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

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Speaker 1: morning mantra. Today's meditation is about honoring and exploring other

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Speaker 1: people's opinions. Let's begin your morning mantra, What would it

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Speaker 1: take to change my mind? If it's safe to do so,

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Speaker 1: close your eyes or lower your gaze. Relax your eyes,

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Speaker 1: relax your ears, relax your jaw, relax your shoulders down,

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Speaker 1: and bring your attention to your breath, drawing your breath

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Speaker 1: to the crown of your head. We can be rigid

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Speaker 1: in our thoughts, our beliefs, an ideas, especially the ones

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Speaker 1: that have been ingrained into us early in life, the

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Speaker 1: ones that shape our values, god, our actions, and our words.

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Speaker 1: Social media cements our own beliefs, bringing us more of

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Speaker 1: what we agree with, unless of what opposes our views

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Speaker 1: if we are open to it. Having respectful conversations with others,

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Speaker 1: especially others who disagree with us, deepens our understanding, gets

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Speaker 1: our brains working, challenges us to see another perspective, and

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Speaker 1: it may be enough to sway us to believe something

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Speaker 1: new or something else. Today's mantra, what would it take

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Speaker 1: to change my mind? Repeat to yourself, either out loud

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Speaker 1: or in your mind, What would it take to change

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