Mind Program (New Videos)

I did voice-overs of the Mind Program slides to give you the *gist* of what happened in these sessions. The focus is on discussing the curriculum more than instruction. In-a-nutshell these sessions introduce people to meditation. Since we were filling a class hour, or 90 minutes, I added in personal explorations and career planning content....

Introduction to Meditation – The Serenity Meditation

Here is a recap of the Cultivating Serenity Meditation Practice. This is a meditation for developing calm and alertness. It's aim is to allow you to be more useful in everyday life. Meditation on Cultivating Serenity These are the 10 key phrases of the contemplation. Meditation Posture - Sitting in Chair Meditation on the Breath...

Re-visiting Way of Council

I've "dusted off" my copy of "The Way of Council" and have begun to make a mind map to help me organize and process the information. The section that has been sticking with me is "The Leader States the Theme" and that the best themes are presented in the form of a question, or a...

How To Love & How To Fight

I love these little books.  They're 4x6 inches like standard size photos. On one hand they are very simple, and on the other hand they appear to be summaries of the bigger books Anger and Fear.  They include all the important stuff like 6 Mantras of Loving Speech, 20 Questions for Looking into Your Relationship,...

Inspiration For Mind Program – Why Are You Doing This Crazy Thing?

A lot of people are curious about "how, why, and where" I got the inspiration for the Mind workshops we did this year. Here is my latest version of that story. Inspiration - MPPGA Mind 2018 I met with Moura Quayle, UBC Public Policy Director,  in June 2018 to discuss how my new experiment with...