Planting Subtle Intentions Guided Meditation
One powerful, tangible result is that these affirmations ripple through our awareness all day long and the practice will help you to be a more conscious choice maker.
True Compassion is Independent of Attachment
I have found these emotional healing processes to be powerful pathways to forgiveness, true compassion, growth, and self-love.
Current events: What is going on, and what can we do?
We must remember George Floyd – along with the way-too-long list of African American martyrs who have been slain out of fear, arrogance, entitlement, self-loathing, privilege, lack of presence, & preservation of the status quo.
10 Steps Toward Living Your Best Life
We know that at your core, you are pure, perfect, whole, and enlightened. But most likely, many of the decisions you’ve made came from scenarios in which you were forced to make a choice that ultimately was not in your best interest or not of your own design, and it did not support your divine purpose.
Awakening the Teacher within You
When we are “in our dharma,” we are aligning our intentions, thoughts, words, and actions with our essence.
Mindfulness Meditation: Exploring Different Techniques
We can place our intentions into the future, but the only action that can impact the future is the one we take right here, right now, in the present moment.
(Self) Kindness Matters
Timeless wisdom teaches that the source of all kindness is self-kindness; the source of all compassion is self-compassion; the source of all forgiveness is self-forgiveness; and the source of all love is self-love.
5 Ways You Can End Suffering Now
There are common threads of suffering in life first identified thousands of years ago in the most ancient teachings of the Vedas.
Become the Stillness Inside the Storm
Krishna replies in Chapter 2, Verse 48, “Yogastha kuru karmani—establish yourself in the present moment, and then perform action.”
All Compassion Starts with This
Imagine if our compassion could transcend our relationships and the attachment we have to them – pure sympathy, pure empathy, and pure desire to help them heal.
Do This 5 Times a Day to Completely Destress
Sometimes, even just the thought of an irritating situation or person can trigger a stress response; but in 16 seconds you can connect to the present moment.
Stoke the Embers of Your Passion with this Exercise
Sometimes it’s a little voice in our head telling us we can’t do it, a person in our life shaking their head or smirking, or simply daunting circumstances. But don’t give up. Instead simply reach for an archetype.
Write Your 2020 Story!
Our desire to transform is the seed that sparks the process. And then our commitment helps us to lean in the direction of the dream.
You Are Stronger than Your Worst F.E.A.R.
When we hear the voice in our head telling us we are less than or not worthy, we need to know that the word TRUST can be re-configured into STRUT!
Learn How to Invite Love
After a few weeks of practicing this teaching, the metta meditation will become the gentle way you start your day. You’ll quickly notice that your heart is more open, you are more tolerant of irritations around you, and you have a ripple of a smile flowing through every word, thought, and action. You’ll also realize that it is a pure present-moment experience to help you connect to your essence.
There Is a Crack in Everything… That’s How the Light Gets In
The Six Perfections are profound virtues that when studied and used to cultivate the best versions of ourselves can help us make a powerful shift in our lives for the better.
Patience is More than a Virtue!
As the swirl of life sweeps through you each day, allow these three powerful stanzas to become an ongoing contemplation. Gently rippling them through your thoughts will help you gain clarity, cultivate patience, and trust in the moment.
Moving on from Regret
Give yourself permission to acknowledge your less-conscious choice AND make a personal commitment to making more conscious ones going forward.
Raising Our Vibration with 3 Simple Phrases
When these basic needs are not met, anxiety, sadness, detachment, pain, anger, depression, self-hatred and blame can begin to bubble up and manifest in our daily life.
Moving through Grief and Loss with Greater Grace, Ease
But there is another side to the story… integrating the magnificent gifts you’ve received from what you’ve lost – the sweet memories, the joys of your past, the special moments – and that magnificence is something to celebrate.
This is Why Failure is Never the End
Extraordinary people use failure as a catalyst to grow, and if you’re not failing sometimes, you might not be pushing yourself to become your best version. So this week, reflect on a recent failure… it can be giant or small… but none is insignificant!!!
Quick Tip for Centering Yourself in the Moment
When we introduce a pattern interrupt into our flow of thoughts, we can gently step aside from the uneasy memories of the past or the anxious thoughts of the future – and truly ground ourselves back into the present moment – our bodymind moves beyond all that irritation, anger, discomfort, anxiety, less-than, or “it’s not fair” thinking.
Practicing Presence and Surrendering to Trust
This time-tested process will instantly infuse all the conversations in your head with a tiny bit of stillness.
What Connects You to Source?
Tears were streaming down my cheeks, a profound sense of well-being rippled through me, and Jinghan was gone. As I looked around, I wondered out loud, “Was he even really here?”
Why We Cling to ‘Familiar Discomfort’… and How to Let Go
Like any birth, the process of REbirth can include some prickly discomfort as you hold the mirror up. It requires total self-honesty. But the end result is a magnificent liberation.
Making Choices in Everyday Life
This conscious choice-making process can be activated in any moment – and is ALWAYS worth taking the time to first slow down and pattern interrupt from your relentless swirl of thoughts, mental activities, chatter, and confusion.
What does it mean to live with more acceptance?
When you awaken the Sacred Power of Acceptance, you finally recognize that wherever you are, every moment of the past is carved in stone and for you to evolve your life, improve your situation, or find deeper fulfillment you must own the present moment.
How Do You Choose between Your Heart and Your Commitments?
The Divine Principle of Awareness is the evolutionary starting point for transforming the world around you as you transform yourself! It’s the cornerstone for every step you take to move your life from where it is to where you’d like to be.
Struggling with Forgiveness? Here’s How to Lighten Your Heart
The ancient teachings remind us that when we forgive, we free ourselves from the threads that connect us to the one who hurt us. So start to loosen your grip on those threads.
Finding Your Own Divine Flow with the Universe
Many of Osho’s teachings irritated people, and many others found them irreverent. But at the end of the day, his purpose was to challenge us to reach deep within our souls and find our own constrictions.
Soothing Healing Love Guided Meditation
With each breath we will allow, accept, and receive soothing, healing, love into every aspect of your heart and body with this body scan guided practice.
Master Elements Guided Meditation
When you have each of these elements flowing through you, you are balanced and connected to the divine.
This is Why Ritualization is So Important to Your Meditation Practice
Starting your day with a meditation ritual provides the perfect environment for your intentions to embed and for your day to unfold with greater grace and greater ease.
How to Make Your Inner Fire Burn Brightly
If our fire is burning brightly, we trust, we listen, we stay fully present, and we risk being vulnerable. And, ideally, once we have absorbed all that we believe will nourish us, we release, sidestep, or let go of anything that will not serve us.
When We Struggle with Feelings of Self-Worth
Your awakened heart knows all, sees all, feels all, and is capable of healing all the pain and suffering that rests inside you.
Soul Light Guided Meditation
Kleshas include states of mind such as anxiety, fear, anger, jealousy, desire, depression, etc.
Letting Love in Guided Meditation
Resist nothing, and you will receive unconditional love. Enjoy. – davidji
This is How to Discover Your Passion
You may be very clear on what you think matters to you right now. But how much of that is based on what’s happened to you over the course of your life, and how you’ve reacted to it?
Every Athlete, CEO, Cop, Soldier, Parent, Student… Should Do This
As the pace of technology in brain-imaging software increases, we are finally able to look deep into the brain and see what happens when someone meditates.
Power of Intention Guided Meditation
Welcome to a brand new week! It’s easy to get confused over setting an intention. Should it be big? Or small? Attainable? Or beyond reach? Should it be about me or another person? But if the definition of intention is simply to have in mind a purpose or plan to direct the mind—to aim—then there … Continue reading Power of Intention Guided Meditation
Shifting into Your Next Gear Guided Meditation
It’s a new week, spiritual warriors!!! Let’s use it to our advantage to truly put our attention on what we’re feeling… physically, emotionally, mentally… recognize it, name it, draw attention to it, then gently let it go. Happy meditating! Peace. -davidji
Did You Know that Mind + Body + Spirit = 1?
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Source! In Vedanta, the ancient Indian philosophy of self-realization, there is a school of thought known as Advaita (pronounced add-veye-ta), a Sanskrit term for “non-duality.” According to Advaita, one-ness is the only reality. Everything else is an illusion, known in Sanskrit as maya. An important part of this … Continue reading Did You Know that Mind + Body + Spirit = 1?
How does the principle of REbirth apply to my life?
Happy new year, spiritual warriors!!! And, welcome to this week’s edition of The Source in which we explore how the divine principle of REbirth applies to our every day life. Did you know that with every breath we are reborn? We all would like to turn back the clock to a moment in time or … Continue reading How does the principle of REbirth apply to my life?
Happy holidays, merry Christmas and sweet present moments!
I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. —Charles Dickens Dear Spiritual Warrior, Happy holidays, merry Christmas and sweet present moments! I’m in silence till the end of the year – so feel free to tap into any one of the 200 free meditations on davidji.com and in … Continue reading Happy holidays, merry Christmas and sweet present moments!
Making Peace with Your Past
Greetings Spiritual Warriors! And welcome to another edition of The Source. This week, we continue the journey of making peace with our past – a process that impacts all of us – because each of us is holding onto some aspect of the past that prevents us from moving forward. Are you holding onto something … Continue reading Making Peace with Your Past
When an Obstacle Derails Your Plans
Hello Spiritual Warriors!!! Welcome to another week of self reflection in The Source. This week we’ve been diving into the power of listening. Listening to the world around you and listening to your Self. But, it’s really hard to listen when the noise around you and the noise inside of you is really loud. It … Continue reading When an Obstacle Derails Your Plans
Welcoming New Beginnings into Your Life
Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful. —Prince Welcome to this week’s edition of The Source! When we first sit down for our morning ritual, we begin by asking ourselves a series of Sacred Questions. These four questions are designed to spark … Continue reading Welcoming New Beginnings into Your Life
Learning to Trust the Universe
Happy Monday, spiritual warriors! In every moment that you trust, you are inviting the magnificence of the Universe into your life with unwavering confidence. And when you lose faith, it’s not as if you have suddenly found someone else to invite. No. You haven’t rested your trust in some other magnificence or some other divine … Continue reading Learning to Trust the Universe
How do I stay true to myself?
Welcome to this week’s Life Tools on The Source! As a child, because I felt I did not have a voice at home or receive the attention I craved, I cultivated a Winning Formula based on being funny. I realized early on that people respond to humor, and that if I injected comedy into a … Continue reading How do I stay true to myself?
Secrets of the Sweetspot Weekend Meditation
Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. ―Maya Angelou Happy weekend, Spiritual Warriors! Meditation is the pattern interrupt – the space BETWEEN our thoughts – that allows us to BE present and flow stillness … Continue reading Secrets of the Sweetspot Weekend Meditation