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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 to your Daily Mindfulness.
Today I'd like to explore how
we define success in our lives.
And, you know, this is really important
these days to look out for ourselves
because our culture and the world
around us hold material success
and individual achievement, and
special-ness as the highest values.
It's an idea that's promoted
to us constantly through
the media and advertising.
And the problem with that is that
research from the last decade shows
that people whose value center around
material success actually tend to
be less happy and more likely to
experience anxiety, depression, low
self-esteem and problems with intimacy.
And this is regardless of
age, income or culture.
So when we strive to acquire
status wealth and achievement in
an attempt to gain happiness, in
fact, we might be pushing it away.
So in his book, The High Price of
Materialism, psychologist and researcher,
Tim Kasser shows that materialistic
values actually undermine our wellbeing
as they perpetuate feelings of insecurity,
weaken the ties that connect us as a
community and make us feel less free.
My personal story.
My uncle Jeff is one of the
happiest people I've ever known.
He's lived a simple life in harmony with
a couple of acres of land he lived on.
He grew much of his own food, took care
of his neighbors and friends and did
kind deeds when no one was looking,
except me from the back of the car.
He was never ambitious in a worldly
sense and really had no interest
in standing out or amassing wealth.
He valued sustainability, contentment
and kindness, and lived a really
quiet and yet fully rich life.
Although he was sometimes criticized
for his choice to live that way,
he never wavered from his own
path and lived a very happy life.
That was his life.
Now, what about ours?
What about yours?
So there's nothing wrong with having
nice things or achieving big goals.
There's nothing wrong with
living simply or humbly either.
What is important is that the
goals and values that you have are
focused on truly what's important
to you and what leads you to living
a more happy and meaningful life.
My invitation to all of us today is
to take a step back and think about
what success truly means to us, not
what anyone else tells us, but what
we truly value deep in our hearts.
So maybe your definition of success
might be being grateful for the abundance
and beauty in your life, looking after
your mind and body, while also being
kind to others, living sustainably,
contributing to the community.
I mean, that sounds like a pretty
meaningful life to me, but what
does success look like for you?
Maybe, you know, see if you can get
clear on that today and consider the
wisdom in these simple words from
Albert Einstein, "Strive not to be a
success, but rather to be of value."
So as always, thank you for your
practice and your presence here with us.
I hope this practice I offer
you today brings more richness
and fullness into your life.
And now let's settle in
for today's meditation.
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