LESSON EPSILON:

PEACE IS A SUPERPOWER

You’ve practiced meditating over the course of ten seconds. Now I want to teach you instantaneous meditation.

This is how you do it:

Close your eyes.

Smile. Gently. Don’t force a smile. Just let the corners of your mouth rise.

Breathe in through your nose, deeply, until the air is all the way in the bottom of your belly.

Breathe out.

Keep smiling.

Open your eyes.

Try that.

The next time you’re in a situation that makes you uncomfortable, or angry, or jealous, or so proud you think you might act like a total jerk, try this. Its effects may not last very long, but you’ll feel at peace for the next few minutes.

And that might be just long enough to help you survive whatever it is you need to survive.