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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

1340: Warm Ocean Mind: Becoming Immersed in the Moment by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits on Mindfulness & Focus

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🗓️ 12 August 2019

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Leo Babauta of Zen Habits shares his thoughts on becoming immersed in the moment. Episode 1340: Warm Ocean Mind: Becoming Immersed in the Moment by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits on Mindfulness & Focus Leo Babauta created Zen Habits, which is about finding simplicity and mindfulness in the daily chaos of our lives. It’s about clearing the clutter so we can focus on what’s important, create something amazing, find happiness. The original post is located here: http://zenhabits.net/ocean Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's a minimalist Monday edition of Optimal Living Daily Episode 1340.

0:04.7

Warm ocean mind, becoming immersed in the moment by Leo Babata of Zenhabits.net,

0:10.9

and I'm just a maulic the guy that reads to you every single day of the year, including weekends and

0:15.6

holidays, to help you live a more meaningful and positive life. Today's post being from Leo Babata

0:21.6

of Zenhabits, not directly related to minimalism and stuff, but more like minimalism of the mind.

0:28.9

For now let's get right to it as we optimize your life.

0:36.2

Warm ocean mind, becoming immersed in the moment by Leo Babata of Zenhabits.net.

0:43.6

Have you ever been on vacation, perhaps floating in warm ocean water or allowing you to

0:48.8

deck or hammock completely relaxed? There's a way in which you open your mind to everything

0:54.0

around you, not thinking about it, but just fully in tune with your surroundings with everything

0:59.3

in this moment. There's no separation between you and the water or the humid air and tropical

1:04.5

plants. In this moment you are at one with everything in relaxed, open awareness.

1:11.7

Now contrast that with how we normally are, constantly distracted. I was looking for something to

1:17.0

keep our minds busy, keep ourselves from resting in the moment, or overwhelmed, busy, stressed,

1:22.4

or irritated with someone else or the current situation, or mind busy, not in touch with our

1:28.4

surroundings. Does many of that sound familiar? I would argue that most of us are in a mode like this,

1:34.4

some version of it, most of the time. Not every second of the day, but many of our hours are distracted,

1:41.2

busy, stressed, overwhelmed, irritated, worried, unhappy with ourselves or someone else.

1:48.3

What if we could turn on that vacation mind immersed in the warm ocean in our everyday life?

1:54.2

What would that be like? How can we get into that state? How can we get into the warm ocean state of

1:59.1

mind and still get things done? Let's find out. Warm ocean mind, what it is. Imagine for a moment

2:07.0

that you're floating in a warm ocean, not too deep, nothing scary, just peaceful, gently swaying

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