
The Cause Of Happiness & The Mindset Of Empowerment
by Ed Fox
In this meditation, you will learn why stress-induced unhappiness maintains its grip on our mind and body and how you can create the environment to let it go and create a mindset that prevents it from returning.
Transcript
Hi everybody and welcome to the meditation on unhappiness and creating the mindset for empowerment.
In this meditation we're going to learn how to create a sense of self and how to release those beliefs and wounds that keep us in reaction,
That keep us in judgment,
That keep us in unhappiness.
So it's a powerful meditation and it's something that if you listen to this enough you can easily learn how to do it on your own.
So let's begin.
So let's just sit comfortably.
Make sure your body is supported,
Hands on your lap,
You're not crossing your legs so your leg won't go numb in the middle of the meditation.
And close your eyes if that feels comfortable for you and you can do that.
And I'd like you to take a nice deep breath,
Breathing in through your nose,
Filling your lungs as full as it's comfortable to do,
And letting it out with a little force through the mouth.
Again,
Let's just do this.
Breathing in,
When you breathe in just imagine you're breathing in light and energy.
Yes.
And as you breathe out,
Imagine you're breathing out the stress and strain in your body.
I'd like you to imagine that with every out breath you're feeling a little lighter and lighter.
And maybe you go into a quieter and quieter place.
Look for the spaces between your thoughts.
Many of you meditate.
You can do your meditation on the phone.
And as you feel yourself get quieter and quieter you notice that you lose awareness of where your hands are or you're losing the deep connection to your body and you just be going into a quiet,
Quiet space.
Wonderful.
In this quiet space,
I'd like you to rethink of a belief that you have about yourself,
About a person,
About someone or something in the world,
Something that's going on.
A belief that causes you fear or anger or sadness.
You could start off with an incident that that belief happened.
What does my boyfriend do or my girlfriend do to me that gets me the most upset?
That's a good one.
Or the world or my teachers or my parents.
And as you think about what they do,
Ask yourself,
What belief must I have about what they're doing?
Oh,
I believe that lovers shouldn't talk to their lover this way.
I believe that lovers should be more gracious.
I believe whatever it is,
Begin to see that belief that you have.
I believe the world should be a better place.
I'm very upset that everybody's all these killings,
All these shootings,
All this hatred.
And as you think of that belief,
Let it just kind of take over you a little bit.
Be brave.
Let it take over you a little bit,
Not completely.
Feel it.
And as you feel it,
When it's really strong,
Stop thinking and put your attention on your body.
Do you notice a twitching,
A tenseness,
A tightness anywhere in your body?
There's a word called body scan,
Where you go,
You cover your entire body searching for sensations.
Do that.
And when you find a very strong sensation in your body,
Just put your awareness on it.
Feel it.
It's like touching it with your mind,
Not your finger,
Your mind.
Imagining you're right there in that spot and you're feeling that sensation.
And it may not feel good,
But I want you to say to it,
There you are,
Sensation.
There you are,
Deposit of pain,
Suffering.
There you are,
Tightness caused by abandonment,
Abuse,
Rejection.
There you are.
And I'm going to feel you without judgment.
This is very important.
Don't,
Do not judge it.
Just feel it.
And invite it to leave.
Invite it to move through your body like a tuning fork releases vibrations after being struck.
I invite you to release and I feel you and embrace it in a sense.
And if you can do that without judgment,
You're going to allow it to release.
You're creating that condition,
That environment where the stress can leave your body.
This is a deep,
This is deeper than yoga.
This is deeper than even meditation,
That it addresses the sensations in the body that is attached to the belief and the wound and the blame and the victimhood and the anger and the judgment.
Feel it.
Feel it.
I'm going to give you a couple of moments,
Maybe a minute or so,
And just feel it.
And if it should release completely,
Go back to the belief or find another belief.
Allow it to stimulate you until you feel another sensation in your body.
So I'll give you a couple of minutes now to do this on your own.
It will be very tempting for you to go into judgment as you feel this,
These sensations,
Because the mind is used to reacting to these sensations with judgmental thoughts.
So the deeper you can go into meditation,
The easier it will be to drop the thinking.
But know that it will take some practice to do that.
With practice,
You'll become an expert at it.
Now,
Three things can happen with these sensations.
You could feel them and they go away immediately,
Or the sensation can move to a different part of your body,
In which case you follow it and say,
Oh,
You're moving.
Okay,
There you are.
I see you now.
I feel you there.
And I release you.
I invite you to come out and just feel it.
So a lot of different stresses in the body relate to possibly one incident or one type of abuse or pain or trauma.
The other situation is that it just gets stronger,
In which case you do your best just to feel the sensation as it gets stronger.
This can happen.
It's the exception.
It doesn't always happen.
You just feel it as it gets stronger and you continue to feel it.
Stay courageous.
And if the time is up,
You just say,
Okay,
Thank you.
You released a great deal.
You can come back to it again.
Good.
So now I'd like you just to let go of that sensation,
Let go of the thoughts.
Just get quiet now.
Come back to your body.
Come back to where you're sitting and slowly wait until stretch your fingers and your toes.
Maybe even stretch your back.
Come back into your body fully.
And then when you're ready,
You can open your eyes.
Good.
Great job.
Please,
If you have experiences,
Leave them in the chat box.
I get a chance to go over this and read.
Read it.
I'd love to hear how it went for you.
And if you didn't experience a lot,
Just know that it takes practice.
Just remember 10 years of holding something,
It's not going to release in a minute,
Two minutes or the first try.
But I can guarantee you,
I shouldn't use that word,
But I can assure you that if you continue this meditation,
I'm going to put this meditation up on my audios.
I'm just debating whether I put the whole lecture or just the meditation up.
But if you continue this,
You will get relief.
It's not a matter of if,
It's just a matter of when.
Well,
I want to thank you guys for being here with me,
For listening and taking part.
You guys are great.
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It's nice to get some support.
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Follow me,
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My purpose is just to reach out.
And the more good feedback I get,
The more exposed it appears I get to other people.
And I'm trying to reach everyone.
Thank you,
Danielle,
For your donation.
Thank you,
Deborah,
For your donation.
And it'll take me a little while.
I'm going to send this to my sound editor,
But I will get something up on my audios in case you would like to do this again.
And if you have any questions or anything,
You can find a way to reach me.
I'd be very happy to help you in any way that I can.
Okay,
Guys,
Wishing you a great new year.
And I hope if there's one thing that you remember is that your mind can heal just like your body can.
Just create the mindset that you want to release the beliefs and the emotions,
Rest the mind and stay with it.
Get a coach if you need to,
To help you stay with it.
And you will see results.
Okay.
Blessings to you all.
Take care,
Be well.
Take care.
Love to you all.
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Recent Reviews
Yvonne
November 26, 2025
Interestingly, I came on here to try and get out of my head and not think of what was going on with a partner. Then you brought me right back there which was not my intent and it gave me an instant headache, which I was able to release Iโd like to hear the entire lecture .
India
July 20, 2024
Wow, I mean that was Sooooo Stinkig Goood!!! Thank you. I experienced a tightness in my forehead and then it moved to my jaw but I was able to release the one personโs pain from my body but my father will have to take a few more practices but I am forgiving of him. And being more understanding of the root of our issue. Thank you so much for this gift. I will have a conversation with my friend so we can take a better direction in our friendship. Blessings ๐๐ฝโจ
Andrea
May 30, 2024
Thank you so much for this wonderful meditation, I needed it, 2weeks ago I started with vertigo and Iโm still struggling with the sensation of dizziness and discomfort, I hope listening to this meditation helps me feel better, thank you again and God bless you ๐ค
Orsola
May 14, 2024
Loved your reassuring and soothing voice , loved the energy I can feel through your voice ๐. Your meditation has been very powerful for me and it happened exactly what you said... Thank you for this tool which I will stat using everyday now. Blessing and love ๐
Jo
April 26, 2024
Thank you for this very gentle and encouraging process to work through uncomfortable feelings. ๐
Tina
April 18, 2024
This meditation taught me that I can remove blockages to my spiritual growth. I could feel the love you send. I am sharing this meditation with other seekers. Thank you and many blessings.
China
March 13, 2024
I felt a sharp pain in front of my sacrum. I sat with it and felt it float. Then it came back stronger so I sat with it again and it floated. Feeling a bit better.
Heather
March 8, 2024
That was a very powerful experience. When I found my body reaction I was amazed. It was a clenching sensation in my belly, upper back, my chest and it was accompanied by shallow, rapid breathing. It felt like I was pulling in to protect myself. I will be using this tool again. Thank you! ๐๐๐ป๐๐ซ
Radiance
February 25, 2024
It really helped me to release that oppressing & hopeless energy while still being in solidarity & support for peace! Thank you! ๐
Brooks
February 11, 2024
I have a question- what do we do when we realize we have a belief (valid) for the kind of relationship we want or how we want to be treated and yet we know that the other person may have a different belief? My belief is that when we โrub each other the wrong wayโ we should discuss it in hopes of unearthing eachothers beliefs and coming to a mutual understandingโฆ Iโm curious, what are your thoughts? I recommend this mediation and in fact have to several people. Wow itโs really caused me to gain greater insight into whatโs important to me and realize thatโs where everyone is operating from. Itโs constructive and healing. Thank you for the work you do as itโs brought great value to me.
Rachael
December 16, 2023
Thank you for sharing this meditation and experience. I found it to help me release and felt more spaciousness. ๐๐๐
Kerrie
November 7, 2023
A simple practice but so powerfulโฆ.Thank you ๐๐ผ this was just what I needed today โจ๐ซ
Aimee
October 13, 2023
That was great, wonderful and powerful! I will definitely share that one and repeat it. Thank you ๐ ๐ I will continue to work on my mind and releasing the pain.
Dev
October 13, 2023
Ed, You made it so easy to explore those beliefs and how to release itโs impact on body and ultimately the mind. Very very helpful and easy to understand, digest and perform. Thank you
Carole
October 8, 2023
A wonderful addition to my meditation practice. Thank you.
Vanesaa
August 30, 2023
Thank you so much for this beautiful experience! ๐๐ผโค๏ธ
Stacey
August 21, 2023
Hi Ed, thank you ๐๐ป so much ๐ for this guided healing โค๏ธโ๐ฉน meditation. Iโve never done anything quite like this. Albeit, I am experienced with Reiki. However, this is another incredibly powerful release. One that I will do again. I was able to drop in and release the belief that men (my love) need to be organized and perfect, all together and strong. I also released that I need to be perfect. It was interesting what came up when I really tapped into my body. I had tension in my throat and my spine, lower back pain and sciatic leg pain. I felt it move through and down my leg and out my foot. ๐๐
Mariana
August 20, 2023
Thank you so much for this meditation. I will come back to it often. I recently started somatic therapy and this a great companion in the practice of awareness of the experiences of my body that I hope to deepen. So thank you ๐
Braxia
August 17, 2023
It was good. I need to do it again as I didn't get to reach the point needed.
Jennifer
June 13, 2023
Thank you Ed. I have 50 years of trauma. I had a hard time focusing on one belief or event, but I readily felt emotions of sadness, fear and abandonment, and quickly felt the body sensations. Do I need to hone in on the beliefs? I seemed to benefit anyway. The bodily sensations were burning all over, sharp and poking pain in many locations, spasming flutters, and muscle tension pain in my left back. I was surprised by so many sensations. I really liked your encouragement to be courageous to just let it come out and feel it. That was very cathartic and I felt safe. I felt release, but not fully. I guess a lot is in there. I will keep practicing. Thank you for wanting to reach everyone you possibly can. God bless you dearly. Thank you!
