Category Archives: Meditation

Chet’s been meditating since 1980, and he’ll use this category to share what he’s learned about meditation in the past 25+ years.

A Chinese Meditation

I haven’t posted a meditation in a long time, so let me make up for that lapse today by turning to Yun-men, a Chinese Zen master who tells us… In walking, just walk. In sitting, just sit. Above all, don’t … Continue reading

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Flowing Water Meditation

I have a short but sweet flowing water meditation for you this week. Don’t overlook trying this one because it’s so simple. My experience in life is that simple usually turns out much better than complicated. Anyway, we start with … Continue reading

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Snowflake Meditation

For this week’s meditation, we turn to a wonderful Zen saying… No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. Meditate on this observation during the coming week whenever something feels wrong in your life. Here’s how to do it. When … Continue reading

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Meditation Stress Tip

I have an interesting meditation for you today that also effectively relieves stress. I based this meditation on a point made by Richard Albert, also known as Ram Dass, who wrote… The quieter you become, the more you can hear. … Continue reading

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Face Before You Were Born

For this week’s meditation we turn to a wonderfully simple but also richly meaningful haiku by Matsuo Basho, the most famous poet of Japan’s Edo period from 1603 to 1868: Year after year … on the monkey’s face a monkey … Continue reading

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Still Mind Meditation

For this week’s meditation we turn to a classic Taoist saying… To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. Would you like to experience what it’s like when the universe surrenders? You would? Great. Here’s how to have … Continue reading

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How to Practice

For today’s meditation, let’s learn something important from Maurine Stuart, who writes: The practice is what you throw yourself into. Unconditionally. The practice is the teacher. Your practice is your teacher. You might be asking, “What is my practice?” That’s … Continue reading

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How to Be Happy

For today’s meditation, let’s turn to American novelist and short story writer, Willa Cather, who tells us how to be happy… That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great. You are already complete and great. Right now. … Continue reading

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Poetry Quote

I’ve been swamped with putting on the final touches of my 21 Days to Health & Beyond detox diet and rejuvenation program the past week, and I’m still buried today in last minute details for tomorrow’s launch. But I do … Continue reading

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Confucius Says

For this week”s meditation, we visit my wise friend Confucius, who so correctly observed… To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it. This week, focus on letting go of all those instances when you were wronged in … Continue reading

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