1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Hello, Hello, Welcome to a spiritual episode of Cheeky's and Chill. 2 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,479 Speaker 1: I think a lot of you guys will appreciate this episode. 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: It's something I'm very passionate about self. It's just going 4 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 1: to be me and the mic today. Let's get started. 5 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: This is Cheeky's and Chill. Okay, guys, today we're going 6 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:31,200 Speaker 1: to be discussing prayer versus meditation. These things probably mean 7 00:00:31,360 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: different things to different people, so keep in mind these 8 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: are my thoughts, This is my opinion and I just 9 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:39,120 Speaker 1: wanted to share with you guys. So let's start with 10 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: the difference between the two. Because there are two different 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:44,919 Speaker 1: things people ask me, Okay, should I pray or meditate? 12 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:46,760 Speaker 1: I feel that you should do both because they're two 13 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: different things. So, for instance, prayer, the way I see 14 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: it is that you're plugging yourself into the spiritual realm. 15 00:00:53,640 --> 00:00:56,520 Speaker 1: You're kind of putting yourself in God's hands. A lot 16 00:00:56,600 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 1: of people don't pray on a daily basis, or they 17 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,000 Speaker 1: only pray when they need something, and in my opinion, 18 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: I feel like it shouldn't be that way. I think 19 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,360 Speaker 1: that we should pray every single day and plug ourselves in, 20 00:01:08,480 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: like literally say okay, I'm gonna plug myself in to 21 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: the spiritual world, into the light, and it's more about 22 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: thinking than asking, you know. You know how they say 23 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: it's better to give than to receive. That's kind of 24 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,800 Speaker 1: how I feel with prayer. Of course, you could pray 25 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 1: for people and pray for their well being and pray 26 00:01:27,120 --> 00:01:29,080 Speaker 1: for things and say God please help me, or God, 27 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 1: you know, whatever it is that your desire is or 28 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,920 Speaker 1: you need at that moment. There's nothing wrong with that, 29 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 1: But I always like to start by saying thank you. 30 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: Having an attitude of gratitude. I feel like when you 31 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 1: are grateful for what you do have versus just praying 32 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: for what you want and what you desire, like you're 33 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 1: missing such a beautiful gift, you know what I mean, 34 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 1: Like you're overseeing, Like, Okay, I have a roof over 35 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:52,800 Speaker 1: my head, Thank you God. I have clothes on my back, 36 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,600 Speaker 1: I have food in my refrigerator, I have money in 37 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: my account. Like I feel like the more you're grateful 38 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: for what you have, the more you wrine. That's how 39 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: I see prayer. Now. Meditation is just as important. The 40 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: way I see it is really silencing your mind and 41 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 1: taking a moment to just step away from all of 42 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: the noise and all of the responsibilities and most importantly, 43 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: all of yesterday's maybe negative thinking. This is what I 44 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 1: like to say. I close my eyes and of course 45 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,920 Speaker 1: I always start with gratitude. I'm like, I'm thankful. I'm think, well, 46 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,639 Speaker 1: I'm thankful because it takes a long time to kind 47 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: of get into the state of like nothingness and aligning 48 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 1: yourself with the universe, with the light as well, but 49 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: more than anything, silencing your mind and just thinking of 50 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: blissful things or just not even thinking at all. It's 51 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: just there's so much power in silence. And I use 52 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 1: meditation music. I like guided meditations like as well. There 53 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: are a lot also on YouTube and stuff, and someone 54 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:56,560 Speaker 1: can guide you where you can literally just sit there 55 00:02:56,560 --> 00:03:00,440 Speaker 1: with like meditation music and just sit, sit, just be. 56 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:02,679 Speaker 1: I found this quote that I want to share it 57 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:05,639 Speaker 1: with you guys, because it's about prayer. Here's the quote, 58 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: pray about it as much as you think about it. 59 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: So that's prayer on the prayer side. We kind of 60 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,919 Speaker 1: talked about that already, but there's this one about meditation. 61 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,600 Speaker 1: Everything you need, your courage, strength, compassion, and love, everything 62 00:03:18,639 --> 00:03:21,560 Speaker 1: you need is already within you. So I feel like 63 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: that's what meditation is. It's kind of reminding you and 64 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:26,680 Speaker 1: bringing you back to yourself, because sometimes we get so 65 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: caught up in the rat race of life and trying 66 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:34,200 Speaker 1: to accomplish and trying to get and want and all 67 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: this stuff that our humanly like desires, want our flesh 68 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: that we forget there's so much to be grateful for, 69 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 1: and like it just brings you back to yourself, to 70 00:03:43,120 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: your authentic self, is what I feel like meditation is. 71 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 1: Here's another one. Silent isn't empty. It's full of answers. 72 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: So sometimes when you just quiet your mind, it's crazy 73 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: how you can hear and you can feel things when 74 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,280 Speaker 1: you're just like, just shut it, you know what I mean. 75 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:05,480 Speaker 1: No television, no Instagram, no emails, it's just you and 76 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: your thoughts. And for me, prayer and meditation have become 77 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,160 Speaker 1: such an essential part of my well being, part of 78 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:18,960 Speaker 1: my self love, part of my everyday routine morning and night, 79 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: because it helps me just feel better. I feel like 80 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 1: I'm more successful now. There are times when I don't 81 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: have I wake up later something and I'm like, oh shit, 82 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: like I can't meditate today, but I definitely will get 83 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: on my knees and pray. And I choose to get 84 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: on my knees, especially at night, because it's a way 85 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 1: of like humbling yourself amongst a higher power. Sometimes people 86 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 1: could think, oh, you know, Cheekys has it all and 87 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: she has this and she has that, and like some 88 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,839 Speaker 1: people might even think that they're powerful and they're better 89 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,360 Speaker 1: than everyone else. And I feel that it's so important 90 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: to every day like humble yourself and get on your 91 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: knees and just say, hey, I see you, I see 92 00:04:57,240 --> 00:04:59,919 Speaker 1: who I am, and I'm everything I am because of 93 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: you higher power, God, whatever you want to call it. 94 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: It could be your Santos, it could be La, it 95 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: could be whatever you believe in. It's important to just 96 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:13,440 Speaker 1: surrender yourself to that higher power, which is why I 97 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 1: choose to get on my knees. Sometimes I don't get 98 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: on my knee. Sometimes I'm standing up and I'm praying 99 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:19,720 Speaker 1: and I'm thanking God. And sometimes it's five minutes, sometimes 100 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,679 Speaker 1: it's thirty minutes, sometimes it's an hour, it doesn't matter 101 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: the length. And sometimes people are like, well, how do 102 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: I pray? Just talk? Just say God help me. I 103 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: don't know what to say, but can you just help 104 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,080 Speaker 1: me like, I don't I don't even know how to 105 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,800 Speaker 1: start this, Like it's thank you God. Sometimes it's just 106 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:35,640 Speaker 1: thank you God, thank you for this day. I love you. 107 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: I'm here, I'm yours. That's it doesn't have to be 108 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,400 Speaker 1: this huge, elaborate, elegant way of speaking like God. I 109 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: feel like in the higher power and faith, they hear 110 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: you no matter how you say, even like sometimes I'm 111 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:49,880 Speaker 1: like shit, God, like I'm mad, you know what I mean, 112 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: Like sometimes I cuss and I'm like, Okay, I'm not 113 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: telling you to throw f bombs all the time. But 114 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: the universe loves you just the way that you are. 115 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:57,919 Speaker 1: Of course, you've got to try to be better, a 116 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: better version of ourself every single day. But I want 117 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:01,479 Speaker 1: to put that out there because a lot of people 118 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 1: are like they asked me, like, how do I even start? 119 00:06:03,400 --> 00:06:06,320 Speaker 1: Same thing with meditation, there's guided meditation, there's things on YouTube, 120 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: there are a lot of books that you could read, 121 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,520 Speaker 1: and again it's just literally sitting in silence, and there's 122 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 1: guided meditations that will guide you as to what to 123 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: think and what to say and what colors to see. 124 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: And now I just got to the point where sometimes 125 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 1: I do guided and I like align my chakras. There's 126 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,640 Speaker 1: like a chakra one, and sometimes I just do my 127 00:06:24,640 --> 00:06:26,599 Speaker 1: own and I just sit there and I'm like, Okay, 128 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: today's gonna be a good day. And I just like 129 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 1: recite everything in my mind. And again, some days are 130 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: shorter than others. And I know a lot of you 131 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 1: might be thinking, Okay, it's so easy for you to 132 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: say to meditate, cheeky because I've told some of my friends, 133 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 1: just meditate. Try it. They're like, but I can. I've 134 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 1: tried it. And I sit there and I just think 135 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: about what I have to do tomorrow and what I 136 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: have to do later and like all this stuff, and 137 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 1: it's like I get it. Believe me, I get it, 138 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,039 Speaker 1: you guys. I it took me a long time, I 139 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: want to say, like for real, real, like six months 140 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: to train my mind and bring it back. It's all 141 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: about just being being intentional. I love that word intentional. 142 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,480 Speaker 1: But in being intentional and just when you're sitting your 143 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 1: mind is gonna be okay. Because I always like, thank 144 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: you God, thank you, think you, thank you. I'm grateful. 145 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: I'm grateful. Like the more you recite it in your mind, 146 00:07:11,080 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: like you start forgetting about all of the things that 147 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:15,239 Speaker 1: you have to do and that you didn't do yesterday 148 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,559 Speaker 1: and blah blah blah. And then sometimes you're like, oh, shoot, 149 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: but oh I gotta make beans today or something I 150 00:07:19,840 --> 00:07:21,600 Speaker 1: don't know. Then you're like, whoa, waitit wait, I'm not 151 00:07:21,640 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: gonna think about that right now. I am grateful. I 152 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 1: am grateful that I have beans that I'm gonna cook later, 153 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 1: but right now is my time, and you have to 154 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:29,280 Speaker 1: kind of just even if you say it out loud, 155 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,200 Speaker 1: it's better if you say it in your mind. But 156 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: it's like little by little, it's gonna take practice. Practice 157 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: makes perfect. So the best thing I can tell you 158 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: is don't give up on it, even if it's two 159 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,480 Speaker 1: minutes and you just gradually bring it up. You know, 160 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 1: from two minutes to five minutes to eventually you're gonna 161 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: be meditating for thirty minutes and you're not even gonna 162 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 1: feel it. But it does take time. So be patient 163 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: with yourself and with the process, and eventually you're gonna notice, oh, shoot, 164 00:07:54,880 --> 00:08:03,720 Speaker 1: this is getting easier and easier. I've been praying my 165 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: whole life. I used to write down my prayer so 166 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: I didn't forget on a big piece of paper huge 167 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: I would write, I want to pray for my mom, 168 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: for my grandma, for my siblings, for this, for that, 169 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: like and it would just get longer and longer and 170 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: longer because there was like a list of things that 171 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to pray about and I didn't want to forget. 172 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 1: So I've been praying my entire life. That's something that 173 00:08:20,760 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: has been a part of my family for a long time. 174 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: Like you know, we went from Catholic to Christian, and 175 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: then I went from Christian to just spirituality. And I 176 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: go to churches and it's like, I'm very like, I 177 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: respect all religions. I love Catholic Church for some reason. 178 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,719 Speaker 1: I love Buddhism, I love Christianity. Like I've told you 179 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:39,720 Speaker 1: guys this so many times. I'm not a religious person. 180 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,040 Speaker 1: Oh I guess I am. My religion is called love. 181 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 1: But anyways, before I used to pray in a different way. 182 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:46,600 Speaker 1: Now I've learned to pray. Like I just told you guys, 183 00:08:46,640 --> 00:08:48,720 Speaker 1: I just talked to God. He's my homie, he's my friend. 184 00:08:48,840 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 1: Like I've been meditating, though consistently for almost three years. 185 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: I think it started. I was going through really rough 186 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 1: patch in twenty nineteen right after I got married and 187 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,040 Speaker 1: I started looking into meditation and it helped me so much, 188 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: especially during the pandemic when we were all in quarantine 189 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: and I started experiencing anxiety and like kind of like 190 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 1: worried about the future, and it was just causing me 191 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:17,680 Speaker 1: a lot of discomfort in my chest and in my mind. 192 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: And I started just getting into it a little bit deeper. 193 00:09:20,880 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 1: And thank goodness for quarantine because it gave me the 194 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:27,160 Speaker 1: time to really like dive into it and look into it. 195 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: And you know, everything happens for a reason, And since then, 196 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: it's just been amazing. If I don't meditate on a 197 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: daily basis, like, I feel the difference. And mind you, 198 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:38,560 Speaker 1: there are times when I won't meditate for four days 199 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: in a row because I don't wake up on time, 200 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: because I'm like, whatever the case may be, I'm not 201 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:45,840 Speaker 1: perfect either of you guys. But I can feel the 202 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,880 Speaker 1: difference when I don't. Like it's become such an essential 203 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:50,760 Speaker 1: part and important part of my life that when I 204 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: don't do it, lociento. I meditate usually in the morning, 205 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 1: and I pray morning and night, and at night is 206 00:09:57,200 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 1: when I like to get on my knees and say 207 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,320 Speaker 1: thank you God, and it's short, and so thank you 208 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 1: for this day. Help me have a good night's rest, 209 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: help me wake up good tomorrow, take care of my 210 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:07,199 Speaker 1: siblings or children. Like you know, it's a little shorter 211 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: at night, and sometimes if I need it, I'll meditate 212 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: at night. It just all depends. But it has definitely 213 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 1: become something that I can't live without. I don't want 214 00:10:16,040 --> 00:10:19,080 Speaker 1: to live without. And there are a lot of benefits 215 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: to prayer and meditation, but one of the things that 216 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 1: I've absolutely loved and I'm so grateful for, especially meditation, 217 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,880 Speaker 1: is that when I've been in stressful situations or in 218 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:36,000 Speaker 1: drama that is happening around me, or even people talking 219 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 1: crap and trying to like pick at me. Before I meditated, 220 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 1: I started meditating, I felt like it was easier for 221 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: me to react. I was more impulsive. I'd go and 222 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 1: start like tweeting and sending all these things on Twitter 223 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,599 Speaker 1: and saying all this stuff, and it's like they accomplished 224 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,199 Speaker 1: what they wanted was to get my attention in a 225 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,800 Speaker 1: negative way. And meditation has helped me stay in my 226 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: essence and remind me of who I am, of my 227 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 1: true essence, which is peace. I don't want to have issues. 228 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: I don't want drama. And even when like it's helped 229 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,080 Speaker 1: me in my relationship, even with friendships, things that like 230 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: sometimes you know that we're not always gonna agree, and 231 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: it's helped me just see the other person for who 232 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: they are and just take deep breaths because meditation you 233 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: breathe deep breath in, deep breath out. And when you 234 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,559 Speaker 1: do that, even if you do that, like in your stress, 235 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:28,920 Speaker 1: just breathing profoundly and deeply and holding and releasing, it 236 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,600 Speaker 1: helps so much, like you're just less stress. I think 237 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,960 Speaker 1: it's helped me also lose weight. It's just it's helped 238 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 1: me so much, Like I just me madrel Mondo. Like 239 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,679 Speaker 1: there are times when I'm like, oh whatever, everything can 240 00:11:42,720 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: literally be just like fucking crumbling down around me. And like, 241 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 1: but I'm so sound inside my heart because I meditated 242 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: that morning and I'm connected that Melee. I'm like, whatever 243 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 1: tomorrow is gonna be better. It's gonna be fine. This 244 00:11:56,960 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: drama that's happening right now, in a week, no one's 245 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,160 Speaker 1: gonna remember if it's stay focused, Jenna, stay focused. And 246 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: that's my favorite part. Honestly, that's the biggest and most 247 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: beautiful gift that meditaition and prayer has given me. Well, 248 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: I hope you really enjoyed this episode. It's one that's 249 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: very close to my heart and hopefully it helps you 250 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 1: guys as much as it's helped me. Thank you for 251 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: listening to Cheeky's and Chill. I am so grateful with 252 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 1: every single one of you that take the time to 253 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: listen to Cheeky's and Chill. I love you, guys, and 254 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:30,560 Speaker 1: I don't say that shit lightly. I love you. 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