Black Sun

    Leaf and Stream

    Meditation

    Rating

    5.0

    Leaf and Stream

    Visualize placing thoughts or emotions on a leaf and watching them float away down a stream, helping you acknowledge and release them.

    Benefits

    • Learn to acknowledge uncomfortable feelings or thoughts
    • Learn to let uncomfortable feelings or thoughts go

    Things to Consider

    • The point of this meditation is to learn to let go. If you find you're unable to or that your stream doesn't allow things to flow without a hitch, you may want to consider what that means about your subconscious willingness to let things go.

    Proven Practice

    Step-by-Step Instructions

    Measured Efficacy

    5.0

    3 Ratings

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    1. 1Find a place where you are comfortable and will not be easily distracted.
    2. 2Begin the meditation by imagining a stream in your mind. This stream flows consistently with no eddies and eventually extends beyond your field of sight.
    3. 3Pick up a leaf from the ground next to you. Put your feeling or thought onto the leaf and place it in the stream.
    4. 4Watch the leaf go down the stream until it passes out of sight.
    5. 5Repeat as necessary.
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