taking the pulse of the world

I am taking the pulse

of the world

the world wide web my stethoscope

the inter-net my EKG

 

Like Tibetan doctors do

i check the tongue

the skin

the breath

 

Look at the social media sites

the blogosphere

and magazines

the news

 

I check with friends

and foes

listening to what they say

and sending how they feel

 

I have a good nose for the truth

an intuition for whats on

i feel whats in the air

there is, i think

lots of despair

 

Collective consciousness now is soooooooo confused

so overwhelmed by much conflicting voices

burned out by information overload

and most of it not very good

 

People are scared, uncertain what to think

pulled here and there

unclear what to do

 

mask or not?

health or economy?

New York Times or Twitter?

TikTok or a good book?

Stock Market or Bitcoin?

City life

or far afield,

away from it all?

 

I count up the symptoms:

economic worries …..  check

unemployment …..  check

governments divided …..  check

social unrest …..  check

unhealthy nutrition …..  check

water crisis …..  check

pandemics …..  check

rich/poor gap …..  check

inequality …..  check

systemic racism …..  check

ballooning military budgets …..  check

environmental destruction …..  check

global warming, climate change …..  check

severe overpopulation …..  check

uncertain future  …..  check

 

“Stop my dear doctor, would you please!

I am getting sick just listening to this.”

“What can i do, what is the cure?

Give me strong medicine,

i will take it for sure!”

 

 

Oh well dear friend, dear lady and dear gentleman

There is no sudden cure for that!

 

But i will prescribe to you this pill

that i myself put to the test

you have to take it for a while

then you will figure out

the rest

 

 

A bit more about meditation you may read here >

Dealing with the Monkey Mind / A short & sweet primer on How to Meditate

and here >

How to meditate – A bit more seriously this time

 

And you are very welcomed to contact me if you wish to get serious & want some personal tutoring for your meditation practice >> [email protected]

In case you are interested in my general approach towards Spirituality, i recommend to read the 3-part series on this blog about “What is the place of Spirituality in our busy busy 21.Century Life

And check my InnerWorks Website

www.crisrieder.org/innerworks/

Thanks for your interest & curiosity :  )

 

 

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