Browse
Top articles
How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
Try free for 7 days.
How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
Benefits of Mindfulness: Mindful Living Can Change Your Life
Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
00:00
00:00
Personalized support for learning how to integrate mindfulness into your life. Delivered fresh everyday by our world renowned experts. Choose meditation duration:
Hi, and welcome to your Daily Mindfulness. Today, I'm going to talk about interdependence. So the practice of realizing interdependence is about really knowing, not just in our mind, but in our whole being, that we're not separate from that which is around us. And it's seeing into the deep truth that we do live dependently, relying on thousands of other things just to exist and go about daily life. For example, the plants around you exhale the oxygen you need to inhale and stay alive.
The sun shines the light that allows you to be able to see anything at all and allows the food you eat to grow, even as its gravitational pull holds the earth in its orbit at just the right amount of warmth to allow life to flourish here on, earth. It took massive explosions of stars billions of years ago to form every atom of your body. And you exist here in a finely tuned system of nature from the tides to the seasons, to the rainfall patterns and the bees that pollinate the flowers, the worms that nourish the soil for your food. And we rely on a network of humans too, people who build the roads we travel on, the medicines that heal us, the teachers who teach us the community all around us - shopkeepers, bakers, doctors, lawyers, scientists, artists, and musicians - who all come together to form a local support system. Then we have our friends and our family who are our shoulders to cry on, our confidants and our playmates.
It can feel a little unnerving perhaps to realize that we're so dependent on thousands of other things to survive. Especially because our culture has this huge emphasis on independence and an almost shameful view of dependence on others. But accepting the truth of interdependence actually brings you into harmony with the way life is. All of life exists in a huge interconnected web. Every single thing is dependent on all other things, from grasshoppers to galaxies, from the universe to you and me.
We belong to each other. This is how life has always existed. So realizing dependence far from being a source of shame can bring you into an almost reverence state of gratitude and belonging. We'll explore this some more in today's meditation. So I invite you to begin to settle in for that.
And as always, thank you for your practice and your presence here with us.
Realizing Interdependence
Personalized support for learning how to integrate mindfulness into your life. Delivered fresh everyday by our world renowned experts. Choose meditation duration:
Duration
Your default time is based on your progress and is changed automatically as you practice.
Hi, and welcome to your Daily Mindfulness. Today, I'm going to talk about interdependence. So the practice of realizing interdependence is about really knowing, not just in our mind, but in our whole being, that we're not separate from that which is around us. And it's seeing into the deep truth that we do live dependently, relying on thousands of other things just to exist and go about daily life. For example, the plants around you exhale the oxygen you need to inhale and stay alive.
The sun shines the light that allows you to be able to see anything at all and allows the food you eat to grow, even as its gravitational pull holds the earth in its orbit at just the right amount of warmth to allow life to flourish here on, earth. It took massive explosions of stars billions of years ago to form every atom of your body. And you exist here in a finely tuned system of nature from the tides to the seasons, to the rainfall patterns and the bees that pollinate the flowers, the worms that nourish the soil for your food. And we rely on a network of humans too, people who build the roads we travel on, the medicines that heal us, the teachers who teach us the community all around us - shopkeepers, bakers, doctors, lawyers, scientists, artists, and musicians - who all come together to form a local support system. Then we have our friends and our family who are our shoulders to cry on, our confidants and our playmates.
It can feel a little unnerving perhaps to realize that we're so dependent on thousands of other things to survive. Especially because our culture has this huge emphasis on independence and an almost shameful view of dependence on others. But accepting the truth of interdependence actually brings you into harmony with the way life is. All of life exists in a huge interconnected web. Every single thing is dependent on all other things, from grasshoppers to galaxies, from the universe to you and me.
We belong to each other. This is how life has always existed. So realizing dependence far from being a source of shame can bring you into an almost reverence state of gratitude and belonging. We'll explore this some more in today's meditation. So I invite you to begin to settle in for that.
And as always, thank you for your practice and your presence here with us.
Duration
Play in-app
Scan the following QR code with your camera app to open it on our mobile app
Get Unlimited Access
A Mindfulness Plus+ subscription gives you unlimited access to a world of premium mindfulness content.
Email Missing
We couldn’t detect your email with the SSO provider you have selected.We are here to make a positive impact on the world. We never want to sell you something that hasn’t helped you live a better life. That’s why if you’re unhappy with any purchase from us, you have 30 days to get a full refund and your money back.
If you subscribed to Mindfulness Plus+ and are unhappy with your purchase, please get in contact with us within the 30-day period and we’ll refund your purchase.
Learn more about our Mindfulness Guarantee.
Mindfulness
We believe in a world where everybody has access to the life-changing skills of mindfulness.
Private Browsing
We believe in a world where everybody has access to the life-changing skills of mindfulness.
Annual membership
$0
This is the app I turn to when I want to feel calm and loved.
- Abby
Melli has a beautiful way of guiding and reminding us of the stillness within.
- Adrienne James
I have been on a journey of healing and learning self-love. Amidst the work, I have been using the mindfulness app for the gentle reminders, guides to the moment (especially the difficult ones).
Kelly Boys offers a fresh and illuminating take on how to step out of lifelong patterns that keep snagging us.
- Tara Brach, PhD
Truly life changing. This isn't solely meditation and mindfulness...this is about striving to be the best the versions of ourselves.
- Marisa, Plus+ Member
Relaxing and assuring beyond description... thank you, Cory.
- Babs312
This is the app I turn to when I want to feel calm and loved.
- Abby
Melli has a beautiful way of guiding and reminding us of the stillness within.
- Adrienne James
I have been on a journey of healing and learning self-love. Amidst the work, I have been using the mindfulness app for the gentle reminders, guides to the moment (especially the difficult ones).
Kelly Boys offers a fresh and illuminating take on how to step out of lifelong patterns that keep snagging us.
- Tara Brach, PhD
Truly life changing. This isn't solely meditation and mindfulness...this is about striving to be the best the versions of ourselves.
- Marisa, Plus+ Member
Relaxing and assuring beyond description... thank you, Cory.
- Babs312
This is the app I turn to when I want to feel calm and loved.
- Abby
Melli has a beautiful way of guiding and reminding us of the stillness within.
- Adrienne James
I have been on a journey of healing and learning self-love. Amidst the work, I have been using the mindfulness app for the gentle reminders, guides to the moment (especially the difficult ones).
Kelly Boys offers a fresh and illuminating take on how to step out of lifelong patterns that keep snagging us.
- Tara Brach, PhD
Truly life changing. This isn't solely meditation and mindfulness...this is about striving to be the best the versions of ourselves.
- Marisa, Plus+ Member
Relaxing and assuring beyond description... thank you, Cory.
- Babs312
Shamash's guidance is a gift of wisdom to help us in our busy and stressful lives.
- Paul Gilbert, PhD, FBPsS, OBE, Centre for Compassion Research and Training, University of Derby, United Kingdom
Excellent! Cory gently guides you into internal peace.
- Steve Ericson
A necessary tool for those who feel lost.
- Piper
Just want to say a big thankyou to all involved as this has had a positive impact in my daily life 🙏 Valuable teachings that have allowed me to have a better relationship not only with those around me, but with myself. Heal ourselves and we heal the world 💫✨🌍
- Marty
I start every day with Cory or Melli for my daily practice. Including this app into my practice helps me continue to build more mental focus and understanding of my thought processes. What a welcome and powerful gift.
- Oku
Shamash's guidance is a gift of wisdom to help us in our busy and stressful lives.
- Paul Gilbert, PhD, FBPsS, OBE, Centre for Compassion Research and Training, University of Derby, United Kingdom
Excellent! Cory gently guides you into internal peace.
- Steve Ericson
A necessary tool for those who feel lost.
- Piper
Just want to say a big thankyou to all involved as this has had a positive impact in my daily life 🙏 Valuable teachings that have allowed me to have a better relationship not only with those around me, but with myself. Heal ourselves and we heal the world 💫✨🌍
- Marty
I start every day with Cory or Melli for my daily practice. Including this app into my practice helps me continue to build more mental focus and understanding of my thought processes. What a welcome and powerful gift.
- Oku
Shamash's guidance is a gift of wisdom to help us in our busy and stressful lives.
- Paul Gilbert, PhD, FBPsS, OBE, Centre for Compassion Research and Training, University of Derby, United Kingdom
Excellent! Cory gently guides you into internal peace.
- Steve Ericson
A necessary tool for those who feel lost.
- Piper
Just want to say a big thankyou to all involved as this has had a positive impact in my daily life 🙏 Valuable teachings that have allowed me to have a better relationship not only with those around me, but with myself. Heal ourselves and we heal the world 💫✨🌍
- Marty
I start every day with Cory or Melli for my daily practice. Including this app into my practice helps me continue to build more mental focus and understanding of my thought processes. What a welcome and powerful gift.
- Oku
Thank you for joining us
Dive into the full library and enjoy all it has to offer!
Claim your free access
Create a mindfulness account and we’ll unlock this premium session in your account forever.
7-Days free trial, cancel anytime.
Complete a few quick questions to make your own personalized mindfulness plan.
Sign up or login to your mindfulness account to proceed.
Sign up or login to your mindfulness account to proceed.
Mindfulness
One membership to gain access to a world of premium mindfulness content created to help you live happier and stress less.