Modern Monk.ey

Realizing you're lost in thought is the true goal of meditation, if there is any. Catching yourself thinking about something is the act that creates options for you in your life -- to remain lost in thought or to become present -- but without the awareness of thought in the first place, you really don't have a choice but to be thrown around by the motions of thought.

aatikchopra.com/meditation3

Awareness of and stretching out the inhalation and exhalation. aatikchopra.com/meditaiton2

the difference between a wish and a goal; how every moment holds a world of possibilities; radical accountability.

aatikchopra.com/new-year

Treating strangers as loved ones is something we have heard before.

But treating loved ones as strangers, such as a gas attendant, is less common yet the same equation.

Gas Station Attendant = Loved One.

aatikchopra.com/gas-station-attendant

There are 2 phases for creating stillness examined in this dharma talk. 

Phase 1: acknowledge you're running; 

Phase 2: find out what you're running from. 

Music in background: An Opening by East Forest. 

aatikchopra.com/running-away

awareness of breathing. aatikchopra.com/meditation1

This trailer is for season 4 of the Modern Monk.ey podcast, which has seen podcast name and concept changes over the last 4 seasons, but that's what seasons (more broadly speaking) are for, right?

www.aatikchopra.com/trailer

Welcome to an Aathentik Life with Aatik, a portfolio of spoken word based on my written word, of contemplations I have regarding philosophy, spirituality and more.

https://aatikchopra.com/ebbandflow/

https://aatikchopra.com/faith/