Tag: meditator

• What is Love?

  

  What is love? Is it the emotion that arises as you watch the waves crash onto the soft white sand, smiling to yourself, as the wind sifts through your hair? Maybe its the warm feeling you get when a dog excitedly reacts to you rubbing his chin? Most, I’d guess, would say it’s the emotional […]

  M L Wood

  28 Aug 2021

  Uncategorized

  faith, love, loving, meditate, meditation, meditator, mentalhealth, philosopher, philosophical, philosophy, research, studies, study

• Meditation and The Denial of Death

  

  We humans are complex creatures. We cling to this experience that we call life seemingly like no other animal. That’s not to say other animals go merrily to their demise. No, many will scratch, claw or bite their way to live a little longer. What I’m talking about is the fact we are the only […]

  M L Wood

  27 Aug 2021

  philosophy, Uncategorized

  anxiety, cultural, culture, death, denialofdeath, fear, fearofdeath, liberation, life, love, meditate, meditation, meditator, opinion, philosophy, poems, poet, Poetry, thought, thoughts, writing

• Mindfulness and Exploring the Nature of Consciousness

  

  Greetings and welcome! I am currently 23 days into a meditation course, specifically a mindfulness meditation course. I am going to outline what this means as well as describing my experience so far. The course is through the ‘Waking Up’ app by Sam Harris the author, philosopher, neuroscientist, and podcast host. The practice involves 10-15 […]

  M L Wood

  3 May 2020

  Personal Experience, Uncategorized

  awareness, buddhism, introspection, love, meditate, meditation, meditator, mindful, mindfulness, samharris, selflove, spiritual, thought, thoughts, vipassana, wakingup