This is episode 2,121 of your daily guided meditation.

How are you doing?

I'm Mary Meckley, and I welcome you midweek as we continue along with a series we're exploring

this week.

We are exploring some ancient wisdom for our modern times we're

living in because I feel like we could use a little advice. With all the uncertainty going on

and if you live in the United States, there's a lot of election tension happening.

And so this week we are exploring the fourth yama of the yoga sutras from Pantanjali, the ancient Indian sage who wrote this classic yoga sutras.

Yoga means union and unity, and that's what we all along for, despite differences that are inevitable.

I think there are certain things in life that we all agree upon.

The Yama's in the Yoga Sutras give us a path. The first Yama has to do with

non-violence or loving-kindness the second yama has to do with non-lying

or truthfulness and the third yama we explored in last week's series had to do with

non-stealing which includes taking care not to let negative thoughts

negative habits negative people negative news steal away one of your most precious

commodities these days which is your focus.

And in this week's series, all week long, we've explored Brahmacharya, which has to do with

restraint or living with moderation and simplicity. So as you are guided using

today's meditation technique, you will explore feeling grounded and connected to

your values, those things which make you who you are.

You may recall different times in your life when you may have had to stand up for your values.

Maybe your values reflect your family of origin values, even a legacy your ancestors passed down.

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