Meditation: Floating Through San Francisco

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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

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