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1. 0:24Meditation of the hour. First of all,
2. 0:46let us find the proper posture, trying
3. 0:50to ensure there is not too much tension
4. 0:52in the body. Let us briefly review the
5. 1:01face, the neck, the shoulders, the arms
6. 1:11, the back, the hips. And if we find
7. 1:19any small tension, we simply loosen, we
8. 1:23let go, we try to make any unnecessary
9. 1:29effort or tension disappear. Next, let
10. 2:04us mentally place ourselves in the room
11. 2:08where we are. We imagine the walls, the
12. 2:14place, and ourselves in that room. Let
13. 2:42us try to breathe regularly, without
14. 2:48forcing or changing our breathing,
15. 2:53simply relaxed and calm. And now we
16. 3:31bring our attention to the present
17. 3:34moment. It is as if we closed the door
18. 3:40of our consciousness to all information
19. 3:42that does not come from the present. We
20. 3:47can imagine there is a gatekeeper of
21. 3:49consciousness who lets some in and
22. 3:52leaves others outside. Well then, we
23. 3:56give him instructions and tell him to
24. 3:59let in only the guests of the present
25. 4:03moment and to not let those who come
26. 4:08from the past or the future enter. The
27. 4:40past simply does not exist; we cannot
28. 4:43change it anymore. And the future does
29. 4:48not exist either, and furthermore, it
30. 4:50is totally unknown to us. We remain
31. 4:58fully centered in the present, and
32. 5:02therefore, any event, any small
33. 5:05stimulus that comes from the present,
34. 5:09we welcome it and let it enter our
35. 5:13consciousness. They can be external
36. 5:19sounds, small sounds from the street,
37. 5:22from an adjacent room, from the floor
38. 5:25above, they can be body sensations, the
39. 5:34posture, something that bothers us, the
40. 5:40rhythm of the heart, the breathing.
41. 6:15Anything that happens in this moment is
42. 6:17welcome into our consciousness, and
43. 6:20everything that does not belong to the
44. 6:23present we discard and do not let in.
45. 6:46We savor the passage of time, instant
46. 6:48by instant, moment by moment, second by
47. 6:52second. No. Let us savor then that
48. 7:26passage of time, that sensation of
49. 7:33presence in this moment, of existing,
50. 7:36of being, of perceiving in the present
51. 7:42moment. And we will realize that by
52. 8:15having left out all those ruminations
53. 8:18about the past, all those plans about
54. 8:21the future, by having left out so many
55. 8:24things, we feel a peace. Now, by being
56. 9:12only with what is actually happening,
57. 9:16we realize the tranquility that exists.
58. 9:20Too The present is simple. It can be
59. 10:37rich in stimuli, but it is simple and
60. 10:39in it there is no fear nor hope either.
61. 10:47We simply savor what happens, what is
62. 10:50passing, what occurs in each instant.
63. 12:32Accentuate that sensation of the
64. 12:34present, of the instant we live, of
65. 12:37this moment. There is no other, really.
66. 13:19And now, when the gong sounds, we will
67. 13:22end the meditation. Little by little,
68. 13:26without haste, we return to external
69. 13:31reality, we open our eyes and make
70. 13:37contact again with the outside world
71. 13:41and with normal activity.