Awe & Bliss

Let's begin our day with a little bit of happy talk and meditation in this short yet impactful podcast designed to infuse a little bit of positivity into each moment of every day.

Let's get in the flow.

I was listening to William Shatner yesterday.

He took off and went into space.

Oh my gosh.

He went up.

I mean,

This is like Captain Kirk.

This is like my era.

Oh my gosh.

So Captain Kirk is in space.

He comes back down and he was.

.

.

I can't think of a better word and this word is the word that's coming to me right now.

Bob smacked.

It was incredible to watch him yesterday.

Because I have this thing about seeing stuff live as it happens,

Right?

Because you never get the right thing later,

Right?

So they showed everything that William Shatner was saying as soon as he landed.

And it was incredible.

It was extraordinary what he was saying.

He was completely overwhelmed by the experience and he was in complete awe.

Awe of the world of everything,

Right?

He said that it was.

.

.

This guy's 90 years old,

Right?

It was the most profound experience that he had ever had and he couldn't hold back the tears.

He was just.

.

.

It was amazing to watch him.

And it was a good five minutes he was talking to Jeff Bezos about this,

Right?

It was amazing.

He said he never wants to recover from that feeling.

Incredible,

Right?

He doesn't want to lose that feeling.

And then he started talking about how at that point then he was questioning everything.

I swear it was.

.

.

If you can find this somewhere and listen to him talk,

He started questioning everything.

He's like,

I'm questioning everything.

I'm questioning life and death and the afterlife.

You know?

The joy in his voice was palpable.

I mean,

It was incredible.

So I started asking myself,

What in this world brings me any kind of awe like that or joy or that bliss?

I mean,

Because he was clearly in a state of bliss.

It was extraordinary to watch,

Obviously,

Because I'm still overwhelmed by it 24 hours later,

Right?

So I started thinking,

What brings me bliss?

Is there anything that brings me bliss?

And then I started thinking about it.

You know what brings me bliss?

The ancient texts.

Reading a line that just strikes me.

I know this might sound kind of weird because you'd think it would be like being in nature or this or that,

But honestly,

What brings me awe?

What makes me in a place feel like that feeling of complete awe is when I read like a line that just gets me in like the Bhagavad Gita or the Dao Te Ching.

It can be amazing,

Right?

And I know that that's kind of a segue,

But it is.

It's truly because I was thinking to myself,

Okay,

What brings me awe?

That is what brings me awe.

So my experience is this.

Not every word,

But a lot of the phrases that I read are like nothing that I've experienced.

So when you read something and it touches your heart and it just poof,

Right?

So I have a couple of quotes that I want to read to you guys because of course I want to show you what I'm talking about.

So there's this quote in the Bhagavad Gita and I want to read it to you.

Okay,

This is what it says.

When meditation is mastered,

The mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.

In the still mind,

In the depths of meditation,

The self is revealed.

Beholding the self by means of the self.

An aspirant knows the joy and peace of complete fulfillment.

Having attained that abiding joy beyond the senses revealed in the stilled mind,

He never swerves from the eternal truth.

Now that it from the Bhagavad Gita,

That's an interpretation of it,

Right?

There's thousands of interpretations of Bhagavad Gita.

It just speaks to me when we as a self master meditation of the mind.

That's where the joy is.

Clearly I am.

Clearly I am paraphrasing,

Right?

Om Mani Padme Hum,

Absolutely.

Praise be the jewel in the lotus.

There are many things that can bring you awe.

These are just a few of mine.

Here's one from Lao Tzu.

When you are content to simply be yourself and you don't compare or compete,

Everyone will respect you.

That's just a small one,

Right?

And then the last one that I want to share with you guys is this.

He who conquers others is strong.

He who conquers himself is mighty.

That's the whole thing.

And you know what?

What brings you awe,

Right?

It's a very personal thing,

Obviously,

But these quotes,

This is what brings me awe.

I have chills right now and not because I'm so cold.

What brings you awe in this world?

Let's bring in some of that,

Right?

So we're going to meditate really quick on this.

Not really quick.

We're going to sit in stillness for a few minutes.

So let's get ourselves comfy.

I have my blankie today,

So I'm getting comfy with my blankie.

Yep.

56 years old.

Still got the blankie.

So close your eyes when it feels right for you.

Let's take a nice deep breath in,

Breathing in the awe that we can experience of in anything in life.

So let's take a deep breath in and release it.

So what brings you gratitude today?

What are you grateful for?

That's a way to raise our vibration to that place of awe.

When we consider all the things that we are grateful for,

You know,

I am grateful for my computer that I was able to watch William Shatner discuss how in awe he was.

I am in awe that I got to witness that and get something for myself out of that.

What else are you grateful for?

So our mantra for today that we can repeat over and over again as we sit in the stillness,

But take with us for the rest of the day is Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum means I am bliss.

Happiness is my second nature.

Ananda Hum.

This mantra helps us to connect with our true self,

That which is joy and happiness.

So let's repeat Ananda Hum for just a few minutes as we sit in the stillness.

I will keep the time.

Let's begin.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Ananda Hum.

Let's start bringing our awareness back after this short,

Beautiful,

Awe-inspiring meditation.

Knowing that the bliss is inside us.

Whenever we need to access it,

That awe is right there waiting for us.

Let's take a deep breath in.

And release.

Perfect.

Perfect.

Whenever you feel comfortable,

You can open your eyes.

Namaste.