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Unlocking the Heart, Day 5: "Finding Love Within: A Bhakti Meditation Series"

Daily Meditation Podcast

Release Date: 01/30/2025

The Brave Heart, Day 6: The Brave Heart, Day 6: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in All Challenges"

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"Let us prepare our minds as if we’d come to the very end of life. Let us postpone nothing. Let us balance life’s books every day… The one who puts the finishing touches on their life each day is never short of time." - Seneca   Today, you're invited to explore the Stoic virtue of courage. You'll discover how to transform fear and uncertainty as opportunities to cultivate bravery and resilience. THIS WEEK'S THEME: The Stoic's Gaze Welcome to this week's meditation series: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in All Challenges" In each episode this week, you're guided with the...

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Forging Opportunity from Adversity, Day 4: Forging Opportunity from Adversity, Day 4: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in All Challenges"

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"You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." - Marcus Aurelius, Roman Stoic, author of "Meditations," and former Roman Emperor Welcome! Today, we focus on the Stoic virtue of self-control. You'll be guided to see temptations and distractions as opportunities to strengthen your inner discipline. THIS WEEK'S THEME: The Stoic's Gaze Welcome to this week's meditation series: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in All Challenges" In each episode this week, you're guided with the mental tools to transform challenges into pathways for...

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Transforming Confusion, Day 4: Transforming Confusion, Day 4: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in Challenges"

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"The chief task in life is simply this: to identify and separate matters so that I can say clearly to myself which are externals not under my control, and which have to do with the choices I actually control." - Epictetus, Stoic slave  Today, we explore the Stoic pursuit of wisdom. You'll discover the silver living in every situation as an opportunity to gain deeper understanding and cultivate wise judgment. THIS WEEK'S THEME: The Stoic's Gaze Welcome to this week's meditation series: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in All." In each episode this week, you're guided with the...

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Regaining Perspective Breathing Technique, Day 3: Regaining Perspective Breathing Technique, Day 3: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in All"

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"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way." - Marcus Aurelius Be guided in a meditation on resilience, the Stoic ability to bounce back from adversity. Discover how to view challenges as opportunities to strengthen your inner fortitude and develop unwavering resilience. THIS WEEK'S THEME: The Stoic's Gaze Welcome to this week's meditation series: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in All." In each episode this week, you're guided with the mental tools to transform challenges into pathways for personal growth and virtuous living, directly inspired...

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Enduring Strength: Stoic Patience Meditation, Day 2: Enduring Strength: Stoic Patience Meditation, Day 2: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in All"

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"How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?" - Epictetus Explore the Stoic virtue of patience. In a world of instant gratification, patience is a powerful tool for inner peace. You'll be guided in a meditation to cultivate patience and to see delays and frustrations as opportunities to cultivate patience and resilience.  THIS WEEK'S THEME: The Stoic's Gaze Welcome to this week's meditation series: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in All." In each episode this week, you're guided with the mental tools to transform challenges into pathways for personal...

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A Stoic Kindness Meditation, Day 1: A Stoic Kindness Meditation, Day 1: "The Stoic's Gaze, Finding Opportunity Everyday"

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Be guided as you focus on the Stoic virtue of kindness. Life presents us with countless opportunities to extend compassion and understanding, even in challenging situations. This meditation will help us cultivate a mindset of kindness, transforming obstacles into moments of human connection. THIS WEEK'S THEME: The Stoic's Gaze Welcome to this week's meditation series: "The Stoic's Gaze: Perceiving Opportunity in All." In each episode this week, you're guided with the mental tools to transform challenges into pathways for personal growth and virtuous living, directly inspired by Stoic...

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Finding Inner Peace, Day 7: Finding Inner Peace, Day 7: "Hermetic Meditations for Mind Mastery"

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Be guided as you explore and harmonize the masculine and feminine energies within each individual, based on the 7th Hermetic Principle of Gender. It's not about physical gender, but about the balance of active and receptive forces that exist in everyone and everything. The meditation guides the listener to become aware of these energies within themselves. It encourages them to identify the qualities associated with each: masculine (active, logical, doing) and feminine (receptive, intuitive, being). It emphasizes that achieving inner balance is key, as an overemphasis on either energy can lead...

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The Karmic Web, Day 6: The Karmic Web, Day 6: "Hermetic Meditations for Mind Mastery"

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Simply put, what you do has consequences. Every choice you make, every action you take, sets something else in motion. It's like planting seeds. If you plant apple seeds, you'll get apple trees. If you plant weeds, you'll get weeds. Not only do your actions matter, but also your intentions. Why are you doing what you're doing? A kind intention is more likely to lead to a positive effect than a selfish one. Be guided in a meditation practicing the sixth key prinicple of Hermeticism. THIS WEEK'S THEME: This week, we embark on a journey into the ancient and profound wisdom of...

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Finding Balance in Everyday Life, Day 5: Finding Balance in Everyday Life, Day 5: "Hermetic Meditations for Mind Mastery"

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Be guided in a meditation about finding your "truth voice" and understanding that it's okay for it to have ups and downs, just like everything else in life. We're using the Hermetic idea that everything moves in cycles (like waves or a pendulum) to understand how our communication works. Be guided to be kind to yourself and understand that your voice is a part of you, and it's always changing, just like everything else. THIS WEEK'S THEME: This week, we embark on a journey into the ancient and profound wisdom of Hermeticism. Hermeticism, attributed to the legendary figure Hermes Trismegistus,...

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Reconciling Opposites, Day 4: Reconciling Opposites, Day 4: "Hermetic Meditations for Mind Mastery"

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Today, we delve into the heart of duality with a meditation focused on the Hermetic Principle of Polarity: 'Everything is Dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites; like and unlike are the same; opposites are identical in nature but different in degree; extremes meet; all truths are but half-truths; all paradoxes may be reconciled.' 2  We'll use the Anjali Mudra, the gesture of prayer and unity, to explore and harmonize the opposing forces within and around us. This mudra symbolizes the bringing together of duality, reminding us that opposites are not separate...

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Stored grief, resentment, or past hurts can create blockages in the heart chakra. This meditation uses Anahata Mudra to gently release these emotional blockages, creating space for forgiveness and healing. Inspired by Bhakti Yoga, this practice allows us to open our hearts to new beginnings and deeper connections.

THIS WEEK'S SERIES

This meditation series invites you to explore Bhakti Yoga, a path of profound emotional release and spiritual transcendence. Bhakti is about expressing the deepest longings of the heart, connecting with the divine through love, devotion, and surrender. We'll use meditation, mantra, and visualization to open the heart chakra and experience the transformative power of divine love. This is a journey of emotional healing, spiritual awakening, and the ecstatic union with the divine.

YOUR MEDITATION JOURNEY DURING THIS WEEK'S SERIES

This is episode 5 of a 7-day meditation series titled, "Finding Love Within: A Bhakti Meditation Series" episodes 2784-2790. 

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Begin a Devotional Quest

Shower love and affection on someone, or a cause, you love. You may decide to do a self-love quest to honor yourself.

THIS WEEK'S MEDITATION TECHNIQUES:  

Day 1:  Visualize love flowing through you.

Day 2:  Affirmation, "I awaken to my deepest devotion."

Day 3:  Inhale and exhale as you expand love in your heart.

Day 4:  Anahata mudra for healing love

Day 5:  4th chakra for love and compassion

Day 6:  Layer Meditation Techniques

Day 7:  Reflection + Introspection  

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A DIFFERENT MEDITATION TECHNIQUE EVERY DAY FOCUSED ON A WEEKLY THEME:

Get ready for an exciting journey with a new meditation technique daily, perfectly tailored to the week's theme! Infuse these powerful practices into the most stressful moments of your day to master difficult emotions. These dynamic techniques will help you tame the "monkey mind," keeping your thoughts from interrupting your meditation and bringing peace and focus to your life.

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***All meditations are Mary Meckley's original copyrighted content unless otherwise stated, and may not be shared without her written permission.
 
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**All of the information shared on this podcast is for your enjoyment only. Please don't consider the meditation techniques, herbal tea information, or other information shared by Mary Meckley or any of her guests as a replacement for any medical or psychological treatment. That being said, please enjoy any peace, energy, or clarity you may experience as you meditate.