Begin Bright Series: Day 5 - Inconvenience As A Gift

This peacebeam session brings the user into breath and heart coherence. Grounding ourselves in our breath we consider the inevitability of inconvenience in our lives and use it to pause, breathe and feel grateful for all the wonderful things that do go our way. This peacebeam can be used individually or as one day of the Begin Bright series.

Transcript

Hi,

Welcome to Peacebeam.

Step one,

Notice.

As always,

We begin by noticing how we are today.

Just hold that question.

How do I feel today?

And if you find any tension in your body,

Your shoulders,

Your neck,

If you're frowning,

Just relax and let it go.

Step two,

Breathe.

Now bring your focus onto your breath and allow yourself to begin to tune to its rhythm,

Its constancy.

Feel the in and the out and just be here for a few moments,

Breathing.

And now just begin to picture your breath moving in and out through your heart,

The rhythm of your heart and the rhythm of your breath,

Joining each other for these next few moments and allowing you to settle.

Beautiful.

Just breathe.

Step three,

Activate.

We've had over 50 years of being told that convenience is essential.

Whether it's food or shopping,

Travel,

Dating,

Weddings and funerals,

We must have convenience in everything.

So when things don't go our way,

When something inconvenient occurs,

We find it very difficult to accept.

Not only that,

But we can feel personally aggrieved that our day or our life has been interrupted.

I recently watched somebody on an aeroplane at 35,

000 feet shouting at his phone because the wifi wasn't fast enough.

And I totally understood how he felt.

What would in any other time in human history seem like an exhibition of insanity actually seemed completely understandable.

And though this is funny,

Inconvenience really is an inevitability.

And so today,

Instead of allowing it to send us into a descending octave of negative thoughts,

Words or actions,

We are going to embrace it with gratitude.

And as the automatic flow of our day is interrupted,

We're going to use it to pause,

To breathe and to be grateful for all of the things that actually do go our way.

For all of the gifts of our modern world that make our lives so much easier.

And we are going to smile.

Step four,

Beam.

Look at that.

You are smiling at the thought of inconvenience.

That is a miracle in itself.

And you've done that in five minutes.

So now take that smile,

That energy of gratitude and acceptance,

And make it shine through your day for your benefit and the benefit of every person that you meet.

Have a beautiful day.

Reviews

Excellent reminder of the ways in which tech might have made our lives easier....good to reflect on this when becoming frustrated at the believed inconvenience of slowness 🙏😌🍁🍂

Great practice, so sweet and peaceful. Can't pass a morning without doing a Peacebeam Meditation I think that is explanatory enough! Thanks for the work. 💜
And I was smilling, thanks again for that! 😊

Wonderful thought and so true. Loved that meditation and I’m smiling just thinking how I’m going to treat any inconveniences today😃

My inconvenience: why where this so fast? Sooo good! Thank you!

Loved this meditation! It offered me a change of perspective. Thank you! 🙏🏾💜

I am grateful for yet another new day that both my breath 🌬️ and my heart ❤️ can work their magic on me.

Taking your message of today, sprinkling it inside of me and letting the magic dust pour out of me and into every human being and creature that I meet and talk to today.

Sending some of it to you too, you beautiful soul! 😇

You made me smile. Being grateful for inconvenience how cool. Love your gentleness 😘🙏

Who/what is Peacebeam? These are very good meditations, but I am a little disoriented without knowing something about the person providing them. Guess I need to work more on non-attachment!! 😄

Thanks for the reminder that you inconvenience is inevitable but that there’s more than one way to deal with it.

The inevitability of inconvenience - ingenious! Thank you 😊
🌈 🙏 ♥ 🕊

Thank you 🙏 I will see inconveniences in a new way now, and embrace it. Sending gratitude and all that is good 🙏🙏

such a great concept. Inconvienence is such an easy trigger when not staying mindful. thankyou

I always love peacebeams. They set me on the path to a good day.

A beautiful idea. We should all practise this :)

Short sweet and perfect way to start the day!

Just what I needed. Thanks 💗

Where have you been all my life!...your series has help me invite peace and thoughtfulness into my day...thank you 😊

Thank you Jane, for the miracle of your meditations. I love each and every one of them!

Again. Thought provoking and powerful. I am smiling and will continue to smile. Namaste 🙏🏻😌

Yet again, one to think about and pass on!!