Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

🏠 Life is a Guest House and You're the Host

26 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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A short spoken monologue by Vishen Lakhiani presenting the metaphor "this being human is a guest house," urging listeners to welcome all emotional states (joy, depression, shame, malice, etc.) as visitors to be honoured and learned from. The speaker advises treating difficult emotions with hospitality and gratitude because they may guide one toward new insights or delights.

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This being human is a guest house every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness. Some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all, even if they are a crowd of sorrows who violently sweeps your house, empty of its furniture. Still, treat each guest honourably. He may be clearing you out for some new delight. The dark thought, the shame, the malice. Meet them at the door, laughing, and invite them in. Be grateful for whatever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond.