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Sit

by Charles Shereda

Short readings from spiritual texts like the Tao Te Ching, a brief guided meditation, and a sometimes irreverent, sometimes insightful discussion of the text.

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  1. Tao Te Ching – Chapter 43, Meditation and Discussion

    Chapter 43 of an anonymous translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. I’m back! And coming back is not so easy. In today’s talk I begin with an update on my whereabouts and on how I’m doing. Coming back to any practice or commitment after leaving it can...

  2. Tao Te Ching – Chapter 42, Meditation and Discussion

    Chapter 42 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. In today’s talk I begin by discussing work, money, their effects on us and on nature, and the conditioned responses that were planted in each of us as children that we didn’t get…

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  3. Tao Te Ching – Chapter 41, Meditation and Discussion

    Chapter 41 of the Ch’u Ta-Kao translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Chapter 41 is a beautiful passage and one of the ones that originally attracted me to the Tao Te Ching, primarily because it puzzled me. When I was young it seemed both to not make...

  4. Tao Te Ching – Chapter 40, Meditation and Discussion

    Chapter 40 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Today I discuss the difficulty of meditating, the trap of meditating for personal gain or self-improvement, and connect the message of Chapter 40 with the existence and...

  5. Meditation and Discussion Tao Te Ching – Chapter 39

    Chapter 39 of an anonymous translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: kangaroovindaloo, Fryers Forest – Powerful Owl (Ninox Stenua),...

  6. Tao Te Ching Chapter 38 - Meditation and Discussion Tao Te Ching – Chapter 38

    Chapter 38 of an anonymous translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: sclolex, Field recording of a Great Horned Owl on the night of the...

  7. Tao Te Ching Chapter 37 - Meditation and Discussion Tao Te Ching – Chapter 37

    Chapter 37 of the Ch’u Ta-Kao translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: soundskeep, Recording of a choir of Scops Owls in Rovinj, Croatia...

  8. Tao Te Ching – Chapter 36

    Chapter 36 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: carlito62, Blackbird in Forest (southern Sweden), freesound.org

  9. Sit #35 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 35

    Chapter 35 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: vanoosbree, Sea lions at Pier 39 (San Francisco), freesound.org

  10. Sit #34 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 34

    Chapter 34 of the Walter Gorn-Old translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: yoyodaman234, The sound of wind blowing through trees with…

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  11. Sit #33 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 33

    Chapter 33 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Felix Blume Around 100 people hum at the beginning of a ritual...

  12. Sit #32 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 32

    Chapter 32 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. In this episode I mention a video of J Krishnamurti discussing meditation (https://youtu.be/xOLYN64dfKs). Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz...

  13. Sit #31 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 31

    Chapter 31 of the Ch’u Ta-Kao translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: freesound.org

  14. Sit #30 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 30

    Chapter 30 of an anonymous translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: jhumbucker, Ocean waves close up, freesound.org

  15. Sit #29 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 29

    Chapter 29 of an anonymous translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Downrigger, Thousands of frogs singing in anticipation of rain,...

  16. Sit #28 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 28

    Chapter 28 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Felix Blume, USA, Arizona – A windmill is squeaking alone in…

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  17. Sit #27 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 27

    Chapter 27 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Felix Blume An oil pump is squeaking in an industrial oil field...

  18. Sit #26 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 26

    Chapter 26 of an anonymous translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: soundsofeurope, Harbour of Höfn-Iceland June 2007, about Midnight…

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  19. Sit #25 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 25

    Chapter 25 of Walter Gorn-Old’s 1904 translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: bansemer, One mockingbird with many songs, freesound.org

  20. Sit #24 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 24

    Chapter 24 of the Ch’u Ta-Kao translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Felix Blume, The screaming piha (pajaro minero) is singing and...

  21. Sit #23 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 23

    Chapter 23 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: klangfabrik, Thunder and rain, freesound.org

  22. Sit #22 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 22

    Chapter 22 of the Frederic Henry Balfour translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: stomachache, Apollonia organ (Musical Instrument…

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  23. Sit #21 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 21

    Chapter 21 of the Frederic Henry Balfour translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Kevoy, Diving with whales (recorded in French…

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  24. Sit #20 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 20

    Chapter 20 of the Tao Te Ching, comparing the Dwight Goddard, James Legge, and D.T. Suzuki translations. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: 3bagbrew, Temple…

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  25. Sit #19 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 19

    Chapter 19 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching, along with Charles’ version of the chapter. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: barkenov, Hardrain...

  26. Sit #18 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 18

    Chapter 18 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: qubodup, Remaster/remix of Cows Moo at 10m in an Estancia of...

  27. Sit #17 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 17

    Chapter 17 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: nandre59, The ocean in beach of MECO, freesound.org

  28. Sit #16 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 16

    Chapter 16 of the Dwight Goddard translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Pierre Grandjean, grues1 (Cranes leaving France to spend winter...

  29. Sit #15 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 15

    Chapter 15 of the Raymond Blakney translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Felix Blume, A coyote is howling at night in the Gran Sabana,...

  30. Sit #14 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 14

    Chapter 14 of Raymond Blakney’s translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Felix Blume, Wind Is Blowing in the Barbed Wire Fence, Tierra…

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  31. Sit #13 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 13

    Chapter 13 of Raymond Blakney’s translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: lepolainyann, Tibetan Buddhist Chant, freesound.org

  32. Sit #12 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 12

    Chapter 12 of Raymond Blakney’s translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: frankie01234, A Murder of Crows, freesound.org

  33. Sit #11 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 11

    Chapter 11 of the Raymond Blakney translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Felix Blume, Insects Buzzing Nearby and Birds Sing, Gran…

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  34. Sit #10 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 10

    Chapter 10 of the Chung Yuan Chang translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Felix Blume, Seagulls Screaming in Istanbul Turkey,...

  35. Sit #9 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 9

    Chapter 9 of the Raymond Blakney translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: Felix Blume, Chacalas Birds Screaming at Dawn in the Forest in...

  36. Sit #8 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 8

    Chapter 8 of the Chung Yuan Chang translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: itsmrjack, Howler Monkey Jungle 4, freesound.org

  37. Sit #7 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 7

    Chapter 7 of the Chung Yuan Chang translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: zozzy, Swissbalcony.2, freesound.org

  38. Sit #6 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 6

    Chapter 6 of the Chung Yuan Chang translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: zozzy, Swissbalcony.2, freesound.org

  39. Sit #5 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 5

    Chapter 5 of Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the Tao Te Ching. 10 minute guided meditation followed by discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org Ending credits: zozzy, Swissbalcony.2, freesound.org

  40. Sit #4 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 4

    Chapter 4 of Stephen Mitchell’s translation of the Tao Te Ching; 10 minute guided meditation; followed by a discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org

  41. Sit #3 Tao Te Ching – Chapter 3

    Chapter 3 of the Tao Te Ching, Stephen Mitchell’s translation, followed by 10 minute guided meditation and discussion of the passage. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org

  42. Tao Te Ching – Chapter 2

    Chapter 2 of the Tao Te Ching, Stephen Mitchell’s translation, followed by 10 minute guided meditation and discussion. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org

  43. Tao Te Ching – Chapter 1

    Explanation of the podcast; Chapter 1 of Tao Te Ching, Stephen Mitchell’s translation, followed by 10 minute guided meditation and discussion of the passage. Intro chime credit: theveryrealhorst, Solfeggio Wind Chimes, MI 528 Hz Single Cut #2, freesound.org

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Short readings from spiritual texts like the Tao Te Ching, a brief guided meditation, and a sometimes irreverent, sometimes insightful discussion of the text.

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