The Happiness Podcast

69 - Wellsprings Series - Centering Yourself

Nov 17, 2020
A guided visualization invites you into a desert to contemplate life and notice where you seek strength. The narrative contrasts searching outward with finding peace inside the heart. Prompts help you recall thoughts that bring courage, warmth, and joy. The practice culminates in entering a cave of inner light and sitting in silent adoration.
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INSIGHT

True Strength Comes From Within

  • The source of strength, peace, and meaning is inside your heart, not in external people, work, places, or things.
  • Anthony de Mello asks you to imagine a desert where you notice how often you rush outward and realize the true source is within your own heart.
ADVICE

Recall Peaceful Thoughts For Immediate Calm

  • Search deliberately for the calming thoughts you carry that bring instant peace and courage in hard times.
  • Anthony de Mello guides you to recall specific thoughts that give fortitude, warmth, contentment, joy, and inspire service.
ADVICE

Enter The Heart Cave To Access Deeper Source

  • Before leaving your inner desert, remember there is a deeper source that needs no thoughts to supply everything you need.
  • De Mello tells you to imagine a cave of light within your heart to access this nonthinking source.
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