“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:
Life, in its infinite wisdom, has a peculiar way of dismantling our carefully constructed worlds. Often, just when we think we’ve found solid ground, the universe shifts beneath our feet, stripping away the familiar and thrusting us into uncharted territory. These moments of upheaval can feel catastrophic, yet they carry within them an invitation to discover something far more enduring than anything we’ve lost. These challenges, though often painful, are always opportunities for growth and transformation.
“As events beyond my control unfold. I go within to find peace.” – Renae Sauter
“If you truly want the Universe to support you in becoming all you can be; be prepared for having any false supports removed from your life; leaving you standing as the warrior that you are.” – Renae Sauter
“Instead of barricading against change, lean in and allow it.” – Renae Sauter
“No one knows while experiencing their darkest hour that some day they may use that very experience to illuminate the ways for others. Nothing is ever wasted.” – Renae Sauter
“False supports removed”… “don’t barricade, lean in and allow”… “experiencing your darkest hour”…
… of course all of these can be learning experiences but what do all these things feel like in the moments that they’re actually busy happening?
…what you thought was true, turns out to be false…
…change stripping away everything that was familiar to you…
…being neck deep in your own dark night of the soul…
It’s so easy to have these experiences and remember only pain, emerging with a victim-hood that is stronger than ever before, when it feels like the only lesson is that “the world is not safe and I have to run/fight/hide.”
How do we have these experiences and emerge stronger? How do we turn wounds into wisdom? She gave the answer in the very first quote – go within…
There is a mountain within you that is immovable. It is that place of wisdom to which you can retreat and find that even in the middle of the worst storm your “being” is a place of safety, and from here you can take a little bit of time to witness… be with this… sit with this… and see what is really there… what is it that is really happening, and how does my soul feel about this?
Your soul is timeless and not threatened by the momentary fears of your human body. It’s the place where you’ll find refuge and while you rest, you’ll be shown what the next step is to take.
A few thoughts to reflect on while you journey within:
- “I am more than my circumstances. Beneath the chaos of changing conditions, my essence remains constant and whole.”
- “My soul is timeless and unshaken. The fears of my human experience cannot diminish the eternal wisdom within me.”
- “I lean into change with courage. What falls away was never truly mine; what remains reveals my authentic strength.”
- “Within me is a mountain. In stillness and silence, I find the unshakeable ground of my being.”
- “My wounds carry wisdom. Nothing in my experience is wasted; everything illuminates the path forward.”
Finding your inner mountain in the midst of the storm is something you can practice, and everything we practice we become better at. Come and join us for a practice session. Come and find the mountain in you!
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: I am the mountain.
Today’s LIVE meditation
https://youtu.be/ReIIeaF2UgM 2025
https://youtu.be/oNccuc5f0FI 2024
https://youtu.be/FSCJ8imgtbo 2023
https://youtu.be/hcOtnQE7N9I 2022
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.
- “I am more than my circumstances. Beneath the chaos of changing conditions, my essence remains constant and whole.”
- “My soul is timeless and unshaken. The fears of my human experience cannot diminish the eternal wisdom within me.”
- “I lean into change with courage. What falls away was never truly mine; what remains reveals my authentic strength.”
- “Within me is a mountain. In stillness and silence, I find the unshakeable ground of my being.”
- “My wounds carry wisdom. Nothing in my experience is wasted; everything illuminates the path forward.”
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.
Mapping Your False Supports: Renae shares that if we’re asking the Universe to support our growth, we must be prepared to have false supports removed. Reflect on a time when something you relied upon – a relationship, belief, job, or identity – was removed from your life. In hindsight, even if there was comfort in this support, how was it also keeping you small? In which ways did you not grow while relying on this support. And what authentic strength emerged once it was gone? How did standing without that support reveal the warrior within you?
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 “go within” when I’m in crisis?
A: Going within means pausing the reactive cycle of fight, flight, or freeze to connect with the still, observant part of yourself. It’s about creating a momentary space between what’s happening and your response to it. In practical terms, this might look like taking several deep breaths, sitting in meditation, journaling, or simply allowing yourself to witness your experience without immediately trying to fix or flee from it.
Q2: How can my soul be “unshaken” when I feel completely devastated?
A: Your soul and your emotional experience exist on different levels. Think of it this way: waves can be violent on the ocean’s surface while the depths remain calm and still. Your emotions, thoughts, and bodily sensations are real and valid—they’re the waves. But beneath them is your essential being, which observes and contains these experiences without being destroyed by them. Accessing this deeper level doesn’t negate your pain; it gives you a stable place to stand while you process it.
Q3: What are “false supports” and how do I recognize them?
A: False supports are external things we lean on that ultimately limit our growth or keep us from discovering our authentic strength. These might include codependent relationships, jobs that compromise our values, identities that no longer fit, or beliefs that keep us small. You recognize them by asking: Does this support my highest becoming, or does it keep me comfortable but stagnant? When they’re removed, though painful initially, you often discover you’re more capable of standing on your own two feet than you believed.
Q4: Isn’t “leaning into change” just accepting bad situations?
A: No. Leaning into change isn’t about accepting harm or becoming passive. It’s about releasing the exhausting battle against reality and instead bringing your full awareness to what’s actually happening. From this place of clear seeing, you can take wise action rather than reactive action. You’re not surrendering to circumstances; you’re surrendering the illusion that kicking and screaming will change them. This paradoxically gives you more power, not less.
Q5: How do I find this “inner mountain” when everything feels chaotic?
A: Start small. The inner mountain isn’t something you create; it’s something you uncover through practice. Begin with just five minutes of sitting quietly, focusing on your breath, and noticing the part of you that witnesses your thoughts and feelings. That witnessing awareness is the mountain. With practice—meditation, mindful walking, journaling, or time in nature—you’ll develop the ability to access this stable center even in turbulent times.
Q6: Can suffering really become wisdom, or is that just spiritual bypassing?
A: The distinction is crucial. Suffering doesn’t automatically become wisdom—pretending pain is a gift without processing it is indeed bypassing. The transformation happens through conscious engagement: feeling the full weight of your experience, extracting the lessons, and then using that understanding to live more authentically or help others. As the article notes, nothing is wasted, but this is only true when you do the inner work to alchemize experience into insight.
Q7: What if I’ve emerged from hardship feeling more like a victim than a warrior?
A: That’s completely normal and doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Healing isn’t linear. The victim experience is often a necessary stage where we acknowledge that something harmful happened and it wasn’t our fault. The shift to warrior comes when you’re ready—when you begin to ask not “Why did this happen to me?” but “Who am I becoming through this?” or “How has this revealed my strength?” Be patient with yourself. The invitation to find your inner mountain remains available whenever you’re ready to accept it.