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Excerpt: Last week, I got so frustrated. I just quite couldn’t let go. Or I let go and then Michael hypnotizes me and I feel asleep. I felt like “I suck” and I got stuck in the “I suck.” But this week, I recognized my wandering mind. I took a step back and identified that. I felt just sense of peace and appreciation. I recognized what was going on and I smiled at my wandering mind and appreciated it from sort of a di

Excerpt: The silent mind. There is a difference between chatter and thought. Thought has a direction, a purpose – a useful purpose and a useful outcome. Chatter doesn’t. It wastes your energy and distracts you from real tasks and real thought. In meditation, we have this idea of a void, of an empty mind, of a silent mind. That’s possible. But even when you get to that place, that void is not empty. There’s stil

MP: I am Michael Perkola. This is meditation. Welcome. Thank you very much for coming. We begin every class with saying our name and why we’ve come tonight so we can share our intention and strengthen each other’s intention. Tonight, the topic of meditation is “the Sun.” I’m going to be leading you through a relaxation exercise. You are welcome to be seated during this exercise and you are also welcome to lie down. I