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Speaker 1: Approche production. Good morning, I'm Jennifer Cray, host of your

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Speaker 1: morning Mantra. Today's meditation explores how we identify with ourselves.

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Speaker 1: We come to see that our habits, beliefs, roles, and

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Speaker 1: stories that we practice every day are not actually who

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Speaker 1: we are. Your morning mantra, who am I? Let's begin,

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Speaker 1: if it's safe to.

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Speaker 2: Do so, close your eyes or lower your gaze. Relax

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Speaker 2: your eyes, relax your ears, relax your jaw, your shoulders down,

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Speaker 2: and bring your attention to your breath, drawing your breath

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Speaker 2: deep down into the belly, exploring the question who am I?

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Speaker 1: Exploring this simple but powerful question with curiosity, Who am I?

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Speaker 1: A wonderful meditation practice is to focus on this mantra

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Speaker 1: for a long period of time, exploring where it goes.

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Speaker 1: Who am I? When we are an ego, we are

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Speaker 1: who we think we are, our habits, our routines, our

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Speaker 1: likes and dislikes. But as we search for who we

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Speaker 1: really are, we come to see that we are nothing

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Speaker 1: and everything all at once. Our identities are not a

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Speaker 1: feedback loop of our daily existence as one might assume.

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Speaker 1: In fact, at any given moment, we can change our

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Speaker 1: minds and be something else. Such is the freedom from

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Speaker 1: the ego. Today's mantra who am I? Repeat to yourself,

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Speaker 1: either out loud or in your mind, who am I?

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Speaker 1: Bringing your awareness back to your breath, breathing in and

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Speaker 1: out of your heart space. May you be happy, May

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Speaker 1: you be well, May you be free from stress, worry,

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Speaker 1: fear and anxiety, and may your whole life be truly blessed.

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Speaker 1: Bringing your awareness back to the space around you and

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Speaker 1: slowly opening your eyes to increase self awareness and growth,

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Speaker 1: I invite you to listen to this evening's reflection. You

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Speaker 1: can also deepen your practice with me on insight Timer

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Speaker 1: find the link below. In the show notes,