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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?
Benefits of Mindfulness: Mindful Living Can Change Your Life
Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Hi!
Welcome to your Daily Mindfulness.
So I'm going to share a story
with you, or a metaphor.
Imagine that you're hosting a
party, and the sounds of laughter
and music are filling your home.
And then you hear the doorbell ring.
You go to the front door and you open it.
And it's this really annoying
guy from your work, Doug.
So, you find Doug to be
quite rude and arrogant.
You don't like him.
And on top of that, he has
bad personal hygiene and a
really disheveled appearance.
It's embarrassing that he's there
and you certainly didn't invite him.
So, you say to Doug that he can't come
in, he's not allowed in the party.
You go back to your party, but then
Doug starts ringing the doorbell again.
And as you're talking to your
guests, you keep hearing that
doorbell ringing in the background.
You try different ways to ignore
the sound, to distract yourself,
but it just keeps on ringing and
getting more and more annoying.
Now then, as another person tries
to come into the party, Doug starts
pushing through the door and you
really don't want him to come in.
He's rude, frustrating, and embarrassing.
You feel like he's just
going to ruin the party.
So you decided to stand there
at the door and keep Doug out.
So you're there pushing the door
closed and trying to hold that
door closed as much as you can,
but Doug just keeps pushing back.
In fact, it seems the more you push
that door, the more you try to keep
him out, the more he pushes back.
Now, while all this is happening,
your friends are having a
great time at the party.
They're dancing, they're chatting,
they're enjoying the day and having fun.
But the unwelcome guest is at the door.
So you decided to stay there and
just keep pushing that door closed.
You keep doing this for a while, but
then you realize something —you're
missing out on your own party.
So you make a decision to stop
pushing the door and see what happens.
Well, you're unwanted guest comes
right in and just like you thought
it would be, he's, he's annoying,
he's rude, he smelly, he's arrogant.
He goes right into the party and
starts hanging out with your friends.
And, at first, it's really uncomfortable.
You don't know how to
handle him being there.
But over time you start to relax
and you notice that some of your
guests actually seem to like him.
They're laughing at his
quirky sense of humor.
And so you start to relax a
little bit more and start to
see him in a different light.
He's still unpleasant, but you realize
he's maybe not as awful as you thought.
And you can even learn
some things from him.
And the main thing is that now
that you've let him in, you're
free to relax and enjoy your party.
So, this story, this metaphor, um,
offers us an insight into new ways
we can work with difficult feelings.
So the unwanted guest in this story
represents your difficult feelings, like
anxiety, anger, fear, and negativity.
When these unwelcome guests come to visit
us, we usually try not to let them in.
Sometimes we try to push
them away or drown them out.
Sometimes we deny them or fight with them.
We often do anything we can to
not let them into our awareness.
But when we do that, we often
become so fixated at keeping
those difficult feelings at bay.
We miss out on the being present for the
people, events and moments of our lives.
We, we miss the party.
So in today's meditation, we'll
train in putting the welcome
mat out for all the guests.
So we can soften the struggle inside
ourselves and live a much more
rich, full and meaningful life.
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