Principles Meditations
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8 Minutes reflection on Principles
Sit comfortably with a straight back, relaxed hands, arms and shoulders. Keep your eyes closed or half open. Relax your mind. Take 3 deep and relaxed breaths. On the exhale you let all thoughts of where you just came from and where you are going to, leave your mind. Be mindful of your breath. Pay full attention to the sensation of the air passing through your nostrils. Sit like this for 2 minutes.
- Think of a situation where you have been in doubts about what to do. A situation where you held on to your principles though it was difficult. Reconnect with the situation and remember it as clear as possible.
- Observe how it felt to hold on to your principles: Did it give a sense of inner strength from standing firmly on what you believe? Or a relief that you did not compromise with your deepest values?
- Realize that your principles help you not to hurt others and take responsibility for you own actions.
- Be aware that principles do not rise and develop by themselves. They must be nurtured, developed and adjusted through life. And right now you have created the space for that.
- Rejoice in this positive action.
- Make a resolution that you in the future will nurture and hold your principles. Not only for your own happiness, but also for the happiness of the people around you. And that you thereby will be able to serve as a role model for others.
--Rasmus 07:05, 4 November 2007 (EST)
