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Nome. Dome. We are back today discussing one of the essential pillars of well-being,

meditation practice.

Yesterday we spoke of its history and what I do in my practice, and today we'll dig deeper into how it actually works.

So as we do these different types of meditations, including a body scan or even a

guided meditation such as a walk in the forest or in nature, then what happens is slowly we move from the stress response to what is called the restful alertness response.

But as we continue in our practice,

there's a waking up to inner being or consciousness,

which is the source of all experience.

We find that that's our true self.

Consciousness is that in which all experience arises, all experience is known, and out of which all experience is made.

You might find that little startling, but all experience is made out of consciousness.

A thought is a modified form of consciousness,

and emotion is a modified form of consciousness,

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