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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
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Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Hi, welcome back to
your Daily Mindfulness.
In today's session, we're going to talk
about mindfully working through grief.
I'd like to read a poem for
you by Mary Elizabeth Fry.
She says:
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the Swift uplifting rush of
quiet birds in circling flight,
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there.
I did not die.
I'm not sure what you're going through
right now and how this poem lands for
you, but I think it's an invitation
for us to explore how we connect with
our relationship to others, whether
they are here or they've passed.
I don't think we have to take the
message of this poem literally.
Crying, weeping, sadness, grief
are all natural and healthy
expressions of a loss and are a
sign of great love and connection.
I think, however, what Mary is pointing
to is that our connection with others
often extends beyond their physical form.
Who other people are and how we
connect with them is bigger and
deeper than their physical body
and being in close proximity.
We're reminded of other people
through something we see, something
we smell, a taste in food and even
through a memory in our thoughts.
I think if some of the people I'm most
close to in my life and the majority of
the time, I'm not in proximity to them.
The majority of the time they exist as
ideas and memories in my mind and heart.
So as you connect to the people and beings
in your life, whether they're still here
or they've passed, what would it be like
to attune to the many dimensions of this
person and the ways you experienced them?
Do you experience them with the wind, the
diamond glints on snow, the sunlight on
ripened grain or the gentle autumn rain?
You'll have your own
experiences of how you connect.
But perhaps what you'll start to
see is that even if the person is
not there with you right now, they
are very much alive in your life.
Thank you for your practice.
I'll talk to you in
meditation and take care.
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