Living in Harmony, Day 7: "Seeking and Finding Your Truth"
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2025
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
Today's meditation invites you to find your true place in the universe. Explore Lao Tzu's concept of the Dao, the natural order of the universe. Connect with your natural rhythms and flow as you cultivate a sense of oneness with the Dao.
THIS WEEK'S THEME: "Seeking and Finding Your Truth"
This 7-day meditation series explores one of the most profound times in human history -- the Axial Age. You'll discover ancient wisdom that remains with us today from the Axial Age, drawing on the teachings of its key thinkers to offer insights into living a meaningful and ethical life in the modern world. This series begins with a BONUS episode that launches into the series with deeper insight and a longer guided meditation that is offered daily on the Sip and Om meditation app that you are gifted to explore for a full week.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 3,310 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:09.5 | I'm Mary Meckley and I welcome you to the final episode of this week's journey. |
| 0:17.2 | You have been on a special journey this week as you seek and find your truth. |
| 0:26.3 | And you're doing this as you explore the great thinkers at a unique time in history, |
| 0:34.9 | considered to be called the Axial Age. You've been connecting with great thinkers such |
| 0:40.3 | as Buddha from India, Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates from Greece, the pinnacle city of the |
| 0:51.3 | West at that time during the Axial age, as well as the Hebrew prophets |
| 0:57.7 | from Israel and Confucius and Lao Tzu from China. It was during this axial age when these great |
| 1:09.2 | thinkers witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations. |
| 1:13.6 | It was after the great conquests of Alexander the Great. |
| 1:19.6 | There's a book you might be interested in by Karen Armstrong. |
| 1:24.6 | It's called The Great Transformation, the beginning of our religious traditions. |
| 1:31.7 | And I've heard from several of you wanting to know more about the Axial Age. And I always share |
| 1:38.2 | more with you, including a recommended book and a recommended herb that goes along with the week's series, a yoga |
| 1:47.1 | asana to focus on throughout the week, all your techniques, your weekly challenge. |
| 1:55.0 | All of this is offered to you, including a journal with a daily reflection question on the Sip and Ome meditation app. |
| 2:03.2 | And you can try the app for free and you get access to the full app. So again, it is the Sip |
| 2:10.8 | and Ome meditation app. Today, the focus is on Lao Tzu, the purported author of the great Chinese work, the Tao De Ching. |
| 2:26.3 | I'll share with you a quote by Lao Tzu. |
| 2:29.3 | Watch your thoughts, they become your words. |
| 2:33.3 | Watch your words, they become your words watch your words they become your actions watch |
| 2:38.6 | your actions they become your habits watch your habits they become your |
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