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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 back to
your Daily Mindfulness.
In today's session, we're
going to talk about building
the dream home of your mind.
So I watched this video recently about
this $500 million house in LA and it
randomly popped up on my YouTube channel.
And I was curious.
There was a compelling caption, and I
never heard of a $500 million house.
So I watched the whole tour.
It was pretty incredible.
You can imagine what a $500
million house might look like.
All the different rooms and the
glamour and the luxury of it.
It was certainly compelling.
Not necessarily something I would want
to live in, but to visit, I, I could
see the part of me that was like,
whoa, this is, this is glamorous.
And I could see how a lot of people could
be compelled by trying to get to a place
in life where this could be a possibility.
You know, the, the allure of the
luxury of it and everything it
represents is really compelling.
And I was also reflecting on
the fact that, you know, you
can have something like this and
you could still be miserable.
You could still feel bound internally.
You could still feel like you're
suffering in your mind or not know
how to work with difficult thoughts or
be so caught up in yourself that you
disconnect with the rest of the world.
It's quite possible that this could
become available to you and you could
be miserable while you're in it.
And it just made me think about like,
you know, well, what is a path that
you can take that is more full-proof?
And it reminded me of why I got
into this work to begin with.
You know, there was a bit of a
disillusionment early on for me when
I was in college, seeing that I was
going to go down a, a certain kind of
path and I was like very interested in
finance and then just the recognition of
might not actually lead to my wellbeing.
What could I do in a way that I, I
know progress in that direction would
also have dividends on my fulfillment.
Then that's actually what inspired me
to go down this path of mindfulness,
meditation, positive psychology,
and just asking the question
of what it means to live well.
And so there was bringing
that back up for me.
And it's a reminder and something I want
to offer you as well as like there's
a lot of things out there that are
going to feel compelling, but there
is not a direct relationship between
having them, between pursuing them
and having them and your wellbeing.
However, the work that we are doing here
is much more of a direct relationship.
The work of cultivating an internal
sense of self-compassion, the work of
cultivating a presence, the work of
cultivating a spaciousness within you
that can allow experience to come and
go without extra tension, the work
of cultivating internal forgiveness,
self-love, compassion for others.
These things lead to a happier,
clearer, brighter, and joyful mind.
And the effort and energy you put into
developing that will have those dividends.
You can trust that.
So maybe instead of trying to attain
the $500 million home, we can work
to attain the $500 million mind.
What would it look like to cultivate
a mind that we are so excited to
live in, that we know is bringing us
joy and wellbeing, and also having
that impact for others around us?
Just something to contemplate
and hopefully something to
continue to motivate you on the
journey that you're already on.
Thank you for your practice.
Let's settle in for today's meditation.
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