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