A Quiet Mind

Click Here for Podcast >>> In this podcast, I talk about how to achieve self-love through the process of self-awareness. I delve into Shadow Side work and how to embrace our suffering and pain while acknowledging our compassion and empathy. Continue reading How to Achieve Self-Love→

Thousands of years ago our ancestor's curiosity about the afterlife led them to discover the process we call meditation...maybe? Continue reading The Void of No Return→

Do you have an inner voice that makes you feel lousy or anxious? Learn to catch yourself before reacting to preprogrammed, unconscious reactions spurred on by invasive, destructive thoughts. Continue reading The Great Pause→

This podcast is about Tonglen (Tong lin) meditation. I talk about how I use the practice to relieve anxiety, stress, anger, and frustration. This isn’t about by-passing reality or having wishy thinking, this is about inviting in the pain and Continue reading How to deal with anxiety and suffering using compassion and empathy.→

PLAY PODCAST>>> After almost thirty years of meditation here are four things I wish I’d known sooner. 1. Sitting without any gaining idea is priceless not trying to become anything not trying to add anything but just sitting in silent Continue reading Four Things I Wish I Would Have Known Sooner→

A talk about the ground of being, emptiness, and the primordial state of being: kicking ourselves out of any nest of supposed understanding we may have reached. We are exiting the zero space of the non-dual abiding. Compassion and empathy Continue reading The Groundless Ground of Being→

This podcast is about the amazing, beautiful, and mysterious world we live in and how we’re a part of it.

This podcast talks about walking meditation, zazen, mindfulness, and nature as teacher and guide. One of the best ways to support the podcast is to give us a five-star review on iTunes. Or become a supporting patron at My Patreon Page Continue reading There’s an Octopus in my Head→

This podcast talks about practices that open the heart and promote compassion and empathy. One of the best ways for you to help the podcast is to give us a five-star review on iTunes. If you want to become a patron, Continue reading The Tale of the Headless Buddha→

In this podcast, I give a few tips and tricks on how to tighten up your practice and focus on your posture.

In the podcast, I’m reviewing problems and stumbling blocks that come up before and during meditation practice.

In this podcast, we look at how an inner dialog can create suffering and pain by imagining what other people may be thinking about us.  

In this podcast we ponder the question, If I stop thinking will there still be a “me?”

In this podcast, we go further into how to quiet the mind by watching our thoughts during daily activities and embracing feelings and emotions. Continue reading Don’t Worry It’s All Just an Illusion→

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In this episode, we will look into ways of dealing with fear in the time of covid-19

Some tools for breaking through the veil of separateness. 

A podcast that answers some questions about awakening. Continue reading Am I Awake?→

Embracing the wacky, craziness that is our world.

A podcast about nothing and no one.

There are no steps to enlightenment or nirvana and no one can take you there.

In this podcast I take a look at the big questions yet again. Who am I? What am I? Can I become enlightened? Will I ever be happy, whole and complete? How do I get rind of discontent, desire and Continue reading No One Gets Out of Here Enlightened→

In this episode of A Quiet Mind I will be smashing some paradigms of spirituality, enlightenment and do-goodery. Get cool stuff and get involved in the production costs for the book and the guided meditations. https://www.patreon.com/aquietmind

Take a walk in the woods.

There’s no “doing” necessary to be YOU.

A guided meditation with sounds of nature and you know who talking. Daniel’s Meditation

Life is difficult. There is pain and suffering and at times there is a deep misery or depression beyond our control. Sometimes we fail and sometimes the world just kicks our ass. It’s ok to fail, forget, blow it, lose Continue reading Failure the other “F” word→

Reminders on the path Don’t worry so much. Just relax. You’re only doing the best you can. Fully embrace every aspect of who you are right now. Rest in being here right now. Decided to feel good. Don’t try so Continue reading Everythings gonna be ok→

Once upon a time there was a thought, and the thought was, “a quiet mind is all you need.” A quiet mind is all anyone needs to feel happy, peaceful, whole and complete. If your mind just stops and becomes Continue reading So you want a quiet mind eh?→

Do you have lizard brain behind the wheel? Scared? Fearful? Angry? Defensive? This podcast addresses our survival instinct we may have while driving and how we can evolve beyond a scared reptile into a calm, kind and compassionate traveler.  Know Continue reading Lizard Brain is Behind the Wheel→

It’s Monday morning and your late again. Your stuck in bumper to bumper traffic and losing it. That jerk in the convertible just cut you off and that crazy person behind you is ridding your ass. Your trapped behind a Continue reading The Highway 101 Blues→

When the attachment to thoughts subsides our mind naturally gets quiet and we begin to experience gaps between thoughts. In these gaps, we can hear the soft -spoken voice of the heart. This soft-spoken voice is a compass, that can Continue reading Heart Mind→

In every moment there is the opportunity to see that your true nature is happiness. There is no need to seek for what is already yours. The treasure is within you. Spend quiet time alone contemplating nothingness See that you Continue reading Happiness Now→

If you want to know the truth about who you really are and what this is really all about you have to be willing to give up the old methods, to reach beyond thought and thinking mind and to take the dive into the unknown. Continue reading How to wake up→

  Return to the one that is not touched by the circumstances of the world. The one that lives in this world but not of this world. Drop the meditator, drop the form and just sit without any rigid model. Continue reading Returning to Intimacy→

Do you have a barking dog mind that wont shut up? Are you trying to distract it with treats, and other bribes?   Do you ignore his barks and try to drown them out with other sounds? Do you numb Continue reading Do you have Barking Dog Mind?→

The invitation to arrive in this moment is constantly being offered to you. It’s up to you to take it.   Breathing in I accept what is so in this moment. Breathing out I accept what is so in this Continue reading Ego schmego!→

There is nothing to discover There is nothing to remove There is nothing to add There is nothing to see You are fine and there is nothing to fix There is no one to save You are whole and complete Continue reading Fire your ego and call off the search. You are home and you have arrived.→

If you think about it we were never taught to breath, isn’t that strange?  We have been living out our whole lives without the basic instructions on how to breathe properly. Isn’t that shocking?  Most of us breathe like little Continue reading Learning to breathe→

Here are the four questions we asked Mallika Chopra. What would your answers be? 1. What is you heart’s desire? 2. What motivates you? 3 How do you stay on track when you feel like giving up? 4. What is Continue reading What is your heart’s desire? With Mallika Chopra→

An interesting question to ponder is, “Who or what am I?” If asked silently to oneself alone in a room the answer can be dare I say it, enlightening. Be curious, be daring, be open. Empty your cup and see Continue reading Who or what am I?→

I’m jumping in and taking you with me! Join me on the journey of following your heart’s desire. Let’s step into the unknown together and take the leap of faith. In this podcast we talk about: Embracing your own inner Continue reading Where I become a test subject for following your heart’s desire.→

Are you following your heart’s desire? How do you know that it’s you heart that is speaking to you? Is it just more mind stuff, or is there something driving you beside your ego and your desires. This podcast features Continue reading Heart’s desire or just more mind stuff?→

The practice of gratitude is honed over time with patience and humility at its’ core. A good way to experience this practice is bowing in gratitude. This doesn’t have to be the physical act of bowing (but that helps); you Continue reading Bow in gratitude.→

How do we define success? In our society success seems to be measured by what we have done, created, or collected rather than what we have given or shared with our fellow sentient beings. I had always seen success as Continue reading Success is in the eye of the beholder.→

Are you using social networking to avoid being social. Have you noticed yourself Tweet-ing and Facebook-ing in social situations to avoid talking and interacting with people?  I’m constantly observing people in line at the store, at the airport, on a Continue reading Tweet my Facebook status on MySpace→

How can we obtain that which we already have?  Should we drop the goal of obtaining peace as a result of our meditation practice?  Can we just sit without wanting something to happen and just be with what is?  Having Continue reading Peace can’t be obtained→

Don’t be fooled by the carrot life is dangling before you.  That which you seek is inside of you waiting to be discovered.  There is no need to look outside yourself for happiness, love, bliss or completeness; everything that you Continue reading The true essence of mind→

Are you a spiritual seeker?  Do you want to control your own destiny, the universe or just your dog?  This podcast may have the answers that you seek. Who are you? Where did you come from? Where do you go Continue reading Spiritual Seeker?→

In our daily lives we have so much distraction and stimulation that we barely have the time to feel. What do I mean by feel? Feeling our pain, loss heartache, frustration anger etc. Our society is built up in a Continue reading Going into the pain, heartache and loss.→