All of my little rituals each take 20 minutes. For example: It takes me about 20 minutes to write 750 words. I set my Insight Timer for 20 minutes when I meditate. It takes me 20 minutes to do my little circuit on the MU Stadium steps. Funny, how in a mere 20 minutes I … Continue reading 20 Minutes A Day
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5 Things To Do While You Figure Out What You Want to Be When You Grow Up
I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up until I was 51 years old. When I finally found “my thing" it wasn't the thing I thought it would be, and it certainly wasn’t anything anyone would ever pay me to do. But by that point, I didn't really care about money. … Continue reading 5 Things To Do While You Figure Out What You Want to Be When You Grow Up
How My Resolutions Advance My Pilgrimage
How is drinking more water going to advance me on my journey? The answer: My lack of sufficient hydration is starting to cause minor break-downs. In a word, I itch. I have to stop and itch. My ears itch. My skin itches. And every time I have to stop and itch, I have take my … Continue reading How My Resolutions Advance My Pilgrimage
What I Have Been Doing While I’ve Not Been Here
Last week I finished reading Gretchin Rubin's The Happiness Project and now I am deeply involved in Jonathan Haidt's The Happiness Hypothesis and I went to the new Victoria theater in Blossburg and saw the movie Social Network and today the plumber was here all day installing a new kitchen sink and faucet. And last … Continue reading What I Have Been Doing While I’ve Not Been Here
I’m finished with Holosync
Right before I left for my training, my new level of Holosync came (I am starting Level 3). But this time when I opened the case expecting to find the usual 4 CDs, there were only 2. There was the first one, and the 5th one called "Floating," which I don't ever listen to. This … Continue reading I’m finished with Holosync
Defogging Meditation
I am writing a book--or trying to, the basic premise of which is that everyone needs, and should have, an Owner's Manual that they can 1. Refer to daily when questions arise about how to behave, and 2. To give to loved ones to help explain, (ahem) their inexplicable behavior. ('Here honey, read the chapter … Continue reading Defogging Meditation
My Recipe for Transcendence
I have had moments in my life, “openings, “ if you will, periods out-of-time where I have been able to transcend my small self, break free of my conditioning, and see new and thrilling possibilities for living a more expanded existence. These moments have been few, but they’ve been profound. They have happened On the … Continue reading My Recipe for Transcendence
A Berry Deep Meditation
Murphy’s Blueberry Farm is one of the prettiest places around here. The view is draw-dropping and the picking, superb. Today I went for my last picking of the season, as the farm will close for the season next weekend. Late berries are the sweetest, and I was born to pick. I love searching the bushes, … Continue reading A Berry Deep Meditation
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