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Guided Meditation for Energy, Focus & Inner Peace | Visualization & Affirmations · Eye Opener Society

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  Hello, everyone. Welcome back to Eye Opener Society. Welcome back to our guided meditation series.
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  My name is Gary Dean. Thank you so much for joining me. This means so much to me.
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  I absolutely love doing meditation. I absolutely enjoy doing it with you, the audience.
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  And we're changing things up a little bit because here's the thing.
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  I've been given a lot of general guided meditations and that's good.
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  I enjoyed every single one that I'd done and I hope they helped you out.
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  Uh, I want to go into something stronger.
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  I want to move. I want to elevate. I want to motivate because here's the thing.
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  Many people say they meditate or they want to meditate.
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  Oh, but I can't find time. And you know how much I dislike that because I know
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  you have five minutes or 10 minutes a day somewhere in there that you could
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  stick in some meditation, right?
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  But many people always want to use that excuse. I don't have the time.
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  You have the time. You're on right now.
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  You join me because you want to meditate.
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  Now, I wanted to pick things up. What I like to do is this motivational meditation.
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  And much like the one I done, I think it was a couple weeks ago or so,
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  where it was more of the experimental meditation.
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  I'm going to expand on that because that's what I like, because that's true meditation.
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  Basically, what you're doing, listening to me actually meditate and whatever's
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  going on inside of my mind, well, it's coming out to you.
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  And I'm throwing that imagery out there and you can take it and go on your own
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  journey with it, or you could follow me along with it. That's the beauty of meditation,
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  We don't have to follow any rules. Take time. Sit down. Relax.
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  Breathe in. Breathe out. And focus on that.
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  How simple is that? You have time to do that. You can do that at any point in
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  the day. Take 30 seconds.
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  That's it. You just meditated. You're bringing yourself back to awareness.
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  You're bringing yourself back to awareness of yourself, centering yourself,
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  aligning yourself, taking that moment that you need to recognize that you are
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  more than just a body walking around on this planet.
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  You hold so much more. You're a soul, your energy, you're focused,
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  you're concentrated, you're being hit by all these different things.
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  You're everything all wrapped up into one, all wrapped up into the cosmos and
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  everything that goes on in the cosmos is all wrapped up inside of you.
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  It becomes very complicated, but it's not.
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  It's extremely simple, and all you got to do is relax. So, get into your spot,
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  get into your place, get into your position.
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  Relax, hit pause, get yourself comfy, and again, no special poses.
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  I mean, if you wanted to stand on your head doing this, stand on your head doing
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  this, but take a moment, come back, and we'll get started.
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  So of course the first thing we want to do is just take a moment calm relax relax,
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  Slow everything down. Your visual imagery should picture everything slowing down.
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  Even if you're in a quiet place where nothing really is going on around you,
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  you can still just, when you listen to your voice, if you're talking like this
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  or the thoughts in your head are going like that, picture everything slowing
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  down. Do you see how I did that?
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  Nice, quiet, and it just slowed down. That's all.
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  Quiet, focused. start to envision
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  a nice little cozy comfortable
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  spot with a lot of pillows and maybe you already have that but picture it in
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  your head and you're encapsulated in it and it's just you everything else outside
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  that little bubble you can't hear you you're not distracted by it it's just
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  you This moment and comfort,
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  Now Take a moment to just relax Relax.
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  So, now we're comfortable, we're in this little encapsulated cell within our own comfort.
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  And we keep repeating that over, we're comfortable, I'm comfortable,
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  I'm comfortable, I'm comfortable, and then slow it down, I'm comfortable.
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  This guided meditation is about to begin.
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  But again, this is going to be a little bit different, it's a little bit more motivational.
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  As I sit here listening to my own breath And focusing on it I'm trying to envision
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  everybody that's listening I'm trying to take on some energies That everybody
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  has And I know a lot of people are saying,
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  My life is overwhelming Everything's going on It's all crazy It is It is That's
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  what life is We allow it though We allow so much into our lives,
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  that we're taking on way too much.
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  So right now, as you're listening, whatever's coming into my head,
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  I might be thinking of something I'm thinking of or something somebody else is thinking of.
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  This is the way I like to work. This is, I'm opening up my mind to energies now and everything.
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  It may seem chaotic, but once it starts getting crazy, I was thinking,
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  just there, it seemed to be so much.
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  I was getting a little overwhelmed, but you see, I bring it back.
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  Do you see how easy it is? Just bring it right back to that little cozy spot
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  you're in, that little encapsulated cell that you're in.
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  Only you can open up that door to that outside world and let it all in,
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  But when you're in here, you're comfortable, you're quiet. It's peaceful.
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  I keep getting a dog. Somebody probably has a dog with them right now.
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  Let me focus.
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  I'm seeing a white birch tree. It's peaceful, it's quiet. There's some nesting birds in it.
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  I'm only hearing a small chirping.
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  And it's beautiful white birch happens to be in a very beautiful spot but I
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  picture a house I think it's in somebody's yard.
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  I can envision it right now and it's very peaceful it's a peaceful quiet street,
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  It's very quiet, unlike mine, but I'm in my capsule, so I can't really hear
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  what's going on on the outside.
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  I'm not allowing it in, but this vision I have, this white birch tree in somebody's
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  backyard on a nice, quiet street, feels good over there.
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  There's a good energy there, very good energy, and now I got something else,
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  treetops, and I'm hearing a bird. I'm hearing a bird again.
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  This is nice. There's a lot of nature, and I think because that's how my mind
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  works, there's a lot of nature.
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  Picture that. Picture nature. Just you're inside of your captive little cell. You're comfortable.
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  Picture your pillows turning into grass, fresh-cut grass with the dew.
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  Sometimes that cold dew on the grass feels so good, and you're grounding and
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  you're earthing and it's discharging all that static buildup in your body and
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  you start to feel so much better.
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  And you're smelling the air and it's so clean and it's wonderful. It's fantastic.
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  I'm picturing everybody right now in that spot. I'm picturing everybody right now in that spot.
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  I'm picturing people in whatever room you're in, too.
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  It's serene. It's quiet. It's your spot. This moment is yours.
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  I want you to do the same that I'm doing. Just sit inside this little...
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  Remember Mork and Mindy?
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  Remember he was in an egg-shaped thing? That's how he came to the planet?
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  That's kind of what I'm picturing yourself encapsulated in, but it's comfortable. It's quiet.
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  But that's what I'm picturing. So whatever you're envisioning your capsule is,
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  just picture yourself in there.
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  And it's quiet.
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  And since you don't have any influence from outside, whatever's coming to your
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  mind, let it out. Just say it.
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  And then think of it. what is it supposed to mean?
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  What is its definition? Turn it into something beautiful. If it's something
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  negative, turn it into something beautiful.
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  If you can't, if it's really negative, just take it in, dismiss it from your little capsule.
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  And then just sit and wait a moment or so and wait for something else to jump on.
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  Whatever crosses your mind, whatever it is, picture whatever it is.
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  Maybe there's a favorite place you like. Could be anything.
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  I've literally just had a pizza shop I used to go to back when I was in the Bronx.
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  And it just crossed my mind. It was a comfortable place for me,
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  sitting, eating pizza. And I'm envisioning that right now. What are you envisioning?
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  Whatever space it is, you're in it. You could keep changing the scenery inside
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  of this encapsulated bubble that you're in right now.
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  It can keep shifting, and even my voice is not distracting.
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  It keeps changing your images, and it's always beautiful.
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  Maybe what I'm thinking of. And I even just got the image of a car, a very luxurious car.
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  But it's probably from the early 80s. I had that real Corinthian leather.
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  And that's what I'm picturing. Very thick, soft, pillowy leather.
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  And one of those bigger cars.
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  Maybe late 70s. One of the big ones. And it's comfortable. It's a quiet place. It's very...
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  I'm getting that energy. I'm feeling that.
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  Bring yourself back.
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  Focus. Focus on your breathing. Nothing bad is going on. everything's good,
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  everything's beautiful.
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  That's how your life should be, beautiful, always. Picture that, that's a good one.
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  Your life is always beautiful. Picture that, always. Your life is beautiful.
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  Let's use that as an affirmation right now.
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  Just repeat it in your head. My life is always beautiful. My life is always beautiful.
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  Just repeat it a few times. That energy,
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  my life is always beautiful My life is always beautiful
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  It takes an effect It's building up And it's really good That's very inspirational
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  My life is always beautiful Say it as much as you can Let it just keep rolling
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  around in your mind Because there's nothing bad with that That's great,
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  great affirmation My life is always beautiful I can always get through things
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  That's another great one That one just I can always get through things,
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  My life is always beautiful I can always get through things No matter how bad they are.
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  Relax. Just breathe.
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  I'm seeing light. Kind of like lightning.
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  Lightning can be disruptive, but it can be very beautiful, especially mixed
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  with the thunderstorm, the rain.
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  And that's good now because it was just raining a couple minutes ago,
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  light rain, but it's very humid in here.
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  And a rainstorm like that with thunder and lightning will cool things down very quickly.
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  Picture that storm, the beauty of it, the rain hitting a metal roof.
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  I'm picturing that. Picture that.
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  And breathe and focus.
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  I think this was a lot of, oh, this is good because I'm picking up so,
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  I'm trying to pick up so much energy.
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  I don't know how many people are going to be listening, but I'm in my spot right
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  now envisioning many, many listeners.
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  And I'm taking everybody's energy and motivating and spilling out whatever is coming across my mind.
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  And it's good. It feels good. I want everybody to feel good right now.
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  I want you to feel energized I want you to feel,
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  That you have incredible energy But the
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  energy is not disruptive It's a good
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  energy You have energy You just woke up and you're ready to tackle the world
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  And everything is going to go your way That's what I'm feeling I want everybody
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  to feel that right now So embrace that Have powerful energy Focus Just,
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  it's incredible what meditation can do when you just stop, narrow everything
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  down, and just let your mind wander into something beautiful, and now I'm on a beach.
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  And the water's very still, it's coming up on the sand, and the sand is so silky
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  smooth, and the water's coming up, and it's cold, and I'm feeling it on my feet,
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  barefoot walking on a beach.
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  That's everybody's favorite, or a lot of people's favorite, I should say.
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  Think about that and bring it back quiet.
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  Okay. Now, I want everybody to come back.
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  I just want you to be aware of the room that you're in now.
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  Bring yourself back. You're coming outside of that capsule.
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  It's spilling away from you, but all that beautiful energy is filling the room with you right now.
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  And it's building up and it's Getting so wonderful Because as you're coming out of this meditation,
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  Remember everything that we meditate on Stays with us All the beautiful affirmations
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  All the energy All the power It's staying with us It's staying with you.
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  And I'm feeling it. And I like this. I like to share the meditation.
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  I know sometimes when I'm doing a guided meditation, I have to be a little bit
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  more focused to keep the visions going.
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  But I like to sit down and actually meditate and have people meditate with me
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  and view and see or hear just what's going on in my mind.
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  It's just my way of meditating. It's one way that I meditate.
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  I meditate many other ways. And I hope everybody develops something or find
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  things that actually work for you.
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  Even beyond what I can teach you. Even beyond my guided meditations or whatever I teach you.
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  Find other people that do it too. But find what resonates with you.
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  That's the most important thing.
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  Meditation is beautiful. It's wonderful. It works. There's so many things.
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  I mean, you name it, meditation can probably help it.
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  But you need to do it. And I appreciate you joining me and I appreciate you
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  trying. That's the best thing.
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  Keep trying and keep motivating yourself to do it. Come back here on Wednesday
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  evenings when I put out another episode.
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  I might change things up again. Who knows? I want to keep trying new things
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  so people get some other ways that might work for them.
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  I'm always here for you. And I appreciate you so much for joining me.
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  Again, my name is Gary Dean. Don't forget that we have our regular Eye Opener
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  Society every Monday morning with Lizzie and I.
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  And coming soon, if they're not already here, Thursday, our sermons.
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  We're going to be doing them on Zoom. I'm going to be sending out on Facebook
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  and all the socials the link for the Zoom so you can join us.
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  And then I'll record them, put them up. I have
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  my solo Saturday episodes And we're going to be doing a lot more And I'm trying
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  to motivate Lizzie to get out there Start giving us some stuff too as well But
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  I really appreciate everybody being here I appreciate you being part of this
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  church I appreciate you meditating with me I wish you all peace And I'll see you real soon.