Let Yourself Win

Ever suffer from ‘mean girl’ syndrome? Let’s free ourselves right now and enjoy the bliss of life! My dear friend, Pierre Bensusan, has permitted me to use his track called ‘Sentimentales Pyromaniaques’ from the album 'Altiplanos'.

Transcript

Let's begin our day with a little bit of happy talk and meditation in this short yet impactful podcast designed to infuse a little bit of positivity into each moment of every day. Let's get in the flow. I keep hearing of people upset. People keep talking to me lately about how they are upset with the whole Mean Girls thing. I know that sounds kind of weird. I know that sounds kind of weird. But it's like so many people I know lately are affected by what others are saying or doing or not saying or doing. Actually to be honest to tell you the truth. So it's all you know everybody is affected. And I do the same thing. Oh trust me I go south all the time right. It's like sometimes it feels like the world is conspiring against you. You know and it's like the people that you thought were in your corner and actually some of the people that you know aren't in your corner are beating you up. Whether it's behind your back or even to your face. It hurts right. So you wonder then who can you trust who is in your corner. But interestingly here's my point. Most of that stuff is stuff made up in our own heads. Doesn't that kind of sting to hear it say that. Oh my gosh. You know but we know that that is true. It's true right. I think that sometimes we just need that little reminder that some of what we feel about what others are saying or doing are really our own insecurities kind of rearing their ugly heads. So the question is then how do we stop those silly that silly cycle from being like the dominant thought process throughout our day. How do we stop that. How do we stop those thoughts from being dominant in our heads. Well first we have to remember and I know I say this all the time but I feel like we keep needing to remind ourselves of the second agreement in Don Miguel Ruiz's book The Four Agreements that says don't take anything personally. That's so hard to do. You know the reality is that we honestly don't know what these these people are thinking and saying. You know and if we do know what those people are thinking and saying we don't know what they're thinking. But if we do know what they're saying maybe it's their own insecurities. Like there's all these maybes that go along with it. Well what if this person said that because of blah blah blah. You know I mean there's a thousand maybes to everybody. Like somebody says something and you take offense like it's about you. But it's actually you know there's a ton of well maybe they were actually feeling this way or saying this or whatever. They could be jealous of you. They could have low self-esteem. But none of that matters. Like the bottom line here is who really gives a crap? I mean seriously what other people think about you? God isn't it freeing to even just say that? To me that is like one of the most freeing things because I am victim to all of this stupid thoughts in our heads. I fall victim to that all the time. But the reality is we should only be concerned about our own self-esteem and our own confidence and you know and what we think about ourselves. We know who we are. We know that we are pretty darn decent people right and we know that we are loved. Focusing on those and I know it's a vicious cycle. When we focus on those very few people that make us feel less than it's a massive waste of time. It's a huge waste of time. We have a life to live. Places to go and people to see and meet and touch. I can go on and on and on about this because it is the reality. Forget those people. I swear to you I am saying this for my benefit. Sometimes something will happen. Even in the age of working from home and all of that stuff. Even in that age of doing all that stuff people will say something and I will be like really? Even if it's online. Why do we get so affected? I will say though the older I get the less affected I get by some of these things that happen. You can really build that up in your head too. For a while I was feeling this whole community of people were just backing off me. You guys don't know me but you know me. I bring myself and my real life to all of this. Sometimes I am just a little much to take. Some people can't handle being around somebody that giggles and laughs. I get reviews on Insight Timer and they are like you giggle too much. I am not for everybody. Nobody is for everybody. I am on a tangent now. Nobody is for everybody. Let's just focus on ourselves and our own being. Who are we to our world? Who are we to us? That is what we are going to motivate. Hello. That is what we are going to meditate on today. Isn't it funny how Spirit impresses upon me to talk about certain things on certain days. Living a Spirit led life is so important to me but it is so fascinating that Spirit impresses upon me to say certain things so that we all learn something from it. I love that. I am so blessed and so honored that Spirit trusts me that way. Let's meditate on this. Loving ourselves. Forget the rest. I am being nice. Forget those people. I could say words in there. Let's get ourselves comfortable because we are going to meditate. This is one of my favorite mantras ever. Let's get ourselves comfy. Comfy comfy. Let's close our eyes whenever it feels right for you. Let's take a nice deep breath in. Feeling that cool crisp air and release. What are you grateful for today friends? What are you grateful for? What is going really great in your life that you feel good about? It could be the happy mug that your friend gave you. It could be simply knowing that other people are going through the same thing you are. It could be the flowers that are blooming outside. Our mantra for today. Ananda moksha shanti. Three amazing Sanskrit words. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda means bliss. Moksha means freedom. And shanti means peace. And why this is so perfect for today? We obtain the bliss from the freedom of knowing ourselves and loving ourselves. And out of that is created is peace. Love that. Ananda moksha shanti. So if you forget the mantra that's absolutely okay. Just go ahead and focus back on your breath. I will keep the time and let's begin. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Ananda moksha shanti. Beautiful. Start bringing our awareness back to our bodies. Perfect. Whenever you feel comfortable you can open your eyes. Namaste.