Mindful Memo: When You Feel Hatred... Check In

This is a minute-long listening practice of a poetic message from me to you. It is for those times when the sticky + complicated feelings of hate, anger, frustration, etc arise and you just need a place to pause in between stimulus and response. This reading helps to remind you of how love is a powerful peace maker, and by releasing the grasp on others/other things, we allow our hearts to open. Take a pause. Take a breath. Push play. "By deeply loving these objects of opposition... we become free."

Transcript

When you feel hatred, Anger, Or frustration in your body, Towards someone or something else, Check in. We are trying to hold these things to our own expectations, Behind bars, Behind a wall of contempt. We try to imprison them with our mind, But the truth is, We cage ourselves. The reaction we have to these things constricts our hearts and creates an obstacle between us and divine energy that naturally flows. By deeply loving these objects of opposition, We not only allow them freedom, But remove the barriers and limitations of our own being. We, Ourselves, Become free.