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Do-Be.Me: Does Magdi invite his audience to relax?

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NotebookLM:
Yes, Magdi frequently invites his audience to relax, emphasizing a release of tension and a surrender to the present moment. Here are some ways he extends this invitation:

● Relaxation of body and mind:
Magdi often starts his meetings by inviting his audience to sit comfortably and relax their bodies, sometimes suggesting closing their eyes or turning their gaze inward. He encourages the suspension of the past and future, focusing on simply being in the present. He also encourages the relaxation of the “habitual tendency to try to figure things out”.

● Letting go of effort:
He emphasizes that presence and awareness do not require effort, and encourages the audience to “sink deeper and deeper into presence” effortlessly. He suggests letting go of any goals or agendas. He often uses phrases such as “simply be” or “allow”.

● Resting in Being:
Magdi frequently invites his audience to rest in being or as presence. This involves resting in “not-knowing,” which he describes as a formless and borderless vastness. He encourages the audience to trust in being.

● Releasing identification with the body and mind:
Magdi invites the audience to relax their identification with their bodies, minds, and personal stories. He suggests relaxing the conceptual “me”. He encourages the audience to recognize themselves as formless awareness rather than as a person with a history. He also speaks of releasing the “me-story” and the personal impressions of a separate self, so that they settle into their source.

● Surrender:
Magdi encourages a surrender to the present moment and to being. This involves letting go of resistance and seeking, and opening to the experience of the present moment without trying to change it.

● Freedom and Peace:
Magdi emphasizes that relaxation and surrender leads to an experience of freedom and causeless peace. This peace is described as always being available, undisturbed by world events or bodily sensations. He refers to this state as “our true home”.

Magdi’s invitations to relax are not merely about physical relaxation, but also about a deeper release of mental constructs, identifications, and the sense of a separate self, in order to experience the freedom and peace that he suggests are already present.

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