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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 realizing your dreams and what
can sometimes get in the way of that.
Now, I've shared before that it's
okay to have dreams and for a
number of them to not be realized.
We can orient ourselves toward the
process rather than just banking on
the end point for our fulfillment.
At the same time, there is something
satisfying to achieving certain dreams
and also looking at what might get in the
way of the, the reaching of those dreams.
And I think at the core of many
unrealized dreams is a pain or discomfort
that we were unwilling to feel.
The core of many unrealized dreams is
a pain or discomfort we were unwilling
to feel which can include some fear.
As cliche as it is, most of the things
we most desperately want are on the
other side of something uncomfortable.
If that weren't the case, then
anyone, whoever wanted something
would just move full speed ahead
toward it and they'd have it.
And we'd all have everything that we want.
But it turns out we can get
stuck in a pain box, so to
speak, in our zone of comfort.
And the walls that keep us boxed in
are, aren't necessarily actual walls,
but they're the perceived pain that
we might have to experience when
going into new territory or having
some uncomfortable conversations or
walking alone for a period of time or
taking a risk in a new path, a new job.
All of that can bring up some
discomfort in our system.
And I think for many of us, when we have
a sense of like a life that we might want
to create, something we desire, something
that really excites us, that even you
could say, it feels like our karmic
path, the thing we were meant to do.
But there's, there's a discomfort.
There's a fear.
There's a pain that we associate
with potentially having to move in
that direction, which is why I say at
the core of many unrealized dreams,
dreams is some form of discomfort
that we're unwilling to feel.
So I just invite you into that
curiosity for yourself today.
When you consider a life that you're
potentially excited by, something that
you might want to try, something you might
want to do a dream you've always had.
I don't believe we have to follow all
of these things, but notice, are you
at a, in a healthy relationship to
the choosing to not pursue that dream.
Or is it because there's some fear that's
arising, some discomfort that maybe
at this point, you don't want to feel.
But if you really leaned into
it, you could see that, all
right, this is just fear and I,
and I could move forward anyway.
I'm totally okay with us choosing
not to go in a particular direction.
What I'm more curious about though
is all the reasons why we choose
not to go in that direction.
And if it is just some form of pain or
discomfort that we've subconsciously
avoided, what would it be like
to stay a little bit more present
to it and move forward anyway.
So something to consider.
Thank you for your practice.
Let's settle in for today's meditation.
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