Day 1 Tea Life, Tea Mind Meditation Series
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
"Closing my eyes, I find green mountains and pure water within my own heart. Silently sitting alone and drinking tea, I feel these become a part of me."
― Soshitsu Sen XV, Tea Life, Tea Mind
Are you feeling burned out or disengaged with life? This week you're going to be exploring the 80-20 ritual to get more done by actually doing less. For 80-20 inspiration, we'll be following along with the book "Tea Life, Tea Mind," by Soshitsu Sen XV, the current 15th grand tea master in Japan.
This is day 1 of a 7-day Tea Life, Tea Mind Meditation series, episodes 2313-2319.
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80-20 Ritual
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| 0:00.0 | This is Episode 2313 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Mary Mickley and I welcome you to a brand new series |
| 0:12.0 | we're launching into this week. |
| 0:14.0 | This week, you're going to be guided in meditations |
| 0:19.0 | that have you taking a little pause to reflect on how you view success |
| 0:28.0 | in your life. |
| 0:30.0 | In fact, you're invited to live your life at 80%. |
| 0:38.0 | You might have flinched when I said that. |
| 0:42.0 | You might be thinking, oh no, I only live my life at 100%. |
| 0:49.0 | And actually, I like to give 110% of my time, my energy. |
| 0:56.0 | Whatever I do, I show up as my past. |
| 1:00.0 | Well, when I lived in Asia, when I lived and studied in Japan in particular, |
| 1:08.0 | I was introduced to this concept where you live your life at 80%. |
| 1:16.0 | And you allow that extra 20% to be a buffer |
| 1:23.0 | to allow you to remain in the present moment, to allow life to simply happen. |
| 1:31.0 | So, despite your best late plans, if things turn out to be a flop, |
| 1:38.0 | you allow that people, the weather, the world, events around you are not always within your control. |
| 1:48.0 | So, you learn to go with a flow a little more. |
| 1:51.0 | You show up as your best, but you allow a little grace for yourself and others. |
| 1:58.0 | Now, you may be familiar with this concept in business, especially as the Pareto Principle. |
| 2:07.0 | This states that for many outcomes, it is estimated roughly 80% of the consequences |
| 2:17.0 | come from about 20% of the causes. |
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