meditations
Scripts and recordings of Recovery Dharma Meditations (Community-Created)
WISE MINDFULNESS
Impermanence (Script)
A script that guides us through the direct experience of arising and subsiding of phenomena.
Basic Meditation (Script)
This can serve as a beginner’s template.
Breath & Body (Script)
A script for the First Foundation of Mindfulness. Submitted by community members.
Sitting with Difficult Emotions
In addiction, we tried to change painful emotions. In Recovery Dharma, we strive to sit with them, without turning to our addictions for relief.
Basic Meditation
A brief recording of the above script.
Breath and Body 1
Breath and Body 2
Breath
Great for beginners: the breath serves superb goals. 1) It keeps the mind and body connected and 2) it helps us stay in the present if we drift into the past or future.
4 FOUNDATIONS OF MINDFULNESS
1st Foundation of Mindfulness: Body Sensations
Awareness of sensations and responses in the body.
2th Foundation of Mindfulness: Feeling Tones
Explores the reactions to positive, negative, and neutral senses.
3th Foundation of Mindfulness: Mind Processes
Awareness of acknowledging the processes of the mind.
4th Foundation of Mindfulness: Mindfulness of Dharmas
A combination, expansion and deepening of 4 practices.
HEART PRACTICE MEDITATIONS
Loving-Kindness (Mettā)
May all beings be filled with lovingkindness.
May all beings be safe from inner and outer dangers.
May all beings be well in body, heart, and mind.
May all beings be at ease and happy.
Loving Kindness (Script)
Meditation Script
Loving Kindness 1
Audio Recording
Loving Kindness 2
Audio Recording
Loving Kindness 3
Audio Recording
Compassion (Karuna)
May all beings be free from suffering.
May all beings be kind and gentle to themselves and each other.
May all beings find peace and ease.
Compassion (Script)
Meditation Script
Compassion 2
Compassion 3
Appreciative Joy (Muditā)
I am happy for the joy of all beings.
May your joy increase.
May we all be grateful and content.
Appreciative Joy (Script)
Appreciative Joy 1
Equanimity (Upekṣā)
Regardless of my wishes for you, your happiness is not in my hands.
All beings are responsible for the suffering or happiness created by their own actions.
May you find a true source of happiness.
May you find peace exactly where you are.
Equanimity (Script)
A concentration practice followed with offerings of equanimity for self and others.
Equanimity 1
A concentration practice followed with offerings of equanimity for self and others.
Equanimity 2
A concentration practice followed with offerings of equanimity for self and others.
Forgiveness
I know I have acted out of fear, pain, and confusion, and for today, I offer myself forgiveness… I forgive myself.
I now remember the ways you have hurt or harmed me… I offer my forgiveness.
I know I have harmed you through my thoughts, words, or actions… I ask for your forgiveness.
Forgiveness (Script)
A concentration practice followed with offerings of forgiveness for self and others.
Forgiveness 1
Forgiveness 2