The big lie of most meditation practices If you’re honest with yourself, you’ll secretly wonder why meditation has to be so hard, slow, and boring. You’ll assume, “well, that’s just the way it has to be” . As it turns out, most meditation pa... consciousness meditation spiritual theater Jan 31, 2026 0 5 An opinionated view on meditation
The 3 core wounds and their healing What is the difference between this form of meditation and fill-in-the-blank ? Oh my gosh, so many things! For now, let’s just focus on one aspect, the healing aspect . This meditation format is unusu... emotions meditation stress Nov 13, 2025 0 9 An opinionated view on meditation
Are all spiritual practices the same? People seem to think that all spiritual practices are the same. Or that they all take you to the same place. “It doesn’t matter what I choose,” they think. “These are spiritual people, I’ll be safe wi... meditation religion spiritual theater Aug 28, 2025 0 24 An opinionated view on meditation
Summer is the perfect time to reconnect with your soul and slow your mind down Do you love the summer but are afraid of how fast the time is flying by? Wondering where the time has gone... And bracing yourself for a too-soon September... It doesn’t have to be that way. There’s n... meditation peace thoughts Aug 5, 2025 0 8 An opinionated view on meditation
Why you must reconnect to your soul self (A Covid-era spiritual lulaby) I realize everyone is burnt out from working at home, feeling disconnected, and probably even burnt out from the burnout. Through it all, I’ve been wanting to say there’... meditation soul thoughts May 11, 2021 0 6 An opinionated view on meditation
Healing The human nervous system is so delicate, it’s ridiculously easy for it to get wound up. Even mere thoughts will tie up the body in knots. All of that has to come out at some point. Meditating for 20 m... meditation obstacles stress Dec 20, 2020 0 9 After my course
Breaking “The Perception Bubble” You live in a perception bubble. What I mean is that the eyes, made up of the world, can only see the world. The ears, made up of the world, can only hear the world. The brain, made up of the world, c... consciousness meditation soul Aug 17, 2020 0 6 An opinionated view on meditation
A mind like wild horses Have you ever wondered... “Is it wrong to just use the meditation technique like a mantra when the mind gets overly busy?” No, not wrong at all. There’s no shame in repeating the meditation technique ... meditation thoughts Mar 2, 2020 0 5 After my course
Mind-body hack #1 – Emotions Recalling from last post that... Awareness loves being aware When you step back in your mind and observe the whole mind, you give awareness what it wants. Whoops! What’s this? Awful thoughts? Physical... emotions meditation thoughts Dec 13, 2019 0 8 After my course
Meditators get to choose how long they suffer When I wrote the “ Sometimes life hurts ” blog post, that was when I got side-swiped by an emotional panic that I had not experienced when I was a monk or even since. What happened is that I woke up t... meditation peace soul Dec 12, 2019 0 8 After my course
Sometimes life hurts Loss... rejection... panic! ...is when you confront the value of your mental health. You confront the loss of your peace being the most important thing to you . ✶ Pain forces you admit, “I need peace.... meditation peace Dec 12, 2019 0 8 After my course
Meditation plays the “I’ll trade you game” Meditation says, “oh you have awful judgments ? I’ll trade you self-compassion for that .” Meditation goes, “oh you have lack thoughts ? I’ll trade you an inner fullness for that . (No worries, I have... meditation peace thoughts Nov 19, 2019 0 6 An opinionated view on meditation