What makes a day a "bad day"? Often we are consumed with stress or worries when days do not go our way. In this meditation, we focus on letting of our expectations and negative emotions, and welcoming the everchanging and impartial nature of existence. 

Thank you to a long time friend and fan of the podcast, Michelle G, for suggesting this topic. If you have a suggestion, please send it to [email protected] (subject "PPM - Meditation Suggestion") or by sending a comment or question through the Anchor.fm platform. 

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We often are confronted with overwhelming negative emotions throughout life. In the space of meditation, we can explore these emotions and learn to allow them to pass by or sit with us. Are these emotions there for any reason, or do they simply arise? 

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The breath is often the anchor of meditation processes. It keeps us alive from birth until death, yet often we do not give it much attention. In this meditation, we focus on the breath and what it can reveal to us in meditation. 

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The Tao Te Ching is a collection of writings from Lao Tzu. It describes a nameless way of existence that leads to peace. In this meditation, I read some of my favorite verses from the Tao to give an introduction to my interpretation of it. 

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Translation from https://taoism.net/tao-te-ching-online-translation/ along with my own interpretations

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Often we are caught up in our own state in life or consumed by dreams and desires. In the space of meditation it is possible to let go of these and feel true serenity and acceptance of the most basic level of your existence. 

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We look and feel the sensations of our body to go about our normal life. In the space of meditation we can begin to feel the true size of our bodily sensations and how we can expand our feelings to the size of our awareness 

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When you are meditating, do you ever wonder where your awareness comes from? In this meditation, we explore how to become aware of your awareness. Reflecting on who is aware and where that awareness comes from can help you discover the depths of sensation and conscious expansion that is possible in each moment. Join me in discovering our awareness.

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How big is the space of your awareness? In this meditation, we focus on the breath and how we can experience it's sensations as immensely as our universe. Join me as we open our awareness together. 

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My favorite part of meditation is the immensity of awareness that can be found through contemplating the elegance of the breath. Join me in finding enormous gratitude and other awe-inspiring emotions in this meditation. 

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It is human nature to become distracted and our awareness can seem out of our control. This meditation helps you to be aware of distractions and to learn to be patient and sit with your distractions. Is it possible for distractions to make you more focused? This meditation explores this possibility.