Infinite Bliss Podcast – Episode 5 This alternative view of what the mind is doing when you “think” it’s talking to you is incredibly eye opening. You’ll view that voice in your head very differently after listening to this episode and will be able to take back control and step away from the drama. That …
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Expectations – Don’t let them ruin your day There’s only one way you can have your expectations met, but an almost unlimited number of ways they can be broken. See how this primitive process that evolved to improve our chances of survival is now one of the main reasons we’re unhappy. Also learn what you …
Probably the most selfish thing you can do In this episode of the Infinite Bliss Podcast, Mat teaches the benefits of practicing Unconditional Love. It has tremendous health benefits but also has the power to silence your mind. And, unlike meditation, you can learn this simple practice easily and see meaningful change in your everyday …
A glimpse into your Mind, Body and Spirit In this episode of the Infinite Bliss Podcast, we take a brief look at Mindfulness using a clever visual tool. Maybe you’ve never thought about mindfulness this way, but it might just be enough to give you a glimpse into the connection between your mind, body and …
The Story of Mat’s EGO Death and Spiritual Awakening In this episode of the Infinite Bliss podcast, find out how Mat’s ego-death and awakening experience can help you change your own life. It’s quite an epic unraveling. From feeling superior, to feeling like a complete loser due to a string of unfortunate events. The story …
I’ve had discussions with many people that think that, “being present”, simply means putting down your phone. I can be incredibly present while using my phone, feeling all the tactile sensations and marveling at the colors and shapes. And at the same time I can be completely lost in thought while walking in the woods. …
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Hi Everyone, just a quick update to let you know that I’m going to start talking about my spiritual awakening and ego-death as well as the bigger picture of enlightenment. It’s 10 years since my world was tipped upside down by my own awakening, but now I’m finally ready to start talking about the ups …
When you’re in discomfort it’s the label you give it that causes the pain and suffering not the physical sensations themselves. Last week gave me the perfect opportunity to talk about how any suffering that we experience is caused by the conversations in our head and more specifically the labels that we give things, not …
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My son just recently got interested in mountaineering and was looking through some of my old photographs of when I climbed South America’s highest mountain. I hadn’t thought about that trip to Aconcagua in a long time. We talked for a while about technical mountaineering, but what really threw him was when I said, “have …
In this tutorial, I’m going to teach you the easiest way to learn mindfulness and incorporate it into every aspect of your life. Don’t make the mistake of trying to run before you can walk. Learn the skills in an isolated environment first and then take it on the road. The Easiest Way to Learn …
Join Mat as he takes you on a journey through your mind and why it causes so much drama these days. This is a deep dive into the power of mindfulness. Regain your control by taking yourself out of your mind and back into your body where it belongs. Mindfulness Deep Dive – Everything you …
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In this article we’ll explore whether you should remain in an abusive relationship so you can learn forgiveness, gratitude or acceptance. This is a big topic and a roller coaster ride of emotions, but I really hope this helps those currently suffering from abuse and helps them make a decision that benefits their health and …
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In this article, I discuss how you can beat cancer with unconditional love. It’s so easy to practice but will transform your body chemistry into such a healthy state that the cancer doesn’t stand a chance. How to Beat Cancer with Unconditional Love It’s a sad fact that so many people are diagnosed with cancer …
In this article, I’m going to teach you how to practice unconditional love and how to incorporate unconditional love into your everyday life. Surprisingly Simple, Unbelievably Powerful Unconditional Love is surprisingly easy to learn, but incorporating it into your everyday life as a natural, instinctive part of your being takes a little more time to …
In this article, I discuss why being unhappy serves no purpose. It might sound like a harsh title, a complete brush off, or a flippant comment made by someone that doesn’t understand……but keep reading to find out why being unhappy only causes more unnecessary pain and suffering as well as ill health. But it does …
It’s nothing new, but many people experience stress during the holiday season. It should be a time of great joy and happiness. We have parties to go to. We spend time with friends, eat wonderful food and give gifts to the ones we love. Houses are decorated in beautiful colors and festooned with lights. But …
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This mindless ramble by The Gregarious Hermit will teach you how to be happy anywhere no matter what you’re doing. Even if it differs from what you’d rather be doing.
Join me as I give you a few insights into why nature is so relaxing and how you can become absorbed into your surroundings. Why hiking is one of the simplest mindful activities you can do.
Does meditation work? Yes. Here endeth today’s lesson. Joking of course. Like many things, it’s not quite so simple. First of all. What do you mean by, “Does meditation work?” Meditation was traditionally practiced thousands of years ago to understand our place in the universe. To free ourselves from our minds. Seek liberation from suffering …
Have you ever tried a guided meditation where you’re being led on a journey through an enchanted forest, or a beautiful beach with the waves gently lapping on the shore – you finish the meditation and you’re floating, peaceful and all your stress has gone? You feel amazing. But then. The next night, you sit …
People ask me all kinds of spiritual questions, and while my own ego death and spontaneous awakening experience was definitely spiritual in nature, I don’t consider myself to be a spiritual guru. To me, a spiritual guru is someone who has devoted their whole life to spiritual refinement and is regarded by a larger community …
I used to get sick every year like clockwork. Until I noticed, I was accidentally telling myself to get sick on a certain date. I was giving myself permission to do it. This article describes that journey, the observations I made in myself and others, and explains why the mind has such control over our …
This article discusses how the mind tricks us into thinking we are superior because we meditate. Don’t get fooled. Simply ignore the mind and refuse to play the game. This is the only way to silence your mind. If you understand that the voice in your head that sounds like you, isn’t actually you, then …
Some tasks, hobbies or sports are able to give us the experience of mindfulness without realizing it or without having to resort to a formal process. Do you think Evel Knievel was thinking about his laundry while jumping over flaming cars? Probably not. Certain situations call for such high levels of focus and attention that …
OM or AUM as it’s better phrased is the sound of the universe. Even if you don’t meditate, you’ve probably stumbled across a movie or two where they show a temple full of Buddhist monks all chanting (OM) ommmmmmmm in unison in deep, low, rumbling voices. There is a good reason for that, dare I …
Just wanted to give a quick update. I started adding video versions of my popular simple meditation techniques. Once I get a little more fluid with video, I’ll start to add some more variety as well as some more advanced meditation techniques. Until then, I just added the following meditations; Follow the Breath Simple but …
I’d like to talk today about one of my favorite subjects, and that is, using sound as a gateway to experiencing oneness with the universe and ultimately attaining enlightenment. Read on to find out how you can use sound as a gateway to enlightenment. Sound is conceptually easy to understand the connection between yourself and …
In this article we ask the question, “is meditation dangerous”, and talk about some of the things to watch out for if you start meditating to solve larger life problems. Don’t worry. There’s nothing too scary but just things to be careful of. I think it’s generally recognized that meditation has some wonderful health benefits and there is nothing inherently …
Mindfulness. We hear that term quite often these days. I for one am very grateful that things like meditation and mindfulness are gaining more momentum. It has tremendous benefits for all of us. Join me on this mindfulness walk as I hike through a local park practicing mindfulness. In this short video, I take you …
Getting Intimate with a TREE This is a passion project, or possibly a project based on guilt? Our neighborhood has been devastated by freak wind storms and unusual thunderstorms over the past few years. It’s wreaked havoc on the large, mature trees and has caused a lot of fear amongst the residents. On a daily …
Harriman State Park – Sterling Forest State Park This video is less about spirituality but more about the art of spiritual living. This is officially my first YouTube video. Hiking is a big part of my life and my connection to nature. Making the video and using my new Zhiyun Smooth 4 gimbal is all …
It’s a good question right! Irreconcilable Differences cause so much tension between couples, coworkers, colleagues and in other social situations. But should they? When you learn to spot that there is no right or wrong, life becomes so much simpler. My wife likes chicken, I like fish, which one of us is right? We should …
For those of you jumping into the subject of Enlightenment for the first time, simply put, Enlightenment is the point where the mind loses all control over you and you are able to use the mind like a tool rather than letting it be the master. You don’t become one with the universe, you are the universe. It’s much deeper than that, but lets keep it simple. The process usually starts with the “understanding” that you are not your body and not your mind. At first, this understanding may be completely faith based because you read it somewhere, or stumbled upon a Youtube video that sounded interesting. But through a careful process of meditation and playing games with the mind, you will experience phenomena that seem to back this claim up.
Why is it that vacations make us feel good? And why do we remember them so vividly? There’s a lot to unpack in those two questions, so sit back and let’s explore what’s going on. Normal life seems dull Before we can understand why vacations feel so special, we need to dig into how the …
Short answer. Whichever meditation works best for you. In a nutshell, that’s it, we’re finished with this blog post. Whichever meditation works best for you is the best meditation for you. If you go on the internet (duhhhh, you’re already here), and do a search for “meditation”, you will come up with 1000’s of different types. …
I love the basic premise of that statement. I also love that it seems to have become more mainstream whether you’re a seeker or not. Having an “attitude of gratitude” is the same as seeing the glass as being half full. Optimistic. Looking at what you have and not what you don’t. But the deeper …
Enlightened Master? I recently watched the Mr. Rogers movie, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”, starring Tom Hanks. If you haven’t seen it yet, I highly encourage you to break out the pop corn and fire up whatever streaming service you prefer. It is a truly remarkable movie about a wonderful human being. I’m from …
We hear that expression a lot in yoga, meditation and spirituality. But what exactly does it mean? What is your center and how do you find it? What is your “center”? We’re not talking about your nearest holistic yoga center. We’re not talking about the center of our galaxy or the universe. We’re talking about …
Have you ever wondered why Gurus and Spiritual teachers change their name? It might not be why you think. It isn’t used as a distinguished title, so that their followers will worship the ground they walk on. It’s not used to put them on a pedestal and is not an egoic status symbol to be …
If your best friend was walking down a busy street towards you, you’d be able to spot them and pick them out of the sea of faces really quickly. It’s not that you don’t identify any other people, it’s just that your mind recognizes that you’ve had past interactions with them. It has a reference point. It found them in the database. Your mind is really good at this and does it so fast, you don’t even consciously notice it. But it’s a totally passive activity. You don’t go, “I’m going to keep track how many cars I see that are like mine”. Or, “I’m going to look for my friend Bob in this crowd of people.”
When it comes to getting away from the stresses of a hectic modern day life, I can’t think of anything better to do than go for a walk in the woods. Reconnecting with nature for even a few minutes has a wonderful restorative effect on the body. Sunlight warming the skin. Fresh air filling the lungs. All those happy …
The boot camp is an in-depth look at meditation. Rather than just jumping right into meditation, I feel it really helps to have a good understanding of the nature of the mind and why we meditate in the first place. If you don’t fully understand the reasons why, then you will just be sitting in an uncomfortable posture with your eyes closed, wondering what’s for dinner, or when that new movie comes out.
OK, so after a wonderful start setting up my website and getting some good feedback, I spent the rest of the week breaking it. My second blog post is already a Rant!!!Is this what the internet does to people? FRUSTRATED HERMIT I’m usually fairly good at fixing technical problems, but the more I tinkered under …
Hello World. Hello Universe. So technically this is my first blog post. I have tons of ideas that will be appearing over the next few lifetimes, but for right now, lets keep it short and sweet. I want this website to be all about helping you find inner-peace, unconditional love and pure happiness. I want …