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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 letting change happen.
So there are times in our life when
things shift and change quite suddenly.
It's almost as if yesterday, the
world was one way and we wake
up today in a whole new realm.
Maybe it's because the relationship
comes to an end, or we find out that
we need to move house or change jobs.
We might get some shocking news on a
phone call, or maybe it could be that
we're hearing news headlines that global
circumstances have changed in some way.
And you know, in these times it's
disorienting and it's often scary.
So when we're facing the unknown like
this, sometimes we scramble for some
sense of certainty again, some sense of
safety in whatever form we can get it.
Other times we get emotionally
reactive as our expectations for
what we wanted to happen are dashed.
So a lot of the time, we don't even
realize that we had these unconscious
expectations of what would happen.
We just expect things to
go the way we plan them to.
And so a lot of the time when things
change, we feel really put out.
But the truth is nothing was ever solid.
Nothing was ever fixed or permanent.
Everything is transitory and
in a state of flux and flow.
Now life itself is a constant unfolding
process of change and we cannot
control how it's going to unfold.
This is really important to remember.
Lao Tzu says, "Life is really a series
of natural and spontaneous changes.
Don't resist them.
That only creates sorrow.
Let reality be reality.
Let things flow naturally forward
in whatever way they like."
This also reminds me of a Bruce
Lee quote from one of his movies
where he's teaching martial arts.
And he tells one of his students
in the movie to be like water.
In other words, to be fully present in
each moment and meet whatever arises
with openness and acceptance and a kind
of fluidity, an adaptability rather than
needing it to conform to our desires.
So yeah, to be like water is this
sort of sentiment of being very
light on our feet and meeting things
as they arrive in the moment and
just working with the flow of life.
I really love this, you know.
And in this way, instead of
resisting the change, we kind
of meet it with this spirit of
curiosity, openness and adventure.
So, this is the invitation for
practice today is to just let
change happen as best you can.
Of course, we still may need to take some
time to ground ourselves in mindfulness
and compassion when the change kind
of hits us, but also seeing if you can
hold your expectations lightly, embrace
uncertainty and allow impermanence to
be part of the adventure of your life.
As always, thank you for your practice
and your presence here with us.
And let's begin to settle in
now for today's meditation.
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