Day 7: Guided Meditation on the 5 Aggregates

We'll just start with the show. Start up with some loving kindness to ourselves. Bring up the loving kindness, allow that to percolate and just be there in the heart and let that come up. And then we're going to radiate it. We'll just allow it to expand, send it out in different directions. Then after that, for a little while, after that's done, when the mind is very settled, then I will guide you through the contemplation practice through each of the five aggregates. So, I'll walk you through the form aggregate and you imagine the form aggregate in terms of your own body as you were when you were an infant and then when you grew up to become a toddler and then child and adolescent.

I'll go with your adult self, so to speak, and then beyond that as you continue to age and grow. And even beyond that when you, your form basically dies and you're looking at the stages of decay in the body, in the corpse and letting it go, right? Then I'll take you through feeling and that's essentially just listening to my voice,

Then the same with perceptions, the same with perceptions, and finally with conversations, and finally with consciousness, and finally with consciousness. So he sees the other four aggregates is aware of the other aggregates is aware of the other aggregates in one way or the other. So you have to be able to let go of even consciousness. So we will begin. Are there any questions before we start? So clear. Okay, good.

So I want you all to find a comfortable sitting position. If it's in a chair or on a cushion, whatever works for you. Keep your body straight. Don't slouch. Close your eyes. Close your eyes. Put a little smile on your face. Put a little smile on your face. A little smile in your mind and in your eyes and in your heart. Pay attention to your breath as you inhale.

And exhale. And relax. We're going to do a little body scan. Just pay attention to parts of your body. Notice any tension anywhere throughout your body. And just let it go. Soften it. Relax. Notice any tightness in the shoulders. Notice any tightness in the shoulders. In the back. And just let it go. Now we're going to bring up the feeling of loving kindness.

You can say in your mind. May I be happy. May I be happy. May I be well. May I be well. May I be filled with loving kindness. May I be free of suffering. May I be free of suffering. And just notice, just imagine a little baby in your arms. Just smiling at you. Just smiling at you. Giggling. Giggling, laughing. Just looking at you with innocent eyes. And feel the warmth that comes in your heart. Let the mind just stay there. If you notice any tension, just relax. Let it go.

Soften. Soften. Feel the warmth in your heart. Soften. Feel the warmth in your heart. Soften. Feel the warmth in your heart. Throughout your heart. Just bask in that. Just bask in that. Just pay attention to that feeling. Just pay attention to that feeling. Just let it go. Soften. Soften. Relax. Relax. Come back to your smile. And bring up that warmth again. Bring up that warmth again. Bring up that feeling. Stay with the feeling. Stay with the feeling. And if you find your mind starting to tighten or push. Trying too hard. Just relax. Just relax. Let that go. Let that go. Let the mind and heart expand. Come back to the feeling. Just relax. Let that go.

Let the mind and heart expand. Come back to the feeling. And just rest in it. Allow it to pervade your heart center. Like a candle flame. Like a candle flame. Just glowing. Just glowing. If your mind drifts. That's okay. It's fine. It's fine. That's the nature of the mind. That's the nature of the mind. Just recognize that. Just recognize that. Let it go. Let it go.

Relax. Come back to your smile. Come back to the feeling. Come back to the feeling. And let the feeling grow. Let the energy pervade your entire heart. Let it glow. Let the energy pervade your entire heart. Let it glow. Outward throughout your torso. Feel the warmth throughout the torso. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. If you find yourself drifting, if you find yourself nodding off, that's okay. That's the truth of the moment. Just recognize that. Let it go.

Relax. Let the mind expand. Let the feeling expand. If you're feeling joy come up. That's okay too. Let the joy pervade you. Let the joy come up. Don't do anything with it. Let it be. Just come back to the feeling of loving kindness. The good wishes to yourself, the desire to be happy and to be well. Just stay with that warmth, with that loving and kind energy.

Let the mind settle into it. Don't do anything. Just watch. Just watch. Just watch the mind sink into that feeling. There's nowhere to go. Nothing to do. No one to be. All is well now. We're going to share this loving kindness. We're going to share this loving kindness. We're going to send it to all beings. We're going to send it to all beings.

Just in your mind. Look ahead of you. Look to the front of you. In your mind. May all beings be happy. May all beings be safe. May all beings be safe. May all beings be free of suffering. May all beings be free of suffering. And share your loving kindness. Let it pervade the forward direction. Let it expand. Don't push it. Just share it. Allow it. Allow it to be there. Allow it to go in the forward direction. Allow it to go in the forward direction. And just feel that. Just observe it. That's it. And as the loving kindness spreads ahead of you, feel the expansion. Feel the expansion. Now we are no longer in our bodies.

Now we are no longer in our bodies. Now we are in a conscious space. Beyond the body. And continue. Don't do anything. Don't do anything. Don't do anything. You are a source of loving kindness. Don't do anything. You are a source of loving kindness. You are a light, a lamp of loving kindness. If your mind is wandering.

Or pushing too hard. Just recognize it. Just recognize it. Just recognize it. Just recognize it. It's okay. Let it go. Soften. Come back to your smile. And just let the loving kindness flow again. That's it. Just feel the expansion. Just feel the expansion. Now bring your attention behind you. Just feel the expansion. Now bring your attention behind you. And let the feeling of loving kindness spread backwards. And let the feeling of loving kindness spread backwards. May all beings be filled with loving kindness. Don't push. Don't push. Just let it flow. Just let it flow in the backward direction. If you feel sloth and torpor. If you feel like the mind is wandering around.

Thank you. Thank you. If you notice the mind pushing. If you notice the mind pushing. If you notice any tightness. Just soften. Just relax. Just relax. Let go. Come back to the feeling. And just keep your attention there. That's it. Just let the mind settle into it. Just let the mind settle into it. I'm going to go now. Now bring your attention to your left. Out to the left. Let it flow. Just let it flow. No pushing. Let it shine out of you. Let it shine out of you. In the left direction.

If you notice the mind. If you notice the mind sliding. It's okay. Let it go. Relax. Come back to the feeling. Don't push. Don't push. Just soften. Relax into it. Relax into it. And then you're going to go now. Now bring your attention to below you. Let your lovingkindness flow. Let your lovingkindness flow. Downward. To all beings. In the ground. In the water. In the water. To all beings. To all animals. To all animals. To all birds and reptiles.

And insects. To hungry ghosts. To hungry ghosts. To beings in the hell realms. May all beings be free of suffering. May all beings be free of suffering. May all beings come out of their suffering. May all beings. May all beings experience your loving kindness. Share it with them. Share it with them. Let them experience it. Let them experience it. If you notice your mind wandering around. It's okay. Let it go.

Relax. Come back to the feeling. Going out to the lower realms. May they all be happy. May they all be happy. May they all be happy. May they all be happy. If the mind starts to slide away. If the mind starts to slide away. It's okay. Let it go. Let it go. Soften. Soften. Let the mind. Let the mind remain. Let the mind remain. Expansive. Let the mind remain. Expansive. Let the feeling of lovingkindness pervade all lower beings. Let the feeling of lovingkindness pervade all lower beings. Let the feeling of lovingkindness pervade all lower beings. Let it go. If you notice any sloth and torpor, it's okay. Bring a little focus in your mind. Straighten up.

Straighten up. Straighten up a little. Relax. Relax. Settle into it. Let the feeling pervade. Let the feeling pervade. Below you. Now, we're going to turn our attention upwards. Let the feeling of lovingkindness. Let the feeling of lovingkindness flow out through the top of your head. Out into the sky. Out into space. Out into space. Out into space. Out into space. Out into the first brahma loka. Out into space. Out into space. Out into infinity. Beyond space. Out into the second brahma loka. Out into the second brahma loka. Out into the third.

Into the fourth. Out. Out into space. Let that feeling flow upward. Out into space. Out into infinity. Out into infinity. Out into infinity. If you notice the mind drifting. Okay. That's fine. Let that go. Relax. Soften. Keep the mind expanded. Clear and light. Let the mind be spacious. Let the feeling flow. Let the feeling flow. Let the feeling flow. in the mind pushing. Relax.

Soften. Expand. Expand your awareness. Let it go. Let it go. Let the feeling flow out. Let the feeling flow out. Remember. There's nothing to achieve here. There's nothing to achieve here. Nothing you have to be. Nothing you have to be. Nothing you have to reach. Just let the mind be settled. That's it. That's it. That's it. Now. We're going to come to the awareness of loving kindness around us. Now we're going to come to the awareness of loving kindness around us. Now we are surrounded in a radiant sphere of loving kindness. An aura of loving kindness. Let that feeling expand in all directions. Let that feeling expand in all directions. May the person in front of you.

May the person in front of you. Behind you. To the right of you. To the right of you. And to the left. Feel your loving kindness. May all beings in front of you. May all beings in front of you. May all beings in front of you. May all beings in front of you. Throughout this room. Feel the loving kindness. Feel the loving kindness flow through you. Feel the loving kindness flow through you. Feel the other's loving kindness in you. Feel the other's loving kindness in you. Now you have become one symbiotic aura of loving kindness. Allow that feeling to expand. Allow that feeling to expand. Feel the expansion of loving kindness. Feel the expansion of loving kindness.

Feel the expansion of loving kindness. Feel the expansion of loving kindness. Feel the expansion. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. Let it go. Just feel the expansion. Soften. Relax into it. Move beyond the body. Beyond the mind. Beyond this room. Let the feeling go outward. In all directions at the same time. Beyond this building. May all beings in this building. May all beings in this building. Feel your loving kindness. There is no border. There is no border between your body. There is no border between your body and the space around you. It's all just loving kindness. It's all just loving kindness. There's nothing else but the feeling.

There's nothing else but the feeling. Let the feeling flow out throughout the city. Keep expanding. Keep expanding. Let the feeling flow out throughout the city. Keep expanding. Let it pervade all around you in all directions. Into the sky. Throughout the country. May all beings. May all beings. May all beings. All animals. All peoples. All peoples. All peoples. All peoples. All nations. All nations.

Everyone. Feel loving kindness. Feel loving kindness. Pervade the entire globe. With a powerful aura. You are that source of loving kindness. You are that source of loving kindness. Expanding outward. Expanding outward. In all directions. Out into space. Out into space. Out to all the planets. In this system. Out into space. Out into space. Out into space. Out into space. Out into space. Pervading the entire galaxy. Pervading the entire galaxy. Just keep it going. Just keep it going. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit.

There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. There is no limit. No one to become. No one to become. As your mind settles into that. As your mind settles into that. Let the feeling be. As your mind settles into that. Let the feeling be. Now incline your mind. Now incline your mind towards the aggregates. Look at your body. Imagine yourself in front of your reflection. Notice your face. Notice your face.

Notice a DH. Notice it turn into an infant. What does it look like. Notice how the infant moves. What does it look like. Notice how the infant moves. What it does. Notice how the infant moves. What it does. Notice your body grow up as a toddler. As a child. Notice how the structure. Is the child. Or you're the teenager. Notice as the body continues to grow up as a teenager. Notice as the body continues to grow up as a teenager. Notice as the body continues to grow up as a teenager. Notice as the body continues to grow up as a teenager. Notice as the body continues to grow up as a teenager. Notice the changes in your skin.

In your skin. In your hair. In your structure. Let the body continue to grow, to age. Notice the wrinkles. Notice how your body ages. Let the body keep aging. That is the nature of the body. Do you want to age? Do you want the body to have gray hair and wrinkly skin? Broken teeth? No. That is the nature of reality. Your body arose and one day it will pass away. And that's okay. That is the reality of this existence. It's okay. I am not this body. The tongue. The brain. It keeps changing. That is not me. That is not mine. That is not myself. Let go. Notice how the body continues to change. And now it is a corpse.

Your body is decaying. It is a corpse. It becomes bloated and green and livid. That's not you. That's just hair and skin and nails. It's just a skeleton. It's just a skeleton. It's just a skeleton. Are you the skeleton? Are you the bones? Are you the joints? These are all just the bones. Are you? You're the body of the elements. Now the body is the body is the body. Now the body is disappeared. No more. The body. The body of my voice. Pay attention. Pay attention. Pay attention. To the moment the sound makes impact. On to the ears. Notice it. I'm going to snap my fingers. And I want you to notice the moment of contact.

Notice that contact. And the sensation that arose. That is not me. That is not mine. That is not mine. That is not myself. Notice what's happening inside of you. The sensations that you're experiencing. Notice what's happening inside of you. The sensations that you're experiencing. Notice how it feels sitting on the chair or on the cushion. The sensations that you're experiencing. Notice how it feels sitting on the chair or on the cushion. The sensations that you're experiencing. You can't change it. That's not you. Notice the thoughts that arise. Notice the thoughts that arise. Notice the thoughts that arise. You are the observer. Not the thoughts. There's only observing going on.

Did you call those thoughts up? Did you call those thoughts up? Did you ask them to be there? Did you ask them to be there? Did you ask them to be there? Did you ask them to be there? Let them flow. Just watch the traffic of thoughts. Just watch the stream. Don't enter it. Don't become part of it. Just let it go. Just let it go.

And if your mind starts to wander around and look into that thought and become the thought, try to find the point when that happened. And try to find out what was the thought before that. And what was the thought before that? And what was the thought before that? Were you in that? Did you create that? Did you cause it? This is not me. This is not mine. This is not myself.

Let them go. Let all sensations be as they are. Because that's how they are. There is no you in that. There is no you before it. There is no you after it. It is just feeling. In the seeing, there is only the seeing. In the hearing, there is only the heard. In the sensing, there is only the sensed. In the cognizing, in the thinking, there is only the cognized and the thought.

I am not in it. I am not in it. It doesn't belong to me. Let it go. Let it go. Let all feelings vanish and disappear. Drop them. Let them go. Notice the relief from feelings. Notice the relief from feelings. Notice the relief from feelings. That relief also. Drop it. Drop it. Let it go. Let the mind be free of all experience. Drop it. Let it go. Let the mind be free of all experience. Of all feeling. Now we are going to turn our attention to perceptions. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. It's not worth holding on to. Whatever concepts you have. Whatever concepts you have.

About yourself. About your relationships. About your job. About your job. About your career. About your career. About your family and friends and enemies. Let them go. Let them go. They are all concepts. They are all concepts. What to do with you. Relax. Relax all ideas. Come to that point where the mind is free of all concepts. That is relief. No thoughts.

No mind also. Just relax. Soften. This is not me. This is not mine. This is not myself. Let it go. If you notice the mind wandering, that's okay. That's not you. Why be bothered by it? Just relax. Come back to the stillness. Let it all go. Relax. Relax. Relax. Take one decision that you've made. Take one decision that you've made in your life. One intention. And notice how it came to be. Go back and see what caused you to make that decision.

Go back to the source of that. The cause and condition of that. Let it go. All decisions, all intentions are not me. Not mine. Not myself. It's just a river flowing. That's it. Just watch the river. All these choices. All these ideas. All these formations arising and passing away. Arising and passing away. Arising and passing away. Arising and passing away. Arising and passing away. That's it. Nothing else. Just arising and passing away. There is no me in that. There is no me before that. There is no me after that. It's just formations. It's just formations. It's just formations. Let it go.

Relax. Let it go. Relax. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let go of the meditator. Let go of trying to meditate. Let go of trying to meditate. Let it be. There is just the meditation. There is just the meditation. Nothing to do. Nothing to do.

Nothing to achieve. Nowhere to go. No one to be. No one to be. Sink into just pure awareness. Sink into just pure awareness. Notice the awareness. Notice the awareness. Notice the awareness. Notice how the mind is aware. Just the observer. Just the observer. Silent witness. The background behind everything. Just the observer. Silent witness. The background behind everything. And just rest in that. Just rest in that. There is no one who is the observer. Who is the observer. Who is the observer watching the process of meditation. Let the process of meditation. Let the meditation. Let the meditation. Let the meditation go. Let the mind go. Let the meditator go. Let the meditator go.

This is not me. This is not mine. This is not mine. This is not myself. Sink into that. Emptiness of self. Emptiness of self. Signless. Signless. Nothing worth holding on to. Let go. Let go. Just rest. Just rest. Soften. Soften. Whatever comes up, let it be. Let them sink back in. No need to notice or pay attention. Just rest. There is nothing here. No one here. There is no here. No there. No beyond.

No now. Nothing. Just let it all go. Soften and relax into it. Rest. Don't look at anything in particular. Whatever arises, let it be. Go beyond. No looking. No observing. No awareness. No attention. No signs. No direction. Just emptiness. Void of all things. Of all formations. Void of the conditioned. Relax and let go. No. No. No. No. No. No jhanas, no awareness. No states of mind. Not even cessation. Let it all go. Just relax and rest. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Now. When you're ready. Just come back to the awareness of your body. Inhale and exhale. Pay attention to your breath. to have a few. I to have a little bit.