WEBVTT - A Meditation Masterclass

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<v Speaker 1>Stay Calm as a production of I Heart Radio. Hi.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Bob Roth, and I've been teaching people to meditate

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<v Speaker 1>for fifty years, helping them to stay calm under pressure,

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<v Speaker 1>reboot and re energize their lives, and basically be a happier,

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<v Speaker 1>healthier version of themselves. And now I want to help

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<v Speaker 1>you do the same. Welcome to Stay Calm, your daily

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<v Speaker 1>dose of calmness. Every weekday morning, I'll share a meditation story,

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<v Speaker 1>offer a simple practical tip about how you or a

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<v Speaker 1>loved one can stay a bit calmer in your life,

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<v Speaker 1>and then we'll end each episode together with a moment

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<v Speaker 1>of gratitude. My hope is that I can share what

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<v Speaker 1>I know to anyone who needs it. Ready, sit comfortably,

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<v Speaker 1>take a few deep breaths, and let's begin today's journey.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to tell you the time I taught Oprah

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<v Speaker 1>Winfrey to meditate. Yeah, that's some serious name dropping. Oprah

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<v Speaker 1>Winfrey and her television crew wanted to do a story

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<v Speaker 1>on the David Lynch Foundation, and part of that, Oprah

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<v Speaker 1>decided she wanted to learn transcendental meditation. She told me

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<v Speaker 1>that she practiced all sorts of different types of meditation

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<v Speaker 1>and had failed at each one of them and was

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<v Speaker 1>very skeptical that she'd be able to learn t M.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, let's give it a try. And after the

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<v Speaker 1>first meditation, she opened her eyes and she had almost

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<v Speaker 1>tears in her eyes, and she said, that's the most

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<v Speaker 1>human friendly meditation I've ever practiced in my life. I

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<v Speaker 1>like to achieve, I like to be successful, and I

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<v Speaker 1>always failed at other forms of meditation. I would sit

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<v Speaker 1>there for a minute or two and then I just

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<v Speaker 1>get up because I couldn't clear my mind of thoughts.

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<v Speaker 1>And she was so satisfied with TM that she ended

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<v Speaker 1>up personally paying for all four hundred employees of her

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<v Speaker 1>Opra Winfrey network to learn to meditate as well. What

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<v Speaker 1>is it about different types of meditation? That's what I

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<v Speaker 1>want to talk about. Now we hear meditation all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>There's never been a more important time to meditate. And

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<v Speaker 1>now so much pressure and stress and tension in the world,

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<v Speaker 1>there's never been more opportunities to do some form of meditation.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's never been more of a misunderstanding about what

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<v Speaker 1>meditation actually is what it does. So in the next

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<v Speaker 1>few minutes, I'm going to give you a little mini

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<v Speaker 1>master class I want to let you know when someone

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<v Speaker 1>says meditation, that they're not all the same. And the

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<v Speaker 1>analogy I like to use is the analogy of an ocean.

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<v Speaker 1>You're on a little boat and you're in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the ocean, and all of a sudden you get

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<v Speaker 1>these giant, dirty, forty ft high waves, and you could think,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my gosh, the whole ocean is an upheaval. Whole

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<v Speaker 1>ocean is a bit of an exaggeration, because if you

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<v Speaker 1>did a cross section, you'd realize that you may have

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<v Speaker 1>thirty or forty fifty high waves. But the ocean is

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<v Speaker 1>many miles deep. And while the ocean can be turbulent

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<v Speaker 1>on the surface, the ocean, by its nature is pretty

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<v Speaker 1>darned silent at its depth. And that's wonderful. Analogy for

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<v Speaker 1>the mind, surface of our mind is the active thinking

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<v Speaker 1>God to God, to God of mind, I gotta do this,

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<v Speaker 1>and I gotta do that, and I gotta call him,

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<v Speaker 1>and I gotta call her, and I gotta make a

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<v Speaker 1>list all the goddess. So it's a natural human desire

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<v Speaker 1>to say, I'd like some inner calm, your clarity, your peace,

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<v Speaker 1>and the operative where there is inner. The question is

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<v Speaker 1>is there such a thing as an inner and if so,

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<v Speaker 1>how do we get there? And that's been the realm

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<v Speaker 1>of meditation throughout time to provide equanimity, power, creativity, happiness,

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<v Speaker 1>focus to the mind. There are three basic types of meditation.

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<v Speaker 1>The first is called focused attention, and that's a meditation

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<v Speaker 1>that says, if you want to have a calm mind,

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<v Speaker 1>thoughts are the disruptor of calm, so just clear your

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<v Speaker 1>mind of thoughts. It's like saying, if you want to

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<v Speaker 1>have a calm ocean, waves of the disruptor of calm,

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<v Speaker 1>so stop waves. Difficult to do. Second type of meditation

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<v Speaker 1>open monitoring. That's mindfulness techniques. That's where you observe of

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<v Speaker 1>your thoughts, you observe your mood, you observe your feelings.

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<v Speaker 1>You're mindful, you're in the present, you're not thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>the past or worried about the future. These two approaches

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<v Speaker 1>pertain to the surface of the mind that they're called

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<v Speaker 1>cognitive approaches. The third type is transcendental meditation or self transcending,

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<v Speaker 1>and that technique hypothesizes the deep within every one of

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<v Speaker 1>us right now is a level where your mind is

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<v Speaker 1>already calm and settled and peaceful. And alert. Like the

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<v Speaker 1>ocean has a silent depth, and transcendental meditation provides effortless

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<v Speaker 1>access to that deep quiet state of calm, gives a

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<v Speaker 1>body a state of rest in many regards deeper than sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>It increases serotonin, which is a happiness neurotransmitter, reduces courtisol,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a stress hormone, and has a whole constellation

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<v Speaker 1>of benefits. My tip for today, there are so many

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<v Speaker 1>benefits to come from try incidental meditation, from all sorts

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<v Speaker 1>of meditation. I encourage you to look deeply into them.

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<v Speaker 1>All these approaches have benefits, all of them have integrity.

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<v Speaker 1>Just like you choose one vitamin or one medicine for

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<v Speaker 1>particular outcomes, we do the same with meditation. So I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want you to think, oh, I do this, so

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to do that where I tried this

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<v Speaker 1>and it doesn't work. I encourage you to look deeply

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<v Speaker 1>into them. Go online tm dot org something called mindfulness

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<v Speaker 1>based stress reduction. Look into them. All. Right, let's end

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<v Speaker 1>this time together doing something that I think should be

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<v Speaker 1>a feature of our everyday life, and that's appreciation and gratitude.

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<v Speaker 1>So let's take thirty seconds of quiet. Thirty seconds to

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<v Speaker 1>take a break, just take a moment. It turns out

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<v Speaker 1>when we do that, it's good for our health as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be right back all right. Thank you for joining.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Bob Roth. Keep calm. Thanks for listening today.

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<v Speaker 1>I hope you heard something that inspires, that uplifts you

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<v Speaker 1>and that you can incorporate into your own life. Until

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<v Speaker 1>next time, remember, meditate, be kind, and be true to yourself. Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>all of you out there, I'd love to hear from you.

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<v Speaker 1>You can send me your stories, your questions, or anything

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<v Speaker 1>else on your mind. Just connect with me on Twitter,

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<v Speaker 1>Facebook or Instagram at meditation Bob. You can also send

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<v Speaker 1>me an email at meditation Bob Roth at gmail dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>I look forward to hearing from you.