leaves are beginning to change color and Cooler, but comfortable air drifts in.
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The leaves are quickly turning before your eyes and it looks like a shimmering dance of color in the bright full moon light blowing in the cool night air.
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As you are sitting and looking at the progression of the color change you notice how you too have progressed in your life.
As one leaf falls slowly and gently to the ground you feel the softening of old memories and you realize that this is why you are here at this spot in the woods with the full moon. She is at her peak of understanding and you too are having the same revelation. You are getting to watch the progression of time moving more quickly and as time moves on you become more accepting of yourself and your experiences.
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Another leaf slowly falls and as it falls another memory becomes clear and then it too slowly drifts away.
Now several leaves fall and the memories are weaker and less intrusive just blowing gently through.
You are remembering your experiences because these are what have shaped your life and you are letting go and growing past them.
With each leaf changing: You too are changing: Becoming what you already are; just more vivid and clarified.
You are the bright autumn leaves come into maturity!
As the lessons come into maturity it falls to the ground with the leaf.
Soon you will be barren of leaves
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Your leaves have all gone from green to bright colors and now are falling quickly away with the cooling air. You wrap yourself in one of the warm blankets.
The leaves are now falling one after the other. They are dancing to their symphony with a cacophony of colors.
A gentle wind comes through and blows the last remaining leaves from your branches. You are left feeling barren and exposed.
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This is may be a time of sadness, but it is also a time of realization and true understanding that in order to grow and experience joy we have to know sadness.
Yet, your leaves blanket the earth and nourish the ground, as your memories are nourishing the path you are on.
The winter snows are coming soon. The bright full moon illuminates the winter sky. You are wrapped in your warm blankets and there is a chill in the air.
You realize that you must now leave this place in the woods, bare and exposed, but soon the winter snows will blanket the earth.
Now imagine you are returning home and climb into your comfy bed and you are now blanketed in warmth and safety as you too go to sleep like the trees for the winter.
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The snow is now melting the air is warming again and as you slowly awaken you climb out of your bed you look in the mirror and see how you have changed you look out the window the new buds are forming from each new experience and old habits long lost with the leaves of last fall have given rise to a more positive and growing future.
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Your leaves are a bright light green and getting stronger as the sun is growing higher in the sky
You go back to that spot in the forest. It is night again with a bright full moon.
You see all the new leaves forming on each of the trees and the air is growing warmer.
You notice how quickly the sadness of winter has come and gone
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You feel vibrant alive and you slowly open your eyes when you are ready and you feel as revitalized as the spring!
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