Need 6 hours to miss your next flight? Listen to Brian Eno's airport lullaby on repeat! Perfect for meditating, relaxing, or questioning your life choices while stuck in terminal purgatory.
https://www.openculture.com/2025/03/a-6-hour-time-stretched-version-of-brian-enos-music-for-airports.html #BrianEno #AirportLullaby #Meditation #Travel #Relaxation #HackerNews #ngated

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In tonight's #meditation I was reminded that sayings like, "If you try to approach it, you'll miss it"* — can sound mysterious, but they're often matter-of-fact and mechanical.

If we've booted up a sense of agency, a "me" — and a thought-out goal we're trying to move towards — that's too complicated. That's too late.

The kind of meditation I practice is more immediate and simple than that.

Stories capture our imagination in a way not possible with other forms of text. So, I wrote about my favorite short stories that keep me strong during tough times. What do you think?

Never abandoned.

#photography #blackAndWhite #architecture #meditation #monochrome #buildings

http://shojiwax.com/2025/04/01/the-impermanence-of-what-we-build/

The impermanence of what we build.

Old dilapidated structures hold a fascination that pulls me in to explore.

Inside, there is often a palpable sadness at the decay and disassembly.
A sadness exuded by the left-behind objects, the physical structure, and (perhaps more lingering), those lingering echoes from the lives of the original inhabitants.

Old abandoned buildings are a manifest reminder of the impermanence of things. Of lives. Of ourselves.

This makes them both scary and beautiful to explore.

–ooOoo–

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Getting old with the dude.

#meditation #podcast #mentalHealth #health #zen

http://shojiwax.com/2025/04/01/listen-getting-old/

Dear Friends,
These two trees, a beech on the left, a walnut on the right have been objects of admiration for some time.

Yesterday, the sky was this gray.

Recalling this moment -
the cool air moving above and around,
through my nose, into my lungs, then back out
head upward - breathe, click, breathe.

Stating the obvious - all of this is a miracle.

#trees #spring #deciduous #phenology
#air #wind #breathing #meditation #gratitude #science
#photography

“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.”

~ Buddha
#quote #buddha #meditation #mindfulness #wisdom #dailylife

For me, an aquarium is simultaneously a sanctuary, meditation, and a means of self-expression. It inspires, calms, and provides an opportunity to create. #Aquarium #Meditation #Creativity #Sanctuary

#Today is #bread day. I’ve missed a few updates, but I’ve baked a loaf every week this year. It’s a memorized thing now, so it can transform from something actively thought about to something more like a #meditation. A simple practice my life is better for including.

First rise on the go.

Two works made by my frend Em aka Suphannee, lots of calming green and gold tones in these; reach out to me if you like either one & would like some info. Very easy to order! Just contact me

Europe heads into summer time this weekend. Depending on where you are this may change the times for some of our free online live meditation sessions.

Add some peace, calm and compassion to the flow of your day.
 
8.00am - 8.20am AEDT Calm Abiding Meditation Every Day
(7.30am Adelaide, 5.00am Perth 11pm Central European Time, 5.00pm Eastern USA, 2.00pm Pacific USA)
 
11.00am – 11.20pm AEDT Calm Abiding Meditation Tue - Sat
(10.30am Adelaide, 8.00am Perth 2.00am CET, 8.00pm East USA, 5.00pm Pacific USA)
 
6.00pm – 6.20pm AEDT Compassion Practice Mon& Wed
(5.30pm Adelaide, 3.00pm Perth, 9.00am CET, 3.00am East USA, 12midnight Pacific USA)
 
Register to receive the zoom links:
https://rigpa.org.au/guided-meditation-sessions/

#meditation #mindfulness #mindful #mind #hopecore
#freemeditation #wellbeing #selfcare #peace

Ich war heute in einem Retreat zur Meditation .
Das ist meine Supervision, das ist meine Krisenintervention.

PsyTrance Neural/Aural Pathways

Thirty minutes awake, checking messages, and this track smashes its way into my conscious stream of LC-NA focus... and then, so may it into yours...

- Track: Definition of Reality
- Artists: Sideform + Genetica
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3gk7DMUFRn469o7Vo7L43B?si=k5XeGkR7T_W1QTdvZEnq7g
- Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/1kscSReE2CiL9N2Q9

What is this LC-NA that i speak of? ... Why does it come up during periods where my mind gravitates towards wanting to hear PsyTrance? There's an old research document that I've been writing over the years, describing "'aural / neuronal data processing' as it relates to sensory response associations within the neuro-endocrine system's programming pathways", and this describes how certain musical response evokes a chemical response deep within the Dopaminergic Pathways of the brain; it's a neurological look into the scientific manner which define how and why we are capable of the "Experience and Feeling of Music".

Intrinsically involved with the aforementioned topic, inescapably so, is the LC...

> The locus coeruleus (/sɪˈruːliəs/)[or locus caeruleus, locus ceruleus], which in Latin means "blue spot", is a nucleus in the pons of the brainstem involved with physiological responses. The LC s the principal site for brain synthesis of norepinephrine (noradrenaline).

> The locus coeruleus and the areas of the body affected by the norepinephrine it produces are described collectively as the locus coeruleus-noradrenergic system or LC-NA system.[4] Norepinephrine may also be released directly into the blood from the adrenal medulla.

If you've never had the pleasure (yes, this is sarcasm) of being jabbed in the thigh with one or more EpiPens (epinephrine == adrenaline), well let me tell you that it's a whole hell of a lot of being hit with a truckload of norepinephrine (nor == 'next to'), both of which (adrenaline and noradrenaline == epinephrine and norepinephrine) comprise two of the three Catecholamines .. the third being Dopamine...

ok ok brain, Enough 6am neuroendocrinology ... I have things to attend to over at the Cytochrome P450 medabolic modulator station (CYP450, specifically 3A4 and 2C6 and 2C19 inhibitors) aka "a cabinet in the kitchen where there are mad-scientist/alchemist organic compounds). More on that some other time...

Guten ... Moooorgen... Freitag!

We need to step outside our #comfort zone. #meditation #mindfulness #dailycalm @Calm

The window.
Spiritual practice in a nutshell.

#photography #meditation #zen #philosophy #consciousness #spirituality #metaphysics

http://shojiwax.com/2025/03/28/the-window/

The window.

The spiritual path is like spending a lifetime scrubbing a window. Just when you think it’s finally clean, you can’t help but notice there’s still a smudge on the glass.
Year after year, you scrub the window, until you realise the smudge you’re trying to remove is the reflection of the one cleaning it.
At this point, the interest in cleaning the window comes to an end and all that remains is the willingness to look through it.”

— Matt Kahn

I had a really profound experience. I've been reading Thich Nhat Hanh's commentary on the Sutra on the Full Awareness of Breathing. Last night as I settled onto my meditation cushion I thought: "What the heck, I'll try it. Buddha, you do the breathing, I'll just watch." As I sat I was able to hold my awareness like never before and I was suffused with this sense of warm comfort. It was the first real breakthrough I've had in years. Thanks Thay. #buddhism #religion #meditation