This meditation is an inquiry or self-inquiry practice. We drop a question into our meditation, like dropping a pebble down a well. It’s a little like Zen koan practice.
To begin, we sit quietly to settle in. We might focus on the breath or some other anchor for a few moments.
- Invite to settle in
- Give a moment to pay attention to the breath and or body
- Imagine leaning over edge of a well with a pebble in hand
- We’re going to work with a question: Why are you here?
- You hold it out over the well and drop it in
- You hear it splash
- What comes up for you in that moment - the moment of the splash
- Leave that answer and watch the pebble continue falling down
- It lands on a ledge - suspended
- Again, what brings you here
- It teeters and continues to fall
- When the pebble hits the bottom, is there and answer to the question: what brings you here…?
- This time, put your answer on the shelf and return to the feeling of the breath or anchor