Speaker 1: You found your way here to waking up with Ryan.
Speaker 1: I'm so glad that you pushed play. This is the
Speaker 1: place you and I come to wake up together. So
Speaker 1: let's take a deep breath and begin. Good morning, my love.
Speaker 1: You are completely here now, always here. And the mind
Speaker 1: is always trying to get you to forget that. It's
Speaker 1: creating all sorts of noise in your head to move
Speaker 1: you away from yourself. And it's taught that the mind
Speaker 1: is that which vacillates. So all day long, the mind
Speaker 1: is vacillating or moving from one polarity to another. And
Speaker 1: it's doing so in a way that has gotten you
Speaker 1: to believe that it's trying to help you somehow. by
Speaker 1: thinking about all of this activity so that you can
Speaker 1: feel like you know what you're doing in the world.
Speaker 1: And really, the truth is, is that who you really
Speaker 1: are that is right here right now, who you really are,
Speaker 1: which the mind is always trying to get you to
Speaker 1: move away from, is the very thing that for lack
Speaker 1: of a better word, who you truly are, knows exactly
Speaker 1: how to show up in every single moment, knows exactly
Speaker 1: what to do and what to say and how to handle,
Speaker 1: how to create, what to create. And so the question
Speaker 1: that I have for you this morning is, as you
Speaker 1: go about your day, Are you going to pay more
Speaker 1: attention to the activity of your mind that's moving you
Speaker 1: further and further away from yourself? Or will you just
Speaker 1: allow yourself to be here, to stop seeking and be here?
Speaker 1: My teacher, Amaji in India, she tells this story about
Speaker 1: a father who's getting his things together to go to work.
Speaker 1: And he's finding himself frustrated because he can't find his eyeglasses.
Speaker 1: And so he's running around the house looking for his glasses,
Speaker 1: can't find them. Finally, he goes to his children and
Speaker 1: he asks them, where are my glasses? Have you seen
Speaker 1: them anywhere? And the children start to laugh, which of course,
Speaker 1: this father is running late for work. He can't find
Speaker 1: his glasses. Their laughter only frustrates him more. And so
Speaker 1: he storms off, keeps looking for his glasses. And then
Speaker 1: he finds his wife and he asks her, have you
Speaker 1: seen my glasses anywhere? And she has a little chuckle
Speaker 1: and she points to the top of his head to
Speaker 1: show him that his eyeglasses have been perched on his forehead.
Speaker 1: And so he was seeking something that he didn't realize
Speaker 1: he already had, which is why he couldn't find it.
Speaker 1: And that's what the mind is always doing. The mind
Speaker 1: is always seeking something that you have always had. which
Speaker 1: is why the mind can't find it. The peace and
Speaker 1: the joy that you are and always have been is
Speaker 1: right here. And the mind is always seeking it through
Speaker 1: trying to achieve in the external world. But how can
Speaker 1: you find what you already have? Another way of saying
Speaker 1: this is how can you become what you already are?
Speaker 1: And so the mind that has you on the seeking
Speaker 1: journey of bettering yourself is actually the ego's very sneaky
Speaker 1: way of trying to ensure that you don't discover who
Speaker 1: you already are and who you always have been and
Speaker 1: always will be. And so your true spiritual path is
Speaker 1: less about becoming and seeking and more about about stillness
Speaker 1: and letting yourself discover who you are right here. And
Speaker 1: one of the gateways to that is your breath. And
Speaker 1: so I wanted to take a few minutes this morning
Speaker 1: just to help you connect to your breath, to connect
Speaker 1: to who you are right here. So Let's take a
Speaker 1: few moments to close our eyes. And just take a
Speaker 1: few cleansing breaths here, in through the nose and maybe
Speaker 1: out through the mouth, inhaling and exhaling. With every breath,
Speaker 1: allowing yourself to withdraw into yourself. Coming here to where
Speaker 1: you are always. And as we go into this breath practice,
Speaker 1: so keep your breath moving. As we go into this
Speaker 1: short breath practice, utilizing the breath as a tool to
Speaker 1: move your attention and your awareness from the mind that's
Speaker 1: trying to get you to seek outside yourself and using
Speaker 1: your breath to draw your attention back into your bone marrow,
Speaker 1: back into the depths of of yourself, of your soul,
Speaker 1: of your beingness. So take a breath in and exhale.
Speaker 1: And we're now going to inhale for a count of four, three, two, one,
Speaker 1: and exhale for four, three, two, one. In and out
Speaker 1: through your nose, inhaling for four, three, two, one and
Speaker 1: exhaling for four, three, two, one. Very simply inhaling for four, three, two,
Speaker 1: one and exhaling for four, three, two, one. Keeping yourself
Speaker 1: going on that count, inhaling for four, And then exhaling
Speaker 1: for four when you're ready. With every inhale, filling yourself
Speaker 1: with breath as if you're stretching your body from the inside.
Speaker 1: And every exhale, allowing the body to relax as if
Speaker 1: you're drawing your attention and your energy into yourself. Keeping
Speaker 1: the breath moving. letting the breath be an anchor to here,
Speaker 1: where you always are, where you already are, where everything is.
Speaker 1: Here lives the peace and the joy that the mind
Speaker 1: seeks in things outside of you and will never find
Speaker 1: there Keep the breath going. The things of the world,
Speaker 1: as the Buddha said, the things of the world can
Speaker 1: only offer temporary happiness. Whereas here, as you find yourself here,
Speaker 1: always here, now, exists the infinite grace that you are.
Speaker 1: which is what you've been looking for your entire life.
Speaker 1: Relaxing the breath pattern now as you take one more
Speaker 1: deep breath in and let it go. Offering gratitude for
Speaker 1: what is here. And when you're ready, letting your eyes
Speaker 1: blink open. The good news is you can stop the search.
Speaker 1: Everything you seek is right here. Just waiting to be uncovered.
Speaker 1: You don't have to understand that as a concept. Not
Speaker 1: yet anyway. All you need to do is be willing
Speaker 1: to come back. Come back. And what is here will
Speaker 1: show itself to you. Loving you from here. Hi. I
Speaker 1: hope you're feeling even just a little bit more prepared
Speaker 1: to take on the day. But before you go, I
Speaker 1: want to share a few quick things with you. I
Speaker 1: really want this show to reach the people in your
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Speaker 1: the the more I get to make for you. The
Speaker 1: second thing is that I really want to hear from you.
Speaker 1: I want to know who you are and where you
Speaker 1: are and what you might need from a show like this.
Speaker 1: So please take five minutes and visit wakingupwithryan.com slash hello
Speaker 1: to fill out a short survey. If you want to
Speaker 1: go deeper on your path with me, come find me
Speaker 1: on Substack. Substack is home to my daily morning letter
Speaker 1: and it's also where you can explore your healing journey
Speaker 1: in greater detail with longer learning sessions and guided meditations.
Speaker 1: And these sessions are live in real time. This is
Speaker 1: where the work really happens together. You can find the
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Speaker 1: know that was a lot to remember. So I'll sum
Speaker 1: it up for you really quick. One, share this podcast
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Speaker 1: loving you from here.