Description
Are you ever trying to figure out the answer to something and no matter how you think about it, you're stuck? Elizabeth and Kate talk about realizing that "figuring it out" (by constant thinking) doesn't work because we end up using parts of our brains that are not the center of stillness or intuition. Instead, when we have a question or a problem, one technique is to set the thing we are thinking about on a mental shelf and go into meditation with a mantra, counting, or breathing practice, essentially letting the buzzing problem go untouched during our sit. Then when we rise from the sit and go about our days, how do we handle the decisions to be made and the persistent thoughts that seem to still be clamoring (if a bit more quietly)? By not focusing on it. Kate and Elizabeth discuss how that looks in practice and how we do it together in community.
Topics
- Uncovering the Power of Spiritual Principles - 00:00 - 06:43
- Facing Stress: Using the Gap to Find Peace - 06:32 - 13:27
- Using Meditation to Detach from Desires - 13:28 - 20:51
- Awakening to the Sacred Ordinary - 20:51 - 27:48
- Using Mantra Meditation - 27:48 - 35:12
- Feeling Peace - 35:14 - 42:06
- Then Finding Joy - 42:08 - 49:07
Resources
- Around the Year with Emmet Fox, Emmet Fox
- Joel Goldsmith discusses oneness in many books. A great place to start is Living the Infinite Way
- Chuck C recorded a series of talks then collected into a book, both titled A New Pair of Glasses
- Michael Singer's teachings start in The Untethered Soul and continue in Living Untethered
- Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Deepak Chopra
- The spiritually sacred act of washing dishes is expanded upon here and is one of Thich Nhat Hanh's small, great lessons
- Roger Gabriel serves as Deepak Chopra's Chief Meditation Officer at the Chopra Center. More on him here
- We've talked about Sri Ramana Maharshi before. More on his teachings here.
- Information on Caroline Myss can be found here.
- The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism can be read about in numerous places, including here.
