This is episode 1,888 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you as you give

yourself a little more peace, energy, and clarity in this week's

series. We are exploring the theme of mental focus with the wisdom of the ancient Greek Stoics,

such as Zeno, the founder of Stoicism. And I happen to be in Greece as I record this series and as I go around the different parts of the city

I'm in awe of the many great philosophers who originated from Athens, Greece, or even if they weren't

from Athens because many came from different areas around Greece.

But when they ended up in Athens, they started to evolve a particular philosophy and these philosophies influence us to this day, such as Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and so many more.

As I was doing some sightseeing and shopping yesterday, one of the shop owners where I bought some souvenirs, told me that he believes that the reason why there are so

many great philosophers that hail from Greece, in particular Athens is because the sky is so blue and vast and

the sea is right there.

It stretches a beautiful blue around Athens.

And he felt that this combination of sea and sky produced reflection.

He may be right that something in the landscape and terrain produces reflection,

but it's more than reflection.

It's dynamic revolutionary changes in thought that emerged time and again from Athens.

So for today's episode I want to guide you using a powerful breathing technique to help energize

you.

You may not think of meditation as giving you more energy, but in fact when you meditate and if you meditate consistently, you're likely to notice that you have a clearer energy. You don't have

these energetic spikes throughout the day that you have consistent calm energy.

And the breathing technique will help you

feel more energized and it also helps you to balance your emotions.

When you're feeling as though you're pulled this way and that way.

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