Is the ultimate goal of meditation to focus our attention on the quality of the present moment, ignoring the future, the past, and our own inner commentary?

Imagine your inner life as a large community with a lot of different voices where everyone wants and needs to be heard. You have voices that keep you safe, that make sure you behave appropriately, vulnerable voices, child voices, ancient wisdom voices protective and critical voices. Some voices are more dominant than others. For instanceContinue reading “Is the ultimate goal of meditation to focus our attention on the quality of the present moment, ignoring the future, the past, and our own inner commentary?”

How is mindfulness being packaged incorrectly to customers and consumers?

I feel like it’s been marketed as a cool trendy thing to do as opposed to a an actual answer to a problem. A lot of people who can really use it think it’s woo woo, so they don’t use it. Others who do use it develop a attitude of spiritual superiority, and become intolerable,Continue reading “How is mindfulness being packaged incorrectly to customers and consumers?”

Why does Hollywood keep casting British actors to play American superheroes?

An acting teacher of mine put it this way. “It comes down to schooling, when young women and men study acting in Britain it’s expected they are going to work. They cut their teeth often in the theater they are expected to discipline themselves and they don’t get by on just having a pretty face.Continue reading “Why does Hollywood keep casting British actors to play American superheroes?”

As an extremely busy medical student/future doctor, how do I meditate in my daily life and stay/reside with my awareness/Self, in spite of all my commitments of work and study?

What would it take for you to come to the conclusion that you meditate because of not in spite of. Being centered and empathetic is probably going to do more to make you a better doctor than being busy. In our society we have made being busy a status symbol, but what does it reallyContinue reading “As an extremely busy medical student/future doctor, how do I meditate in my daily life and stay/reside with my awareness/Self, in spite of all my commitments of work and study?”