The Robert Beatty Podcast

This is a powerful and engaging guided meditation. You and everyone you meet are Apparitions.  Born out of nowhere, we go through years of somebody training to become somebody. Existing, we are deeply afraid that something will go wrong, that we will lose someone or something. Lose our lives. And then we do. Always! What a relief and how happy we might be if we could see what is REALLY going on! F...

Hello Fellow Human:    This guided meditation is deeply enhanced by spontaneous music by Ted Tanner. Most of us have some very destructive malware that has come to us via our  parents or caregivers, neglect or trauma in our lifetime. Presence, or loving awareness, comes from a place much deeper within us. This means that we can cultivate a heart-mind that has room for all the wounds of a lifetime...

Love and Compassion are our most treasured capacities. Please join me for a little while to do the 2600 year old practices as taught by the Buddha.  Starting with yourself  then a benefactor and a friend. Be the first person to touch yourself as you are born. What would you like to say to that newborn as you breathe your first breath?  It’s okay if your mind wanders — the practice invites kindness...

Performed by Robert Beatty with Saffire Bouchellion on hand pan accompaniment Hey friend — I used to dream of a flawless, straight-line life: honors, applause, zero heartbreak. But every perfect picture felt empty compared to this messy, raw, and strangely beautiful life I actually live. So here's to the tangled parts, the surprising joy, and the scars that made us: I’m grateful for the chaos that...

Please come sit with me for a moment. Imagine you are in a comfortable chair in the middle of a six-sided room and notice the simple invitation: stay here, breathe, and turn your attention to whatever comes through the windows of seeing, hearing, touch, smell, and mind. No judgments, no chasing thoughts — just gentle reminders to return to the one seat and be here now. It’s small, but it changes e...

Hey — take a breath. This practice flips the mind’s old critical tapes by inserting one new, gentle line: “I love you” with your name at the end. Say it to your newborn self, your present body, or in a hard memory — no reasons needed. It’s small, immediate, and surprisingly powerful. Whisper your name, let the kindness land, and carry that warmth with you through the day.   This practice flips the...

This is the last of six guided meditations, which will provide you with a firm foundation to begin and deepen your mindfulness, insight, meditation practice. This session provides guidance in how to work with difficult emotions.  We tend to delight in pleasant emotions and struggle to get rid of the unpleasant ones.  Mindfulness will allow you to meet emotions of all kinds as guides and teachers....

This is the fifth of six introductory guided meditations, which will provide you with a firm foundation to begin and deepen your mindfulness, insight, meditation practice. This session introduces you to the final three of the five hindrances: Restlessnes and Agitation, Sloth and Torpor, and Doubt. When the mind is too energized, low energy or filled with doubt, knowing how to bring awareness and w...

This is the fourth of six introductory guided meditations: Sometimes one can hardly find the breath to use it as a training object. At such times a meditator can up-level the game and become aware of which of the Five Hindrances are present. The first two form a polarity: Craving and Aversion. Rather than struggle to stop or banish these powerful and natural life energies one learns how to acknowl...

This is the third of six guided meditations. It focuses on stress, anxiety and restlessness and teaches you to  you come home to the life of the body in the present moment. The guidance is heart-centered and creates an atmosphere of kindness and compassion to allow awakening to ripen.    🙏 SUPPORT THIS WORK These teachings are offered freely in the Buddhist tradition of dana (generosity). If this...

This is the second of six guided meditations, which will provide you with a firm foundation to begin and deepen your mindfulness, insight, meditation practice. This session introduces you to how to work with the wandering mind. It will help you escape the pointless and dispiriting battle of trying to silence the mind. The guidance is heart-centered and creates an atmosphere of kindness and compass...

This is the first of six guided meditations, which will provide you with a firm foundation to begin and deepen your mindfulness, insight, meditation practice. This session introduces you to mindfulness of breathing and teaches that the goal is to accept the nature of the wandering mind rather than trying to achieve a silent mind. It also introduces the practice of "noting".  This guided meditation...

Hey — come sit with me for a minute. Notice the breath, the shoulder that aches, the crow outside, and how the mind spins stories while you keep returning to this one true moment. No pressure, no fixing — just the small, ordinary miracle of breathing in and out, waking up again and again, and opening your heart to the messy, beautiful you. Try saying “I love you” to yourself with your name at the...

A man and a woman sit near each other, and they do not long at this moment to be older, or younger, nor born in any other nation, or time or place. They are content to be where they are, talking or not talking....

This poem is presented in English and Turkish English by Robert Beatty Turkish by Elif Ledron This is not a poem for the faint of heart or those who embrace Pollyana. It is gritty and realistic and loving and a heart and eye opener.  

Hello Friend: Please take a few minutes and allow your heart to open to profound self love.  Using the simple and potent mantra  "I love you" we will open our hearts and the deep unconscious mind to deep healing potentials.  You can imagine being present at your own birth, to be the first one to hold this precious baby.  What have you always wanted to hear" What have you longed to hear?  It is now...

Open the way inside you, the universe is your only breath, surrender to the present moment, what's coming now is all that's left, many Rivers flow through us, many creatures become us....

Death asked me to join him for dinner so I slipped into my favorite black dress  that I had been saving for a special occasion  and let him walk me to our candlelit tryst. He ordered a ribeye, extra rare I ordered two desserts and red wine and then I sipped  and wondered  why he looked so familiar .......   Performed by Robert Beatty. Music by Saffire Bouchellion 

This poem is like a splash of cold water in the face. Wake up and know what you know, what is real. Everything that can be lost will be lost. This is the essence of the Buddha's teachings in a few lines. Buckle up this is the ride of your life!

The Buddha recommended that we spend time with the Five Daily Recollections each and every day. They are a medicine for fear, greed, hatred, and confusion.  By reflecting often and deeply on these truths a new freedom is born.  

Hello friend — take a moment to rest here with me. Notice your breath, the sensations in your body, and let the idea of “I” soften. Imagine, for a heartbeat, there’s no separation between you and the world — the deer in the forest, the babies taking their first breath, the whales migrating, the trees and the people both suffering and joyful. There’s nothing to fix. Allow yourself to relax into thi...

A Poem of Love and Mindfulness as synonyms:  IN both there is room for everything This morning as I walked along the lakeshore, I fell in love with a wren and later in the day with a mouse the cat had dropped under the dining room table.

Hello, dear Dharma friends. Today, we delve into a profound journey of awakening and self-discovery inspired by the Buddha's timeless wisdom. We explore how mindfulness can transcend mere stress management to offer true liberation from life's inevitable suffering. Join us as we ponder a poetic dinner with Death, reflecting on life's fleeting beauty and our connection to the world. We'll take time...

Join Robert Beatty in a mindful exploration of healing from trauma, drawing insights from non-dual teacher Jeff Foster. Experience the power of living in the moment, trusting in the natural process of healing through emotional turbulence. Discover how love, acceptance, and a gentle awareness can guide us through the raw and intense emotions that accompany healing. Embrace every sensation, from the...

Join Robert Beatty on another lovingly guided journey into the inner life This episode is a luminous invitation to the practice of "heart-mind-fullness," which intertwines awareness with love and compassion. Join us as we meditate on the beauty of our existence, the transient nature of life, and the significance of practicing mindfulness to find inner peace and connection with the world around us.