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“Drifting Into Peace: Guided River Meditation for Deep Relaxation, Anxiety Relief & Spiritual Alignment” · Eye Opener Society

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  Hello, everyone. Welcome back to another guided meditation series brought to
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  you by EyeOpener Society.
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  My name is Gary Dean, and I am the host of EyeOpener Society.
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  And I walk you through these little guided meditations just as a way to help
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  people ease their minds, ease their stress, and, mostly, to promote meditation.
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  I feel that meditation is something so drastic because it can do so much for
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  an individual, but yet it's also the least practiced.
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  The other thing, it is also the easiest. But what people don't realize is they
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  keep saying they do not have time.
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  That's why I designed this guided meditation strictly on Wednesday evenings
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  gives you a chance to do something at least once a week.
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  However, you should be doing this at least once a day, 10 to 15 minutes a day,
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  taking time for yourself and relaxing.
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  Now, a guided meditation is just something that fills your mind with images,
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  And that's done by me By giving you these guides By giving you the pictures,
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  But we need to start focusing on ourselves We need to start focusing on our own abilities,
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  It's great that you tune in But you need to do this every single day And it's
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  the only way you're going to achieve The full effects of meditation,
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  And then we could go very very deep into that But for right now,
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  let's get into this guided meditation Find your comfortable spot Hit pause,
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  get yourself set up And then come back.
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  So we always start off just by focusing on our breathing.
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  There shouldn't be any distractions. You should be calm and you should be relaxed.
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  You're in your safe place. Nothing can harm you.
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  You're fully grounded and you're fully aware.
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  My voice is only going to be in the background and it's only used to guide you,
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  now today what i would really like for you to do is in get this image of yourself
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  inside of say a canoe and you're inside this canoe and you're in a stream quiet stream,
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  And you're not even paddling, you're just allowing this canoe to guide right
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  through wherever the water is taking you.
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  It's calm, it's serene. You hear the rippling of the water.
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  You can hear the water as it's splashing against the canoe.
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  This imagery is representing your mind. The river's representing the universe.
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  And you, you are the vessel that has all of this.
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  So picture it. Picture everything beginning slowly.
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  The canoe is just starting to get momentum. And it's starting to flow right
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  along with the stream. The stream is clear.
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  The weather is sunny. It's a beautiful, comfortable day.
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  And everything is going great. a nice, smooth, relaxing journey down the stream.
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  You can picture yourself putting your hand out over the side,
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  feeling the cold waters, feeling it as it splashes against you.
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  It's invigorating because it just stimulates you, much like the universe can.
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  And you feel the momentum of the water rushing in between your fingers.
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  And you're starting to pick up a little bit of speed.
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  And everything is floating. And you're calm. And you're relaxed.
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  And you only hear the waters.
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  And you hear the birds.
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  You hear the woodpeckers. And you're hearing all the wildlife as you're floating
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  down this stream. Gently and quietly.
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  On a smooth, clear stream. you could see to the bottom it's not that deep everything is relaxed.
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  You take notice of all the curves the rocks that are in the way and you're able
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  to guide around them without any effort because the canoe is just following
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  the momentum of the stream,
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  that's exactly how life is,
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  if we learn to just ride things out much like in this canoe right now you would
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  see how we can gently steer clear of all of the problems that we have,
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  if the river was to become raging we just need to trust the canoe that we are
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  in and we control everything we can stop this we can get out we could go back
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  on dry land We are in control.
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  But for right now, everything is calm. And the splashing of the water against
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  the rocks, and you can hear the water as it hits the sides of the land.
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  And everything in front of you is beautiful.
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  The way the stream looks, the way the sun is reflecting off of the water.
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  Even the rocks have a beautiful sheen to them.
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  The trees are vibrant as you're flowing past them. You take in this beauty,
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  all of the colors, the greens, the whites, the yellows.
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  This is all being taken in. And you're just laying back, relaxing as this canoe
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  continues down the stream.
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  Focus on this moment. Focus on the journey. Focus how calm it is.
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  This is how you want your life to be. Serene, quiet, controlled, safe, and comfortable.
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  All of the elements that you have right now.
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  Absorb all of this. Take it all in.
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  You could design your canoe to be any way you like it. Any color. Anything.
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  Make everything yours. Make that stream your life.
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  All of the obstacles that are there. All of the rocks.
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  This canoe just swerves around them as it follows the flow of the water.
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  This is your life that you're navigating through Easily Nothing becomes a problem
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  This boat does not overturn It doesn't sway too much Or too little It just flows perfectly,
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  Take this in Absorb it And apply it to your life Thank you.
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  This imagery is going to become part of everything you do from here on in.
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  You're going to gently navigate through life.
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  You're going to just feel the comfortable waters, the cool feeling on your fingers.
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  You're going to hear sounds of nature. And when things come up,
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  you're going to be able to navigate them. There are solutions.
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  Every problem has a solution,
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  there's so much to see so much beauty and we should be focused on that instead of problems all the time,
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  if you wish you can bring that canoe off to the side let it run up onto the
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  land take a moment to enjoy that serenity,
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  maybe you can camp right where you are.
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  Get a campfire, feel the warmth of the flame, feel, actually sense the smell
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  of the fire, everything that's comforting.
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  Having coffee or tea by this calm, serene stream that you've navigated,
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  you've found a resting spot.
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  Take in all of the beauty, and again, absorb it and apply it to your life.
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  All of your visions going forward are going to be beautiful, quiet, anxiety-free.
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  Repeat this over and over in your head.
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  Quiet, serene, anxiety-free. Quiet, serene, anxiety-free Use it as a mantra Just repeat it,
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  Make sure it's absorbed And it becomes part of your thought.
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  This way, as you go through life This mantra comes up And you understand It's
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  not that bad This canoe is going to float around my problems,
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  take that last deep breath in and absorb all of the smells of nature and they
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  fill you up all of the beauty that's before you,
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  put it inside of that memory bank and keep it there give it a place to go back to whenever you need to,
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  and begin And coming back into your bodies.
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  Opening your eyes, looking around, and realize, again, you're safe,
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  you're grounded, and everything is quiet.
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  And remember, this is how your life is going to be from this point forward.
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  Again, my name is Gary Dean. I thank you for joining me on this little journey,
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  and I hope it was peaceful.
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  And remember, if you find a moment of peace, take 10 minutes a day and find that peace.
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  You don't always need a guided meditation.
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  Just think wonderful thoughts in your mind and repeat them over and over again.
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  That's the way you meditate. Simply, the more you do it, the more aware you're
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  going to be of your own mind, your own awareness, your own surroundings.
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  If you're already at that level, I applaud you. If you're just starting, I applaud you.
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  If you're keeping this up, I applaud you even more.
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  Thank you for joining me. Don't forget to tune in on Mondays when we have our
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  regular show, Eye Opener Society with Lizzie and I.
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  And every Wednesday night for
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  these guided meditations. I have a solo episode that I do on Saturdays.
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  And coming really soon, we're going to be doing shows every Thursday.
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  And on those Thursdays, we're going to be doing sermons for the church.
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  And they're going to be broadcasted live On YouTube So don't forget to go to
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  YouTube Goodbye Opener Society Follow us We appreciate it Thank you so much
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  Please be peaceful And be blessed.