When you remember who you really are…

  It has been said 50,000 thoughts arise for most of us every day. That is 2,100 thoughts per hour. Who is the thought counter? “What do you do for a living?” “I am a thought counter.” “And there’s one.”   It’s not the number of thoughts but the kind or type of thoughts that is […]

When to do the Now Sound…

A great time to do the Now Sound is when you don’t need your mind. Because we are attached to thinking, it is important to recognize there are a number of tasks completed every day without the mind. Before you have time to think, “I have to get up!” you can do the Now Sound.  From the […]

Meditation for ADD and ADHD

Sometimes when I can’t sleep I try counting sheep, but my ADHD is a nightmare. One sheep, two sheep, dog, pig, “old McDonald,” “Hey Macarena” A friend of mine recently said: “I’m too ADHD for any meditation.” This reminds me of the Zen adage: “You should sit for meditation 20 minutes a day. Unless you are […]

How to smoke Pot.

  In May of 1978, one of Siddha Yoga Dham’s  security guards hustled two teen-aged boys down the center row and once at the feet of the guru Swami Muktananda handed him a baggie. The Hindu meditation master opened the baggie, immersed his face, took a deep breath, carefully closed it and held it at arms […]