Whole Explorers Podcast

My left hand didn’t trust me. My right hand wanted to lead. When I sat down to play Ode to Joy with both hands for the first time, it felt like trying to pat my head and rub my belly while riding a bicycle on a tightrope. Simple melody. Complex coordination. My brain lit up like a city switching on its lights at dusk. Something shifted. Not just in the music. In me. I started slow. Thumb meets thu...

So when you write down your thoughts two scenarios are possible: * Either your thoughts took shape in your mind after mixing all you have been reading, listening and watching * Or you are sitting silently and contemplating and an insight comes like a lightning strike and you try to catch a glimpse of it by writing it down. I wrote about something related in a previous edition listed below: You can...

To practice mindfulness in us is to cultivate the Buddha within. Right mindfulness is not closing your eyes and focusing on your breath. No. Right mindfulness is to sustain your attention throughout the day. Accepting everything without any judgment or reaction. Right mindfulness is like a mother. She loves her child no matter what. In a similar vein, we need to be equally attentive to our every f...