Sept. 3

Welcome to your Weekly Insights

Weekly Insights

Hello everyone,

 

Welcome to your Weekly Insights. 

 

With new guided meditations, poems and insights every Tuesday I hope to add a weekly dose of spiritual development into your life.

 

The other day, as I sat down for my morning meditation I asked myself, “How can I bring together a community of like-minded individuals sincere about their inner development?”. 

 

And then I went quiet. 

 

The whole day passed without an answer until 10 pm that night.

 

As I sat on my bed reflecting on the business it came to me. “NEWSLETTER. Write a newsletter."

 

In an effort to make sure this was a legitimate thought, I questioned it, “But what would I write about?” 

 

“Your inner insights! As well as a guided meditation and a poem to cap it off. This will give the readers a genuine possibility for expansion every week.”

 

“That's brilliant!” I thought to myself. 

 

And now here we are. 

 

Every week I will be using the insights section as a place of reflection and sharing, to share my thoughts on various topics to help us transform within. 

 

Many times we become so accustomed to our way of thinking, talking and acting, that we don't leave room for growth. 

 

This newsletter is your permission slip to yourself to make sure that you are continuously growing and evolving, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. 

 

If you have a topic that you'd like me to touch on or any ideas you have for the future of this newsletter, please email me at findlay@realizeone.org.

 

 

 

As I mentioned in the story above, it was an inner dialogue I had that allowed me to bring forward this idea. 

 

But that inner dialogue normally makes it difficult for us to be compassionate towards ourselves. 

 

Throughout my life, I have had a tendency to be hard on myself. 

 

And it wasn't until a friend of mine pointed it out to me. He told me, “Fin, you're always so hard on yourself. Just let it go.” 

 

And it was one of those moments where you step back and say, “Wow, you're right.” 

 

I never realized the expectations I placed on myself in many different aspects of my life. Once I saw this and observed it, I realized that self-compassion begins and ends with the commentary going on in our minds as we move throughout the day. 

 

But becoming aware of this inner commentary and learning to steer it in a positive direction is not always easy. 

 

For myself, the easiest way for us to transform the negative commentary into positive is gratitude. 

 

Below is a practice I have found useful and you can try for yourself. 

 

Next week I will dive deeper into Self-Compassion to help us unravel the idea and make it a reality in our lives.

 

 

One simple practice I do to ensure that my day starts on a positive tone is this: As soon as I wake up, I place my hand on my heart and say, “Thank you, thank you, thank you” until it feels real. 

 

Not thank you to anyone or anything, but thank you to life itself. 

 

Thank you to the experience of waking up in a beautiful body.

 

Just a simple, “Thank you” to start your day can be the difference between us riding a wave of gratitude into the day or being hit with a wave of anxiety, stress, worry, etc. before we even get going.

 

This is one simple way to begin turning your internal commentary from negative to positive. 

 

And with anything, it requires consistent practice and attention to grow a garden of internal positivity. 

 

That's why, I hope to see you here next Tuesday to continue tending to your internal garden of joy. 

Weekly Guided Meditation

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