September 15, 2025 • 15 mins
In this episode, we have a brand new meditation on acceptance and accepting the present moment as it is. One of the most powerful lessons we can learn is that accepting the moment and our life as it is right now, is the quickest way to finding gratitude.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello again. I'm Michael Beckmeyer with Mindful Meditations for Calm.
The bleep Down, a show where each episode we bring
you a brand new meditation to help get you through
your day. Today, we are going to accept this present
moment as it is.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Let's get started.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
As always, we have a mindfulness quote to help get
us started, and this time our quote comes from Tara Brack.
It reads, what would it be like if I could
accept life, accept this moment exactly as it is? I
(00:48):
have many thoughts on this quote. What would it be
like if we could accept this present moment exactly as
it is? I think we'd probably be happier. I think
we'd be more settled and calm, probably more grateful, more
(01:09):
peaceful or at peace. It's deceptively simple. I mean we
talk about it a lot. If we're sitting here, right here,
and right now, everything's fine, everything's normal, everything's fine. So
I can accept this moment and in a way, this
moment is all we have. The whole tomorrow never comes
(01:32):
concept Actually, the next second never comes, because it's always
right now. I know I talk about present moment a lot.
It's because it resonates so much with me. You're watching
seconds tick on a clock, Oh in five seconds that,
(01:53):
but the five seconds never comes. It's always just right now.
We might be five seconds later, but we're always right now.
And if we can accept this current second, this current moment,
I do think we could find more grace, more peace,
more gratitude, more acceptance. Except it's really hard because there
(02:17):
is so much coming down on us at all moments. Tomorrow,
we gotta do this tomorrow, we gotta do that. This
thing that happened yesterday really messed up the thing that
has to happen tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
And it's.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Hard. I need to make money. I got to pay
my bills. The power bill was it's summer, so the
power bill was eighty dollars more this month than it
was last month. How are we going to pay for that?
It's just a constant cycle. But if we could, if
we could just accept the moment as it is, accept
(02:54):
this life, I think we could be happier. That's the trick,
that's the rub, as they say. That's the trick, though,
is finding a way to be at peace in this moment.
And I think that at peace in this moment there's
a balance because it doesn't necessarily mean oh, this is
the way things are. I'm going to sit back and
(03:15):
just let things happen the way they happen because I'm
supposed to be so supposed to accept it. It's not
That's not it. There's discipline and working hard and pushing
towards things, but being able to accept this moment now
as it is. There's a balance between the two. I'm
(03:39):
terrible at this. This is this is something that if
I have. One of the things that gets me a
lot is not being where I think I should and
feeling like I'm constantly running out of time to get
where I think I should be by the time I'm
forty five, fifty fifty five, like I'm running out of time.
So this is something that I work on and think
(03:59):
about a little. I don't know if I work on
it quite as much as I should, Otherwise I'd be happier. Right,
But that's why this quote stuck out to me. So
we're going to meditate on acceptance. So to do that,
we got to get ourselves situated. I get yourself relaxed, get.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
All the kinks out, sit down or lie down, you
can do whatever makes you comfortable.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Comfort is the most important thing here. Start to get settled,
start to recognize that there is a present moment happening
that you might have been missing because you were worried
about something else. Take a couple of deep breaths in
(04:50):
and out, in.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
And out. Start to feel yourself sinking deeper into relaxation,
deeper into this moment. And it might feel strange to
think of it like this, but when we're meditating, we're
actually trying to get to a place where we are nameless.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
We are timeless. We are no person, no one, no thing,
and we are in no space and no time. We
are just aware of our existence.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
So with every breath in and out, if you focus
on that breath in and breath out, the easier it
is to lose sight of how long you're sitting here,
how long you're breathing, Just following it in, following it out,
(06:06):
just aware pure consciousness in this moment, sinking deeper to
that relaxed state, feeling yourself get heavier and heavier in
this moment, sinking in, sinking deeper with each exhale, follow
(06:36):
that breath out all the way to your lungs have
nothing left in them. Studies have shown that when you
exhale and you empty your lungs all the way out,
(07:00):
it triggers something like almost like pushes a button in
your diaphragm, and that triggers relaxation. So we're trying to
get to that point. It's a little trick. Breathe then
breathe out x hail all the way and the more
(07:43):
you exhale, the more you relax. And you'll find that
the longer you exhale, you'll feel yourself entering into the
present moment because your body starts to feel out of breath.
And when you feel that presence of being out of breath,
you're in that present moment. It's a little trick in
(08:10):
and out all the way. Maybe you're feeling it right
(08:32):
now because you're exhale all the way out. Maybe you're
feeling what the present moment feels like. We're present in
that moment as you exhale, as you concentrate on pushing
your breath all the way out, that takes concentration. You
can only concentrate on something when you're in the present moment.
You can't concentrate on something and be distracted. Turned to
(09:03):
your regular comfortable breath now breathing in and out, settling
in deeper, heavier, more relaxed, deeper, heavier, more relaxed the natus.
(11:53):
And now, in our last few remaining breaths together, let's
take a couple of cleansing, long slow, deep breaths in breathe, in,
an out, and an out with the silence the stillness
(12:27):
subtle right here, right now, we take one more long, slow,
(12:50):
deep breath in an out, and when you are ready,
you can open your eyes. You can go about your day.
(13:35):
And now, in our last few remaining breaths together, let's
take a couple of cleansing, long, slow, deep breaths in breathe,
then an ounce and kh an out with the silence
(14:08):
the stillness subtle right here, right now, take one more long, slow,
(14:31):
deep breath in an out, and when you are ready,
you can open your eyes. You can go about your day.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
That's it for another mindful meditation with calm the bleep down.
I am your host, Michael Beckham. I are reminding it
was always to please calm the bleep down. We thank
you so much for joining us, thank you for meditating
with us. We will see you again next time. Thank you,
and no mista
Hello again. I'm Michael Beckmeyer with Mindful Meditations for Calm.
The bleep Down, a show where each episode we bring
you a brand new meditation to help get you through
your day. Today, we are going to accept this present
moment as it is.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Let's get started.
Speaker 1 (00:26):
As always, we have a mindfulness quote to help get
us started, and this time our quote comes from Tara Brack.
It reads, what would it be like if I could
accept life, accept this moment exactly as it is? I
(00:48):
have many thoughts on this quote. What would it be
like if we could accept this present moment exactly as
it is? I think we'd probably be happier. I think
we'd be more settled and calm, probably more grateful, more
(01:09):
peaceful or at peace. It's deceptively simple. I mean we
talk about it a lot. If we're sitting here, right here,
and right now, everything's fine, everything's normal, everything's fine. So
I can accept this moment and in a way, this
moment is all we have. The whole tomorrow never comes
(01:32):
concept Actually, the next second never comes, because it's always
right now. I know I talk about present moment a lot.
It's because it resonates so much with me. You're watching
seconds tick on a clock, Oh in five seconds that,
(01:53):
but the five seconds never comes. It's always just right now.
We might be five seconds later, but we're always right now.
And if we can accept this current second, this current moment,
I do think we could find more grace, more peace,
more gratitude, more acceptance. Except it's really hard because there
(02:17):
is so much coming down on us at all moments. Tomorrow,
we gotta do this tomorrow, we gotta do that. This
thing that happened yesterday really messed up the thing that
has to happen tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
And it's.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Hard. I need to make money. I got to pay
my bills. The power bill was it's summer, so the
power bill was eighty dollars more this month than it
was last month. How are we going to pay for that?
It's just a constant cycle. But if we could, if
we could just accept the moment as it is, accept
(02:54):
this life, I think we could be happier. That's the trick,
that's the rub, as they say. That's the trick, though,
is finding a way to be at peace in this moment.
And I think that at peace in this moment there's
a balance because it doesn't necessarily mean oh, this is
the way things are. I'm going to sit back and
(03:15):
just let things happen the way they happen because I'm
supposed to be so supposed to accept it. It's not
That's not it. There's discipline and working hard and pushing
towards things, but being able to accept this moment now
as it is. There's a balance between the two. I'm
(03:39):
terrible at this. This is this is something that if
I have. One of the things that gets me a
lot is not being where I think I should and
feeling like I'm constantly running out of time to get
where I think I should be by the time I'm
forty five, fifty fifty five, like I'm running out of time.
So this is something that I work on and think
(03:59):
about a little. I don't know if I work on
it quite as much as I should, Otherwise I'd be happier. Right,
But that's why this quote stuck out to me. So
we're going to meditate on acceptance. So to do that,
we got to get ourselves situated. I get yourself relaxed, get.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
All the kinks out, sit down or lie down, you
can do whatever makes you comfortable.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Comfort is the most important thing here. Start to get settled,
start to recognize that there is a present moment happening
that you might have been missing because you were worried
about something else. Take a couple of deep breaths in
(04:50):
and out, in.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
And out. Start to feel yourself sinking deeper into relaxation,
deeper into this moment. And it might feel strange to
think of it like this, but when we're meditating, we're
actually trying to get to a place where we are nameless.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
We are timeless. We are no person, no one, no thing,
and we are in no space and no time. We
are just aware of our existence.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
So with every breath in and out, if you focus
on that breath in and breath out, the easier it
is to lose sight of how long you're sitting here,
how long you're breathing, Just following it in, following it out,
(06:06):
just aware pure consciousness in this moment, sinking deeper to
that relaxed state, feeling yourself get heavier and heavier in
this moment, sinking in, sinking deeper with each exhale, follow
(06:36):
that breath out all the way to your lungs have
nothing left in them. Studies have shown that when you
exhale and you empty your lungs all the way out,
(07:00):
it triggers something like almost like pushes a button in
your diaphragm, and that triggers relaxation. So we're trying to
get to that point. It's a little trick. Breathe then
breathe out x hail all the way and the more
(07:43):
you exhale, the more you relax. And you'll find that
the longer you exhale, you'll feel yourself entering into the
present moment because your body starts to feel out of breath.
And when you feel that presence of being out of breath,
you're in that present moment. It's a little trick in
(08:10):
and out all the way. Maybe you're feeling it right
(08:32):
now because you're exhale all the way out. Maybe you're
feeling what the present moment feels like. We're present in
that moment as you exhale, as you concentrate on pushing
your breath all the way out, that takes concentration. You
can only concentrate on something when you're in the present moment.
You can't concentrate on something and be distracted. Turned to
(09:03):
your regular comfortable breath now breathing in and out, settling
in deeper, heavier, more relaxed, deeper, heavier, more relaxed the natus.
(11:53):
And now, in our last few remaining breaths together, let's
take a couple of cleansing, long slow, deep breaths in breathe, in,
an out, and an out with the silence the stillness
(12:27):
subtle right here, right now, we take one more long, slow,
(12:50):
deep breath in an out, and when you are ready,
you can open your eyes. You can go about your day.
(13:35):
And now, in our last few remaining breaths together, let's
take a couple of cleansing, long, slow, deep breaths in breathe,
then an ounce and kh an out with the silence
(14:08):
the stillness subtle right here, right now, take one more long, slow,
(14:31):
deep breath in an out, and when you are ready,
you can open your eyes. You can go about your day.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
That's it for another mindful meditation with calm the bleep down.
I am your host, Michael Beckham. I are reminding it
was always to please calm the bleep down. We thank
you so much for joining us, thank you for meditating
with us. We will see you again next time. Thank you,
and no mista
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