Welcome back to daily breath.

I'm de Park Chopra.

The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself

opens the door to total understanding. What people experience as obstacles in

life are reflections of a decision to shut out understanding.

So here's how we shut out understanding.

When our internal dialogue is as follows, I don't want to look bad.

I don't want to fail. I don't want anyone else to watch me fell. I don't want to live with the burden of

failure. I don't want to expend all of my energy. I don't want any pain I want to get things over with as fast as possible I want to get it over with

So when we introduce these ideas, then of course we are creating our own obstacles.

Be willing to face yourself whatever you think your shortcomings are.

Only a direct encounter with yourself brings the nourishment of

attention. So as soon as you say to yourself I don't want to look bad you cut out

infinite possibilities into certain restricted possibilities.

Because you're not wanting to look bad is fear that prevents you from understanding the wholeness of existence.

The same thing with when you say I don't want to fail or I don't want anyone else to watch me

in one way or another you're editing your

experience of reality. So you end up only experiencing your expectations and your anticipation and your

resistance. So, Join me tomorrow for Friday meditation.