“In my personal experience, mindlessly relying on my phone and computer has been a useful, albeit insidious, way of avoiding uncomfortable feelings.” This month the Harvard Business Review asks: What are you hiding from when you constantly check your phone? May be you don’t constantly check your phone. May be your practice today is… Read more »
Posts By: Mariana
#tds602 Go watch a cloud
We thank Celia Landman for this magical daily stillness. There is such a thing as the ‘The Cloud Appreciation Society’ on this web of ours! You can subscribe to get a ‘cloud a day’. Many cloud lovers from all over the world take amazing photos and submit them. There is even an app! There are many… Read more »
#tds601 Get Drunk!
Get Drunk! by Charles Baudelaire Pause. Take time to lose yourself in this poem. We thank @johnjohnston for this submission! Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds601
#tds600 The end of person
We have had Leunig cartoons on the daily stillness before. Today, another one to help us reflect on the how we decide what matters in our day – taking time to goof off or rush through that to-do list? Happy Sunday! More creative humour? Of course! Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to… Read more »
#tds599 Write a Gatha Poem
Traditionally gathas are short 4 line poems that correspond to regular moments throughout the day. The idea is to weave gathas together with daily action and breathing. For example, waking up in the morning, starting the car or finishing a meal, we can gently remind ourselves to quieten the mind and attend to that action. For… Read more »
#tds598 Eco and Ego
Today take yourself for a walk and hold the image above in mind, which side are you on…most of the time? If you asked your nearest and dearest would they agree? To the extent that our sentences begin with “I/me/mine/my” we can assess our theory-in-use rather than our espoused theory. How might a sense of… Read more »
#tds597 “Music is my Religion.” Jimi Hendrix
Today we get to ‘Draw the Sound’. Here are the instructions: “Listen closely with your eyes closed to three different types of instrumental music, preferably a song with a heavy beat, a one with a single instrument, and a song with an orchestra. Draw a box below you feel represents each sound and draw within… Read more »
#tds596 #tablessthursday When was the last time you did a ‘thing’ and just did it?
Trying to do too many internet things at once makes it hard to get anything done at all. Tabless Thursday is a vacation from distraction. Just open 1 tab and use it! James Hamblin speaks honestly about the (negative) impact multi tasking online has on his life. We were saddened by his words and recognised… Read more »
#tds595 Goof off now. Yes. Really.
“When was the last time you really goofed off? All the dictionary definitions of this phrase are negative: “shirking work or responsibility,” “to waste time.” But to me, goofing off simply means activity with no redeeming value—it satisfies no “should.” You do it without excuses; there is no justification. Goofing off like this is harder than… Read more »
#tds594 An espresso for the mind: Blame
“Brene Brown suggests that blame is a way of discharging anger. When we are listening to someone’s story and attempting to make connections to find out who’s to blame then we are not truly listening with empathy.” Watch the video and write 3 stories in your own life where you chose to blame rather than… Read more »
#tds593 Clear your mind, write it down, let it go
We have spoken about the value of automatic writing to clear the mind before here on the Still Web. Well, guess what? The internet has created a wonderful tool to make this even easier. It further helps with developing a higher level of tolerance for impermanence and letting go. Try it out today. We dare… Read more »
#tds592 Gravity Glue and breathing
Take time today to go through one of Gravity Glue’s amazing albums today and remember to breathe well as you enjoy the photos or you could find a stream nearby and try it yourself – take a photo. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds592
