Thanks for listening 💖

Gosh. Thanks for sharing that!

Thank you, hope you enjoyed it.

Thank you Stephen

I totally agree!

Me too!

You're most welcome Steve.

Thank you too!

Glad you enjoyed it!

@@marciestoddard730 thank you for taking the time to explain. I appreciate it.

body scanning was the first practice I learned in Cognitive Behavior Therapy. It changed my life and I think that’s why I love these types of meditations now. We think we know what’s going on until we really check in fully. It is then that we can see where are holding stress/anxiety or just general tension. Oftentimes we don’t even know we are tense in the first place. And then when we can locate the tension, we can let it go.

I hope you found the meditation helpful, Peter

@@marciestoddard730 Buddhism is chock full of abstract ideals. Universal compassion, wisdom, altruism. But I do wonder what it has to say in the face of the everyday reality of many people - and often through no fault of their own - who can hardly afford to live somewhere, eat, and keep warm❓ No doubt from the very high dizzying heights of Buddhism, this is all very mundane, but not so for the people in the UK and around the world , for whom this is their reality and experience.

I can only speak for myself, and I don't have all the answers, but here is how I see it: being sad about suffering in the world isn't going to fix it. It only hurts us. What we can do is manage our own inner peace and then have much more energy and endurance for the things that will help people around the world who are homeless and starving: conserving resources, donating our time and money and things we don't need, voting, civil disobedience, participating in local government, buying used or repairing our own stuff instead of buying new, revolution, etc. The universal compassion and altruism you mentioned would ideally drive people to do what they can to help others. Also, in a way, being happy (or happy with what one has without desiring more) is a radical act in a capitalist society. Businesses want you to be unhappy so you'll keep buying things you don't need in order to feel better. But that never truly lasts. Being happy with yourself and what you have, instead of desiring more and more and more, keeps your money away from greedy people and conserves resources for those who need them. Of course this is easier said than done, but that's where the inner peace and detachment aspect of Buddhism comes in. And just one person can't change the world on their own. We have to work together.