“Your Daily Dose” is a quick two minute read packed with bite-sized wisdom from all the great teachers. But you could also choose to turn it into something more… a powerful daily practice for personal growth. Give it a try!
A message from today’s meditation:
You are beautifully designed in all perfection. Everything you think and feel is exactly as it should be for the life experiences you have had. Your body and mind is responding to your environment in the way it was designed to, by figuring out a way to cope, a way to survive. However, your past coping strategies do become programmes that are on repeat and they might not serve you well in your current circumstances. So now you have the choice of being either trapped by the way your mind has become programmed in the past, or transcending it.
Krishnamurti speaks about the role meditation can play in becoming free from the mind:
“Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong but just to watch it and move with it.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
The awareness of what it is that you are thinking and feeling without judging yourself for having those thoughts and feelings, creates a freedom from them. Accepting their existence as normal is what helps them move through you faster.
“Meditation is freedom from thought and a movement in the ecstasy of truth. Meditation is an explosion of intelligence.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
I think it’s worth unpacking these ideas from Krishnamurti in a little more detail, what exactly does he mean?
“Freedom from thought” doesn’t mean having no thoughts. It means that you can have thoughts without being controlled by them – being free from them. It is by allowing the thoughts to easily come, that they also easily go.
“The ecstasy of truth” is such a beautiful description for the place we come to when we stop hiding, stop avoiding, stop numbing and become comfortable with observing (being with) the thoughts and emotions that rise within us, just the way that it presents itself. Truth becomes freedom!
“An explosion of intelligence” is the natural progression when we become this open. When we used to run and hide and numb and avoid we also robbed ourselves from really seeing and understanding but now, as we become better at observing every thought and every feeling with awareness, we start understanding the origins – the events and circumstances that gave birth to our old patterns. An explosion of understanding!
“Meditation is not a withdrawal from life. Meditation is a process of understanding oneself.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
Today’s meditation journey is probably the simplest one of them all – just paying attention to your physical senses and the experience that they are giving you. It’s a practice in being the witness of YOU and with practice you become more and more comfortable with being the witness of ALL of you.
Here are some guiding mantras to carry with you:
- “My mind works exactly the way it was designed to.”
- “I am the observer, not the prisoner of my thoughts.”
- “Thoughts and emotions come and go, I allow them to flow freely.”
- “My breath is my anchor, my awareness my guide.”
- “In understanding, I find freedom.”
I hope you find the time to join us for today’s session.
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Come to your senses.
Today’s LIVE meditation
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Practice the “Daily Dose”
Let’s put it into practice! Choose what works for you – daily, once a week or whenever inspiration strikes. Putting pen to paper wires the neural pathways that will create your new habits.
1 – Affirmation
Write down your favourite affirmation on a sticky note and place it somewhere that you’ll be able to see it the whole day.
- “My mind works exactly the way it was designed to.”
- “I am the observer, not the prisoner of my thoughts.”
- “Thoughts and emotions come and go, I allow them to flow freely.”
- “My breath is my anchor, my awareness my guide.”
- “In understanding, I find freedom.”
2 – A moment of reflection
Use today’s question as a journal prompt. If you don’t have the time to sit down and write, just take a moment to reflect on your response.
Examining Your Mental Programs: Reflect on a coping strategy or pattern from your past that once served you well but may now be limiting your growth. How did this pattern help you survive then, and how might it be holding you back now? What would transcending this pattern look like in your current life?
3 – Quotes to share
Send a quote to someone who needs it, or share them all on social media to spread the good vibes!
4 – Q&A for deeper learning
Read through the questions and answers and write down at least one “aha moment” that clicked for you.
Q1: What does it mean to be “trapped by mental programming”?
Being trapped by mental programming means operating on autopilot using coping strategies and patterns developed in response to past experiences. These programs run automatically, often without conscious awareness, and may no longer serve your current circumstances. While these patterns once helped you survive, they can become limitations when they prevent you from responding authentically to present-day situations.
Q2: How can meditation create freedom from thoughts if we’re always thinking?
Meditation doesn’t eliminate thoughts—it changes your relationship with them. Freedom from thoughts means you can observe them without being controlled by them. Instead of identifying with every thought that arises, you become the witness, allowing thoughts to come and go like clouds passing through the sky. This creates space between you and your mental activity, giving you choice in how you respond.
Q3: Why is it important not to judge thoughts and feelings as right or wrong?
Judgment creates resistance, and resistance causes thoughts and feelings to persist or intensify. When you simply observe without labeling something as good or bad, you remove the emotional charge that keeps these experiences stuck. Accepting their existence as normal allows them to move through you naturally and more quickly, rather than getting trapped in a cycle of self-criticism.
Q4: What is “the ecstasy of truth” that Krishnamurti describes?
The ecstasy of truth is the profound liberation and joy that comes from authentic self-awareness. When you stop hiding from, avoiding, or numbing uncomfortable aspects of yourself, and instead observe them with honest acceptance, you experience the freedom that truth brings. There’s deep relief and even joy in no longer carrying the burden of pretense or avoidance. And once you get a taste of living in the true freedom of deep honesty, you can never go back to living a less than honest life ever again.
Q5: How does meditation lead to “an explosion of intelligence”?
As you practice observing your thoughts and feelings without judgment, you begin to see patterns and connections you didn’t recognize before. This awareness reveals the origins of your behaviors—the specific events and circumstances that shaped your responses. This deepened understanding is what Krishnamurti calls “an explosion of intelligence”—a sudden expansion of insight into yourself and your conditioning.
Q6: Can meditation be practiced in daily life, or must it be a separate activity?
While dedicated meditation sessions are valuable, the awareness cultivated through meditation extends into all of life. Krishnamurti emphasizes that meditation is not a withdrawal from life but a process of understanding oneself. You can practice meditative awareness while doing daily activities by simply paying attention to your physical senses, thoughts, and emotions as they arise in real-time.
Q7: How long does it take to become comfortable with witnessing all aspects of myself?
This is a gradual process that unfolds uniquely for everyone. There’s no fixed timeline because you’re essentially rewiring deeply ingrained patterns. The key is consistency rather than speed. With regular practice, you’ll naturally become more comfortable observing all aspects of yourself—even the uncomfortable ones. Each time you practice non-judgmental awareness, you strengthen this capacity. Be patient and compassionate with yourself throughout the journey.