Descending The Tower - The Temple

The transcription is a guided meditation that takes the listener on a journey down a spiral staircase, gradually becoming more relaxed with each step. The purpose is to reach a state of deep relaxation and enter a trance-like state. The meditation encourages the listener to let go of conscious thoughts and embrace the stillness of the unconscious mind. It suggests that by doing so, one can experience a stronger rush of pleasure hormones and a deeper sense of bliss. The meditation ends by directing the listener to click on a link for further continuation of the trance journey. Descending the Tower Please make yourself comfortable. I'm going to tell you a story and I hope you'll pay attention because you might be missing out on some of the benefits you'll get when you relax and listen and just let my words and the sound of my voice carry you away. You are going to come with me on a little trip. I hope you come prepared. You're on a balcony overlooking a magnificent Italian city built during the Renaissance. All those beautiful houses and buildings all around you so far below. The dressed marble of the balcony is cold under your hands. The wind ruffles your hair. The shade is cool behind you on this sunny day under a lovely blue sky. The sounds of the city, rumbling traffic, beeping horns, a police siren going past, the sound going down a tone as it speeds away from you echo and fill your body. Far below, the soft, comfortable, incessant murmur of the street-level crowds, locals, tourists, students forms a constant soothing backdrop. The doorway is behind you and beyond that the spiralling staircase going down to the ground. The area within is dark when you open the door but warmer than you thought it would be. The draft of warm air rising up the stair column brushes against your body and gently caresses your hair as it escapes through the door. There is a polished brass railing. It is smooth and hard in your hand, your footsteps echoing as you take your first steps down the marble stairs, past windows letting in shafts of sunlight, lazy flecks of dust slowly descending in the warm, still air as you step onto each lower step, slowly turning around and around, following the spiral staircase down, lower and lower. You are on the tenth floor. As you get lower it gets warmer and a bit darker with each step you take. The tensions in your body are melting away because it is such a lovely day. Pick off your shoes. The cool stone steps are solid and smooth beneath the soles of your feet. Smell of warm bread nearby. Take a deep breath. Breathe it in and release the muscle tensions as you breathe out and go deeper. Take a deep breath in and hold 4, 3, 2, 1 and now release it slowly 4, 3, 2, 1. You are now at 9 and so relaxed as the stairs slowly takes you lower with each step you take, slowly circling, spiraling, lower and lower, deeper with every step and each step removing some more of that muscle tension and you feel so very, very relaxed. The sun's garden is in nearby full bloom and there are so many lovely scents to pick out of the heady, aromatic melange in the air, encouraging you to take a deep breath in and hold 4, 3, 2, 1 and now release it slowly 4, 3, 2, 1. And this is floor 8 and your body remembers when you got into bed after a long day and the sheets were crisp and fresh and sliding into the bed was a heaven. The warmth against your skin, the smell of the fresh sheets, the smooth texture of your skin and the way your muscles couldn't help but relax and let go and you go down deeper taking those steps which take you lower and lower so take a deep breath in and hold 4, 3, 2, 1 and now release it slowly 4, 3, 2, 1. You are now at floor 7 and that day comes to you when everything worked out just great, just perfect, that one absolutely perfect day when everything just fit into place as you are, as your mind and body are relaxing, as you go lower down the stairs, everything getting into place deeper and deeper, you dwell on the peak moments of that day, a memory of great comfort and warmth which you run through as if you are living it for the first time, immersing yourself in the joyous embrace of that memory before you take a deep breath in and hold 4, 3, 2, 1 and now release it slowly 4, 3, 2, 1. You arrive at floor 6 and your body is so relaxed now, so heavy and there is really only one way down and that is down the stairs, round and round, slowly going deeper and deeper with every step, breathing in deeply, breathing out the tension slowly, breathing in relaxation of the body and the mind and hold 4, 3, 2, 1 and now release it slowly 4, 3, 2, 1. The wonderful changes and relaxations in your body and your mind are releasing all your tensions as you reach 5 and keep going down, lower and lower with your body heavy and relaxed like lead, so wonderful and warm and safe and relaxed and good and the steps under your feet are so smooth and cool, your clothes on your body, the air going in and out of you, deep breath in and hold 4, 3, 2, 1 and now release it slowly 4, 3, 2, 1. You are now at 4 and so close to the ground now, close to the end of your journey and your body moves so gracefully, all the parts of your body relaxed and working and moving together and it all fits together and you want this goodness and wonderfulness to continue, so heavy, so relaxed and you take more steps lower and lower, deeper and deeper and take a deep breath in and hold 4, 3, 2, 1 and now release it slowly 4, 3, 2, 1. A few steps and you finally got to 3, not much further to go, so warm, so comfy, so relaxed and let this go a little more and take the next step down, all the way down and so relaxed and you've got further and further to go and it's dark and warm and safe and the stairs are going down and you are going down along with them but no matter how far they go there's only a bit more left and all you have to do to get to the very end is to relax, relax so completely and fully, let it all go, just take a deep breath in and hold 4, 3, 2, 1 and now release it slowly 4, 3, 2, 1, it's easy isn't it? So easy that you've reached 2 before you know it and there's only one more step to go now before you reach the bottom and take a deep breath in and hold 4, 3, 2, 1 and now release it slowly 4, 3, 2, 1 and you are at 1 and you can let it all go, sink down onto the warm soft bed, lie back, sit back, pressed sheets, warm bedroom or a comfy chair, dark, quiet, safe and close your eyes fully and just sleep yes, that's right, very good, all the way down and sleep, deep, deep sleep, there is a place of grace nearby, an oasis of silence amid the city's noise it radiates blissful peace and aura which beckons you to enter and welcome to the temple at the base of the tower you've come a long way to get here, the temple is old and silent but you hear distant chanting in other parts of the complex, a low murmur which works its way into every part of you body and soul resonating inside you, a massage from the inside to fill every part of you like the sound of a bell, and just as a bell's sound diminishes into silence so too does the sound of chanting fade into the background, stilling your mind and body with it and while part of you insists on telling you that you have to be doing something, you notice that that's not true, anywhere but here, anytime but now, and above all any other way, you can sense that the truth here is that doing nothing, letting the silence settle your muscles, still your mind, release your consciousness is the real truth here and all the way down, because it's so good to do this now and still feel the dopamine pleasure of your relaxation and the release of your conscious thoughts the surge of dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin is stronger when you let your conscious mind go, to the point where when you let it all go, you get the strongest rush of the pleasure hormones and the more bliss you feel as you let your thoughts grow as still as the echoes of the bell, that's still, that's right, and you realize that you can make it even stiller, still and calm like flat glass, like a mill pond smooth and empty and opaque and as deep as that, and even deeper from now, right at this moment, and deeper still, and still deeper, further down, far from consciousness, that's right you're coming in the right direction, that's right, very good and now into the silence comes the gentle ringing of the temple's singing bow, it's vibrations driving you into the stillness of the unconscious mind, where the last of your consciousness has been washed away and your unconscious mind is all that remains, still and peaceful and silent, and as you reach that point, you realize that you can drop completely now, and let go of everything and forget where you are, and forget all your conscious thoughts, all your conscious memories, everything to do with your conscious mind has drifted off and all that's left is to just drop now, into the deepest, safest, warmest part of trance, let go completely and drop in 3, 2, 1, now there will be a link on the page where you found this audio file, click on that link to further continue your journey through trance, now