Meditation with Eric podcast

Inspired by an amazing TED talk, Eric connects the concept of ego to it's physical location in the anatomy of the brain. Also hear how meditation is explicit training of how we can better deal with change... the law of impermanence.

We could all use a little help returning our minds to the present moment during our everyday activities. This episode covers random acts of kindness, smile therapy, cold therapy, and fasting to help us anchor to the now.

We all have roots. Good or bad, our roots make us who we are today. By appreciating our roots, we can grow in any direction we choose. Fire is a significant root of our entire species. Practice candle flame meditation in this episode.

All the answers, solutions and even enlightenment we could ever want or need is already within us. It's also said the best pharmacy on the planet lives there too. This episode helps us tap into to these precious gems along with learning an old-age counting method to begin your meditation sessions.

The fundamental message in the Buddha's teaching is that all suffering is caused by craving. Either wanting what you don't have, or wanting what you have that you don't like to go away. It's all wanting. It's all craving. What is the opposite of craving: acceptance. In this episode, learn how to improve the skill of acceptance.

You can distract yourself, buy some new things, get a new job, win money on a lottery ticket, fall in love, watch the new Star Wars movie again... but it always come back... the feeling something bad might happen... the feeling that some things are not they way you wish they were... this is the "undercurrent of dissatisfaction".

This first debut episode uncovers the truth that everyone is doing the best they know how. In order to deflate the pressure of the unreasonable expectations we place on ourselves, Eric passes on the mantra "I do the best I can".