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When someone comes to me with concerns, be it physical, mental,
emotional or spiritual, the first strategy I recommend for coping and
healing is to learn to meditate. When the body is sending stress signals of
discomfort, when the mind is bouncing from worries to regrets and back
again, when a person never finds the time look inward and discover the
peace that is there, then the first thing to do is begin to learn to quiet the
mind. It makes everything else easier, enabling you to stand back and
observe your life, your relationships and events from a new perspective,
not shadowed by emotions and drama.        

The clarity one begins to see with makes solutions to problems more
apparent. Our normal operating mode is through our ego, which stores all of
our memories and past emotions since birth. If we operate solely from our
ego we find ourselves getting attached to positions, roles and 'stuff'. Then if
anyone or anything threatens our relationship, role or 'stuff' we react
emotionally without realizing we have a choice.

Have you ever been in the middle of an argument or unhappy thoughts
when suddenly you 'woke up' and realized how silly you were being? What
you have done is stepped out of your ego for the moment; you've awoken
to your real Self, the source of your consciousness. When you have the
ability to move out of your ego you won't be tripped up so often into
feeling offended, angry, hateful, jealous, etc. And even if you do, you know
that isn't the real you, so it doesn't hold as much weight for you. Your
awareness is enhanced. With this enhanced awareness you can begin to
address the other issues in your life that you want to change. What once
seemed like a 'big deal' is reduced to a more manageable size. You know
you are more; you are greater than the small ego that used to be your
entire awareness. One day, after meditating for a month or a year or two
years you wake up and KNOW you can achieve what you want, you can
heal, create, be, do and have your hearts desire. You begin realizing you
have a choice on how you react to events and situations instead of reacting
with the learned response of your family of origin, (your default behavior).
As you notice people around you, you grasp on a deep level what is
motivating them, and naturally have more compassion towards them. That
is not to say all your challenges drift away and you are forever on a
hammock on some tropical island. One thing I have observed, as the
students go through this process, is the challenge of discerning what in the
world they do want and what their true purpose is! This will be your next
quest.
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