jasmine

It is day 1 to practicing mindfulness. I was feeling knowledge-seeking today, so I decided to look into this book called The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. It’s about manifesting out to fulfill your utmost achievement as an individual.. Also for some reason, I decided to download this inspirational app called Eternal Sunshine. It’s a really cute app. It has a few tabs like “Essential Wisdom” and “Morning Mindfulness” and others. I didn't look into all aspects of the app just yet but I did look into the “Inspirational Talks” tab and found an audio recording titled “Live As You Do In Your Dreams.” It’s about 5 minutes long and has a lot of inspirational commentary spoken by a very soothing, relaxing, and comforting voice. It basically encourages you to be your best self and to not let physical aspects of life on earth restrict you from being able to fully discover and express the ideals of your spiritual being. This was the first thing I listened to on this app and it really kinda hit home for me and definitely made a lasting impression. Another audio recording I listened to was titled “You Are That.” One of my favorite lines from the listening was:

Now they say opposites attract --which they do-- but why do they attract? It is only to show us who we are, because we are complete. We are whole. You are complete. You are whole... but it is the part of us that we are denying and neglecting that we attract.

When listening, all I do is plug in my headphones and lay down with my eyes closed while actively listening to the words, relating the advice and guidance to my own life, and taking mental notes on things I can do to improve it. I allow myself a few seconds after the video ends to recuperate my thoughts and self reflect and self inspect. This is a very important part. I also allow myself to write a few notes in a nearby journal of things that I want to stick with me the most. I even got creatively inspired and made notes in the journal so I wouldn't forget my ideas. I recommend doing this! To me, the video ending felt almost the same as waking up from a dream, so I felt that it was important to write down some notes so it doesn't completely slip my memory.