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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 in the text.
If we are trying to establish a new habit of any sort, ‘trying not to do something’ is a recipe for quickly depleting our willpower. It requires constant vigilance because instead of focusing on what we do want to happen, we’re focusing on what we don’t want to happen. If instead we let go of what tempts us, acknowledging that it does, and choose to cultivate an environment that supports the new habit, we no longer expend finite energy.
Much like moving with the current of a river, we are flowing with life, instead of trying to battle against it. We cannot control the river, so we choose how we will travel in the water by situating our chosen floating device (our kitchen cupboards, our closet, our home in general, our office) to support the nourishment we have consciously chosen to welcome into our lives to live well.
Awareness of how our willpower cannot always be dependable based on life circumstances, we strengthen our skill of letting go (not ignoring). Seeing, noting something, and letting it go, rather than battling against it. We practice this as we meditate – when an unwanted thought arises, we see it, rather than suppress it, then let it go without engaging with it.
Let’s strengthen that muscle of letting go.
~To conclude each meditation session, I encourage you to recite a mantra of your choosing and design. In the Contentment Masterclass, I share my example, which you are welcome to use, tweak, or look to as a template to design your own. Also provided to enrollees of the course is a free trial of the guided meditation app I use.
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~Learn more about TSLL’s Contentment Masterclass: Discover the benefits of Meditation, which is included in the detailed syllabus shared here, watch the trailer, and read student reviews.
~Comments will be turned off for Meditation posts as you cultivate a practice guided by what you need and your journey to cultivating inner peace and aligning with your true self.
