Summer Solstice 2025 Meditation -handout summary

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How Your Inner Craving & Restlessness Affect the People Around You

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THE FIVE MENTAL FORCES THAT PUSH PEOPLE AWAY

1. 

CRAVING

  • You crave. You desire- financially, sensually & sexually 
  • You pressure others to act.
  • People don’t like being pushed—so they pull away.
  • Your craving also pushes your dreams away.

🔄 Antidote:

Let go.

Be content with what you have.

Wish yourself well.

Trust the present moment.


2. 

HATRED / ANGER / AGGRESSION


  • You express negativity through thoughts, tone, and criticism.
  • You hurt others emotionally, even physically.
  • You destroy their sense of worth—they slowly leave.

🔄 Antidote:

Accept life as it is.

Be kind to yourself.

Live with goodwill.

Let the present moment unfold.


3. 

LETHARGY / GUILT / SADNESS

  • You carry heaviness.
  • Your procrastination, guilt, and sadness feel like a burden to others.
  • People leave because your heaviness drains them.

🔄 Antidote:

Make a light, timely effort.

Do what needs to be done—now.

Move gently but with intention.

4. 

RESTLESSNESS

  • You feel inner tremors.
  • Agitation, fear, and impatience take over.
  • People avoid your intensity.


🔄 Antidote:

Sit. Breathe.

Observe the restlessness.

Let stillness rise.

Be someone people feel peace around.


5. 

DOUBT / INDECISION

  • Your mind is clouded.
  • You can’t decide.
  • Others must decide for you—and then you resent them.



🔄 Antidote:

Regain faith.

Trust life as a gift.

Believe in the power of presence, stillness, and effort.

Know that the Universe guides those who commit.

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TWO FOUNDATIONAL SHIFTS:



  1. Let go – Release control. Trust the Dhamma, the Universe, or God.
  2. Wish yourself well – Be content in your own skin. Appreciate the life you’ve been given.


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THE RESULT:



When you stop pushing and start living…

When you become peaceful and present…

People return.

You reconnect.

You heal.




With loving kindness 

Dr. Zsu

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