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Walking Toward Peace: A Guided Meditation with Gary Dean · Eye Opener Society

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  Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Wednesday night's guided meditation.
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  My name is Gary Dean. I host Eye Opener Society and I host this episode every
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  Wednesday night where I bring you through a different guided meditation or I
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  bring you some guided meditation tips, tricks, and otherwise.
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  I like to try and change things up every now and then. And the one thing that's
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  been on my mind, and it should be on everybody's mind.
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  We need world peace to happen.
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  As we are jumping into 2026, it seems like there's more need for that because there's been a lot,
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  Of warmongering going on A lot of noise in the mainstream media And it's being
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  flashed all over the place This is creating so much anxiety,
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  But the one thing that I've seen That I've found to be so beautiful Are these
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  monks that are doing a peace walk,
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  From Texas to D.C.
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  This has been one beautiful thing I've been following it on Facebook,
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  Instagram And there's many posts And I've been saying this But this is the way
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  to do peace There's no flags,
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  there's no riots There's no protests, no loud noise No yelling,
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  no screaming, no damaging a property,
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  All it is, is walking And the power of that has been overwhelming Like I've
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  watched some of these clips and videos of these monks,
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  And I have to say that it's just one amazing thing When I see it,
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  I actually tear up It's so strong and powerful And this is what needs to be
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  done So I would like to do a guided meditation Kind of in a story style And
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  I got some things written out And I want everybody to just find your space,
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  Relax, take a moment picture yourself in the right here right now no effort, no fixing just arriving,
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  let us get comfortable let us breathe and focus on the moment and get ourselves ready for this.
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  Imagine for a moment that the world has grown quiet, not silent, but calm.
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  The kind of calm you feel just before sunrise, when the sky is still deciding what it will become.
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  You are standing on a long path. It stretches far behind you and far ahead of you.
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  You don't know where it begins and you don't know where it ends Only that it is shared,
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  This path has been walked by many before you By people you agree with and by
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  people whom you don't By those who speak your language and those who never will,
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  And as you stand here, notice your breath Not controlling it, just noticing it,
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  Each breath arriving, each breath leaving.
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  Just like people crossing this path every day.
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  Now, begin to walk. With each step, the ground beneath you feels solid,
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  steady, and supportive.
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  You realize something as you walk.
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  No one is rushing you. There is no destination demanding your arrival.
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  This walk is the purpose.
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  Now, up ahead, you see others walking too.
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  While some walk alone and some walk in groups, some carry burdens so heavy you
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  can see them in the way their shoulders curve forward.
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  Others carry nothing at all. yet they still look tired.
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  As you pass them, something unexpected happens. No words are exchanged.
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  No signs. No arguments.
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  Just brief moments of eye contact.
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  And in those moments, you recognize something familiar.
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  Not their opinions, not their history, not their mistakes.
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  You recognize their humanity. And with each step forward, you feel something inside of you soften.
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  The armor you didn't realize you were wearing begins to loosen.
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  The tightness you've carried for the world All of its noise All of its conflict
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  Its constant urgency Starts to release.
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  Now imagine that this path stretches across the entire planet.
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  It goes through cities, it goes across borders, over oceans,
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  through deserts, and forests, and places most people will never see.
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  And everywhere, everywhere people are walking.
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  Not marching. Not fleeing. Just walking.
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  There's no flags, no chance. No demands, no presence.
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  As you continue, you notice something else. With every shared step,
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  the space between people begins to change.
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  It's not disappearing, but softening. Becoming less rigid. less sharp.
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  You realize peace isn't something being declared here. It's something being practiced.
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  Quietly, individually, and together.
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  Now bring your awareness gently back to your breath.
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  Each inhale carries the weight of the world. Each exhale releases just a little of it.
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  You don't have to solve everything. You do not have to fix anyone.
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  You don't even have to agree.
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  All that's asked of you in this moment is to remain open.
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  As you walk, imagine your heart is a small light. It's not blinding Not dramatic Just steady.
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  With every step that light grows, not because you force it to,
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  but because you allow it to.
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  And here's the quiet truth. That light does not belong only to you.
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  It's reflected in every person that you pass.
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  Some lights are dim, some are flickering, and some are hidden behind pain or anger or even fear.
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  But they are there, every single one.
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  World peace does not arrive at once.
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  It arrives in moments like this, in pauses, in choices,
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  in the decision to see before judging, to listen before reacting,
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  to breathe before responding.
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  As the path continues, notice how you feel now compared to when you began.
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  Maybe lighter, calmer, simply more aware.
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  But know this. Every peaceful thought you hold, every compassionate breath you take,
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  every moment you choose presence over conflict, it matters.
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  Even when the world feels loud, even when it feels broken, even when it feels
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  beyond repair, this walk continues, and you are part of it.
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  Now slowly begin to bring your awareness back to where you are.
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  Feel the surface beneath you. Feel the air around you.
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  Feel the quiet strength in your breath.
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  Carry this walk with you. Into your words, into your actions,
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  into the spaces where peace feels hardest to reach.
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  Because peace does not begin with nations. It begins with people and it begins with you.
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  When you're ready, gently open your eyes. The walk continues.
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  Again, my name is Gary Dean with High Opener Society.
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  I thank you for joining me for this episode of Wednesday Night's Guided Meditation.
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  This means a lot to me to have you here and I want to wish everyone peace.
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  Go out, find that peace and spread it and do so quietly.
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  Don't forget to join me on our regular Monday episodes when Lizzie can join us.
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  If not, find me on Tuesdays when I
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  do solo episodes or just find any of my episodes as we go about the week.
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  I might throw some out there to you, but thank you for joining us here at Eye Opener Society.