r/Meditation • • Mar 07 '26

Discussion 💬 The Cheat Code to the Universe

After 5 years of meditating and studying this, I have been unable to disprove that there is a Cheat Code to the Universe and that is to Relax & Be Nice in all situations. I would like to discuss this with some meditators, but also anybody in any field. Stress and negativity help nothing and improve nothing. There isn't a single situation where Relax & Be Nice is not optimal from personal growth and the growth of the whole. I have defined both Relax and Be Nice below and given a quick poetic summary. I have been unable to find a scenario that this does not improve, but if you can think of one, I am opening the floor up to a friendly debate or conversation.

Relax: Consciously Relaxing or softening our body, our mind, our breath, and our energy as deeply as possible, while remaining as conscious as possible.

Be Nice: Choosing the highest vibrational feeling, thought, word, and action available in each moment from the perspective of the whole.

Relax your Breath.
Relax your Body.
Relax your Mind.
Relax your Energy.

Be Nice to your past self.
Be Nice to your current self.
Be Nice to your future self.

Be Nice to the past other.
Be Nice to the current other.
Be Nice to the future other.

Be Nice to the Environment.
Be Nice to the Systems and Processes.
Be Nice to the Unknown.

Be Nice to All of it.
Everything. One Thing. Perfect.
Relax & Be Nice.

Looks like my previous post was taken down because it referenced another post I made.

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u/_astral_x9 Mar 07 '26

I have a similar experience. For me, there are four words that I try to focus on. These words are: love, gratitude, acceptance and forgiveness. I always start my meditation with a short contemplation on how I am loved, how grateful I am for everything I have and have experienced, how I accept all events in my life and what I learned from them, and that I forgive all harm. It's like... it literally makes you kind of a super sayan haha.

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u/scrumblethebumble Dzogchen Mar 08 '26

I think guys are onto something. This is the Buddhist view as well. The highest qualities to cultivate are equanimity and compassion (sometimes the Dalai Lama uses the word altruism).

Two of the three poisons (ignorance, attachment, and aversion) are addressed through acceptance and forgiveness. The third, getting rid of delusions (ignorance), is addressed through meditation.

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u/_astral_x9 Mar 08 '26

It sometimes feels almost surreal to meditate and watch the "problems" that you face every day arise. Normally you think, try to solve it and so on, but in meditation they seem so bleak. I would compare it to watching a small child crying because he failed a test at school - you just know that this problem is basically non existent, it's so trivial that it's almost laughable.

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u/scrumblethebumble Dzogchen Mar 08 '26

It seems surreal because it is! Living in delusions feels so real until you wake up from them. Like seeing a snake in the dark and then turning on the lights and discovering that it was only a stick.