This episode of The Wake The F*ck Up Podcast was inspired by Mark Nepo's book "The Book of Awakening" and the experiences that flowed from the recognition of how often the joy of what we do is obscured by the desire to get something out of it...some reward, some accolade without which we deem the action or experience unworthy of our time and attention. How often are we bored or annoyed or anxious because we have the sense that we don't want to be doing what we're doing. In fact, we're only doing it because we have to or because there's some thing we'll attain once we get it over with? From this knowing, can we begin to imagine the feeling of our lives if the reward IS the experience itself? What might this even look like, taste like, FEEL like?

Episode 10 - Experience vs. Reward

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On this episode we explore the "aha" moment of not making our minds our enemies. From how we're raised to view and judge ourselves naturally to even the language we sometimes hear on our spiritual paths, making the mind the enemy: putting it in its place or "controlling" it sometimes seems the ultimate goal. So today we work through the transformative possibility of making the mind our friend even during meditation.

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This guided meditation includes a body scan and invites the receptivity and letting-go of whole body breathing. Once we have awakened the vitality and presence throughout the body, we have access to the formless dimension, the awareness that is our source. The meditation closes with “Walk Slowly”, from the poetry of Danna Faulds.

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Meditation: Opening to the Mystery

True listening arouses an open receptive presence that can be truly healing. This meditation awakens a listening presence; first bringing that receptive awareness to sensations and sounds, and then offering that presence to the tenderness and vulnerability of our heart.

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Meditation: Listening to Our Heart

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Open Your Eyes

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Episode 10 - Experience vs. Reward

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