Learn to see the layers in everyone, by Jay Shetty

Meditative Story

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Mental Health, Society & Culture, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Meditation, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Stories, Health & Fitness, Storytelling, Society And Culture

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🗓️ 25 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

"Why?” asks an insistent high school art teacher. “Why? Why? Why?” Staring blankly back, a young Jay Shetty has nothing to say. It’s an art project, it's just homework. A collage. It’s just … layers. The next day in a subway station, Jay's chance encounter with an ad peeling off the wall unlocks the truest answer. What he discovers that day about himself carries forward into college, when Jay meets a fellow student who's consumed by negativity and pain. There, the art project from so many years ago comes in handy in ways he never anticipates.

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Read Jay Shetty's book, "Think Like a Monk": https://www.amazon.com/Think-Like-Monk-Train-Purpose/dp/1982134488

Listen to "Think Like a Monk" as an audiobook, read by Jay: https://www.amazon.com/Think-Like-Monk-Train-Purpose/dp/B07YF3VPSP/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Listen to Jay's podcast, "On Purpose with Jay Shetty": https://jayshetty.me/podcast/

Each episode of Meditative Story combines the emotional pull of first-person storytelling with immersive music and gentle mindfulness prompts. Read the transcript for this story: meditativestory.com

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Rohan. While Earth Day may only be one day in April, we can find ways to
0:05.9	celebrate the natural world every day of the year. Perhaps you listen to Varshani Prakash's
0:11.1	meditative story about this very topic. So, I want to tell you about another podcast that
0:16.8	helps me cultivate this mindset. It's called The Science of Happiness. On each episode,
0:23.8	psychologists, daka-coutman and guests explore big questions like how can we tune into feelings
0:30.9	of awe and can hope lead to action? The Science of Happiness podcast explores where climate,
0:38.2	hope and science intersect. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:53.8	Lair after layer, I see ad after ad poking through. Pops of colour, fragments of letters. Within those layers,
1:21.0	is the history of that one single space. I start to think, what are my layers?
1:41.6	Jay Shetty is admired for his work as a podcaster to help wisdom spread in today's digital world.
1:48.6	Known for his ability to see the complexity in people, Jay shares a meditative story today
1:54.4	about suspending judgment on others until he's able to see beyond the surface of first impressions.
2:00.8	It's a story he's telling for the first time here. And if you follow Jay, his first book
2:06.3	Think Like A Monk may be of great interest. In this series we combine immersive first-person
2:13.8	stories, breathtaking music and mindfulness prompts so that we may see our lives reflected
2:20.7	back to us in other people's stories. And that can lead to improvements in our own inner lives.
2:29.7	From weight to what, this is meditative story.
2:35.9	I'm Rahen and I'll be your guide.
2:44.8	The body relaxed. The body breathing. Your senses open. Your mind open.
3:09.2	The bodyỏ. Meeting the world.
3:28.2	The body.
3:32.4	Why?
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