Oct 13 2019 55 mins 12
In the Modern World, our minds have been captured by a narrative that also runs in the minds of many others around us. With variations, this is true for almost all of humanity. This incessant train of repetitive thought rationalises and justifies and rehearses and reconstructs our past and our futures. All in an attempt to make sense of it. To try to explain the complexity of our lives, we construct a narrative. This is done in part of our brain called the Interpreter which has been identified by neurosicientists. This explanatory narrative is not helpful for our happiness. It is a reflection of our society, our culture and our economy. The sense that something is broken or something is wrong with us is almost universal. In addition to this shaky internal world, the external world, for many of us, is completely artificial. We work in boxes, travel in boxes, meet in boxes and live in boxes. Nature becomes something we use as an antidote to the inevitable consequences of living in this crazy artificial world. In this episode, Robert teaches some practices that are designed to bring our awareness to our bodies with the breath and relaxation and learning to focus our minds. This is the essential first step in releasing the unhelpful narrative that has captures so many of us. This narrative invariably denies the deep connection between the mind and body. These practices build that connection. Practices: 4-6 breaths Four tens meditation The bell meditation Following the breath Support the show
