Another Finger

Send a text Today I wanted to point out some of the basic insights we might gain from meditation. Mainly the insight of impermanence. When we pay close enough attention, we can see that all things come and go, and we are not exempt from this truth. Our interests, our stuff, the weather, our feelings, even our knowledge and fears. Everything is subject to change. In reality this is what makes life...

Send a text I ended the last episode with the famous quote of MLK “I choose Love, for Hate is too great a burden to bear.”  I feel it is a good time, being Valentine’s Day and all, to explore this quote and  talk about love, though somewhat indirectly. Love is a transforming, healing, and generous skill which has the power to transform our lives and the lives of those around us, though it is often...

Send a text With the passing of yet another great leader and teacher, one may ask: Where are the greats of today? Is it our inability to pay attention long enough to anything worthwhile that is keeping greatness from emerging? Put another way, have we, because of our current inattentive habits, forced the great minds and rhetoricians to stuff their wisdom inside a fortune cookie or a tweet? Can we...

Send a text At times we can be like children obsessing over the latest toy, forgetting every toy which has preceded it, forgetting that this toy will surely go the way of every other past toy; that is fun for a time, until it breaks, wears down, or more often than not, we lose interest and another toy enters our consciousness and promises to finally make us happy. It is quite okay to seek, and to...

Send a text It is the time of year for giving. Let's give well. http://givewell.org http://plumvillage.app https://www.anotherfinger.com Cover Art: Rory Jenkins   Email: l3m0nsh4rk@gmail.com Social Media: Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr @Sh4rkH4ts

Send a text This Thanksgiving, let's come together with love and save the planet through mindfulness! Dedicated to Lucius, Jezebel, Mowgli and all the animals you've ever loved more than anything in the world.  https://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/ https://www.anotherfinger.com Cover Art: Rory Jenkins   Email: l3m0nsh4rk@gmail.com Social Media: Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr...

Send a text In this episode we talk about what it might mean to live happy in a mindful, selfless way. It is quite possible to be happy within yourself. You don't need things to be happy, in fact those things often obscure our happiness. https://www.anotherfinger.com Cover Art: Rory Jenkins   Email: l3m0nsh4rk@gmail.com Social Media: Instagram, Twitter, and Tumblr @Sh4rkH4ts

Send a text We truly have a choice as to where we apply our attention. We can use it to create a new, better reality for ourselves. At the moment we may be unconsciously using it to create unease and mental suffering, as we’ve seen. If you think that external factors are the cause of your internal pain, you are not entirely incorrect. It is not the thing itself which is causing you pain, it is the...

Send a text If it is true that we are unhappy when things don’t go as we expect them to go, then it makes sense to look at our expectations more closely. We should figure out what importance they have in our lives and see what role they play and whether or not they are necessary. If they do cause us to be unhappy, then we should be able to trace back their source and even eliminate some of them. M...

Send a text This is a podcast about taking mindful awareness off of the cushion and applying it to your daily life. We will be discussing many ideas in episodes to come but this introductory episode is simply an attempt to layout the framework through which all subsequent episodes will be viewed. The lens of mindful awareness. https://www.anotherfinger.com Suggested meditation apps: Waking Up with...