Happy Mind: Meditations from the Ancient World to Modernity

An Emotional Reset: I Belong (20 min)

11.19.2018 - By Zebediah RicePlay

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When you are plagued by negative feelings, sometimes the source of it can be a fear of being rejected by a group or another person (it could be a work relation, a relative, a lover, or a friend for examples). The truth is that you will always belong and therefore have nothing to fear. You may not think this is what is happening but you'd be surprised by how often this is the fear underlying your sadness or anxiety or anger or shame or whatever else it is you are suffering from. If you really commit yourselves to the practice of the "I Belong" meditation, you may discover an enormous weight falling from your shoulders and your path through life opening in ways you could never have imagined!

(Note: in this meditation, when I use the word "belong" I don't mean it in the sense of "ownership." Rather, it is a in the sense of "membership." So when I say, for example, that you belong to your mother and father, this is a loving, energetic and genetic statement. Particularly if you have had fraught relations with one or both of your parents, don't get hung up on the thought of your "belonging" to them in any sort of negative or scary sense. Rather use it as an opportunity to open your heart to the love they they no doubt feel for you (or felt if they are no longer with us), even if they have never shown you that love.)

This is a 20 minute version of the I Belong guided meditation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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