Len drž sa ďalej od bane , smiať nahlas

chcem tvojho syna doge

ale nie dóža

I like that, new name dóža

Where are you from guys? Slovakia?

usa

What is up with that language though, sounds kind of like Slovak.

Yep he is solvekian,
a. I learned growing up because my mom is too.
Or
B. Google translate is my friend
xD

Since I understand Slovak I got a little confused there :D

Hi Jeffrey,

Thank you for the encouragement.

I am a physician who specializes in bariatric medicine which is treating people with severe weight issues. ... I always talk about the importance of finding helpful, non harmful coping tools, and I often talk about meditation, mindful eating, exercise, and yoga.

Very cool that you are teaching this stuff in that field. For me, mindful eating was made possible by meditation, and I don't think it would have ever been available to me otherwise. I need a fork to eat sushi now because I only want small bites!

I loved your analogy of using these tools as "losing mental weight". With your permission, I would love to use this term with my patients. I think it is a beautiful, simple, but powerful illustration which will resonate with people.

I chuckled at "with your permission" and here's why. It's a draft of the intro to the Acknowledgments section of a book I'm working on. Somewhere in here is the answer to your question. :-)

EXCERPT:

Here’s why I don’t trust my sense of mine. I’ll have a cool idea and I’ll think, That’s fresh! I made that up! And then a year later, while rereading something I read two years prior, I’ll come across my idea, right where I first discovered it.

That kind of thing has happened a lot.

And then there’s the non-stop pilfering of words and ideas, from people I know, and people I don’t, further clouding my perception of mine.

But the main complication comes from connectedness itself.

I have many times zoomed out to see my body as being connected to all of the life and all of the death on earth. By “connected,” I mean, “touching,” as in, “in constant contact with.” Molecules come into me − through my lungs, my gut, and my skin. And they move out. Living material becomes dead. Dead material comes to life. Is a molecule of my poop alive? Is it mine?

Same with thought. Zoomed out, I perceive my mind and everyone else’s as being connected to the sum total of all thought at all times. Words and ideas enter our minds. Some die there, and others get passed along. All input is always mixed with what’s already there, and this mixing causes spontaneous new growth. And we call that growth “original.” But is it?

Every thought bud is unique in the same way that every leaf bud is unique. They are unique by nature, so I put no value on their uniqueness. The tree is the thing because if you got no tree, you get no buds. Without the pre-existing thoughts and culture that are in us and around us always, ideas would have nothing from which to sprout. Everything relies.

So in sum, if you use that phrase he'll sue your pants off.

im baller, will buy new pantz

I was wondering: Do you have any thoughts on using mantras in meditation?

I was raised Catholic. We used rosary beads to count off ten Hail Mary's and one Our Father, then repeat. Looking back, I see that as a mantra-based meditation activity.

I do think that any sitting practice should include some time that involves no electronics or mantras, when the objective is to return to breathing and posture over and over. In addition to that, I think any and all add-ons (for example, mantras) are good.

Thanks brother, and thanks for the great stuff you provide. Never heard of the mind being the 6th sense, but after starting meditation and training more and more; that was exactly my thought process and it helped me a lot in being able to consciously switch inbetween the senses and starting meditating more focused.

You do great stuff, especially with all the ideas and the way you visualize your videos. Get a lot out of it. Keep the great work up!