“The next message you need is always right where you are.” — Ram Dass Meditation is where you get out of incessant trying. There is a part of us that is constantly trying. Trying to accomplish something. Trying to do this. Trying to do that. It’s exhausting. Meditation is about getting into a state of […]
Category: Thoughts
Meditation: Journeying
A 24 minute meditation. A journey of release and renewal. A journey inside your own universe of possibilities. Meditation by Charles Robinson, recorded live on Wednesday November 21, 2012. The Music is “Statia” and “Homework” by Gurdonark, generously shared under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license and posted for all to enjoy on dig.cc.mixter
Writing Life with a Typewriter
“Perfection is my enemy.” — Francesca Battistelli Charles sent me this ESPN video because I wrestle with writing, trying to get the writing to match what I intend, what I want to communicate. Trying to get it “perfect,” so to speak. The most obvious problem with perfection is that it’s always out of reach. There’s […]
Overcoming obstacles to your dreams
“Maybe being at rock bottom was the perfect place to start…I was about to embark on the most creative project that any of us could ever do – that of rebuilding a life. And even though I had absolutely no idea what I was going to do, in that uncertainty came a sense of freedom. […]
Making the Best of Bad Meditation
There are many definitions of meditation, but my favorite is this: stopping thought without falling asleep. I remember a story Ram Dass told of how he went to study meditation in a remote Buddhist monastery somewhere in Asia. They were very strict there. They sat in meditation all day every day, day after day, except […]