Plenary, 15 Nov 2006

Meeting date: Wednesday, November 15, 2006

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Time for Reflection

Good afternoon. Our first item of business is, as it is every Wednesday, time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader today is Dr Conrad Harvey, Buddhist faith representative, NHS Scotland spiritual care committee.

I would like to offer the following meditation prayer to everyone present; hopefully, you will find it useful in your lives. It involves making yourself comfortable, ideally with a straight back, and thinking to yourself:

May I be happy
May I be free from fear
May I be healed
May I be peaceful

I ask you to sit as comfortably as you can and think:

May I be happy
May I be free from fear
May I be healed
May I be peaceful

Now, I ask you to consider someone sitting beside you, whether familiar or not to you, and reflect:

May they be happy
May they be free from fear
May they be healed
May they be peaceful

And finally, I ask you to imagine as many beings as you can and go on to reflect:

May all beings be happy
May all beings be free from fear
May all beings be healed
May all beings be peaceful

Thank you. I hope you that you will find that useful in your lives.

I will allow a few minutes for members to enter the chamber.