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~I invite you to listen to the audio version shared above, where a guided meditation is provided that follows what is shared below the text.
Take your hand and pull it into a tight fist. Make sure your fingers are curled tightly and nothing can slip out of your grip. how does it feel How long can you hold your fist tight?
Now, relax your hands. Spread your fingers so you can see your palms. See what it can hold if we don’t just cling to what is.
Just like when we clench our fists, close our minds or let our minds race to find a solution to a problem we need to solve, the real solutions, what is really needed, are not understood. . . We don’t have what is needed yet at this point because if it was there would be no problem to solve. The solution lies beyond what has already been done and done. We have yet to experience it, and the only way to introduce it is to give up demanding and searching and instead pause. Pauses create space for what is needed. It creates space for new ideas to enter. And they will do so on their own timeline.
So, in the meantime, we need to open our hands and relax into our present moment. All we have to do is breathe deeply and meditation teaches us how. We meditate not to find answers, but to practice stillness and detachment from our thoughts. It keeps our mind open to seeing our thoughts, but not engaging with them. Letting them drift past us allows new ideas to enter our consideration. All we have to do is keep the door open. And yes, in this case, the door is our mind.
So, resting gently with our hands on top of our feet (fingers turned), let’s start breathing.
~ To end each meditation session, I encourage you to recite a mantra of your choice and design. in Contentment MasterclassI’m sharing my example, which you’re welcome to use, tweak, or see as a template to design your own. A free trial of the guided meditation app I use is also offered to course enrollees.
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