Cultivating Presence, Day 1: "The Art of Enough" meditation series

Daily Meditation Podcast

Mary Meckley

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Alternative Health

4.1 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, you are welcomed to the new series, "The Art of Enough," which flips time management on its head as you're guided with insight from the book, "Four Thousand Weeks," by Oliver Burke. Today, be guided as you embrace impermanence. Reflect on the fleeting nature of all things.

WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S GUIDED MEDITATION SERIES

This meditation series invites you to explore the concept of time as a finite resource. Drawing inspiration from Oliver Burkeman's "Four Thousand Weeks," you'll delve into the art of living fully within your allotted time. By focusing on mindfulness, gratitude, and intention, you're invited to cultivate a deeper appreciation for the present moment and make conscious choices that align with your values

This is episode 1 of this week's 7-day meditation series, "The Art of Enough," episodes 3156-3162.

THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE: Give Yourself Permission to Slow Down

This week your challenge is to consider all the ways you can slow down each day. When you wake up in the morning, plan ways to do less.

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 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 3,156 of your daily meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley and I
0:10.6	welcome you to day one of this week's brand new meditation series.
0:17.0	This is a series I have selected for you.
0:21.0	As you know, most of the themes that I share with you are by request from you.
0:29.4	Many of you reach out to me on my SIP and O'm Instagram. You send me a direct message there and you let me know which
0:38.4	themes you'd love me to create for you. Well, week I want to share with you a theme I've selected and
0:47.6	the theme has to do with a book I've been reading and it's a fascinating book called 4,000 weeks by
0:57.3	Oliver Berkman and the 4,000 refers to the number of weeks in your life if you live to be 80 years old.
1:11.7	So we don't know how long we will live. Some of us will live longer than 80 years old. Some of us will live
1:20.0	will live to see 80 years old. We don't know, but what this book does is it flips time
1:30.6	management on its head because it focuses on doing something that I remind you
1:37.9	of every single time I end a meditation and that is slowing down.
1:47.0	I share with you and remind you to do this for yourself in every single meditation.
1:54.1	Give yourself permission to slow down.
1:57.1	You are so worth slowing down for.
2:00.4	And so this is a week where you are encouraged to do just that.
2:07.0	You could think of it as time management for mortals.
2:12.0	And this is a book that challenges the modern
2:16.2	obsession with productivity and time management and I've interviewed some
2:22.2	productivity experts over the years.
2:25.0	One of them is Ari Misell, who wrote the book Less Doing,
2:30.0	and this book has a similar premise as 4,000 weeks.
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