Trusting All is Well, Day 2: "The Patient Heart: Cultivating Inner Stillness"
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
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🗓️ 26 May 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Nature operates on its own timeline, a profound lesson in patience. In this meditation, we'll draw inspiration from the natural world – the slow growth of a tree, the changing seasons, the persistent flow of water – to cultivate a deeper trust in the innate rhythm of life and the unfolding of events.
Ancient Wisdom Weave: Inspired by Taoist philosophy and the concept of wu wei (effortless action or non-doing), trusting the natural flow of the Dao.
THIS WEEK'S THEME: "The Patient Heart: Cultivating Inner Stillness"
Welcome to "The Patient Heart: Cultivating Inner Stillness," a 7-part meditation series designed to help you rediscover the profound power and peace found in patience. In a world that often demands instant gratification, true tranquility lies in our ability to wait, to observe, and to trust in the natural unfolding of life. Drawing upon the timeless wisdom of ancient traditions, this series will guide you to cultivate patience not as passive waiting, but as an active, compassionate engagement with the present moment. Each episode offers a unique lens to understand and embody this vital virtue, fostering inner resilience and a deeper connection to the rhythm of existence.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to episode 3,312 of the daily meditation podcast. I am your host and meditation |
| 0:14.3 | guide Mary Meckley and it is with pleasure I share with you today's episode. |
| 0:22.6 | The theme for this week's series is patience. |
| 0:29.5 | It is the patient heart cultivating inner stillness. |
| 0:35.7 | And in today's episode, as always, you are guided with the days featured |
| 0:42.7 | meditation technique. And for you today here on day two, that is an affirmation. On day one, |
| 0:51.6 | I always share with you a visualization. |
| 0:55.6 | Day two is an affirmation technique that we weave into your meditation. |
| 1:01.8 | And before I guide you in a meditation, I always share with you insight about the week's theme. |
| 1:09.1 | And this week, you are discovering ancient wisdom that has stood the test of time when it comes |
| 1:19.6 | to patience. |
| 1:21.6 | So the ancient wisdom that I've selected for you today as your insight comes from Taoism. |
| 1:31.5 | In fact, it is inspired by Taoist philosophy from China. |
| 1:39.0 | Lao Tzu is traditionally regarded as the founder of the Taoist religion and it is closely associated |
| 1:51.5 | with the context or Taoism and the Tao Te Ching it's dated between the 8th and 3rd century BC. |
| 2:04.6 | In Taoism, there's a concept, Wei, Wei, and it means doing or making, often in a deliberate or very conscious way. So this concept of way is closely related to another |
| 2:27.8 | concept, Wu way, which has to do with non-doing or effortless action. |
| 2:37.5 | And it's a key principle in Taoism. |
| 2:41.4 | It emphasizes something very important that may help you on your patience quest this week. |
| 2:50.3 | It emphasizes aligning with the natural order and allowing |
| 2:57.2 | things to unfold naturally rather than forcing or striving against it. So as you go about your week, see what it feels like to begin to observe nature and how |
| 3:16.1 | you see within nature, this concept of Wu Wei, and how nature naturally unfolds. Nothing's forcing it. And it's very patient. |
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