Pariyatti
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A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 65 excerpt)
December 21, 2022 23:31 - 1.45 MB application/x-download-fileStory 65 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . From my small hut atop a hill in Maharashtra, I could watch the farmers on the plains below. Late afternoon was my favorite time of day. The cow dust hour, it was called, and for good reason. The cows kicked up reddish dust as they were herded home from the pastures. The farmers sang... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 2 minutes 13 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does no...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 64 excerpt)
December 17, 2022 23:29 - 2.1 MB application/x-download-fileStory 64 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . When someone says hello to me in Korean, I invariably reply “kamsahamnida.” My response is immediate and trips naturally off my tongue. Unfortunately “kamsahamnida” does not mean “hello.” It means, “thank you.” But I don’t care. To my ear, “kamsahamnida” sounds like a greeting. It sounds more like a... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 3 minutes 39 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio ...
Pariyatti Presents... An interview with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
December 16, 2022 15:37 - 42.1 MB application/x-download-fileThis is a Pariyatti Presents... interview with the Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi on September 18, 2022. Ven. Bodhi discusses topics such as how he became a monk, how he started his Pāli translation work, the challenges encountered, social engagement as a monk (while running the charity Buddhist Global Relief), and right speech. The interview is followed by a 30-minute Q&A session, where he answers selected questions from the audience. Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi interviewed by Kory Goldberg 2022 1 hour 32 m...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 63 excerpt)
December 14, 2022 23:28 - 1.46 MB application/x-download-fileStory 63 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I like to bake bread. Actually, the bread bakes itself; I simply facilitate the process. I add the flour to the yeast and water. I then knead the mixture, but even in this most tactile of experiences I am more an engaged observer than a creator. Kneading continues until the mixture reveals to my hands and fingers that the mixture is well kneaded. I do not know how long this takes,... narrated by...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 62 excerpt)
December 10, 2022 23:21 - 2.76 MB application/x-download-fileStory 62 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Because we aren't trying to get better or happier or stronger or wealthier, our life advice no longer needs to come from style gurus and lifestyle coaches. (What is a lifestyle anyway? And why does it need coaching?) Of course, we aren't trying to get sadder or weaker or poorer either. We are simply living a more unconditioned life, a more honest life, more content with our lot. We have not excha...
Exploring the Path with Klaus Nothnagel - Interview July 17, 2022
December 10, 2022 00:42 - 41.9 MB application/x-download-fileThis is an interview with Klaus Nothnagel, Pāli teacher, author, and creator of the online Pāli courses "Exploring the Path" and "Buddhasahassanamavali." Klaus Nothnagel interviewed by Marta Van Patten 2022 1 hour 32 minutes Watch the video or download the audio. Download Audio (44MB) Find the online Pali courses by Klaus at the Pariyatti Learning Center. Introduction to Pali (PDF) Intro to Pali (web edition) Exploring the Path Buddhasahassanamavali video copyright 2022 Pariy...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 61 excerpt)
December 07, 2022 23:17 - 2.84 MB application/x-download-fileStory 61 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . When I was young, we were a family of four living in a small apartment. At the time, especially as a teenager, I bemoaned my lot in life and wished I lived in a far grander home like a few of my friends. My mother fancied herself a philosopher. She read Lin Yutang and Richard Needham of the Toronto Globe and Mail. My father was an army guy, a vet who lived for hockey and footba...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 60 excerpt)
December 03, 2022 16:45 - 2.56 MB application/x-download-fileStory 60 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . As one proceeds on the non-doing path, the simpler life becomes. The simplicity refers to a lessening of inner confusion, not necessarily to fewer possessions. A letting go or a discarding happens naturally to all the habitual mind patterns that we immerse ourselves in. Again, it’s the craving for and our attachment to our chosen modes of escape... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 4 minutes...
Vipassana’s Unique Focus and Features: An Introductory Talk by Paul R. Fleischman (July 17, 2022)
December 03, 2022 00:35 - 22.9 MB application/x-download-fileThis was an online talk given by Paul R. Fleischman to the Denver Insight Meditation Group on July 17, 2022. It is intended for an audience that, while experienced in practicing meditation or well-informed on the subject, still seeks to understand the unique features of Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka and the organization that provides 10-day courses to learn it. Paul R. Fleischman hosted by the Denver Insight Meditation Group 2022 50 minutes Watch the video or download th...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 59 excerpt)
November 30, 2022 16:44 - 2.09 MB application/x-download-fileStory 59 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I have spent most of my adult life avoiding gainful employment. I remember telling my guidance counselor at the age of fourteen that I wanted to be a shepherd. I pictured myself lazing under a giant oak, my trusty staff at my side, ready to rescue any wayward sheep. But shepherding was not on his list of future occupations, so he checked off actuary for me. For years I thought the two were synony...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 58 excerpt)
November 26, 2022 16:41 - 2.08 MB application/x-download-fileStory 58 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I don't do fun. I shun hysteria. I never understood the causal relationship between indulging in a fun activity and happiness. Having the bejesus scared out of me on a roller-coaster is not, in and of itself (as we used to insert into arguments in Philosophy 101), fun. It is terrifying. The fun can only arise, if at all, when the ride is... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 3 minutes 36 seco...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 57 excerpt)
November 23, 2022 16:39 - 1.93 MB application/x-download-fileStory 57 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . One parent-teacher evening, a parent caught me alone at my desk and asked to see me for a few minutes. She seemed upset over some perceived injustice or oversight. She started in on me before she had sat down. “My Eliza in your grade 6 geography class received a failing grade on her last test. She had studied very hard for that test. She is very upset with the mark she got... narrated by Ian McCrorie...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 56 excerpt)
November 19, 2022 16:36 - 2.48 MB application/x-download-fileStory 56 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I meditate mostly in my room, but I always meditate in silence. I remain still. Stillness is both a vehicle to silence and a byproduct of the same. Ajahn Chah referred to doing nondoing as a still forest pond. Stillness is also the antonym of distraction, whereas the conditioned mind is the epitome of distraction, filled as it is with well-trodden paths of judgment, impatience, craving, anger, an...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 55 excerpt)
November 16, 2022 23:59 - 1.96 MB application/x-download-fileStory 55 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . On the way to Eungam Station in Seoul lived a tailor and his wife. He did simple alterations to pants and jackets. His wife did the measuring and the pinning. They had two large dry-cleaning machines, also her responsibility, as was the folding. He however did all the pressing. They both worked slowly. This being my favorite speed, I could relate. They took great care. They wore slippers because ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 54 excerpt)
November 12, 2022 23:58 - 2.5 MB application/x-download-fileStory 54 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . When I was young, I would spend a few weeks of my summer holiday at my grandmother’s in Toronto. She lived by herself in a small apartment in the downtown. She had no television. She had no games or toys. There were no books at my age level, let alone comics. I loved it. My mother would catch up with Grandma. I was left to fend for myself. I was totally free, unprogrammed, unentrapped. I counted ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 53 excerpt)
November 09, 2022 23:56 - 2.37 MB application/x-download-fileStory 53 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Many years ago, I attended a performance of Aida. This was a full production and the director wanted to impress. In the opening scene, he featured a live elephant. The audience seemed to anticipate the arrival of the elephant more than the two hours of Verdi that would follow the pachyderm's entrance. As the curtain parted, there stood the elephant as right as rain, center stage. The woman seated...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 52 excerpt)
November 05, 2022 22:54 - 1.75 MB application/x-download-fileStory 52 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Life naturally simplifies. The many miracles of small things sidetrack the singular quest for ever greater success and accomplishments. Life loses its Photoshop luster when you simply live it. The little voices in your head or your gut may tell you to go right or left, here or there as they are conditioned. These are not usually the voices of wisdom but of... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 51 excerpt)
November 02, 2022 22:52 - 1.99 MB application/x-download-fileStory 51 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Even the daily grind can be seen anew. Marcus Aurelius said it best: “Early in the morning I am rising to do the work of a human being.” It matters not a jot how you spend your days, but each one bears the possibility of doing the work of a human being. narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 2 minutes 41 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 49 excerpt)
October 30, 2022 20:37 - 1.97 MB application/x-download-fileStory 49 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Doing non-doing, allowing the suffocating angst in, though insisting it must sit in the corner and not suck out all the oxygen in the room, opens up a new way of seeing and experiencing daily life. It is as if you had been suffering from severe cataracts before and now your vision is unimpaired. The clouds have dissipated. The familiar takes on subtle hues and an unfamiliar clarity, leading one to marvel in ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 50 excerpt)
October 29, 2022 22:50 - 2.31 MB application/x-download-fileStory 50 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I run almost every day. I don't push myself. I enjoy the sights and especially the smells as I run. I don't wear my glasses for that reason; my astigmatism enhances my sense of smell. I like the mustiness of mud thawing in the early spring and the tang of last night's rain as it evaporates in the first rays of the sun. Running is a kind of physical meditation. I am hyperaware of my breathing and ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 48 excerpt)
October 26, 2022 20:35 - 2.22 MB application/x-download-fileStory 48 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . The fourth and final noble truth, the prescription for our illness, to continue the medical metaphor, is outlined in eight stages. The path (which is not, you may remember, a path but a wheel) covers everything from your behavior, your occupation, your speech, and your daily practice, right up to your thoughts and understanding. Note, however,... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 3 minutes 56 seconds ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 47 excerpt)
October 23, 2022 20:33 - 2.06 MB application/x-download-fileStory 47 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . We used to drive to Toronto every Christmas vacation to spend the holidays with my grandmother. It was about 250 miles away, two-lane blacktop all the way. Our means of conveyance was at first a Prefect and later a Vanguard, both inexpensive, four-cylinder British imports with all the fire power of a lawn mower with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 3 minutes 34 seconds L...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 46 excerpt)
October 19, 2022 20:31 - 2.7 MB application/x-download-fileStory 46 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . For many years I faithfully sat two hours a day. This was my formal meditation practice. Two hours a day is a lot of meditation, I thought. I was wrong. Two hours a day is a lot of practice, but it is not a lot of meditation. Meditation cannot be measured.... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 4 minutes 58 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 45 excerpt)
October 16, 2022 20:30 - 2.28 MB application/x-download-fileStory 45 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Without the ability to silently sit alone in a darkened room, we are destined to be a slave to our conditioned mind, reacting to self-imposed habitual preconditions, convinced that everything out there is awesome and everyone else is as happy as kings. So why, you wonder, am I so miserable? I have lost count of the number of times in a given day I start a sentence with... narrated by Ian McCrorie 202...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 44 excerpt)
October 12, 2022 20:24 - 2.54 MB application/x-download-fileStory 44 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Happiness is not something to pursue. Like the truth, happiness too is not out there somewhere. Chasing it is like a dog trying to catch its tail. Happiness has been hijacked by old habit patterns which have convinced us to look for it under the bright lights. We are so busy frantically... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 4 minutes 37 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not sup...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 43 excerpt)
October 09, 2022 20:23 - 2.72 MB application/x-download-fileStory 43 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . The question remains, however, why is practice so difficult? To begin with, doing non-doing is by and of itself difficult because to be still and just watch goes against our very nature. This is especially true when... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 5 minutes 01 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (2.9MB) Audio copyright, 2022...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 42 excerpt)
October 05, 2022 20:21 - 1.34 MB application/x-download-fileStory 42 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . In large stores in Korea there is a greeter at the front door. He or she bows and wishes you well and a good shopping experience. Koreans are used to this formal welcome. They walk by without... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 2 minutes 00 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (1.4MB) Audio copyright, 2022 Pariyatti 'A Lifetime ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 41 excerpt)
October 02, 2022 20:18 - 2 MB application/x-download-fileStory 41 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . You need to walk before you run. This much is certain. There is an old joke of a tourist lost in New York City who asked a passerby how to get to Carnegie Hall. He was told, “Practice, my boy, practice.” This process can appear to be slow going. This is quite normal, as the progress is incremental. (And meditation practice redefines incremental.) It can seem at times... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 40 excerpt)
September 30, 2022 20:11 - 2.25 MB application/x-download-fileStory 40 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . “You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.” This was the great jazz saxophonist, Charlie Parker’s, musical lesson. But it... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 3 minutes 15 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Au...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 39 excerpt)
September 23, 2022 16:07 - 2.02 MB application/x-download-fileStory 39 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . My father would go apoplectic when he was near gum chewers. He would physically recoil as they mashed away in complete obliviousness to the consternation they were causing him. Though I didn’t understand the reason for his meltdowns, over time I absorbed his attitude. Each time some unsuspecting gum smacker tried to engage my father in a conversation, I could feel my father do a slow burn. Like a...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 38 excerpt)
September 16, 2022 23:09 - 3.14 MB application/x-download-fileStory 38 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . The Buddha was also the first neuroscientist. He confirmed neuroplasticity, the mind's ability to change by restructuring itself at the neurological level. The Buddha altered his mind to such an extent that he transcended the final two complex, problematic stages of the thinking process. He declared himself enlightened, which is to say free from the shackles of greed, hatred, and delusion. This w...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 37 excerpt)
September 09, 2022 23:07 - 3.29 MB application/x-download-fileStory 37 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . The Buddha was more scientist than spiritual seeker. He wanted to understand human suffering using himself, his body, and his mind as his laboratory. After many years of ascetic practices, while sitting under a pipal tree in Bihar in northern India, he took a vow not to move until his experiment gave up an answer. As dawn broke so did the yoke that tied him to this earthly realm. Enlightenment. H...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 36 excerpt)
September 02, 2022 23:04 - 2.32 MB application/x-download-fileStory 36 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . One night a man lost his keys. He looked for them under a street lamp. A friend walked by, saw him looking for something, and asked him what he lost. “My keys,” he replied. “Oh,” said his friend. “Where did you lose them?” “Over there. In the woods,” came the reply. Stunned, the friend asked, “But why are you looking for them here?” “The light is much brighter here!” the man replied. narrated by Ian McCrorie ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 35 excerpt)
August 26, 2022 23:01 - 2 MB application/x-download-fileStory 35 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . For my father’s entire life, I was not a parent. In his presence I reverted to a child-like sense of entitlement. His world revolved around me and this, I thought, was how it should be. I had my family after he had passed away. And it was only as my boys got older and I dealt with all the practical aspects of child-rearing that I fully appreciated all my father had done. I loved him all the more ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 34 excerpt)
August 19, 2022 22:59 - 2.54 MB application/x-download-fileStory 34 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Nature doesn't lie. It acts according to natural laws. And human nature, too, doesn't lie. It plays out as a series of causes and effects. If the inputs are negative, stifling, abusive, or spiteful, the immediate effects may be unpleasant. Even if there is no evidence of any negative aftermath, in time, inauspicious acts invariably lead to a myriad of unintended and unforeseen negative circumstan...
The Buddha's Teaching on Non-violence by Paul R. Fleischman
August 19, 2022 21:46 - 18.6 MB application/x-download-fileThis talk by Paul R. Fleischman was given at the 2022 virtual conference by The Association of Buddhist Care and Counseling. Paul's talk is titled "The Buddha's Teaching on Non-violence" based on his book The Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism. Paul R. Fleischman video host: John Freese 2022 20 minutes Watch the video or download the audio. Download Audio (20MB) Download Transcript (149kb) The Buddha Taught Nonviolence, Not Pacifism video copyright, 2022 Dhamma Sila Parissa ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 33 excerpt)
August 12, 2022 22:58 - 1.91 MB application/x-download-fileStory 33 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . A healthy component of the practice is to stay awake to encroaching spiritual materialism. This danger begins to raise its head after you think of yourself as an experienced practitioner. You may judge your practice as quite advanced. You pat yourself on the back. You start acquiring compliments. Thoughts that you might teach someday may flutter through your consciousness. Don’t indulge in these ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 32 excerpt)
August 05, 2022 22:55 - 1.99 MB application/x-download-fileStory 32 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . An abscessed tooth forced me out of my hut and into Bombay, as it was known then, to see a dentist. I had his name on a piece of paper and was assured he was ektampukkha, “a cheap but best” dentist. No one was in the waiting room, and he said he could take me right away, two facts that should have warned me to be careful. Once I was in the chair, he quickly concluded my tooth was... narrated by ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 31 excerpt)
July 29, 2022 22:51 - 1.95 MB application/x-download-fileStory 31 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . I had an aunt who lived on a forty-acre estate west of Toronto. The manor house was an Elizabethan structure with separate breakfast and dining rooms, a full maid's quarters, apple orchards, and a forest with deer and other wildlife. In the late afternoon we would dress for tea and retire to the screened porch off the living room. My aunt would put Mozart on the hi-fi, and we would eat cucumber s...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 30 excerpt)
July 22, 2022 22:32 - 2.42 MB application/x-download-fileStory 30 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . When you find yourself in a hole, first stop digging. Trite but true, when we find ourselves in this predicament, we need to lay down the activities that led us to be that deep in the hole. When I found myself in an alcohol-induced hole, I let all the alcohol-related activities go. These included for a time even good friends... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 3 minutes 37 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 29 excerpt)
July 15, 2022 19:55 - 1.9 MB application/x-download-fileStory 29 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . When the venerable Thai teacher, Ajahn Chah,was asked what technique of meditation he taught, he replied frankly, “I teach frustration.” Doing non-doing can be in itself frustrating, but in the hands of a meditation master it can be nuclear. narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 4 minutes 31 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (2.6MB) Audio copyright, 2022 Pariyatti 'A...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 28 excerpt)
July 08, 2022 19:54 - 2.49 MB application/x-download-fileStory 28 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . In India they trap monkeys with a bamboo cage. The cage has a small opening just large enough for the monkey's hand to slip through. They slide a banana through the hole and wait. The monkey smells the banana and twists his hand through the hole and grabs the banana. Success. Or so he thinks, until... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 4 minutes 31 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 27 excerpt)
July 01, 2022 19:51 - 2.4 MB application/x-download-fileStory 27 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . My father fought in WW2. This entailed sleeping in drafty and cold English castles on camp cots, followed by living in bivouacs as the regiment made its way from Normandy up the coast to Arnhem in Holland. He suffered from chronic back pain the rest of his life. He had his throat slit by an enemy agent in London,... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 4 minutes 18 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 26 excerpt)
June 24, 2022 19:46 - 2.31 MB application/x-download-fileStory 26 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Trauma can exact a pernicious hold on our mind. Victims often seek help in the form of group therapy or individual counseling. Members of Alcoholics Anonymous admit to feeling helpless in the face of their inability to overcome their addictions. They speak of themselves as survivors. They are to be commended for facing their trauma, seeing it for what it is. narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 4 minutes 06 seconds Listen to Streamin...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 25 excerpt)
June 17, 2022 19:43 - 1.9 MB application/x-download-fileStory 25 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Mindfulness is very popular these days. Not long ago it made the cover of Time magazine. Library of Congress lists 4,063 titles that contain the word “mindful,” including Mindful Golf and Mindfulness and Murder. And therein lies the rub. The word has been commodified and monetized to such an extent as to obliterate its original meaning. narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 3 minutes 13 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 24 excerpt)
June 10, 2022 19:42 - 1.9 MB application/x-download-fileStory 24 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . As a child, I did not seek out thrills or danger of any kind. I did not enjoy games or contests or practical jokes. I hated costume parties. I’d rather go for a walk with my friends or sit and talk and have tea. Even today, I really don’t need fun. narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 3 minutes 13 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 23 excerpt)
June 03, 2022 19:38 - 1.65 MB application/x-download-fileStory 23 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . “We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia.” So wrote Richard Dawkins in Unweaving the Rainbow. narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 2 minutes 41 seconds Listen to S...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 22 excerpt)
May 27, 2022 19:36 - 3.32 MB application/x-download-fileStory 22 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . To repeat, all man’s problems stem from an inability to sit alone in a room in silence. However, Pascal omitted to say that sitting alone in silence in such a room is not easy. It can be so difficult, in fact, that it unbalances the mind. narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 6 minutes 19 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does not support the audio element. Download Audio (3.5...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 21 excerpt)
May 20, 2022 19:33 - 2.41 MB application/x-download-fileStory 21 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . Marcus Aurelius, the great Stoic philosopher, makes it clear how important it is to be present: “The longest and shortest lives amount to the same, for the present moment is equal to everyone.” Just one mindful moment is all you need to stand firm against the habitual temptations to engage, to follow, to blindly react to greed, hatred, and delusion. narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 4 minutes 19 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio ...
A Lifetime Doing Nothing (Story 20 excerpt)
May 13, 2022 23:00 - 2.97 MB application/x-download-fileStory 20 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie . A few years after living as a monk in West Virginia, I stayed a while at Wat Pah Nanachat near the Mekong River in Ubon in Thailand. This was the real deal. A forest monastery with dhuthanga monks who adopted thirteen additional vows, including taking only one meal a day and practicing... narrated by Ian McCrorie 2022 5 minutes 34 seconds Listen to Streaming Audio Your browser does ...