New Beginning Meditation

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Welcome, creative, spiritual journey,

friends to the new beginning meditation,

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where we're gonna practice showing

up, staying in the moment, and when

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our mind wanders off, which it will.

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Coming back into the now moment,

this meditation can be done anywhere.

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While you're driving, working in

your kitchen or sitting quietly

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on your couch, preferably in the

morning before you step out into

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the noise and the chaos of the day.

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Much like sitting and witnessing

a sunrise in our last episode

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titled It is Never Too Late.

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To Begin, I asked the question.

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What if it weren't too late for you?

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What would you do And then I had you think

of something you've always desired to

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learn, and listen to your heart and choose

one small step to begin with I love the

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scripture in Alma 37, 6 that says, now

you suppose that is foolishness in me.

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But behold, I say unto you that

by small and simple things are

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great things brought to pass.

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this is telling us that by these

small and simple things that we

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choose to meditate upon to begin

again, can lead to great things.

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In this meditation, we will

nourish our beginner's mindset.

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Have you ever heard of that?

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Well, in the teachings of Zen, there

is a quote in the beginner's mind.

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There are infinite possibilities.

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In the expert mind, there are few.

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So the beginner's mind, I think,

of becoming like a child humble.

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Teachable.

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What if we could have this beautiful

blend, a dance of the beginner's mind,

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this being a little child with the expert

mind of the wisdom that we have gained.

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From years of experience on the

journey and letting go of those

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fears and lies and those things that

it's too late for us to begin again.

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So this meditation is a practice

where we're gonna ask ourselves this

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question, am I willing to begin?

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Again?

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This is not like a board game

where you're sent back to the

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beginning and have to start over.

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It is more like being on a backpacking

trip and the new dawn where we pick

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up our packs and look at the map

and chart our course for the day.

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A new day, a new beginning, I guess you

could call it being born again, changing

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our heart, changing the direction of

our course, Having an open, humble heart

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Okay, let's begin by getting comfortable,

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taking in a nice, deep breath.

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I'm going to give you a

moment to set up this space.

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Please try to find somewhere

where you can just listen to my

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words and not be interrupted.

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Place of quiet of stillness.

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Breathe in through the nose

and down into the belly.

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We just allow our body and our

mind to hush into this a moment

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of infinite possibilities,

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and just follow my words.

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Remember, creativity often begins

where no one can see it like roots.

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Of a planted tree, the small and simple,

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Today I am open to beginning again,

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an open heart, an open mind.

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I am receiving.

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I am receiving inspiration,

enlightenment, and guidance.

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I am grateful, grateful for the

beauties and oz of this journey,

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and I am giving, giving away

my fears and uncertainties.

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To the Lord.

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Okay.

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We're just gonna sense for a moment

where we're feeling that in our bodies.

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Breathing in again,

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that light.

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Let it just wash through You.

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Wash out the noise.

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The fears,

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maybe even the wiggles, depending on

what you're feeling right now, and let's

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just settle into it again, Joey breathing

in today, I am open to beginning again.

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Aware that there are an infinite amount

of possibilities that lie out before me.

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I am receiving guidance.

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To know what the next step

is, courage to take it.

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I am grateful for the joys and even

the bumps and falls along the way.

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It's all learning,

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and I am giving.

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I am giving my heart to

be changed, strengthened

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to become new

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breathing in settling into that space.

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Take.

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Good, good breath in.

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You're doing great.

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Let's do it again.

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Today I am open to beginning

again, mindful of what the

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Lord has in store for me.

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I am receiving with.

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Gratitude, inspiration and guidance

to know what the next step is.

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I am grateful for the

infinite possibilities,

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the grace, the strength

I am receiving with.

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to step forward.

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I am giving.

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I am giving encouragement

and shining my light.

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I am giving a hand up

to my fellow travelers.

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I am giving my heart.

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What small and simple step

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can you take today?

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Just take this moment to listen.

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To ponder, pray.

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Think about how God has left

the world unfinished for a

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man to work his skill upon.

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It's a beautiful thought.

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He's left your life unfinished so that you

and I have the challenge of raw materials,

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not the ease of finished things.

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He leaves the pictures unpainted and

the music un sung, and the problems

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unsolved that you and I might know the

joys and the glory of creation, the joys.

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And the wonderment of being a beginner,

you are never too old to begin again.

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So shore up that courage,

take in that deep breath.

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What beautiful experience

awaits you today?

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on your journey?

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We'll have to pick up our packs

and set our course to discover that

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wonder and that infinite possibility.

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What will it be I.

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I'm so grateful you've joined me today.

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Now take your time here.

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Just breathing.

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Enjoying that beautiful sunrise,

the beginning of a new day,

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and I hope to see you on the trail.

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Namaste.