Letting-go vs Not hanging-on

: Take a deep cleansing breath and hold it for a few seconds then slowly exhale.

Taking a deep breath to refresh and refocus is a natural meditation most of us do already. We can get further the benefits by doing it more often as a stress preventative.

: Expand your visual focus to include peripheral vision on both left and right sides and maintain your awareness over the full 180 degrees for 10 seconds. Stop and notice how calm your mind is.

This works by saturating our awareness and eliminating distraction, including thinking.

: Gently and quickly shake or tremble all the fingers on both hands for a count of 10, then suddenly stop. Notice your calm mind.

This is a simple form of somatic shaking or therapeutic shaking that involves intentionally inducing and allowing the body to shake or tremble as a way to release stored tension and trauma from the nervous system. For best results shake/vibrate your whole body.

Our past choices account for the suffering and happiness we experience now.

Our current and future choices will determine our future level of happiness

: count 1,2,3 very quickly 10 times, counting on your fingers. Then count down 3,2,1 very very slowly 3 times. Notice how your mind has slowed and calmed.

This works by using principals of subconscious awareness where the mind going from fast to slow energizes and calms down leaving us with a calm energetic mind. Its the same process we often use with walking meditation to achieve a calm energized mind.

# Friday

Everyone already meditates at least a little whether they know it or not.

Meditation is just a word we use to describe purposefully distracting ourselves from our usual auto-pilot mental habit.

So anything like taking a deep cleansing breath to relax and refocus is meditating.

: Look around you and notice the space in the room and be the space.

Notice how the space is there no matter what furniture and other items might be in itthe space is still there, unaffected. Be the space.

You are the space and our thoughts are like items in the space. They exist, but dont effect the space which goes endlessly beyond the room in all directions. Be the space.

Many of us go from, Yes, I meditate. to, I used to meditate. somewhere along the line and never get back to it.

If you happen to be someone who used to meditate, youre always just one choice away from, Yes, I meditate!

Letting-go is releasing stuff from the past...not hanging-on happens in the present and future.

Deep down in the subconscious mind,
Beneath the surface, you will find
That most of us are much the same.
But like a moth to candle flame
Attracted yet afraid to touch,
We dance around the darkness such
That each produces paths of flight
Projected in a different light.

: close your eyes and slowly count down 3, 2, 1, and relax the muscles in your neck and shoulders. Repeat this three times.

We tend to tense up our shoulders and neck when we feel stressed or anxious. Purposely relaxing those muscles releases tension and stress or anxiety that caused us to tense up. Counting down slowly slows the mind, making it easier to relax.

If youre thinking about taking up meditating, or have been meditating for a while, its helpful if you know what your specific meditative goals arewhat you hope to get out of it. Then strategically select meditation techniques to help you reach your specific goals.

If you need help selecting a meditation to meet your specific goals, I'm here to help.

Nothing says
I love you, still,
Like simply being there
Even subtly,
Subconsciously,
In denial,
Unaware.
You're still here,
I see you, for I am too.
After so long,
We both still care.

August 8th, 2023
prompt:

Share. Boost. Come closer.

Dunno how my can go from hardcore raunchy hot and sex to violent self defence against zombie/vampire human undead types in such a short amount of time, staying at the sex and love part would have been more than enough mind thanks.

Our mental associations are fantastic at helping us navigate our daily lives. We can also change them to live happier and healthier lives.

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Subconscious

A lot of people have difficulties paying attention to breathing, but the industry pretty much ignores you and says it's a you problem.

Instead of paying attention to breathing, silently count down 3,2,1 then start over at 3 again.

Hope this is helpful.

: Take a deep cleansing breath and hold it for a few seconds then slowly exhale.

Taking a deep breath to refresh and refocus is a natural meditation most of us do already. We can get further the benefits by doing it more often as a stress preventative.

Todays Meditation: Expand your visual focus to include peripheral vision on both left and right sides and maintain your awareness over the full 180 degrees for 10 seconds. Stop and notice how calm your mind is.

This works by saturating our awareness and eliminating distraction, including thinking.

Walter, if the binge watching works, great! If only sort of works here's a meditation specifically for stress and anxiety for a more permanent solution

Meditation isn't vegetation...

: Gently and quickly shake or tremble all the fingers on both hands for a count of 10, then suddenly stop. Notice your calm mind.

Just saying...

Todays Meditation: count 1,2,3 very quickly 10 times, counting on your fingers. Then count down 3,2,1 very very slowly 3 times. Notice how your mind has slowed and calmed.

Todays Meditation: Look around you and notice the space in the room and be the space.

Notice how the space is there no matter what furniture and other items might be in itthe space is still there, unaffected. Be the space.

You are the space and our thoughts are like items in the space. They exist, but dont effect the space which goes endlessly beyond the room in all directions. Be the space.

Living in the present moment is often misunderstood.

For those who meditate, its important to understand the difference between being in the present moment as opposed to living in the present moment. Being in the present moment is a meditation term that means to just meditate now without worrying about anything else. Living in the present moment includes reflecting on past choices and making new choices now to have the future we want to have.

How I became a Thai Buddhist Monk.

Well, here we are, on the edge of evolution. Its a time where most of us already know a lot of what happens subconsciously, even if we dont think about it much. Its just a matter of putting it all together and a little practice noticing it in our daily lives, and were already here.

By learning what triggers these intense experiences, we can prepare ourselves to deal with them when they arise. Whether euphoric, frightening or anywhere in between.

Helping Yourself Through Depression
Your physician should be the first place you go when youre stuck in depression to at least make sure its not stemming from a medical condition.
That said, whether youre going to counseling, or managing it on your own, knowing a few things about whats happening subconsciously can provide some much-needed breathing room to help you through it.

Deep meditation doesn't really have any depth to it.

What we call getting deeper is just further slowing down the mind.

Eventually we stop reacting to what we're interpreting and reach dhammakaya, when the mind is fully stopped and we stop the interpretation process as well we experience what is commonly referred to as enlightenment.

Preventing chronic stress - Public Service Announcement

A lot of my recent posts have been from the spirituality section of a book I've been writing. I just finished the first draft so it's a long way off from being published.

Much of the spirituality section is been posted online at

My enlightenment experience included seeing how the cycle of rebirth works.

Unlike the Buddha, I wasnt content with accepting enlightenment at face value for long. My PTSD pushed me to learn how I had the experiences I did so I could check their validity.

When I ordained as a Thai Buddhist monk it was with the intention of never leaving. I had decided it was enlightenment or bust. PTSD played a huge part in that attitude, even though it would be years before I would even find out what PTSD was. It would be years later before I realized the Buddha had also suffered from PTSD and was just looking for answers he could live with, like myself.

For a long time its been thought that our consciousness (awareness) was separate from the thinking mind, but newer theories are that it is also part of the functioning brain, which is in-line with my personal meditative observations.

From my upcoming book "Beyond Enlightenment".

I get a lot of questions about spirituality, but I don't speak about it much, and for good reason...not what you might think.

If spirituality interests you, this is a must read, even if it's uncomfortable:

Within the scope of Buddhism, the original mindfulness practices were used to embody the Buddhist philosophies of impermanence, that life is suffering, there is no-self, and being free of these things ends suffering. To that end there is deep meditation where the goal is to fully stop the thinking mind to experience what exists beyond life.

Last updated: 2023-08-14