Last week we asked the question, "What if it's not to late to be a beginner again, what would you do?" todays meditation is on opening our hearts to the small and simple step you can take. Join Judy on the trail to meditate on the infinite possibilities that lay ahead for those who choose to have a beginners mindset.

Welcome, creative, spiritual journey,

friends to the new beginning meditation,

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where we're gonna practice showing

up, staying in the moment, and when

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our mind wanders off, which it will.

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Coming back into the now moment,

this meditation can be done anywhere.

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While you're driving, working in

your kitchen or sitting quietly

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on your couch, preferably in the

morning before you step out into

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the noise and the chaos of the day.

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Much like sitting and witnessing

a sunrise in our last episode

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titled It is Never Too Late.

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To Begin, I asked the question.

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What if it weren't too late for you?

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What would you do And then I had you think

of something you've always desired to

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learn, and listen to your heart and choose

one small step to begin with I love the

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scripture in Alma 37, 6 that says, now

you suppose that is foolishness in me.

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But behold, I say unto you that

by small and simple things are

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great things brought to pass.

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this is telling us that by these

small and simple things that we

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choose to meditate upon to begin

again, can lead to great things.

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In this meditation, we will

nourish our beginner's mindset.

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Have you ever heard of that?

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Well, in the teachings of Zen, there

is a quote in the beginner's mind.

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There are infinite possibilities.

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In the expert mind, there are few.

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So the beginner's mind, I think,

of becoming like a child humble.

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Teachable.

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What if we could have this beautiful

blend, a dance of the beginner's mind,

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this being a little child with the expert

mind of the wisdom that we have gained.

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From years of experience on the

journey and letting go of those

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fears and lies and those things that

it's too late for us to begin again.

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So this meditation is a practice

where we're gonna ask ourselves this

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question, am I willing to begin?

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Again?

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This is not like a board game

where you're sent back to the

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beginning and have to start over.

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It is more like being on a backpacking

trip and the new dawn where we pick

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up our packs and look at the map

and chart our course for the day.

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A new day, a new beginning, I guess you

could call it being born again, changing

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our heart, changing the direction of

our course, Having an open, humble heart

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Okay, let's begin by getting comfortable,

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taking in a nice, deep breath.

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I'm going to give you a

moment to set up this space.

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Please try to find somewhere

where you can just listen to my

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words and not be interrupted.

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Place of quiet of stillness.

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Breathe in through the nose

and down into the belly.

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We just allow our body and our

mind to hush into this a moment

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of infinite possibilities,

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and just follow my words.

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Remember, creativity often begins

where no one can see it like roots.

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Of a planted tree, the small and simple,

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Today I am open to beginning again,

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an open heart, an open mind.

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I am receiving.

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I am receiving inspiration,

enlightenment, and guidance.

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I am grateful, grateful for the

beauties and oz of this journey,

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and I am giving, giving away

my fears and uncertainties.

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To the Lord.

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Okay.

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We're just gonna sense for a moment

where we're feeling that in our bodies.

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Breathing in again,

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that light.

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Let it just wash through You.

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Wash out the noise.

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The fears,

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maybe even the wiggles, depending on

what you're feeling right now, and let's

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just settle into it again, Joey breathing

in today, I am open to beginning again.

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Aware that there are an infinite amount

of possibilities that lie out before me.

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I am receiving guidance.

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To know what the next step

is, courage to take it.

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I am grateful for the joys and even

the bumps and falls along the way.

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It's all learning,

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and I am giving.

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I am giving my heart to

be changed, strengthened

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to become new

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breathing in settling into that space.

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Take.

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Good, good breath in.

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You're doing great.

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Let's do it again.

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Today I am open to beginning

again, mindful of what the

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Lord has in store for me.

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I am receiving with.

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Gratitude, inspiration and guidance

to know what the next step is.

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I am grateful for the

infinite possibilities,

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the grace, the strength

I am receiving with.

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to step forward.

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I am giving.

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I am giving encouragement

and shining my light.

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I am giving a hand up

to my fellow travelers.

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I am giving my heart.

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What small and simple step

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can you take today?

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Just take this moment to listen.

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To ponder, pray.

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Think about how God has left

the world unfinished for a

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man to work his skill upon.

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It's a beautiful thought.

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He's left your life unfinished so that you

and I have the challenge of raw materials,

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not the ease of finished things.

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He leaves the pictures unpainted and

the music un sung, and the problems

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unsolved that you and I might know the

joys and the glory of creation, the joys.

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And the wonderment of being a beginner,

you are never too old to begin again.

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So shore up that courage,

take in that deep breath.

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What beautiful experience

awaits you today?

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on your journey?

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We'll have to pick up our packs

and set our course to discover that

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wonder and that infinite possibility.

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What will it be I.

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I'm so grateful you've joined me today.

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Now take your time here.

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Just breathing.

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Enjoying that beautiful sunrise,

the beginning of a new day,

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and I hope to see you on the trail.

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Namaste.