Meditation: Floating Through San Francisco

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Take a moment
and turn inward,
shifting all your 
attention to yourself.

LONG PAUSE

Let all the clamor 
of the day
and the responsibilities
and stress
fall off you like water
and then evaporate.

LONG PAUSE

And draw in one more deep breath
and let it go,
centering on 
your third eye,
the space between your eyes.

LONG PAUSE

Now, envision
walking on a hilly sidewalk
in San Francisco
with a brisk breeze
nuzzling your cheeks.

PAUSE

On each side of you
are glorious Victorian homes,
in all pastels 
like an artist’s palette.

PAUSE

Curling around the homes
are gorgeous bay windows 
that catch the sunlight,
and where you see couples sit and chat
and school girls read.

PAUSE

As you reach the top of the hill,
you see ice blue water
in the distance,
and hear the sound
of a cable car passing.

PAUSE

Children on the cable car
wave to you, 
and you marvel at 
the young man
who jumps off 
and pulls the lever 
to stop.

PAUSE

You board the cable car
and find a seat
on a brown wooden bench,
just as a man calls,
“All clear!”

PAUSE

Along the way, 
the cable car stops at the 
green dragon gates
of Chinatown,
and a group of 
women board.

PAUSE

The women quietly chatter,
oblivious to anyone else,
their voices thick with vowel sounds
that cut off quickly.

PAUSE

As the cable car comes to a stop,
you get off and walk
to the end of a pier
where a herd
of sea lions 
stretches across the rocks.

PAUSE

The shiny black males
bark and bob their heads
up and down for emphasis.

PAUSE

While gazing at the creatures,
a slender, tan female
with dark eyes like magic pools
catches your attention.

PAUSE

She lifts her head from a baby seal
that is nestled close to her body
and gazes directly at you.
.
PAUSE

For a moment,
you both watch each other,
with a feeling of understanding
passing between you.

PAUSE

A male calls for her,
and the female returns 
her attention to her herd,
with her baby cuddling
even closer.

You can’t help but smile.

PAUSE

Now, imagine if you can,
closing your eyes
and being transported
from the pier to
Golden Gate Park.

PAUSE

As you open your eyes,
you find yourself
right in front of 
the pagoda of 
the Japanese Tea Garden.

PAUSE

Your eyes climb
the five-storied tiers
of the pagoda,
each fanning out in
a beautiful red. 

PAUSE

As you gaze at the beautiful structure,
the energy of the pagoda
seems to reach out to you,
and fill you with heightened perception.

PAUSE 

An awareness of all 
that is around you,
the natural beauty
of the trees and lakes
and the tea garden itself,
fills your being.

PAUSE

You draw in a deep breath
and decide to have a cup of tea
in the garden
and bask in this incredible
awareness of nature.

PAUSE

The tea, a warm lifeblood,
streams into your body,
soothing it.

PAUSE

After tea, 
you meander through the park
until you come to paddock
with a small herd of bison,
which you had heard lived in the park.

PAUSE

The great 
chocolate and auburn creatures
graze and snort
until one with a tuft
of fuzzy dark hair 
piled on her head
spies you.

PAUSE

The female stands 
mighty and strong.
Power oozes from her core,and
she inspires awe in you. 

PAUSE

After a moment,
the female bison approaches
at a steady and deliberate pace,
close enough to look at you
with her dark, rich eyes.

PAUSE



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