Hello and welcome.
My name is Sadi Simone and it's an honor and a joy to be here with you.
So this will be a 10-minute meditation on how to use triggers as a pathway to wisdom.
So let's take a moment to get settled into a comfortable position,
Inviting intentionality and grace into your posture.
And whenever you're ready,
Gently close your eyes.
And we'll begin by taking three long,
Deep breaths in and out through the nose.
So all together,
Let's breathe in for a count of four and out for a count of five.
So breathing in,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And breathing out,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And five.
And breathing in,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And out,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And five.
Deep breath in,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And out,
Two,
Three,
Four,
And five.
And then allowing a natural breathing rhythm to occur.
And I will open this practice with a short talk followed by a guided meditation.
What if triggers could be used as a redirection to where you need to work within yourself?
What if a triggering experience could be the healing pathway to an issue within yourself that needs to be cared for and processed?
Our reactions to triggers happen so fast that unless we practice,
We don't have a chance to pause.
Because our minds have been habituated to blame external circumstances for our internal chaos.
And each time you react to triggers,
You're unintentionally bringing the past into the present.
And unintentionally watering the seeds of suffering in your internal landscape.
You don't have to be the victim to triggers.
And each time you choose to pause and look inside when you're triggered,
You're watering the seeds of wisdom and compassion.
And weeding out the ones that do not support your personal growth.
Triggers are never your entire experience.
Wisdom is right underneath the trigger.
Underneath the anger,
The discomfort,
The sadness,
The guilt,
The fear,
And the shame.
When we extend to our triggers with care and compassion,
We learn,
We heal,
We transform into the next version of ourselves.
The way we see ourselves in the world changes.
Our relationship to painful memories changes.
Our traumas do not have such a prevalent hold in our present.
When we learn to catch ourselves before we react blindly,
The fiery energy of triggers can actually be used to replenish your internal resources and help you to uncover your truth.
Triggers can actually ignite your curiosity about yourself rather than being a reaction to something or someone.
At the space between stimulus and response,
We can find out exactly where to focus our energy so we can continue to liberate ourselves.
Triggers can be a gift.
So as a beginner practice,
I invite you to call to mind the last time you had an intense negative emotional reaction,
A time when you felt triggered.
And remember that a trigger can be an internal or external event.
It could be something that happened in the environment around you or it may be something that happened in your internal world,
Like a memory or a thought.
Now tell me,
Dear one,
What emotions did this trigger bring up for you?
And just allowing the answers to come up and noticing if your attention gets pulled away into additional stories,
Just invite it back,
Staying here with this powerful and profound practice.
What was your reaction to the emotions?
And remember your breath as your anchor.
This practice proves to be too difficult.
Just take a deep breath.
And now see if you can re-enter the situation with wisdom and answer me,
Dear one,
Where do you feel you're not good enough?
What are you perhaps avoiding?
What are you exaggerating?
What are you negating or fixating?
And just allowing the answers to arise.
And as we begin to bring this practice into a close,
I invite you to use this wisdom from this practice and bring it with you into the world.
And remember that nothing and no one can hurt you without your permission.
And remember that there are no accidents,
No coincidences,
And this moment is a consequence of your past actions and it's happening in order for you to learn from the situation.
So for today,
Choose to look within when you feel triggered.
Thank you very much for your practice.
Sending you love.
