I don’t get jet lag.

Not a trick. A quiet choice: stay hydrated, sleep when the body wants rest, find daylight when you land — and refuse to rehearse how bad you’re supposed to feel. Don’t keep mental score of what time it is back home. Stay as present as you can. Breathe. Notice the seat. Rest in the now.

The body is remarkably willing to follow when the mind stops creating stories.

Expectation of jet lag can predict the fog more strongly than the number of time zones crossed. The mind’s story about the body often becomes the body’s reality. Outer conditions still exist. They no longer have to dictate the whole experience.

This is not magical thinking. It is practical spirituality.

What small shift in your own story could you make today?

Be, Here, Now…

This teaching appeared in more detail in Anandda magazine.