I got a sweet email from Richard Evans this morning – I taught him Ascension meditation about three weeks ago. He’s pretty chuffed with Ascension: _________________ I just want to thank you by the way, from the bottom of my heart, what you have brought into my life is amazing! Truly, I can’t tell you […]
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The biggest problem everyone has with meditation is thoughts. Pesky, pesky thoughts. Everyone believes that they need to get rid of thoughts and then meditation begins. The fact is: You can’t stop your mind. It’s busy and active because you are alive.
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Just come from the gym where, I must admit, I was a bit of a wuss. I gave it my best shot, but it wasn’t my best. But at least I turned up and did what I could. Ever have those days where 20kg just isn’t that any more? Or 10km seems like 15? Or
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When I was a younger fellow, my sister and I went bungy jumping – off a huge bridge, into a gorge below. That was the plan anyway. She went first. They hooked her up, she jumped, no hesitation. Me? I was terrified before I had even climbed down onto the little platform. I’ve always been
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So I get asked a lot of advice, and some times I can give it because I’ve lived through the same situation. One such situation I want to share with you is about casual sex. I bring sex into this email not only to titillate but because it’s important to have a healthy relationship with
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Sometimes when I talk to someone who knows how to meditate they seem the same as the last time I talked to them. In other words, there is no change. Which surprises me. Most people who meditate change, at least the ones who use Ascension meditation – who I see the most of – do.
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The biggest problem most people have is not that they don’t have enough, it is that they take for granted what they do have. When you take something for granted you ignore and forget what is already there. You have huge blindspots to the very very good things that are already there. Sometimes it takes
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You want secrets and tips to mastering meditation? The trick is that meditation is nothing like everything else you have ever learned to do. It takes some right unlearning to undo some of the knots and bad mental conditioning you have picked up. All those bad habits that lead to stress and self-sabotage … no
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There are two parts in becoming the Lewis Hamilton of meditation. I have to be careful here because my knowledge of Formula One is limited, in fact non-existent. I should have conferred with my friend Jivana who, in between teaching Ascension meditation, actually has a gig flying around the world commentating on races in hospitality
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“If you don’t know what you want, you end up with a lot you don’t” – Chuck Palahniuk If you’ve been reading for a while you know how much in esteem I hold Chuck. The author of the “Fight Club” seems to speak directly to my being every time I see a quote from him. He
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