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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, and welcome back to
your Daily Mindfulness.
In today's session we're going to
talk about aligning your life toward
more happiness and less unhappiness.
So when it comes to living a fulfilling
life, it's not always as straightforward
as do more of this and do less of that.
A lot of times we think we're
doing something that will make
us more happy, but it doesn't.
And sometimes we think we're doing
something that will make us less happy,
but it actually ends up making us happier.
For this reason, I think a really valuable
exercise is to get clear on three things.
The first is what are the things, you
know, for sure won't make you happier.
The second, what are the things that
may or may not make you happier?
You're not really sure.
And third, what are the things
you know will make you happier?
So for example, Things that won't
make you happier could be things like
being more egoic, uh, having more
anger, more greed, more attachments.
While some of these things might feel
good in the moment overall, they do create
constriction in your life and there's
less inner freedom and, and inner peace.
But then there are the other
things that may make you happier.
The most things that you come up, come
across will fall into this category
because these are things like fame, money,
relationships, material items, a vacation.
These are things that, depending on how
they unfold, how you relate to them,
how you develop them, they may or may
not bring happiness into your life.
They may still be essential things,
but you can't necessarily bank on
them creating your fulfillment.
So that's the maybe category.
But then there are the things that
you know will make you happier.
And this one is harder, uh, but it can
include things like more self-love, more
forgiveness, more alignment with your
values, more deep connections, or even
just an understanding of impermanence that
helps you move more fluidly in your life.
In this category are the things that
you know beyond a shadow of a doubt,
that as you invest time into them,
your sense of wholeness, ease, inner
peace and contentment will grow.
So the takeaway here is that once you have
more clarity on these different buckets,
you can more carefully pay attention to
where you invest your time and energy.
What are the things you know will give
you a positive return on your investment?
Spend more time and energy there.
What are the things you know
will give you a negative return?
Try and spend a little
less time and energy there.
And what are the things that are
important to do, but have the
potential to be amazing or toxic?
Well, pay careful attention to how you
invest your time and energy there and
figure out how to make those things more
life-giving rather than life draining.
Hope this gives you something
to think about in your journey
of building a great life.
Thank you for your practice and let's
settle in for today's meditation.
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