Meditation Moon and Birds

Last night when I was talking to dad about meditation he told me about something he read once about imagining that you're under water and your thoughts are bubbles and when a thought comes up let the thought float to the surface and pop.  That seemed like an interesting idea so I thought I'd try it.

This morning during meditation the guide talked about the horizon point being the moon rise and visualize seeing the moon.  I think I liked this metaphor a lot because when I think of the horizon I often think of squinting in the sun but when I think of a moon rise I can have my eyes wide open and it doesn't hurt.  I also immediately had the visual in mind of Joe vs the Volcano when the moon is huge and he's standing up in front of it.

When I tried to combine that with the underwater metaphor it didn't work very well but then the thought of birds taking the thoughts and flying away with them came to mind.  I imagine that doves are taking my thoughts away because Doves look beautiful when they fly away but then they fly back to wherever they belong.  So my beautiful thoughts fly away but they will return to where they belong so that they can be used again.

Combining the two metaphors seemed to work really well and I feel really good this morning.  My meditation session really did feel relaxing and like I was working on a journey instead of striving to reach a destination.  Sometimes when I let thoughts go and returned them to the moon the moon would be far away and other times the moon would be big like in Joe vs the Volcano.