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Speaker 1: Approche production. Good morning.

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Speaker 2: I'm Jennifer Cray, host of Your Morning Mantra. Today's meditation

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Speaker 2: explores the source of suffering, the wanting and not wanting

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Speaker 2: that pulls us away from peace. Your Morning Mantra, I

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Speaker 2: welcome life as it is. Let's begin, if it's safe

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Speaker 2: to do so.

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Speaker 3: Close your eyes or lower your gaze. Relax your eyes,

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Speaker 3: relax your ears, relax your jaw, relax your shoulders.

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Speaker 2: Down, and bring your attention to your breath. Bringing your

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Speaker 2: attention to the crown of your head. We spend much

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Speaker 2: of our lives sorting the world.

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Speaker 1: This is good, that is bad. We want this, but

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Speaker 1: we don't want that.

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Speaker 2: This constant measuring becomes the weight we carry. It's not

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Speaker 2: the moment that causes suffering, it's our presence for how

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Speaker 2: the moment should be. In Buddhism, the Noble Path teaches

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Speaker 2: us that freedom comes when we release.

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Speaker 1: Our an error version to have no preference.

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Speaker 2: This can feel impossible, challenging, and possibly negative, to dismiss

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Speaker 2: all that is around us. Michael Singer offers us a

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Speaker 2: way to open up to state this in a positive manner.

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Speaker 2: He says that having all preferences is the same as

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Speaker 2: having no preferences. Mathematically this is true. Imagine moving through

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Speaker 2: your day with no preferences. Every sound, every feeling, every

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Speaker 2: person simply part of the dance of being alive. The

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Speaker 2: rain and the sunshine both welcome, joy and sorrow, both sacred.

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Speaker 1: As soon as we decide or have a preference.

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Speaker 2: That something shouldn't be as it is, the suffering begins.

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Speaker 2: When we release preference, we discover peace and everything. Today's mantra,

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Speaker 2: I welcome life.

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Speaker 1: As it is.

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Speaker 2: Repeat to yourself, either out loud or in your mind.

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Speaker 1: I welcome life as it is.

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Speaker 2: Bringing your awareness back to your breath, breathing in and

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Speaker 2: out of your heart's face.

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

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Speaker 2: Well, May you be free from stress, worry, fear and anxiety,

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Speaker 2: and may your whole life be truly blessed. Bringing your

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Speaker 2: awareness back to the space around you and slowly opening

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Speaker 2: your eyes to increase self awareness and growth. I invite

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Speaker 2: you to listen to this evening's reflection. You can also

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Speaker 2: deepen your practice with me on inside Timer find the

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Speaker 2: link below. In the show notes to s