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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, we're going to talk about how
insight can turn hate into healing.
So on this journey of life, we're
all going to have moments where
other people let us down, disappoint
us, or we feel really hurt by
their actions or their words.
And at these times, it can be really
hard to understand why people act the way
they do, why they say the things they do.
We can feel really angry, judgmental,
or even hateful towards them.
In the same way, it can be equally
hard to understand why as a species,
we have a world where there's
poverty and injustice and pollution
and climate change happening.
So it's easy to get into this kind of
hostile attitude towards humanity, towards
certain people, towards certain behaviors.
And of course, it's very important
that we act on the things that matter
that we do all we can to create a more
equal, healthy and harmonious world.
It's important that we have
boundaries, that we stand up for
ourselves in certain situations.
But we don't need hate
or hostility to do that.
It's awareness and compassion that
are the greatest agents for change.
So when it comes to living with
awareness and compassion, it's really
important that our primary focus is
on understanding our own mind, our own
role in things, and having a continued
intention to try and respond and act
in the world with wisdom and kindness.
So if we can let go of the hostility
towards others and the judgment
about their behavior, we can switch
our focus to taking responsibility
for understanding our own mind
and why we do the things we do.
And we can investigate the causes
of suffering and disharmony within,
within our own mind and life.
And it's through this kind of
self-understanding that we're able to see
the deeper causes and conditions that get
us stuck or caught up in unhelpful stuff.
And it's this self-understanding
that allows us actually to see
that what others are going through
is what we're going through.
We all have the same kind
of challenges, you know.
They get caught up in fixations
worries, stress and unhelpful stuff.
That means they're not
able to be at their best.
So by understanding our own
nature and when we're not at our
best, we understand human nature.
And this really shifts our focus to
compassion for humanity, and that's
profoundly healing and empowering.
It's through this insight into human
nature that we can create space
for change both within and without.
We can start to respond and relate to
our family, our community, and the world
around us with the best of who we are.
But it begins by letting go of hostility
and having a willingness to look honestly
and gently at ourselves so that we can
make a space for our own healing first.
So thank you for your practice
and your presence here with us.
And now let's settle in
for today's meditation.
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