by Lily Forester | Jun 14, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 253 Making Progress Every day we exercise our habits, some good and some bad. Some bring us closer to our preferred state, and some remove us further. Right now, and every day, we have the choice of bringing more presence into which habits we keep and which we...
by Lily Forester | Jun 10, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 5 Jump Around At many points of our lives, perhaps many times a day, we put our trust in other people, perhaps even complete strangers. We cross the street, expecting that we won’t be run over. We drive our cars expecting that the brakes will still function....
by Lily Forester | Jun 9, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 5 Jump Around So many times in our lives, we might be enjoying the company of friends or family, chatting excitedly, eating or drinking. But we might not have the presence of mind to look around and notice those moments in which we are happy. It doesn’t take a...
by Lily Forester | Jun 8, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode248 Ask for More It’s wonderful to be grateful for the blessings that you have – the friendships, family, possessions, nice food. It’s also wonderful to be grateful for the things that you might yet receive. Every one of us has the capacity to dream...
by Lily Forester | Jun 7, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 248 Tempered Strength There is a story repeated in the Zen tradition, perhaps originating from the works of Chuang-Tzu. An emperor finds a rooster to send it to fight, and finds the best trainer in all of China. After months, the rooster is finally ready to...
by Lily Forester | Jun 3, 2021 | podcast, short episodes
Episode 246 Talk to God The unconventional psychologist Thomas Szasz pointed out the strange contradiction in the cultural standard of what we consider sane in this quote: “If you talk to God, you are praying; If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.” In societies...
