1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,600 Speaker 1: You see it all the time on the commercials. Go 2 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:03,439 to this side, go to that website. Hey, if you 3 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:05,160 go here, you'll get more and more, more and more 4 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,599 and more. But wait, there's even more. No, there's only 5 00:00:07,639 --> 00:00:10,720 one place. When it comes to the podcast aro dot 6 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:14,919 net a R r oe dot net, seventeen different podcasts 7 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,679 to choose from. Thanks for being a part of the journey. 8 00:00:18,359 --> 00:00:21,160 I like asking questions. The reason why is because the 9 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:24,719 fund begins when you start researching for answers such as 10 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,160 how important is prayer and meditation? Now, this is not 11 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:33,840 a religious piece, It's just a conversation. Plus, how can 12 00:00:33,880 --> 00:00:37,079 we center ourselves better in the way of taking note 13 00:00:37,079 --> 00:00:40,799 of what peace really is versus what we assume through 14 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,479 other people's content. My name is Arrow. I'm a daily writer, 15 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,439 a silent wolf. That means I stand on the sidelines 16 00:00:47,439 --> 00:00:51,520 and do nothing but watch, listen, study, then activate. I 17 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,840 happen to call it the Daily Mess, a chronological walk 18 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:57,960 through an everyday world. Yeah, it's my morning Pages. I've 19 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,039 been a daily writer since July of nineteen ninety four. 20 00:01:01,079 --> 00:01:02,920 That's just a couple of weeks, right, Yeah, about a 21 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,799 couple of weeks. Yeah, right. As a receiver, of thoughts 22 00:01:06,879 --> 00:01:09,480 and ideas. We as people tend to throw things to 23 00:01:09,519 --> 00:01:12,239 the side and deal with it later. Well, when a 24 00:01:12,239 --> 00:01:15,239 subject arrives inside of me, I know it is time 25 00:01:15,519 --> 00:01:20,079 to dig in. It's still keeping that daily journal, but 26 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:24,519 by doing the research, the picture becomes clearer. This is 27 00:01:24,560 --> 00:01:28,400 the daily mess. Now. I openly admit that I pray 28 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,280 every day. I also meditate, but that does not mean 29 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,680 that everyone should be doing it. But the question has 30 00:01:34,719 --> 00:01:37,719 always come up, how important is prayer or meditation in 31 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:42,079 this deeply divided world? Wow, the research that I found 32 00:01:42,159 --> 00:01:46,079 on this shocked me. I expected to read the freedom 33 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,719 to do this, the freedom to do that. Fly your 34 00:01:48,879 --> 00:01:53,799 solo flag, HI be seen, be heard. Prayer and meditation 35 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:57,799 in this modern state of choice and living, more than ever, 36 00:01:58,159 --> 00:02:02,079 it's needed. Not my word, this is what research shows. 37 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,719 It's not that it magically fixes the problem, but prayer 38 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,560 and meditation help repair the person engaging in them. Now 39 00:02:09,599 --> 00:02:13,599 here's the fun part. Repair to people shows up differently 40 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,719 in each and every one of us. Your recovery versus 41 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:20,599 my experiences not going to be the same. We can't 42 00:02:20,759 --> 00:02:26,599 control the news cycle, politics, and other people's choices. We can, though, 43 00:02:27,159 --> 00:02:31,159 manage our internal climate. Believe it or not, meditation will 44 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:37,199 slow down the mind, steady your breathing, and lower your reactivity. 45 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,080 That in itself can change the direction of how you 46 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,719 are moving. The question is are you growing with it? 47 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:53,680 Meditation can be extremely loud. I laugh at that only 48 00:02:53,719 --> 00:02:56,879 because I'll ask people about meditation. I can't do it, man, 49 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,719 just too many sounds, too many voices. I get it, 50 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,879 I get it. But coming up next we're going to 51 00:03:04,039 --> 00:03:09,879 talk about it. It's just a conversation. Hey, thanks for 52 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,159 coming back to the daily mess. Nobody said Prayer and 53 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,120 meditation are easy to start with. It's personal in a 54 00:03:17,159 --> 00:03:20,400 world where other people they want to do it for you. 55 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,719 I mean, how many people go to church every single 56 00:03:22,759 --> 00:03:26,639 Sunday expecting the preacher to pray for them? Really, there 57 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:31,400 are five places to land your focus, create inner stability 58 00:03:31,879 --> 00:03:35,560 in an unstable environment. Most of the time, it's not 59 00:03:35,639 --> 00:03:38,479 what you say that leads people to peace, it's how 60 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:45,759 you act and react. Number two, reconnect your purpose. Prayer 61 00:03:45,919 --> 00:03:51,120 is about anchoring, whereas meditation is learning to listen. Let 62 00:03:51,199 --> 00:03:56,879 me say that again. Prayer is about anchoring, whereas meditation 63 00:03:57,479 --> 00:04:03,120 is about learning to listen. Number three, Soften those hard edges. 64 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,039 Oh my God, please sharpen your hard edges. I can 65 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,960 see them. Division grows when people are unheard, unseen as 66 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:17,879 well as threatened. Prayer is compassion, Meditation is awareness. Did 67 00:04:17,879 --> 00:04:22,680 you know that prayer is compassion, meditation is awareness. You've 68 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,639 got to be seen the difference between the two. Number four, 69 00:04:26,079 --> 00:04:30,600 never forget. Peace is something that you must daily practice. 70 00:04:30,639 --> 00:04:34,399 It is not a gift. The nation and world didn't 71 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:38,000 divide by accident. The goal is to take peace from 72 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:43,639 an internal experience and move it outward. Number five prayer 73 00:04:43,639 --> 00:04:48,160 and meditation repair with the world has pulled apart. The 74 00:04:48,199 --> 00:04:53,279 center focus should be on patience, empathy, and hope. What 75 00:04:53,319 --> 00:04:57,439 you need is space. It is required to respond rather 76 00:04:57,839 --> 00:05:02,319 than react. Hi'm meril, and that's the daily mess.