The Secret of Relaxation

(Enigma would be proud of me...)

Let me take you on a journey
Into your mind, your spirit –
Take a break from the real world;
Float away from where you sit.

Calm your nerves, your senses;
Let the world around you dissolve
Into a kaleidoscope of images and sounds
Let it fade away, there is nothing left now.

Enjoy the pure silence.
Can you hear yourself breathing?
Let the serenity sink in.
Can you feel your heart beating?

Allow yourself to be enveloped
By the milky white heavens,
Let it course through your veins,
Charging you, heightening every sense.

Launch yourself into the sky.
Go ahead and exercise
All the degrees of freedom
That you can realize.

Absorb the unadulterated joy
For a few minutes -
Then prepare yourself to return;
Start gathering your wits.

Slowly let the visions fade
Darkness is what you see;
Return to awareness,
Return to reality.

Gently open your eyes
Isn’t it amusing
That you stayed in this cacophony
Yet were aware of nothing?

It is possible to achieve
Such levels of concentration
Anytime, anyplace
By this meditation.

Do you not feel refreshed
As though you have just rested
For many hours
With a fraction of that time wasted.

Do you not feel enlightened,
Your mental powers sharpened:
Everything seems so clear
As though something in you awakened.

This is the secret
Of total relaxation;
These are the fruits
Of transcendental meditation.