Calming Breath, Day 2 The Focused Mind
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
"Knowing that what you are doing is the most powerful thing for you to be doing at that moment is surprisingly powerful."
~ Neuroscientist, Dr. Daniel J. Levitin
Are you finding it hard to focus these days? If so, you're not alone. As we endure the ongoing pandemic, our lives require more focused thought in order to keep abreast of how to stay safe. This week, you'll be guided using meditation techniques to help you focus your mind on what matters most. We'll be following along with the book, "The Organized Mind," by neuroscientist, Dr. Daniel J. Levitin.
This is day 2 of a 7-day meditation series, The Focused Mind, episodes 2376-2382.
YOUR WEEKLY CHALLENGE
Good Enough Quest
Begin to notice the time you waste on decisions that don't matter. Allow unimportant things in your life to be good enough. Spend your best time and energy on what matters most.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Episode 2,377 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Mary Mechley and welcome back to Day 2 of our series, The Focused Mind, where we |
| 0:15.1 | are following along with the book called The Organized Mind by Daniel Levitan. |
| 0:22.5 | And this is a book where you will explore how to stop worrying about what's not |
| 0:29.8 | so important and how to allow yourself to accept good enough so that you can focus your |
| 0:38.6 | thoughts and it does take a lot of energy to focus your thoughts on what matters most, |
| 0:47.2 | what's most critical in your life. |
| 0:50.0 | In fact, that issue or challenge for this week to every day think about the different |
| 0:59.0 | decisions you make, the different thoughts you think ongoing, repetitively, and how |
| 1:07.7 | you could maybe let go of some of those thoughts and allow yourself to not necessarily settle |
| 1:15.1 | for good enough, but to accept that good enough is actually great because you're not |
| 1:23.0 | going to have to focus on every aspect of your life, you'll allow yourself to focus |
| 1:30.7 | your best energy on what matters most while still enjoying your life. |
| 1:38.4 | So I noticed that I've heard from some of you who let me know that you really appreciate |
| 1:45.4 | this series during these times of distraction when it is more difficult to focus our minds. |
| 1:52.9 | Because we are having to think of many things we're not used to thinking of, such as what's |
| 2:00.2 | the status on wearing a mask in this restaurant or this shop or I should probably take more |
| 2:10.0 | vitamins to boost my immunity. |
| 2:12.8 | These are a few examples that we find ourselves facing and thinking about these days. |
| 2:19.0 | So what I found myself doing, especially in the beginning of the pandemic, is doing a |
| 2:26.8 | lot of research online, finding out what I needed to do, okay, I need to take these |
| 2:32.0 | vitamin supplements. |
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