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 : )