DAY 8: Oprah & Deepak’s 21-day meditation challenge! Can you honestly say you feel completely loved & completely lovable? VOTE ‘YES or ‘NO’ BELOW. SHARE! “Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” COMMENT BELOW…
— The big lesson for me, from the first part of the lesson, was looking at others and loving them as they are and not as we wish them to be. My mother is amazing – she has always been. She is one of the most wonderful people I have ever known and yet I remember that when I was a kid I used to wish she’d behave more like the mother from the Cosby show! You’ll probably read this and laugh but I think as a young ‘un I was deadly serious about this. I wanted a mother who, instead of expressing her love though actions and sacrifice, I wanted a mother who stood around smiling all the time and using flowery language to praise me and to describe how much she loved me (like Bill Cosby did with Rudy!). LOL! Now I look back and I think, it’s not just silly, it’s also sad. I missed out on 100% cherishing the wonder of this loving mother right in front of me because a part of me was I was pining after some ideal I’d got from the television! Mummy if you are reading this, I love you completely and I’m sorry if I was ever a pain in the butt (“if??!” I hear you saying 🙂
Today’s centering thought: “I am love and I am loved unconditionally.”
Mindful moment homework:
BE PRESENT – “Just be with your feelings with the awareness that whatever you are feeling is okay exactly as it is. This supportive gesture is like hugging and holding yourself in a loving and nurturing embrace.”
This was liberating for me because it gave me choices today. I was in one meeting where I was like “I hate this!” and then I was like ah, that’s just a feeling I’m having and… a few moments later, I was like “I think it’s funny! When I am I next going to get a chance to sit in on something as silly as this?!” LOL – being present without judging the feelings, gives freedom!
Give this challenge a try!https://chopracentermeditation.com/
It’s easy, it’s free and you don’t need to “know anything about meditation” to do it!
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FROM Deepak Chopra and Oprah Winfrey: #ChopraCenter
***Day 8
Miraculous Spirit
“Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works miracles in our lives.” —Louise L. Hay
This week we will continue our journey of miraculous relationships by expanding our experience of love, equanimity, joy, compassion, and other divine qualities of spirit. Today our meditation will focus on choosing to be the presence of love.
Many people think of love as an emotion that comes and goes. In one moment we feel intense love and in the next we feel nothing at all. We may then become consumed by doubts about our relationships or we get caught up in an anxious search for love, striving to attract someone who will finally give us the love and approval we’ve longed for. As we’ve explored, love isn’t a capricious emotion but a state of being. It is an experience of unity with all creation. In every moment we can choose to be the presence of love and let that love guide all our words and actions. This choice will transform all of your relationships, including the one with yourself.
Mindful Moment
An essential part of learning to love yourself is to focus on being fully present and accepting of your current experience. Today take time to become more conscious of what your emotions are and how they feel in your body. Just be with your feelings with the awareness that whatever you are feeling is okay exactly as it is. This supportive gesture is like hugging and holding yourself in a loving and nurturing embrace—a practice that helps you metabolize your present experiences, promotes healing of old emotional pain, cultivates trust in yourself, and strengthens your ability to give yourself compassion and kindness.
love,
The Lifestylista
xox
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