The best and only reason for meditation is because it’s good for you. Period. We make time to do a lot of things that are clearly good for us and take up actual valuable time. We brush our teeth—10 minutes. We make time to eat a healthy meal (OK most of the time)—20 minutes. WeContinue reading “Why meditation”
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laundry and meditation
A very cool thing happens to me when I hang laundry. I think about infinite number of people involved in this moment. Who are the people that crafted the clothesline, the clothes pins? Who’s involved in the creation of the fences the screw hooks? Who grew those trees and lumbered them? Who planted them andContinue reading “laundry and meditation”
First Breath
It’s cool to consider that the very very first thing that we did the very first second that we were born was breathe. It was automatic, deep and loud. And now how years forward so much of the time we forget to breathe. For myself when I notice myself contracting I realize that my breathContinue reading “First Breath”
Buy yourself your own flowers
I have a dear friend from college who years ago turned me on to the idea of buying flowers for her house every week. I can’t say I got right into it, in that moment, but years later I remembered that. Maybe because I was tiring of waiting for that person who was going toContinue reading “Buy yourself your own flowers”
What are you feeding yourself?
Since I’m in the curiouser and curiouser business of inquiry and study, I thought it would be cool to share some screen grabs of readings which to this day I refer to from time to time. Have a nice read! Peaces.