The Ten Crutches Podcast
What prevents us from being present in our lives? What ideas, concepts, tools can we use as ”crutches” to help us walk more deeply in each moment? This is my attempt to help people with being human. I try to avoid the issues people fight about, the surface conflicts, like who has the right opinion about this or that. Instead, I ask: what are the conditions that make it difficult for all of us to be human? How can we address them? Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download my free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present. What are the ten crutches? There is no such thing as “the past.” There is no such thing as “the future.” All “things” (and “events”) are the same. All “things” (and “events”) are different. You will never find “it” outside of you. You will never find “it” inside of you. You are one with everything evil. You are one with everything good. You will never really know. Your senses are the gates to the present moment. New episode drops every Monday at noon.
Episodes
First description: A story about walking a dog and picking up poop.
Second description: A splashy dive into righteous anger and how I worked with it.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
This is for anyone who feels they spend too much time on their phone.
Or for anyone who meditates and is concerned they spend too much time thinking.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
While focused on "becoming more present," I found myself getting confused about what's in front of me. Obviously, I need my senses to experience what's in front of me. But what if my eyes/ears are seeing/hearing what is happening 1000s of miles away?
Our technology allows events on the other side of the world to "be in front of us" in real time. How to think about this?
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Every parent has (and needs!) a good toolbox, a set of skills to handle each varied situation that manifests while you raise your child. I hope something here can help you.
Time Stamps for the 4 Tips
#1) Use "Mother" and "Father" archetypes (2:47)
#2) Interpret and articulate what your child ...
These two words are easily confused. Some people may even consider "eternity" and "forever" to be the same. (Horrors!)
Herein, I express my opinion of how different they are.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would l...
Part 2 of a two-part series on ritual.
Time Stamps
Introduction to the map: 3:05
Trust your intuition! 4:12
Overall view of the map 4:45
Entering the ritual 11:22
Being in the ritual 17:21
A two-part series about ritual.
Part 1 is about “why?” Why have rituals at all? What reasons might we have to hold a ceremony? Our culture has forgotten many things about how important ritual is.
Part 2 is about how you can create ritual. What are the foundational principles behind creating ritual?
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches F...
One more way of trying to say we are almost impossibly stuck inside our own personal views. How can we get loosen the grip of our interpretations of the world and exist more deeply in the actual reality?
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love...
I imagined a reality TV show where 100,000 people decide together: what should we all do with $10 million?
If you are interested in manifesting this idea, please see the show notes.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Definitions:
Physical fears: ultimately of annihilation, based on perceived existential threats to actual physical survival.
Mental fears: ultimately of annihilation, based on perceived threats to the mind's centrality in its self-created realm.
A slow-motion view of mental fear shows it's never about what the mind believes it to be about. But it can feel the exact same as a physical fear. Let's take a look.
As a retired hospice nurse, I saw many patients struggle with the process of dying. Many had indeed accepted that they would die. But the slow decline, the gradual loss of abilities, the clear truth that they were not in control: these could be quite difficult to accept.
The Tree Of Acceptance Of Dying is my contribution to help people cultivate acceptance of death and the process of dying.
This is the podcast version of an essay I...
What is happening in your life?
Are you intimately "one," manifesting a unique aspect of this great universe? Are you a separate and existentially lonely individual?
Both?
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
Creativity is a superpower and we all have it.
Why isn't it easier for all of us to own it? And use it in the midst of our lives?
I explore our ability to dream at night cultivating creativity that flourishes during the day.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send a...
These aren't really "things:" they are more like conditions we find ourselves in, or perhaps polarities we must manage.
I identified five that are tough for me. I share them here with you.
1) Not Knowing What Size We Are (2:59)
2) Missing Out (6:15)
3) Needing To Be Certain In An Uncertain Universe (11:51)
4) Frontal Lobe Issues (14:16)
5) Fleeting vs Eternal (17:30)
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the fre...
Apparently, it's quite easy as a human to feel impatient. Many impatient people, in order to counter this tendency, try to cultivate patience. I used to do this all the time.
I now regard this as a mistake. In this episode, I present how I currently approach the situation.
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
I originally heard the phrase "aspiration precautions" during my nursing career. In that context, aspiration is swallowing food down the wrong tube; it can go inadvertently into the lungs. A nurse teaches aspiration precautions to help caretakers and family members avoid this difficulty for a patient or loved one.
Meanwhile: we all have hopes and dreams. When it comes to the "spiritual" realm, I often find myself filled with aspir...
Sometimes we feel "unworthy." We may judge our entire being as just plain "not good enough."
Where do these judgements come from? Why would anyone try to be "perfect?"
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or send an email. I would love to hear from you!
This episode is PART 5 of a 5-part series about the Subject-Object Split.
PART 1: Understanding The Split Itself
PART 2: Looking Outside
PART 3: Looking Inside
PART 4: When Troubles Create Troubles
PART 5: The Present As In-Between
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or...
This episode is PART 4 of a 5-part series about the Subject-Object Split.
PART 1: Understanding The Split Itself
PART 2: Looking Outside
PART 3: Looking Inside
PART 4: When Troubles Create Troubles
PART 5: The Present As In-Between
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or...
This episode is PART 3 of a 5-part series about the Subject-Object Split.
PART 1: Understanding The Split Itself
PART 2: Looking Outside
PART 3: Looking Inside
PART 4: When Troubles Create Troubles
PART 5: The Present As In-Between
Visit the podcast website at tencrutches.link to download the free ebook Ten Crutches For Walking In The Present.
Show notes are here.
Also: from the podcast's website you can leave me a voice message or...
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