A meditation on Acceptance without thought

BE HERE NOW

First of all grab yourself some ear buds or headset……………………………………sit in your favourite chair or lye down on your bed……………………………………….press the listen button ……….close your eyes, or leave them half open……………………………………take some deep breaths and on your inhale say: “LET IT BE”…………………… and on your exhale say: “LET IT GO”……………………………………………………………………this is your mantra ……………………………………stay with this for a few beats………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………just listen to your thoughts ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..be aware of what they are saying to you? ………………….,…………………………………………………………………………………………………….do not feed them by getting involved in their stories, do-not add any type of input ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..do not be judgmental about your thoughts ……………………………………………………………………………….they are just thoughts, nothing else…………………………………….no one as any control over their thoughts if we don’t add any input………………………………………………………………………just let everything happen on its own without any interference from yourself………………………………………………………………………………………………………….this is Accepting……………………………..,,,,……………………..”LET IT BE” ……………………………………………………………”LET IT GO”……………………………………….no where to be………………………………………………………………………………no where to go……………………………only here ………………………………………………………..NOW …………………………………………………….BE HERE NOW ………………………………………………………………………..stay with the rhythm of the mantra along with your breath………………”LET IT BE”. ……………………………………………….…………..”LET IT GO”……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….no where to be……………………………………………………………………..no where to go………………………………………………………………..it is this simple……………………………..nothing to add,………………………………………………………………………………… nothing to take away………………………………………………………stay with this for a few more beats……………………………………………………………………….”LET IT BE”…………………”LET IT GO” ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..nothing to do……………………………………………………………..nothing to say……………………………………………………………………if you develop an itch stay with it …………………………………………………………………………………………….don’t follow the Urge to scratch it……………………. Urge is shorthand for Urgency……………………………………………………………………….there is nothing Urgent here ……………………………………………………..at this moment ………………………………………………………………………..in this present time…………………………………………….only your thoughts that float by, one after the other ………………with no input from you………………………………………………………………………………..you are not your thoughts…………………………………………………………. thoughts are complex, electrochemically mediated processes in the brain…………………………………………………………….nothing else …………………………………they are not who we are …………………………………………………………………………we have no control over them ……………………………………….only if we choose to …………………………………………………………………….this is our downfall…………………………………………………………………………….this is where our problems start if we let them carry us off…………………………………………………………………………………..to the future…………………………………………………………….or back to the past…………………………………………always away from THE NOW ………………………………………………………………………………………the present where everything happens…………………………………..BE HERE NOW……………………………………………………………………………………………. be aware of your thoughts ………………………………………………………………………………………..your intrusive thoughts are not your friend……………………they will capture you and carry you off to some other place that isn’t here……………………………………………………………………………….IN THE NOW………………………………….Press LINK below to hear, “Be Here Now” by George Harrison