There's something about Chopra's voice that makes one feel as if everything is going to be OK.
I piggy-backed these two videos together for an approximate "10-minute" meditation session, and found it deeply relaxing.
This will be a short post because I feel that the videos alone present a great amount of guidance that doesn't need much reflection.
One thought however...
"Mindfulness is the practice of observing oneself without judging yourself."
Out of the two videos, I found this single statement to be the most influential in directing the entire time of meditation.
It seems that the general direction of all of my mindfulness and meditation times have trended toward the general theme of compassion for the individual. Maybe, in a way, it's a message that I've needed the most in these past few weeks.
I am my worst critic, and I think the same tends to apply for every other individual. We have high-expectations for our lives, and when we don't believe that we are following our hopes and dreams, we lead ourselves toward some degree of self-destruction. We lack compassion and love to enable ourselves to be empowered by the acceptance of experience and being.
As I've continued in this journey the past 25 days, I cannot say that I have arrived at the place of no longer judging myself, but that I have softened it and laid compassion on myself. As long as I believe and accept my experiences as wonderful opportunities for awakening and accept them, my practice of mindfulness can only become richer each day. Today, I found some relief in accepting all that was within my day. They included my best moments and my worst, but they tell the story of my presence in this world today. I have the choice to judge my experiences and subject myself to suffering through the harsh criticism I would levy upon myself, or accept the experiences with compassion, and become awakened by presence and responses to them.
My desire is for the latter, and my journey is bringing me closer still.
I piggy-backed these two videos together for an approximate "10-minute" meditation session, and found it deeply relaxing.
This will be a short post because I feel that the videos alone present a great amount of guidance that doesn't need much reflection.
One thought however...
"Mindfulness is the practice of observing oneself without judging yourself."
Out of the two videos, I found this single statement to be the most influential in directing the entire time of meditation.
It seems that the general direction of all of my mindfulness and meditation times have trended toward the general theme of compassion for the individual. Maybe, in a way, it's a message that I've needed the most in these past few weeks.
I am my worst critic, and I think the same tends to apply for every other individual. We have high-expectations for our lives, and when we don't believe that we are following our hopes and dreams, we lead ourselves toward some degree of self-destruction. We lack compassion and love to enable ourselves to be empowered by the acceptance of experience and being.
As I've continued in this journey the past 25 days, I cannot say that I have arrived at the place of no longer judging myself, but that I have softened it and laid compassion on myself. As long as I believe and accept my experiences as wonderful opportunities for awakening and accept them, my practice of mindfulness can only become richer each day. Today, I found some relief in accepting all that was within my day. They included my best moments and my worst, but they tell the story of my presence in this world today. I have the choice to judge my experiences and subject myself to suffering through the harsh criticism I would levy upon myself, or accept the experiences with compassion, and become awakened by presence and responses to them.
My desire is for the latter, and my journey is bringing me closer still.
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