🌉 BRIDGING THE GAP

Episode 12: The Disadvantages of Self-Cherishing : https://youtu.be/dxdaKRtKjVg

✨ When we cling too tightly to ourselves, we create suffering. What happens when we let go? We often think self-focus will protect us, but it can also isolate us. How does loosening our grip on "me" open the door to joy?

🧠 The Ego’s Trap

• ​🔄 The default mode network (DMN) keeps us locked in self-referential thinking.
• ​⚠️ Excessive self-focus increases stress, anxiety, and dissatisfaction.
• ​🧘 Mindfulness and meditation quiet the DMN, promoting balance and connection.
• ​💡 Focusing outward reduces rumination and expands emotional well-being.

🌬️ Breath as Release

• ​🌱 Inhale spaciousness. Exhale self-absorption.
• ​⏳ With each breath, soften the grip of the small “me.”
• ​🔄 Self-cherishing contracts the heart—compassion expands it.

❤️ Freedom Beyond Self

• ​🛤️ Letting go of fixation on "me" makes space for deeper fulfillment.
• ​🌊 True happiness arises when we serve, love, and uplift others.
• ​🔗 The paradox: by giving, we receive. By helping, we heal ourselves.

💭 “If you want to be happy, think of others. If you want to be miserable, think only of yourself.” — Buddhist Proverb

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