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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, and welcome to your Daily Mindfulness.
Today I'm going to explore the
meaning of forgiveness and what
it can offer us in our lives.
So I think we've all had times
where somebody has said or done
something that we felt really hurt by.
Maybe a friend criticizes our
life choices, maybe a partner
betrays our confidence in some
way, or maybe a thoughtless or
rude remark by someone at work.
And whether or not that person meant to
hurt us, the painful feelings that result
from their actions or words are very real.
You know, so very often in life when
this happens, when somebody says or
does something that hurts us or angers
us, what we tend to do is we tend to
continue just carrying around this
hurt inside of us by replaying the
event over and over again in the mind.
You can probably relate, right?
As we do this, our resentment
and hostility towards the
person tends to build.
And when we're filled with all that
bitterness, all that resentment
and anger there's not much space
left within us for understanding,
healing and for our own inner peace.
So the thing is if we don't practice
forgiveness, we're the ones left carrying
the burden of anger and bitterness.
The other person actually might've moved
on already, or they might actually be
completely unaware of our feelings.
Now, forgiveness is not meant at all to
negate, deny or minimize what happened.
Instead, it's simply a choice
to let go of carrying that
hostility we're hanging on to.
It allows us to open the tight
fist of anger, create a little
bit of inner space and help us see
through the eyes of understanding.
When we look at the situation with
understanding, we might be able to
have some insight into why that person
might've done the things that they did.
And we might also reflect on our own
lives and see that we too make mistakes.
We too have done things that have hurt
others, you know, even though we may
not have intended to hurt anybody.
We all get caught up sometimes, we all
have flaws and we all have bad days.
In seeing this clearly we at least open
up a little bit of inner space in which
we might be able to understand the other
person better, make the choice to forgive
and then reclaim some inner peace.
So that's the invitation for today and
for the rest of this week, if you find
yourself feeling hurt or angered from
the actions of another person, just
making forgiveness your intention.
And it's not always easy, but see
if you can just a little bit soften
and let go of any animosity, just
bit by bit, for as you forgive the
other, you find peace in yourself.
So in today's meditation, we're
going to focus on generating
feelings of loving kindness towards
others who may have hurt us.
So I invite you to settle in for that
now and as always thank you for your
practice and your presence here with us.
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