October 20, 2025 • 19 mins
We have 60K-90K thoughts a day and half of those thoughts are repeated from the day before and then half of those thoughts are negative thoughts. Over time, these repeated thoughts add up to what we think of as our personality, our truth, our reality. But what happens if we don't like our situation, personality, or reality? What if we desire change in our life? That only happens when we change our perception of reality through our perspective on what is real and what is true. Being mindful of our thoughts is an excellent way to shift into a new reality. This meditation aims to help re-wire the mind one breath at a time.
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Speaker 1 (00:17):
Welcome to mindful Meditations with Calm the Bleep down. I'm
your guide Michael Bechameier, and today we are going to
change our perception of reality.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Let's get started once again.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
As always, we start with a mindfulness quote to help
us head into our meditation with some intent, and today's
quote comes from doctor Joe Dispensa and it reads, we
perceive reality based on how our brain is wired.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
If you've ever.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Read any Jodaspenza or listened to any Jodaspenza, you know
he's very much in the brain science of things.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
And one of my.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Favorite things to listen to him talk about is the
fact that we have sixty to ninety thousand thoughts a day.
Half of those thoughts are the same thoughts we had yesterday.
I don't like my job, I don't like I'm not
a morning person. I'm I hate taking this road because
(01:36):
it makes me anxious. I don't like to turn here
because of this. I don't like the way that my
partner talks to me in the morning. They're not a
morning person. I'm brushing my teeth, my name is. All
of those things are things that we think about all
the time, so they're just thoughts that pile up, so
thoughts that we've had over and over and over again.
(02:00):
Of those thoughts that we've had over and over and
over again are negative thoughts. So again, not a morning person.
This person doesn't listen to me when I talk. I
don't like to be interrupted because it triggers me from
way back when when my dad used to never listen
to me. Blah blah blah, all of those things. All
(02:22):
of us have things like that the trigger us, and
all of us have those sixteen to ninety thousand thoughts
where half of them repeat from the day before and
half of those were negative. So but over time, those
things add up to what we call our personality. We
are the way we are because of the way we think.
(02:42):
So all of those thoughts and experiences over the years
add up to who we think we are our personality,
and very often we start to feel stuck in our
personality where I'm you know, that's just how I am,
and there's nothing I can do differently. It's just how
I am, except when it comes to things like being
(03:03):
unhappy in life, feeling unfulfilled, feeling like you want more
out of life. A lot of times our personality is
what blocks us from experiencing new things, what blocks us
from having different thoughts, so we can experience life in
(03:24):
a different way. So that is the way our brain
is wired. If we want to change the way we
experience life, we need to change the way we think.
And if the way we think, and if the way
we perceive reality is based on the way our brain
(03:44):
is wired, then what we need to do is rewire
our brains. And I've said it here before, and I
will say it over and over and over again. I
think the best, simplest, easy way to rewire our brains
is to meditate, just focusing on breath for a few
(04:04):
minutes a day. However, long five minutes a day is
better than no minutes a day. It's kind of like
if you went to the gym once this week, that's
better than going to the gym no times this week.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
If you went to the.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Gym two or three times this week, that's great. So
what we have to do is, first we have to
recognize that we want to change. Sometimes we feel very
stuck and we think, again, oh, you know, this is
just the way my life is going to be, and
we just start making an agreement right then and there
(04:39):
that that's exactly how our life is going to be.
So our life is never going to change because that's
just how I am. That's just how it is for me.
But all we have to do is notice that we
want something to change, and then change is inevitable at
that point because once we notice the thing we don't
like it, it's like you can nope, you can no
(05:01):
longer unsee it. You can't unsee that thing. So change
can be brought about just by breathing, because when we
are breathing and we are following our breath in and
following our breath out, and then a few moments later,
(05:24):
when we realize that our mind has wondered from where
it was to something else that is not the breath,
once we catch that and bring it back, that right
there is the meditation. Noticing your mind is wondered and
bringing it back. That is where mindfulness comes from. So
(05:46):
when we catch ourselves doing that and we say, oh, breath,
look what you're doing. Your mind is wondered, you've lost focus,
you're not concentrating, you're spiraling out of control. Yet you
stop it, bring it back to the breath.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
And then what you can do.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Is in your regular everyday life, you start to notice, oh,
I'm road raging right now. Maybe don't do that. Let
me just take a deep breath and keep going on.
That is how you, over time rewire your brain, because
it's really just paying attention to your breath. So, at
the risk of sounding like a broken record over and
(06:23):
over and over again, I will say one last time.
If you want to change your life, you have to
change your mind. And one of the best, quickest, most
simple ways to change your mind, to rewire your brain
is to meditate.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
So that's what we're going to do here today.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
We're just going to take some nice, long, slow, deep
breaths together. So get yourself comfortable in a seated position
or lying down, depending on how your most comfortable. Start
to lengthen your breaths in and out, slow your pace,
(07:03):
slow your mind, Start paying attention to the sensations in
your body. How is your body feeling. Maybe your mind
is racing from whatever was happening before you sat down
(07:26):
for this meditation, and that's okay. That's what happens with life.
That is also okay because that is why we meditate.
So in fact, if you've just noticed that your mind
is racing and decided to take a few moments to meditate. That,
in and of itself, is mindfulness. You are rewiring your
(07:47):
brain just by recognizing that you needed to take a
moment for yourself. Start paying attention to the weight of
(08:09):
your body as you exhale. Start feeling the gravity pull
you in, pull you down, your arms and limbs and
legs and shoulders, neck and head getting heavier with each
exhal your relaxation deepening with each exhale, each exhale, making
(08:32):
you feel heavier and heavier and more relaxed in and out,
(08:53):
in and now, and and out. Just take a few
(09:29):
moments here alone with your breath, bringing it in, feeling
it fill your entire body, and feeling it leave your
body as you exhale. Just paying attention to how your
body feels, noticing youring tension in your body. Very often
(09:53):
I catch myself clinching my jaw, even when I'm completely
relaxed and meditating. Sometimes I have to just catch my
jaw from clinching. Just leftover tension from the day. Maybe
(10:14):
you have that, Maybe you have some tightness in your
shoulder or arm, or leg or foot, feet wherever. Just
scanning your body bowing your breath in and out and
(10:42):
and out. Take a few moments to yourself, just breathing
in and breathing out. And if at any time you
notice your mind has wandered and it will, just recognize,
(11:03):
observe the thought, observe whatever had popped into your mind,
and return back to your breath, without judgment, without frustration.
Don't get annoyed. It happens to all of us. It's
part of the process. In fact, like I said, it
(11:24):
is the process. Meditation wouldn't be a meditation if your
mind wasn't wondering. Nothing for you to recognize or to
be mindful of. That is the rewiring of the brain.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Sam in the dai.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
Us and the.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Last few moments together, and they lost a few breaths together.
Just take one last long, slow, deep breath in.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
And out.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Congratulate yourself for taking a few moments to rewire your brain.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
For change, and.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
When you are ready, you can open your eyes and
go about your day, no mistake.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
That's it for this time on calm to bleep down.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
If you like this meditation, please feel free to send
us an email, post a comment, hit us up on
Instagram or TikTok where we're posting a lot these days.
We'd love to hear from you once again. I'm Michael Beckamaia,
reminding you to please calm the bleep down. We'll see
you again soon.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Thank you for meditating with us.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Be well, have Funke
Welcome to mindful Meditations with Calm the Bleep down. I'm
your guide Michael Bechameier, and today we are going to
change our perception of reality.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Let's get started once again.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
As always, we start with a mindfulness quote to help
us head into our meditation with some intent, and today's
quote comes from doctor Joe Dispensa and it reads, we
perceive reality based on how our brain is wired.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
If you've ever.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
Read any Jodaspenza or listened to any Jodaspenza, you know
he's very much in the brain science of things.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
And one of my.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Favorite things to listen to him talk about is the
fact that we have sixty to ninety thousand thoughts a day.
Half of those thoughts are the same thoughts we had yesterday.
I don't like my job, I don't like I'm not
a morning person. I'm I hate taking this road because
(01:36):
it makes me anxious. I don't like to turn here
because of this. I don't like the way that my
partner talks to me in the morning. They're not a
morning person. I'm brushing my teeth, my name is. All
of those things are things that we think about all
the time, so they're just thoughts that pile up, so
thoughts that we've had over and over and over again.
(02:00):
Of those thoughts that we've had over and over and
over again are negative thoughts. So again, not a morning person.
This person doesn't listen to me when I talk. I
don't like to be interrupted because it triggers me from
way back when when my dad used to never listen
to me. Blah blah blah, all of those things. All
(02:22):
of us have things like that the trigger us, and
all of us have those sixteen to ninety thousand thoughts
where half of them repeat from the day before and
half of those were negative. So but over time, those
things add up to what we call our personality. We
are the way we are because of the way we think.
(02:42):
So all of those thoughts and experiences over the years
add up to who we think we are our personality,
and very often we start to feel stuck in our
personality where I'm you know, that's just how I am,
and there's nothing I can do differently. It's just how
I am, except when it comes to things like being
(03:03):
unhappy in life, feeling unfulfilled, feeling like you want more
out of life. A lot of times our personality is
what blocks us from experiencing new things, what blocks us
from having different thoughts, so we can experience life in
(03:24):
a different way. So that is the way our brain
is wired. If we want to change the way we
experience life, we need to change the way we think.
And if the way we think, and if the way
we perceive reality is based on the way our brain
(03:44):
is wired, then what we need to do is rewire
our brains. And I've said it here before, and I
will say it over and over and over again. I
think the best, simplest, easy way to rewire our brains
is to meditate, just focusing on breath for a few
(04:04):
minutes a day. However, long five minutes a day is
better than no minutes a day. It's kind of like
if you went to the gym once this week, that's
better than going to the gym no times this week.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
If you went to the.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Gym two or three times this week, that's great. So
what we have to do is, first we have to
recognize that we want to change. Sometimes we feel very
stuck and we think, again, oh, you know, this is
just the way my life is going to be, and
we just start making an agreement right then and there
(04:39):
that that's exactly how our life is going to be.
So our life is never going to change because that's
just how I am. That's just how it is for me.
But all we have to do is notice that we
want something to change, and then change is inevitable at
that point because once we notice the thing we don't
like it, it's like you can nope, you can no
(05:01):
longer unsee it. You can't unsee that thing. So change
can be brought about just by breathing, because when we
are breathing and we are following our breath in and
following our breath out, and then a few moments later,
(05:24):
when we realize that our mind has wondered from where
it was to something else that is not the breath,
once we catch that and bring it back, that right
there is the meditation. Noticing your mind is wondered and
bringing it back. That is where mindfulness comes from. So
(05:46):
when we catch ourselves doing that and we say, oh, breath,
look what you're doing. Your mind is wondered, you've lost focus,
you're not concentrating, you're spiraling out of control. Yet you
stop it, bring it back to the breath.
Speaker 2 (05:59):
And then what you can do.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
Is in your regular everyday life, you start to notice, oh,
I'm road raging right now. Maybe don't do that. Let
me just take a deep breath and keep going on.
That is how you, over time rewire your brain, because
it's really just paying attention to your breath. So, at
the risk of sounding like a broken record over and
(06:23):
over and over again, I will say one last time.
If you want to change your life, you have to
change your mind. And one of the best, quickest, most
simple ways to change your mind, to rewire your brain
is to meditate.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
So that's what we're going to do here today.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
We're just going to take some nice, long, slow, deep
breaths together. So get yourself comfortable in a seated position
or lying down, depending on how your most comfortable. Start
to lengthen your breaths in and out, slow your pace,
(07:03):
slow your mind, Start paying attention to the sensations in
your body. How is your body feeling. Maybe your mind
is racing from whatever was happening before you sat down
(07:26):
for this meditation, and that's okay. That's what happens with life.
That is also okay because that is why we meditate.
So in fact, if you've just noticed that your mind
is racing and decided to take a few moments to meditate. That,
in and of itself, is mindfulness. You are rewiring your
(07:47):
brain just by recognizing that you needed to take a
moment for yourself. Start paying attention to the weight of
(08:09):
your body as you exhale. Start feeling the gravity pull
you in, pull you down, your arms and limbs and
legs and shoulders, neck and head getting heavier with each
exhal your relaxation deepening with each exhale, each exhale, making
(08:32):
you feel heavier and heavier and more relaxed in and out,
(08:53):
in and now, and and out. Just take a few
(09:29):
moments here alone with your breath, bringing it in, feeling
it fill your entire body, and feeling it leave your
body as you exhale. Just paying attention to how your
body feels, noticing youring tension in your body. Very often
(09:53):
I catch myself clinching my jaw, even when I'm completely
relaxed and meditating. Sometimes I have to just catch my
jaw from clinching. Just leftover tension from the day. Maybe
(10:14):
you have that, Maybe you have some tightness in your
shoulder or arm, or leg or foot, feet wherever. Just
scanning your body bowing your breath in and out and
(10:42):
and out. Take a few moments to yourself, just breathing
in and breathing out. And if at any time you
notice your mind has wandered and it will, just recognize,
(11:03):
observe the thought, observe whatever had popped into your mind,
and return back to your breath, without judgment, without frustration.
Don't get annoyed. It happens to all of us. It's
part of the process. In fact, like I said, it
(11:24):
is the process. Meditation wouldn't be a meditation if your
mind wasn't wondering. Nothing for you to recognize or to
be mindful of. That is the rewiring of the brain.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
Sam in the dai.
Speaker 4 (15:04):
Us and the.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
Last few moments together, and they lost a few breaths together.
Just take one last long, slow, deep breath in.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
And out.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
Congratulate yourself for taking a few moments to rewire your brain.
Speaker 2 (18:15):
For change, and.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
When you are ready, you can open your eyes and
go about your day, no mistake.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
That's it for this time on calm to bleep down.
Speaker 1 (18:46):
If you like this meditation, please feel free to send
us an email, post a comment, hit us up on
Instagram or TikTok where we're posting a lot these days.
We'd love to hear from you once again. I'm Michael Beckamaia,
reminding you to please calm the bleep down. We'll see
you again soon.
Speaker 2 (19:02):
Thank you for meditating with us.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Be well, have Funke
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