ZZ Meditations
This publication is called ZZ MEDITATIONS, but don’t think of it as sitting cross-legged and humming into eternity. These are my thoughts and musings. I share my experiences, perspectives, and lessons in the hopes of helping others, broadening people’s horizons, and having a little fun writing.
I write about topics like:
Overcoming fear and anxiety
Relationships, communication
Family and parenting
Perspectives and their importance
Discussing ideas and concepts
Managing stress and emotions
Artificial intelligence, space, governance
Philosophy, spirituality, and religion
Life, death, and everything in between
5 Top posts on ZZ Meditation
How Many Times Will You Get to See Your Grandparents? It's Less Than You Think
Eve, Darling - Give That Apple Back to the Nice Snake
The Art of Being Alone, But Never Lonely
Dear Daughter - Never Complain
8 Problems You Complain About but You’re Lucky to Have
My favorite stories per theme
Happiness and inner peace
Happiness and Circumstances - Does Your Situation Matter?
How Our Core Beliefs Determine If We're Happy or Miserable?
Meditation on Living in a Remote, Disconnected Village Oblivious to the World at Large
"The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." - Marcus Aurelius
Meditation and observing our mind
Meditation on the Desert at Night - Is the Universe Agitated or Is It All in Your Mind?
Your Mind Is a Bully, But You Won’t Win by Fighting Back
Can't Meditate? Tried and Hated It? - Think Less, Experiment More
We must learn to observe the mind as we observe the night sky. As an outside observer, a witnessing awareness, unattached and unbothered. With a bit of practice, you might just find yourself free of depression, anxiety, anger, fear, overthinking, problems with sleep, and the need to escape your mind by throwing yourself into whatever you use to quiet the mind.
Optimism and focusing on the good
On a Dark Day When All Seems Hopeless, Find Something Small to Look Forward to
It’s Easy Being an Optimist in Today's World
In a World of Darkness, Focus on The Light
Optimism is a choice. The world contains both good and bad. how we feel about ourselves and the world will depend on what we choose to focus on, not the world itself.
Overcoming fear and anxiety
Why I Don’t Fear Death and Why You Shouldn’t Either - Thanatophobia
How to Deal With a Stressful Situation, Fear, and Anxiety?
Feeling Scared about the Conflict in Ukraine? Don't Worry, There's No Need to be Anxious!
The only way to personal happiness and inner peace is to determine what is under our control and what isn’t. Then we must accept that fact and let go of what we cannot control.
Disease and healing
How I Healed my Crohn's Disease
What Is the Source Of Your Autoimmune Disease?
I Burned Out from Stress at 25, and My Body Shut Down
Fix the mind, and the rest will follow. Give your mind instructions on how to rebuild your body by giving it an image to aspire to.
Parenting
What are the core principles of a happy and easy parenting experience?
10 Things Your Parents Didn’t Know
Fresh Parent or Pregnant? - Stop Worrying!
Happy you + happy relationships with your partner = happy children.
Love and dating
Dear Daughter, Here's a Secret To Good Relationships
The Myth of a Soulmate - How to Find Your Soulmate?
Dating Is Hard, Especially If You're Above Thirty
Think of relationships with other people as mirrors. Whatever you believe about yourself will be reflected back in your relationships.
Letters to my daughter
How to Resist Peer Pressure Like a Master?
Dear Daughter, Don’t Fear Change - Learn to Love It
Dear Daughter - Be True to Yourself, Live Your Life, and Ignore the Old Fool
Go out and make those mistakes and then come back and tell me all about them. We’ll compare notes and laugh at our adventures together.
Emotions and forgiveness
Is Forgiving People Easy or Difficult For You? - Learn to Let Go of Resentment!
How Would it Feel To Have No Identity and Personal Baggage?
One Powerful Change Makes All The Difference
Your inability to forgive someone HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM, ONLY YOU! The act of forgiving them releases YOU from that bond and situation, NOT THEM.
Artificial intelligence
Are You Afraid That Artificial Intelligence Will Be the End of Humanity?
Why I’m Disappointed by Artificial Intelligence
Robots Are Coming, and You Can't Stop It!
The first fallacy then is pretending or imagining that we know anything about AGI and the future. We do not. We can not!