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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, welcome back to
your Daily Mindfulness.
In today's session, we're
going to talk about detachment.
Detachment is one of those words that
you often hear in meditation spaces.
And it can very easily be misconstrued.
A lot of people hear detachment
and they immediately think passive
resignation or disconnecting from
life or not caring how things unfold.
And it just feels so far outside
the reality of one, what would be
possible, but two, the way they
would want to live their life.
Because we're humans and we have
things that we love and people that
we love and to be detached from that.
Oh, it just feels like
there'd be a numbness.
What would be in its place?
Why would we even want that?
It even feels like I wouldn't
care about anything and I don't
want to not care about anything.
So this is, these are some of the myths
around attachment, this feeling like we're
just going to disconnect from everything.
But there's a difference
between detachment from process
versus detachment from outcome.
And what we're talking about
with detachment is more
detachment from outcome.
Detachment from outcome
comes from a place of wisdom.
It comes from the understanding that
we don't know what our actions will
turn into, what they will lead to.
In many ways, it's not our business.
All we can do is show up fully, with
presence, with care, with clarity,
and do our best in each moment.
And yeah, try to impact the moment in best
we can, maybe for the potential for some
future outcome that we may be desiring.
But there's this deep understanding
that the only thing we can influence and
control is the input into this moment.
That is different from detachment,
from process, which is more related
to apathy, thinking that our actions
that were thoughts don't mean anything.
Which isn't true, because they do have
an impact on our lived experience.
They have an impact on the world, around
us, our environment, our global community,
and our most intimate relationships.
So when you hear detachment in the
meditation world and the mindfulness
world, keep this nuance in mind.
We're talking about detachment from
outcome, not detachment from process.
One comes from a place of wisdom.
The other comes from a place of apathy.
Thank you for your practice.
Let's settle in for today's meditation.
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