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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.
Today I'm going to talk about
the beauty in being ordinary.
You know, we live in an age with a
very high regard for extraordinary
lives, that is lives that the vast
majority of us are never going to lead.
That didn't really sound.
That sounded a bit funny
on that word, I think.
Do you mind if I just roll again?
Hi.
And welcome to your Daily Mindfulness.
Today I'm going to talk about
the beauty in being ordinary.
You know, we live in an age with a
very high regard for extraordinary
lives, that is, lives that the vast
majority of us are never going to lead.
In the media, we see displays of people
with huge amounts of wealth, extraordinary
talent, dazzling looks and heroic virtue.
The constant display of these
extraordinary lives is both
inspiring and impressive.
And also at the same time, it
can be a bit depressing for us.
We can kind of be a source of
dissatisfaction when we compare
our lives to all these glossy
images and golden achievements.
But in the silence of meditation,
we are at one, both with
ourselves and the world around us.
All comparisons fall away.
We're no better or worse than anyone.
We let go of it, all the
labels, the stories, the
achievements, or the lack thereof.
In that moment, we're simply human.
Our hearts are beating,
our lungs are breathing.
We're an interconnected part of nature
and the whole evolving universe.
In silence, the ordinariness of
being human becomes extraordinary.
I think there's something so deeply
connecting and valuable about
really seeing our common humanity.
You know, no matter what we look like,
what we wear, what we've achieved or
attained, when we sit down and enter
that silence, none of it matters.
We're all the same at a
really fundamental level.
We all have hopes and fears and dreams.
We all experience suffering
and we all want to be happy.
And we're all here together, sharing
this snapshot of time in the vast
expense of an ever evolving universe.
Meditation is extraordinary because it
opens us up to what we see so rarely.
You know, we're often so caught up in
wanting and comparing and thinking.
We don't take the time to pause from
all of that and realize just how
interconnected we are with every other
human and the web of life, all around us.
So as we meditate together
today, let's recognize the
extraordinariness in our ordinariness.
So as was always thank you for
your practice and your presence
here with us, and let's settle
in for today's meditation.
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