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Beginning Again Meditation
In this meditation, I reflect on a simple teaching from the early desert monks: the work of meditation is the work of beginning again and again.
Every time we come to meditation, the moment is new. Whatever has happened before, whatever our experience of practice has been, we are invited to meet this particular moment without judgement and begin from where we actually are.
We start by noticing how we have arrived. There may be enthusiasm, resistance, tiredness or simply the discipline of showing up. Rather than judging any of these responses, we allow them to be and gently release the…
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