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Let's Practice Loving Kindness · The Aligned Actor

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  hello friends and welcome back to the aligned actor pod tube
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  stack i'm amy schlerb
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  i'm your friendly interwebs mindfulness and mindset coach for
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  actors and creatives
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  anyone who's chosen a creative career a roller coaster of ups
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  and downs twists and
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  SPEAKER_00: turns all that fun stuff that
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  can sometimes make us sick to our stomachs i don't want us to
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  be sick to our
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  stomachs i want us all to be thriving in body mind and spirit
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  as we live our actor
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  lives tis the season of peace on earth and goodwill toward all
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  so in keeping with
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  that theme i thought it would be a good time for us to practice
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  the loving kindness
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  SPEAKER_00: meditation
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  Loving kindness as a meditation is a beautiful practice where
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  we focus on and
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  SPEAKER_00: activate feelings of love,
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  SPEAKER_00: kindness,
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  SPEAKER_00: and compassion within us.
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  And then we flow those feelings out energetically to various
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  people and creatures
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  SPEAKER_00: that we envision in our minds.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let's go ahead and practice loving kindness together.
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  SPEAKER_00: Of course,
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  If you are driving or doing something else that requires your
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  full undivided
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  SPEAKER_00: attention,
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  SPEAKER_00: please come back to this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep yourself safe.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take care of yourself.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if you're ready to practice with us now,
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  SPEAKER_00: go ahead and find a comfortable position for your body.
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  SPEAKER_01: And start to tune into your breath.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just noticing the inhales and the exhales.
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  SPEAKER_01: Finding your breath wherever it is right now in this moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: Allowing yourself to arrive fully
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  SPEAKER_01: in this present moment and be present in your body, breathing.
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  In a way that you can become more in tune with your breath than
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  your body,
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  SPEAKER_00: of course,
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  SPEAKER_00: is by noticing your breath.
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  SPEAKER_01: each inhale, each exhale.
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  And you can also notice the contact between your body and
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  whatever surface is
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  SPEAKER_01: supporting you today.
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  So bring your attention to the contact between your body and
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  that surface.
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  See if you can let your body soften and relax just a little bit
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  more into that support.
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  SPEAKER_01: Noticing is that chair or couch or bed
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  takes a little bit more of your weight supports your body
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  allowing your body to
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  more fully relax allowing and intending your body to release
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  and melt and soften
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  SPEAKER_01: into that supportive surface.
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  Continuing to focus on your breath and noticing how your breath
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  also can calm your body.
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  SPEAKER_01: Your breath
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  SPEAKER_01: can help your body relax.
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  SPEAKER_01: Your slow inhales and exhales.
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  Bringing your focus fully to each inhale and exhale will help
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  your body and your mind
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  SPEAKER_01: to release and relax even more.
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  And now that we've settled into our bodies and settled in with
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  our breath,
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna invite you to open up a space of loving kindness within you.
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  SPEAKER_01: And to do this,
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  I invite you to envision in your mind a person or a creature
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  that you absolutely
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  SPEAKER_00: love and adore.
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  A being whose presence in your life,
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  when you see them,
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  you just light up.
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  SPEAKER_01: And they light up.
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  SPEAKER_01: See this person or animal in your mind now.
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  SPEAKER_01: Be with them in this moment.
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  SPEAKER_01: in your imagination.
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  And as their presence in your mind begins to fill you with the
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  warm fuzzies of
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  SPEAKER_01: loving kindness,
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  SPEAKER_01: you're going to start to flow intentional loving kindness to them.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you can do this
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  SPEAKER_01: by thinking in your mind.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be safe.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be healthy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you live with ease.
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  And now I'm going to invite you to let that beloved being go
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  from your mind and
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  SPEAKER_01: carry that loving kindness toward an acquaintance.
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  SPEAKER_01: Someone you don't know particularly well could be
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  SPEAKER_01: Someone you saw in line today.
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  SPEAKER_01: Could be a co-worker you don't have many interactions with.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just someone who's a little removed from you in your life.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I invite you to flow the same loving kindness intentions toward them.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be safe.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be healthy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you live with ease.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now I invite you to let that person go from your mind.
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  SPEAKER_01: And bring to mind someone who challenges you in your life.
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  SPEAKER_01: Someone who maybe you have a more strained relationship with.
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  SPEAKER_01: whether you know them personally or not at all,
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  but you kind of have a little bit of a struggle flowing loving
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  kindness to this
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  SPEAKER_01: person.
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  SPEAKER_01: And yet they deserve loving kindness as well.
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  And so let's practice flowing loving kindness to someone who's
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  difficult for us to
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  SPEAKER_01: flow loving kindness to.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be safe.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be healthy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you live with ease.
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  Now to complete our loving kindness meditation,
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  we're going to start by envisioning
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  SPEAKER_01: our immediate living space,
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  SPEAKER_01: our immediate dwelling,
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  SPEAKER_01: and any people or creatures who live in that space with us.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're going to flow loving kindness to all of them.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be safe.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be healthy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you live with ease.
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  Now we're going to widen out from our immediate dwelling to our
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  larger community,
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  SPEAKER_01: perhaps our neighborhood or our city or county.
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  SPEAKER_01: And again, flow loving kindness to everyone in our community.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be safe.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be healthy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you live with ease.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then widening out once again to include our entire country,
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  SPEAKER_01: perhaps even our entire continent.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be safe.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be healthy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you live with ease.
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  SPEAKER_01: And finally,
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  SPEAKER_00: widening out all the way to include our entire great Earth,
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  SPEAKER_00: every human,
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  SPEAKER_00: every animal,
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  SPEAKER_00: every plant,
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  SPEAKER_01: every being on planet Earth.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be safe.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be healthy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you live with ease.
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  SPEAKER_01: And finally, because we are included in that
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  SPEAKER_01: global community.
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  SPEAKER_01: We're going to change our first word to we, our second word to we.
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  SPEAKER_01: May we all be safe.
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  SPEAKER_01: May we all be healthy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May we all be happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May we all live with ease.
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  SPEAKER_01: Go ahead and bask in this loving kindness moment,
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  SPEAKER_01: continuing to flow loving kindness to yourself and through yourself.
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  SPEAKER_01: out as far as you can.
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  SPEAKER_01: If you like,
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  you can now let various creatures and humans that you love and
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  adore and some that
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  you don't dance in your mind and just see them all and wish
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  them all loving
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  SPEAKER_01: kindness.
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  SPEAKER_01: And now as we come to the end of this loving kindness meditation,
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  SPEAKER_01: go ahead and move your body in any way that feels good to you.
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  SPEAKER_01: And whenever you're ready, you can open your eyes.
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  SPEAKER_01: Welcome back, friends.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm using this voice now because I've gotten into that rhythm.
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  SPEAKER_01: I really wish you all the best this season.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be safe.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be healthy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you be happy.
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  SPEAKER_01: May you live with ease.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you found this
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  I would be ever so honored if you would leave a comment or
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what I have for you today.
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  Thank you so much for joining me and I wish you loving kindness
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  for the rest of
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  SPEAKER_00: your day and the rest of your year and the rest of all of your years.
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  SPEAKER_00: Take care until next time, friends.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bye.