Companion Meditations for Healing Spiritual Homesickness
Part 1
Healing the Roots of Spiritual Homesickness
This section establishes the foundation practices: longing, the Field of Care, and initial glimpses of awareness.
These recorded meditations accompany selected chapters of the book. You may listen while reading, or allow the practices to stand on their own. Each recording is offered as an invitation to rest in Loving Awareness and deepen your direct experience.
No prior meditation experience is required.
Chapter 1: Living in a Spiritually Homesick World
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Companion Meditation
Feeling Your Longing
A gentle practice of turning toward the felt sense of longing and allowing it to unfold without resistance or interpretation.
Chapter 2: The Field of Care
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Companion Meditation
Touching the Field of Care
An introduction to sensing the ever-present field of warmth and care that underlies experience.
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Companion Meditation
Field of Care Foundation
Establishing stability in Loving Awareness as a reliable ground for emotional and relational life.
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Companion Meditation
Compassionate Presence to Feelings
Establishing stability in Loving Awareness as a reliable ground for emotional and relational life.
Chapter 3: The GPS Home
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Companion Meditation
Background Awareness
Recognizing the quiet, continuous awareness in which thoughts and sensations arise.
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Companion Meditation
Shifting Into Awareness Itself
A guided transition from focusing on experience to resting as the awareness that knows experience.
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Companion Meditation
Entering Awareness Through Memory Door
Using memory as a doorway to rediscover the openness and clarity of awareness.