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Sri Lankan monk J. Shremata found a way to fill her life with bliss and grace, even at the

peak of the coronavirus pandemic in her country. She calls it a magic pill to eradicate suffering.

And in today's talk from TED Women 2020, she shares the simple way she transformed her life. It's something we can bring

into our lives, too. During the peak of coronavirus pandemic in Sri Lanka, that is mid-2020, I came up with a surprising

way to fill my life with bliss and grace. A magical mantra was nurturing in the garden of my mind.

It felt like all good thoughts that I have planted in my mind

has begun to blossom into something beautiful.

This magical mantra was like a magic pill for all perceived suffering, which not only affected

my life, but everyone else connected to me.

38 years of my life, I went on a self-seeking journey finding who am I? I went through a conscious dying process,

letting go of everything attach to my name.

Well-established career as a coach,

a charity consultant, hypnot therapist, energy healer, intimate relationships, attachment to family,

12 years of well-established business. So what was this magical mantra that transformed my

life for better? Thank you, with the two simple words that filled a space between my ears,

like a music in my head.

This was experienced profoundly during the pandemic

as everyone connected to me was filled with fear and doubt and anxiety.

And I had to do something different.

The first thought came to my mind first thing in the morning as I walk up was thank you.

And the last thought occupied my mind when I went to sleep at night was thank you. I was

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