Namaste,
Everybody.
Welcome to In The Flow with Lori Albert.
And today,
I just had to share with you guys of a sort of,
Well,
New for me concept.
And it's really interesting because,
You know,
I was raised Catholic.
And I know a lot about Christianity.
I'm not saying I know everything,
Because that's for sure.
But I was raised Catholic.
But lately,
Well,
The last several years,
I've been studying the other,
You know,
Religions that are out there.
And here and there and everywhere,
You know how sometimes you think too much and it's like,
It's everywhere,
Right?
But I've been focusing,
David G.
Did a course recently,
Right now actually,
With talking about the Yoga Sutras and the Upanishads,
Which are ancient texts,
Right?
And so I've been learning about Buddhism.
And it's so beautiful.
It's just such a beautiful religion.
And one of the concepts,
Actually the virtues that is really significant in Buddhism,
Is the idea of non-violence.
And so I was like,
Oh,
That's easy.
Non-violence.
Okay,
I just won't get violent with anybody,
You know,
I mean,
On the surface.
It's like,
Oh,
That's a,
I got that one,
You know,
But you know what,
It's so much more.
And it's so much more than that.
So I wanted to talk about that just for a little bit today.
The idea of non-violence isn't just really about not hitting other people,
You know,
Which is what it's about as well.
But it's not just about not hitting people or not being,
You know,
Physically violent.
It's like controlling your thoughts too.
Wow.
The idea of,
You know,
Not wanting your enemies,
So to speak,
I mean,
You know,
To,
To,
You know,
Fall or trip and fall,
You know,
Like somebody who's done you wrong.
You don't wish wrong unto them.
In the sense,
It's sort of like the idea of karma,
But not allowing karma to be in your total thought process.
Right.
I don't know if that makes any sense,
But like,
I'm not going to like just wait and say,
You know,
Oh my gosh,
Well,
That person said this about me and did this to me or whatever.
Oh,
Karma will get them.
No,
You can't even think that.
Right.
I mean,
It's so amazing.
What it is is it's sending them love,
Sending your enemies love,
Sending the people that have wronged you or the people that even you're just a little tweaked with.
I mean,
Everybody,
You guys have to realize everybody gets a little tweaked with other people periodically.
Right.
We all do,
Especially if you're married.
Right.
No,
You get tweaked at the other person.
But this practice of ahimsa,
Which is nonviolence,
Is not allowing your mind to go there.
So in practicing that myself,
It's like if somebody irritates me.
Now I have the extra added bonus here of being empath.
So if somebody tweaks me,
My mind automatically starts to go to the place of,
My mind goes to the place of what's wrong with them?
Like,
You know,
You know,
Are they okay?
Kind of thing.
You know,
I mean,
What's making them be like this,
You know,
That sort of thing.
But the reality is,
Is that in Buddhism,
They just,
They send love,
Basically.
Right.
And I read somewhere,
Or I was taught,
And I don't even remember where I learned this,
But this idea of ahimsa can turn enemies into friends.
So imagine somebody that you're tweaked with and that you're not happy with,
That has done you wrong,
That just irritates you.
Actually,
To be honest,
I can think of two people right now.
Isn't that terrible?
But here's the thing,
Sending them love.
And it doesn't have to be people you know.
It can be,
All right,
I'll just say it.
It can be,
You know,
Figures in the public.
Public figures.
God,
Hello.
It can be public figures.
Sending them love.
Even if you're irritated with them.
But I love this concept.
It's not easy.
It sounds like,
I just said before,
It sounds like it's,
Oh,
I got that.
Because I would never hurt a fly on purpose,
You know,
Like physically.
But in my mind,
I mean,
We all have,
I mean,
I'm just being real here.
We all have secretly said,
Right?
So that's what we are going to meditate on today.
We're going to meditate on ahimsa.
The idea of nonviolence.
Isn't that beautiful,
Though?
I love concepts that are,
I love learning about all things that are beautiful.
That's why I'm doing this with you guys.
Because it's,
We need to spread this to the world,
Don't you think?
Spreading joy to the world is how we can be happy ourselves.
So that's what we are meditating on today.
All right,
So everybody,
Let's get comfortable.
Ah,
Let your eyes float closed.
I can't wipe this smile off my face today.
It's so cool.
I mean,
Just talking about this makes me feel so happy.
I hope it does the same for you.
Oh,
And let's take a nice deep breath in through your nose.
Breathe in really,
Really deep.
And breathe out.
That's such a beautiful way to start your day and calming,
Don't you think?
Let's take another deep breath in and let's breathe in peace.
Breathe in love,
Right?
Breathe it in.
Make it go to every cell in your body.
And release.
Release it to the world.
Release calm and peace and love to the world.
So let's start this out.
What are you grateful for today?
Three things that just are,
You're so appreciative for today.
I actually had a good night's sleep last night.
It's been tough lately.
What are you grateful for?
Here's another sacred question that actually David G likes to ask.
Who are you when you are at your best?
Are you being love?
Compassion?
So for our meditation today,
Our mantra is Ahimsa.
And as we invite that into our heart,
Asking our guides and all the ascended masters to bring in nonviolence and Ahimsa into our hearts.
And going through your day with Ahimsa.
So if you lose the mantra,
If it kind of turns into something else,
That's absolutely okay.
Just gently bring yourself back to Ahimsa.
I will keep the time and let's begin.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahimsa.
Ahu.
Ahum.
Ahum.
Ahum.
This happened on our day of meditation.
We are hearing something called the madam.
You you you you you you you you you you you you ahimsa ahimsa ahimsa ahimsa start bringing our awareness back to our bodies in the room,
In the chair we're sitting in let's take a nice deep breath in,
Breathing in that beautiful ahimsa allowing it to go to every cell in your body and release whenever you feel comfortable you can open your eyes what a great way to start your day,
Right?
I mean this is,
Meditation in general is a great way to start your day to start your day with ahimsa,
It's beautiful so thank you for joining me today I appreciate all of you guys and remember today non-violence,
Ahimsa I wish you the best everybody,
Namaste,
Have a beautiful one
