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. …
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 …
The Label Causes the Suffering NOT the Physical Sensations Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 Deep Dive – Everything You Need to Know About Mindfulness Read More »
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 …
Should You Stay in an Abusive Relationship to Learn Forgiveness? Read More »
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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?” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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