04 The Meaning I Give To Events Around Me

At some point or another, most of us question our lives for meaning. Often it comes about when we go through bad or challenging times; times where we suffer personal loss and difficulties. In this set of 11 meditation commentaries, Raja Yogi Yogesh Sharda reminds us of the importance of awareness, or mindfulness, as a way to extract a deeper meaning from the experiences and scenes we encounter.

Transcript

The meaning I give to events around me.

In current times,

We find that we face a huge amount of information coming to us almost like a tidal wave.

In our 24-hour news cycle,

There are events we hear about happening,

Perhaps in our neighborhood,

And sometimes events happening on the other side of the planet.

How to make sense of all this information that is flowing towards us.

How to deal with major events we hear about,

As well as things we need to deal with,

With people we live with or people we work with.

The events are those things which are generally out of our control,

But the thing which is within our control is the meaning that we choose to give to them.

Let us explore what is behind meaning.

Let us explore what meaning is made up of.

Indeed,

Let us understand what is the meaning of meaning.

It is this which is in our hands.

And as we choose to give higher meaning to the events around us,

We are able to change the way that we feel about them.

The event is outside of me.

The meaning I give to it is coming from my own mind.

Let us own the meaning,

And therefore choose the feeling that comes as a result.

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This is a good talk to listen to regularly, to remind me of the wisdom of these words. Thank you 💜