This is episode 1,729. Welcome to your daily meditation podcast. I'm Mary Meckley, and I honor you for being right where you are as you get ready to meditate, doing one of the best things you could possibly do for yourself.

In today's episode, you are going to discover a meditation technique to help you

attain a higher state of consciousness and reaching a higher state of consciousness.

And reaching a higher state of consciousness may have been a reason why you decided to meditate.

And when you focus on your higher purpose, your highest self, you might even think of your spirituality or religion, depending on what your higher purpose can mean for you.

So that connection with something bigger than yourself,

even this connection to the world at large,

is a foundation of your life.

And when you don't feel connected or you don't feel like you really have a purpose in life, it can lead to depression. It can lead to a sense of deep dissatisfaction with life.

You may lose interest in other areas of your life as well.

So focusing on your life's purpose, your higher consciousness, as you are exploring in this week's theme,

we're exploring this theme all week long,

I want to share with you some ways to know

that you are making progress.

Here you're doing all this work. How do you know it's actually

working? Well, if you notice that you are beginning to take more responsibility for your life,

then chances are you are evolving.

You are progressing on your higher consciousness journey.

And you're not blaming others when things go wrong or you make a mistake.

You're able to own your own emotions. If you find yourself taking responsibility and noticing when you make a mistake

and being able to understand

what may have contributed to your emotions.

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