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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 talk about why you
don't have to solve all of your problems.
I like to start with a
quote by Pema Chodron.
She says, "We think that the point is to
pass the test or overcome the problem.
But the truth is, is that
things don't really get solved.
They come together and they fall apart.
They come together again and
then they fall apart again.
It's just like that.
And the healing comes from letting
there be room for all of this
to happen, room for grief, for
relief, for misery and for joy."
So I think something that we often
misunderstand about practicing
mindfulness, you know, is in the
beginning, we might practice mindfulness
feeling like it's going to help us
rise above all the challenges and
problems and all the messiness of
everyday life, or like we're going to
sort of tie a tidy bow around our messy
lives and get it all together finally.
I know that this was
the thinking that I had.
And you know, and the thinking kind
of goes that we're eventually going
to become so wise and so awakened that
we will never again be confronted with
difficult situations, how we're going
to be so at peace that will never again
experience conflict or have misfortunes or
unfinished business or problems, you know.
It's all just going to work itself out
and none of this will matter anymore.
The reality is problems really are just
a part of life in the sense that there
will always be unresolved things that you
haven't quite found a solution to yet.
There'll be things that break and
need fixing, challenges that arise
and obstacles that come up as
you move in a certain direction.
There's going to be times when things
just get messy, unpleasant, or hard,
you know, both in your own immediate
life and in the world as a whole.
And even if there aren't big messes
for now, if there are times when you
actually do kind of get it all together,
it's pretty normal that soon enough,
it's all going to fall apart again.
This is just the nature of human life.
And if we can accept that fact,
then we can find a deeper peace
of mind in the middle of it all.
So mindfulness is not about
trying to control everything or
get rid of all about problems.
But what it does offer us is the
ability to just find peace and
healing in the midst of everything.
As Pema said, "The healing
comes from letting there be
room for all of this to happen."
So the invitation for today and
ongoing is that when problems do
arise in the flow of your life,
whether big or small, see if you can
cultivate an attitude of unconditional
acceptance towards what's arising.
That doesn't mean, of course, that you
have to like it or want it, but simply
waging peace with the way things are.
From there, you can take any action
needed to change things, if that's
needed, but you can do it from a mindset
of acceptance, peace and clarity.
Wishing you well with this practice.
And as always, thank you for your
practice and your presence here with us.
And let's now settle in
for today's meditation.
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