“Life is at its most beautiful when we drop distractions and embrace

the space beneath.”

This is a very important lesson and one everyone should put into practice.
Essentially, we should cut down the amount of time we spend distracting
ourselves while on our phones or watching TV and replace that for just
being with ourselves. I like to spend time in nature and do
embodiment practices, like meditation. I have noticed that since I have
reduced the distractions in my life, such as the amount of time I spend on
my phone and started embracing the space beneath I have a lot more
clarity in my thinking, I have got to know myself better and I have a lot
more energy. It’s changed me a lot and made me grow.
Time to just be should be a priority in our lives. That's when true magic
happens!   

“When you deeply trust that whatever arises is OK, you needn’t
suffer at all.”

In my view, this applies to everything in life, not only to when we are

meditating or when we are spending time alone and negative thoughts
come up but also when we are going about our days and things don’t go
quite as we want them to go. I deeply believe that once you can trust
whatever happens to you or whatever thoughts come up in your mind,
you can achieve a very peaceful state.
We should try our best to accept whatever thoughts, emotions or
memories come up in our minds. Our minds are naturally quite active.
And although, this is quite a tough principle to apply to our lives, it’s one
that’s well worth the shot. If we can do this, things will massively change
for us. I’m currently trying my best to put this principle into action, but its
hard. The most important thing is that we try our best.

“What you feed, grows.”

Where you put energy and attention, you give power and importance. And
give room for growth. Whatever it is.
I have noticed in my life that since I have started to spend more time
doing Qi gong and meditation, this practices have grown for me and I
have began to enjoy them more and more. The clarity, focus and
presence this practices develop in me have also grown, I definitely feel
more grounded as a result.
This quote also brings out the importance of where we are spending our
energy. If we are spending our days on our digital devices, then are we
growing something of benefit to us? I think we have to really choose
wisely what we spend our time doing. Because whatever it is, it will grow.
I’m quite fascinated to know what happens if you go all in on these
practices what changes come about in your body and mind. I have an
idea of what those are.

“I view my mind diet as equally central to my inner growth as the

five hours per day I spend practising meditative arts.”
“I credit the survival of my soul to, in equal measure, meditative
practices and stymieing the inflow of information.”
‘The same way a steady diet of junk food can leave us feeling
sluggish, uninspired and unhappy with ourselves, excessively scrolling
through social media, or “rage viewing” the news can have the same
effect on our mental wellbeing. If you find yourself constantly feeling
anxious, angry or you’re always comparing yourself [to others], then
it’s time to adjust your mind’s diet.’ — Shifu Shi Heng Yi
“I simplify my mind diet to explore the subtleties of the
ingredients I do consume, which I choose carefully.”
“If you want to make a stab at inner peace, improving your mind diet is
at least as important as meditation.”
“the less I consumed, the more calm, creative and clear I felt.”
“You are what you eat. What your mind eats.”
“Ten minutes of Headspace on a modern information diet is as
effective (and enjoyable, for that matter) as a morbidly obese person
doing a ten-minute workout and spending the rest of their day bingeing
on Krispy Kreme. You can’t exercise away a bad diet.”