How to Break Free From Old Emotional Patterns

Dear Choose Happy Community,

We all have moments when fear, anger, or old habits seem to take over. But this teaching reminds us that these moments are not who we truly are. They simply invite us to remember the light that has always been present within us.

Meditation and karma yoga help us return to that deeper truth. The more we practice remembering our divine nature, the less power old patterns have over us. You are not here to fight the darkness. You are here to remember the light that has never left you.

Here’s one of our favorite quotes from the video:

“Darkness can only be present in us if we’re forgetting our divine nature, which is such a healing teaching. So any darkness that we’re aware of in ourselves, and so it might just be like, ‘I have a bad temper, and I sometimes can’t control it’. I’m not speaking autobiographically , but whatever it is, like, you know your patterns.

“Whatever that is, that’s only possible to be activated if we’re forgetting the Divine within us. And Lahiri says when we meditate, when we practice karma yoga, that helps us to live continually connected in self-remembrance, remembering the Divine within us.”

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If you have heard this teaching before, we invite you — as Swami so often invites us — to hear it as if you are hearing it for the first time. Often we receive these teachings right when we need them.

In loving service,Awake Yoga Meditation

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