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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, and welcome to your Daily Mindfulness.
So Greek philosopher, Epictetus
once taught, "We are not disturbed
by what happens to us, but by our
thoughts about what happens to us."
And that's really true.
You know, when we judge and label the
events of our lives, we often react
to the judgments we have about what's
happening rather than simply being with
our direct experience just as it is.
So I'll give you a simple example.
Let's say you wake up one morning
and you look out your window
and you see rain coming down.
And then this thought comes
in this judgment that says,
Ugh, what a horrible day.
Now, is it true that the day is horrible?
Of course not.
It's just raining.
But if you buy into that thought,
you're very likely to experience
negativity, grumpiness, sadness.
But if you don't buy into that thought,
then you're free to be at peace just
to lay there, listening to the ring.
No problem, no negativity.
Now and we know that just like the
weather, the events of our lives
are also constantly changing.
They always will be.
We have gain, we have loss, we
have up, we have down new loves
and heartbreaks, pain pleasure,
praise, blame, success, and failure.
All of that is a normal part of the
richness and variety of being human.
But when we apply judgments and stories
to what happens, we're often yanked
around at the mercy of our reactions.
So the most basic mental judgments
we do are often liking and disliking.
For instance, when we judge
something or someone as good, nice.
Right, we're elated.
And we get attached to it.
When we judge something or
someone is bad, horrible, wrong,
we react with negative emotions.
So Shakespeare once said, "There's
nothing, either good nor bad,
but thinking makes it so."
That's also true.
And when we're able to realize this
truth, it means that we can learn to
respond to the ever changing circumstances
of our lives, non reactively, so that
we're not always emotionally thrown
around by the ups and downs of life.
Now that doesn't mean we can't
take action to change things.
We certainly can.
And on the contrary, we can
respond instead of reacting when
we're not caught up in reactivity.
So we can, we can take, you know,
more skillful, more empowered actions.
So in today's meditation, we're going
to be focusing on cultivating this
capacity to be non-reactive and more
rooted in presence and inner peace.
But in your daily life also,
you know, see if you can focus
on just laying aside judgments.
Especially the ones that label
things good and bad, right
and wrong, like and dislike.
And instead, just being curious
about what happens when you add no
story at all to whatever arises.
And instead, as best you, can
just be fully present with what
arises and respond when necessary
with the best of who you are.
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