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

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Speaker 1: Morning Mantra. Today's meditation explores over consumption and how simplicity

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Speaker 1: can restore balance in both our inner world and our

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Speaker 1: inner systems. Your morning mantra, choose simplicity. Let's begin.

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Speaker 2: If it's safe to do so, close your eyes or

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Speaker 2: lower your gaze. Relax your eyes, Relax your ears, relax

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Speaker 2: your jaw, relax your shoulders.

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Speaker 1: Down, and bring your attention to your breath. Drawing your

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Speaker 1: breath down and to your belly. Bring your awareness to

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Speaker 1: the things that we consume. Each thing costs energy, energy

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Speaker 1: to consider, energy to make decisions about, energy to store,

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Speaker 1: energy to clean, fix and maintain, energy to transport and move,

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Speaker 1: and the energy to remove or dispose. Over consumption can

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Speaker 1: overload us, whether internally in our bodies or externally in

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Speaker 1: our environments. Notice how easily more becomes excess, how more

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Speaker 1: creeps back in even after it's been removed. Simplicity and

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Speaker 1: order requires discernment, moderation, and consumption and maintenance. As a practice,

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Speaker 1: gently ask yourself what is enough allow space for clarity

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Speaker 1: to arise, for simplicity to reign. Today's mantra choose simplicity.

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Speaker 1: Repeat to yourself, either out loud or in your mind.

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Speaker 1: Choose simplicity.

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Speaker 3: Bringing your awareness back to your breath, breathing in and

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Speaker 3: out of your heart space.

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Speaker 1: May you be happy, May you be.

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Speaker 3: Well, May you be free from stress, worry, fear, and anxiety.

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Speaker 3: And may your whole life be truly blessed. Bringing your

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Speaker 3: awareness back to the space around you and slowly opening

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Speaker 3: your eyes to increase self awareness and growth, I invite

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Speaker 3: you to listen to this evening's reflection. You can also

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Speaker 3: deepen your practice with me on Inside Timer find the

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Speaker 3: link below. In the show notes,