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Think Like a Wise
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The teachings wise individuals acquire are deep yet frequently conceptual. Shetty translates them into guidance and activities accessible to all, aimed at diminishing stress, enhancing concentration, fostering better relationships, uncovering latent talents, bolstering self-control, and sharing the treasures we discover within ourselves with the world. Shetty demonstrates that each person has the capacity—and the obligation—to think like a sage.I can think of no better tool to help you 1nd Aexibility and control than meditation. Meditation helps you 1gure out what move to make in the dance. In meditation, we 1nd clarity on who we need to be right now, in order to be our best in the moment. Our breath connects with our minds, our souls are uplifted in song, and in that place of energy and unity, we 1nd answers.I have introduced you to three diPerent types of meditation, and now I’m going to give you a daily practice that includes all of them: breathwork, visualization, and chanting. I practice some form of this meditation every day. I recommend that you make it the 1rst thing you do in the morning after brushing your teeth and showering, and last thing you do before bed. Start with twenty-one minutes once a day, using a timer to give yourself seven minutes each for breathwork, visualization, and mantra. When you are ready for more, expand to twenty-one minutes twice a day, ideally 1rst thing in the morning and last thing at night. Make sure you always begin with breathwork. Like a warm-up before you exercise, it should not be skipped!1.    £ind a comfortable position—sitting in a chair, sitting upright with a cushion, or lying down.2.    Close your eyes and lower your gaze. Bring your awareness to calm, balance, ease, stillness, and peace. It is natural for the chatter and clutter to be busy in your mind. Whenever your mind wanders, just gently and softly bring it back to calm, balance, ease, stillness, and peace. 3.    Make yourself comfortable in this position. Roll back your shoulders, stretch your neck and body, and 1nd a physical space of calm, balance, ease, stillness, and peace.6. Now become aware of your natural breathing pattern. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.5.    Take a deep breath. Breathe in for a count of 1 - 2 - 3 - 6. Breathe out for a count of 1 - 2 - 3 - 6.6.    Align your body and your breath by breathing in for the same amount of time as you breathe out.7.    Do this for what feels like 1ve minutes. At 1rst you might want to set a timer with a pleasant tone to signal that the 1ve minutes have passed.8.    Ask yourself, “What am I grateful for today?” Breathe in gratitude and breathe out negative, toxic energy.9.    Now visualize a joy-, happiness-, and gratitude-1lled memory. Think of 1ve things you can see, four things you can touch, three things you can hear, two things you can smell, and one thing you can taste. Absorb the love, joy, and happiness. Take the love from that moment and visualize it Aowing through your entire body. £rom your feet, to your legs, to your hips, to your stomach, to your chest, arms, back, neck, and head. Give love, joy, and gratitude to each part of your body. Do this for 1ve minutes.10.    Ask yourself, “What is my intention for today?” Is it to be kind, to be con1dent, to be focused? Set that intention now.11.    Repeat the following to yourself 3 times each: “I am happy about who I am becoming. I am open to all opportunities and possibilities. I am worthy of real love. I am ready to serve with all I have.”12.    To 1nish your practice, repeat this mantra 3 times: Lokah Samastah Sukhino Bhavantu.

Of course, we are all obligated to do activities we dont like in environments that arent idealespecially workand weve all experienced the negative energies that these activities generate. With elevated awareness, we understand what has made us impatient, stressed, or drained, and develop guidelines for what living in our dharma, in the right environment, with the right energy, would look like. This should be the long-term goal.
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Sound Design Your Life Your location and your senses speak to each other. This is most obvious when we think about the sounds that we encounter every day. In wise life the sounds we hear relate directly to what we are doing. We wake up to birds and winds. We hear chanting as we walk into a meditation. There is no painful noise. But the modern world is getting louder. Planes howl overhead, dogs bark, drills whine. Were subjected to uncontrollable noise all day. We think were ignoring the honk and clatter of daily life, but all of it adds to our cognitive load. The brain processes sound even when we dont consciously hear it. At home, many of us retreat to silence, so we live in the extremes of silence and noise.
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Instead of tuning out the noise in your lifesound design it. Start by picking the best alarm tone in the world. Begin the day with a song that makes you happy. On your way to work, listen to a beloved audio , a favorite podcast, or your go-to playlist. Choose sounds that make you feel happier and healthier, the better to replicate the highly curated life in an ashram. TIME HAS MEMORY
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When we tailor our locations for speci1c purposes, were better able to summon the right kind of energy and attention. The same is true for time. Doing something at the same time every day helps us remember to do it, commit to it, and do it with increasing skill and facility. If youre accustomed to going to the gym every morning at the same time, try going in the evening for a change and youll see what a challenge it is. When we do something at the same time every day, that time keeps that memory for us. It holds the practice. It saves the space. When you want to incorporate a new habit into your routine, like meditating or reading, dont make it more difficult by trying to do it whenever you have a free moment. Slot it into the same time every day. Even better, link the new practice to something thats already a habit. A friend of mine wanted to incorporate daily yoga into her schedule so she laid a mat right next to her bed. She literally rolled out of bed and into her yoga practice. Ma
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