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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'm going to share one
question that can help you let go
of unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
And the question is this: is what I'm
doing helping me, or is it harming me?
Simple, right?
But this is a powerful question.
It can help us become more
mindful and discerning with our
thoughts, words, and actions.
For instance, if you're worrying
over and over again about a
problem, you can ask, is what I'm
doing helping me or harming me.
Now, if it's harmful, if it's just
bringing you a lot of anxiety and
stress without actually helping you
in any practical way to solve your
problem, you can drop the worrying
and put your focus on something more
helpful, like being present in the
moment or focusing on gratitude.
If you're criticizing a partner, if
you're beating yourself up, if you're
about to spend more money, work late
again, sleep in, have one more, have
some food or drink you can check
in and ask yourself that question.
Is what I'm doing helping or harming me?
If you're complaining about the weather,
talking behind someone's back, scrolling
social media before bed, thinking jealous,
negative or resentful thoughts, ruminating
about something you did in the past.
You know?
Again, is this helping
me or is this harming me?
You get the idea, right?
This question offers us a really
wonderful, simple way to just check
in with ourselves, become present,
and then have the opportunity to
adjust our course when we need to.
Now, importantly here, there is no need to
judge yourself for doing anything harmful.
There's no need to criticize yourself
or get frustrated with yourself.
We're just noticing here
with curiosity and openness.
Is it harmful or helpful?
If it's harmful, you can just
make a conscious choice about
what you'd like to do out of
compassion and care for yourself.
So the conscious choice to
move towards something more
helpful might take many forms.
It might be putting your mental
focus on something more healthy
and helpful and uplifting.
It might be stopping what you're doing.
It might be only doing it for a few
moments or minutes, and then shifting.
I'll leave that exploration up to you.
This is an invitation for practice today
and ongoing, if you care to, just to
keep checking in with this question.
Is this helping me or is this harming me?
And just adjusting course again and
again to ways of being and living that
are more helpful and healthy for you.
In doing so you really get back
in the driver's seat of your life
and start living it with more
awareness, wisdom, and purpose.
I hope you have fun with this practice.
And as always, thank
you for your practice.
And let's settle in
for today's meditation.
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