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Today I spend a few moments fostering presence with you. I open with a couple of conscious breaths, then onto examples of, and reasons for, bringing your focus back to your breath. I end mentioning that in regard to any learning, we deeply need to apply what we learn. Learning alone isn't...
To find a state of stillness, and remain productive in the world might e our biggest challenge. How do we accomplish, while remaining present.
Why are most of us unable to hold on to stillness? Many of us can find stillness, but why isn't it easier to just stay there? This talk assumes that you...
If we want to evolve it would be good to learn that everything is sacred. Using certain objects to wake up is useful, but we need to watch how attached to those objects, places, etc. we become.
What good comes from making things sacred? It is normal to notice certain things as more orderly or...
We create pressure in our lives unconsciously that can end up making us very unhappy. Some of these pressures are deeper and some are more superficial. One person creates a "have to" situation with accomplishments he/she wants to create at work. Someone else on a daily basis...
Question I'd really like answered for a future talk: What, if anything, would be the best thing humans could do to make the world a better place? Please leave an answer as a comment to this blog or email me directly.
In this post we explore paradoxes and logic and point out where...
It seems many people want to get the idea of what enlightenment looks like. We're all trying to "figure it out." I get many emails discussing understanding these ideas. This podcast is about doing them instead.
The "Now" has become very trendy. So let's not get lost in...
This is a post about fear and fear based teaching.
Any teacher that offers fear should be watched very closely. There is nothing to fear. You cannot kill god. The death of bird, the Exxon spill, 911, tsunami's and hurricanes, all of it can't kill god. We may not...
Making any kind of change is very difficult when we aren't truly committed to it. So what is commitment and how do we find it?
I see people use meditation and become spiritual all the time to feel better when they are sad. But they often drop the practice once things get better. Finding...
I want to clarify what I mean by "to be" because it is actually more than one thing. It is both "to be - still" and also "to be - what you are." This may be hard to stomach because these seem to be in opposition, but they are both really important. It's actually many many layers, and facets of...