Immune System Booster: Rejoicing

Venerable Sangye Khadro, author of the book "How to Meditate," leads a short meditation that you can easily do daily to suffuse your mind with joy in the kindness of others and boost your immune system with positivity.

Transcript

So I invite you to close your eyes,

Let your attention settle down in the present,

The here and now.

And then bring to mind something that you may have observed or heard about recently or anytime where somebody did something good,

Like an act of kindness,

A good deed.

It doesn't have to be something huge,

But just even helping a neighbor or a family member with some need that they have.

And it could be something another person did or something you yourself did.

Just bring to mind a good deed,

An act of goodness,

An act of kindness.

And let yourself feel joyful,

Glad that that was done.

That was a good thing.

I'm glad that happened.

Hopefully you'll feel some sense of joy in your heart.

That's what rejoicing is all about,

The word joy in the middle of rejoicing.

You feel happy at a good deed,

An act of kindness.

And let that feeling of joy suffuse you,

Fill your whole body,

Your whole mind,

Like water filling a sponge.

Just let your mind rest with that experience for a short time.

And I think it's also nice to go a step further and feel the wish that more and more such acts of goodness,

Acts of kindness are done by you,

By others,

By everyone.

May these acts continue and increase.

Okay,

So you can open your eyes.

So you see it doesn't take very long,

Even a minute or less than a minute,

To do rejoicing.

And I think it does feel good,

Even just a tiny bit,

To do this.

And also they say research shows that kindness is contagious.

So when an act of kindness is done,

Then it will inspire other acts of kindness by people who observe that,

By the recipient,

By the person doing the act of kindness.

So there's this rippling effect.

Goodness,

Kindness spreads.

And when we can rejoice in it,

Then that will also inspire us to do more acts of kindness.

Reviews

Wonderful! It’s interesting that such a short practice can have such an impact. Thank you!

Short and sweet ❤️🙏❤️

🙏🏻🌹

Thank you for offering this. Kindness is contagious.

Hmmmm….Pop! Marvellous…ThankyouandBless 🧸

Lovely, short meditation that can shift your mood

In her voice you can sense she is an authentic practitioner.

Great idea to take time to rejoice. I need to practice this more during the day.

Short, concise and feels GREAT! Thank you teacher 🙏

Thank You! This meditation opens my heart. It makes my day💕

A simple reminder to feel joy- it moved through my anxious body & calmed me- thank you 🙏🏼

Very nice and refreshing

Thanks !

Fantastic

Thank you 🙏

I love thinking that any act of kindness spurs others on to also perform acts of kindness.

Really lovely. Thank You! 🌟

your voice is rejoicful ❤💖

Thank you for reminding me to rejoice in acts of kindness. Your voice and instruction helped me tonight. I am grateful.

During this time we r in, our neighbor got us things at the store. That was beyond kind of him. Thanks for the smile. Be safe.

Sometimes it doesn't need to be more complicated than it is! 🙏😊