John Miedema
@johnmiedema.bsky.social
📡 Radio Gamma — a contemporary meditation platform integrating Buddhist practice, neurotechnology, and sound-based art
https://johnmiedema.art/
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Everything Is Going to Be All Right
By Derek Mahon
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February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Depart is the Final Meditation in this Series
Join us this Sunday, February 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EST
#meditation
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Join us this Sunday, February 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EST
#meditation
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"Depart" is the Final Meditation in this Series
Join us this Sunday, February 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EST
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February 6, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Depart is the Final Meditation in this Series
Join us this Sunday, February 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EST
#meditation
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Join us this Sunday, February 8, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. EST
#meditation
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Paprika 🌶️ is my everything spice. A dash in oatmeal, a dash in espresso ☕. Yum.
January 29, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Paprika 🌶️ is my everything spice. A dash in oatmeal, a dash in espresso ☕. Yum.
Join the NDP by Jan 28 to Vote for its New Leader – John Miedema
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January 26, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Meditation as Nervous System Training
How attention, awareness, and repetition gradually reshape the mind
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How attention, awareness, and repetition gradually reshape the mind
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Meditation as Nervous System Training
How attention, awareness, and repetition gradually reshape the mind
meditationcommunity.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Meditation as Nervous System Training
How attention, awareness, and repetition gradually reshape the mind
meditationcommunity.substack.com/p/meditation...
How attention, awareness, and repetition gradually reshape the mind
meditationcommunity.substack.com/p/meditation...
Learn a Vipassana-Style Body Scan Meditation
Mindfulness is the combination of focused attention and non-judgmental observation
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Mindfulness is the combination of focused attention and non-judgmental observation
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Learn a Vipassana-Style Body Scan Meditation
Mindfulness is the combination of focused attention and non-judgmental observation
meditationcommunity.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Learn a Vipassana-Style Body Scan Meditation
Mindfulness is the combination of focused attention and non-judgmental observation
meditationcommunity.substack.com/p/learn-a-vi...
Mindfulness is the combination of focused attention and non-judgmental observation
meditationcommunity.substack.com/p/learn-a-vi...
Canada Went Along With the Rules-Based Order Because It Served Our Prosperity
What Václav Havel Would Ask Mark Carney About Power and Truth
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#cdnpoli #davos #carney
What Václav Havel Would Ask Mark Carney About Power and Truth
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#cdnpoli #davos #carney
Canada Went Along With the Rules-Based Order Because It Served Our Prosperity
What Václav Havel Would Ask Mark Carney About Power and Truth
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January 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Canada Went Along With the Rules-Based Order Because It Served Our Prosperity
What Václav Havel Would Ask Mark Carney About Power and Truth
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#cdnpoli #davos #carney
What Václav Havel Would Ask Mark Carney About Power and Truth
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#cdnpoli #davos #carney
📡 Building Peace Radio: a gallery experiment in meditative broadcasting
January 18, 2026 at 12:33 PM
📡 Building Peace Radio: a gallery experiment in meditative broadcasting
Join our online Meditation Community for a sitting on Focused Attention. Many people find this practice to be the most useful meditation they learn. #meditation
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Join our online Meditation Community for a sitting on Focused Attention
Many people find this practice to be the most useful meditation they learn
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January 17, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Join our online Meditation Community for a sitting on Focused Attention. Many people find this practice to be the most useful meditation they learn. #meditation
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Peer-Led Meditation
On facilitation, letting go, and sitting together
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#meditation
On facilitation, letting go, and sitting together
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#meditation
Peer-Led Meditation
On facilitation, letting go, and sitting together
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January 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Peer-Led Meditation
On facilitation, letting go, and sitting together
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#meditation
On facilitation, letting go, and sitting together
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#meditation
Join guest Melissa Blimkie for a guided meditation that shares Indigenous teachings on the season of winter
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Join guest Melissa Blimkie for a guided meditation that shares Indigenous teachings on the season of winter
Meditation Community meets Sunday January 11 at 10 am EST for 30 minutes
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January 10, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Join guest Melissa Blimkie for a guided meditation that shares Indigenous teachings on the season of winter
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What is the purpose of meditation? Please answer the poll.
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What is the purpose of meditation?
Please answer the poll or comment
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January 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
What is the purpose of meditation? Please answer the poll.
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You are warmly invited to join the Meditation Community tomorrow, Sunday January 4, 2026, at 10:00 am – 10:30 am EST.
This first meditation is called, Arrive, a simple but foundational practice.
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This first meditation is called, Arrive, a simple but foundational practice.
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Join Us for Meditation Tomorrow, Sunday Jan 4 at 10 am EST
This first meditation is called, Arrive, a simple but foundational practice
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January 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
You are warmly invited to join the Meditation Community tomorrow, Sunday January 4, 2026, at 10:00 am – 10:30 am EST.
This first meditation is called, Arrive, a simple but foundational practice.
open.substack.com/pub/meditati...
This first meditation is called, Arrive, a simple but foundational practice.
open.substack.com/pub/meditati...
Thomas Nagel asks what it is like to be a bat, challenging us to imagine an experience radically unlike our own.
But before we ask that question, I wonder about the baseline we are starting from. #philosophy #phenomenology #gender
But before we ask that question, I wonder about the baseline we are starting from. #philosophy #phenomenology #gender
What is Like to Be a Bat, Man?
Thomas Nagel asks what it is like to be a bat. I wonder about the baseline we are starting from.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Thomas Nagel asks what it is like to be a bat, challenging us to imagine an experience radically unlike our own.
But before we ask that question, I wonder about the baseline we are starting from. #philosophy #phenomenology #gender
But before we ask that question, I wonder about the baseline we are starting from. #philosophy #phenomenology #gender
With all the advances in language models, why is Google Assistant still so dumb? "I'm sorry, I don't understand." 👾
January 1, 2026 at 3:12 PM
With all the advances in language models, why is Google Assistant still so dumb? "I'm sorry, I don't understand." 👾
Being obsessed narrows the mind
to a single path, thinned to bone by repetition.
Many obsessions are not an obsession;
they tug the mind in different directions, refusing to settle.
What looks like restlessness is wider attention,
a refusal to mistake narrowing for depth. 🐝
to a single path, thinned to bone by repetition.
Many obsessions are not an obsession;
they tug the mind in different directions, refusing to settle.
What looks like restlessness is wider attention,
a refusal to mistake narrowing for depth. 🐝
December 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Being obsessed narrows the mind
to a single path, thinned to bone by repetition.
Many obsessions are not an obsession;
they tug the mind in different directions, refusing to settle.
What looks like restlessness is wider attention,
a refusal to mistake narrowing for depth. 🐝
to a single path, thinned to bone by repetition.
Many obsessions are not an obsession;
they tug the mind in different directions, refusing to settle.
What looks like restlessness is wider attention,
a refusal to mistake narrowing for depth. 🐝
Merry Everything and a Happy Always
~ source unknown
~ source unknown
December 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Merry Everything and a Happy Always
~ source unknown
~ source unknown
Three ways of being:
1. Rolling anxiety
2. Chasing cravings or goals, with brief interludes of satisfaction
3. Practicing meditation, with increasing stretches of stillness and bliss
Up to you.
1. Rolling anxiety
2. Chasing cravings or goals, with brief interludes of satisfaction
3. Practicing meditation, with increasing stretches of stillness and bliss
Up to you.
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Three ways of being:
1. Rolling anxiety
2. Chasing cravings or goals, with brief interludes of satisfaction
3. Practicing meditation, with increasing stretches of stillness and bliss
Up to you.
1. Rolling anxiety
2. Chasing cravings or goals, with brief interludes of satisfaction
3. Practicing meditation, with increasing stretches of stillness and bliss
Up to you.
🍁📰 Canadian #Facebook users are still banned from sharing news links. I created a workaround tool a couple years ago using Bing search. Bing is slow to index search lately. #ChatGPT was quick to help me today to convert to Google's I'm Feeling Lucky function and make the code more robust. #code
Share News on Facebook Canada
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December 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
You are invited to join an online Meditation Community on Sunday January 4 2026
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You are invited to join an online Meditation Community on Sunday January 4 2026 – John Miedema
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December 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You are invited to join an online Meditation Community on Sunday January 4 2026
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I have been calling this ability, farsight. Adrian Lambert argues that some people see collapse earlier because they are less bound by dominant cultural narratives and more attuned to patterns, systems, and long-term limits.
Why Some People See Collapse Earlier Than Others
Perception, pattern-seeking, and the role of neurodivergence in a failing civilisation
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December 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I have been calling this ability, farsight. Adrian Lambert argues that some people see collapse earlier because they are less bound by dominant cultural narratives and more attuned to patterns, systems, and long-term limits.
My final bit of publicity for Me and My Shadow is this interview with 100 Mile Arts about me as an illustrator.
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Buy Me and My Shadow for $1.99 at Snail Books
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Buy Me and My Shadow for $1.99 at Snail Books
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Art to Heart - John Miedema
YouTube video by 100 Mile Arts Network
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December 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My final bit of publicity for Me and My Shadow is this interview with 100 Mile Arts about me as an illustrator.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCJX...
Buy Me and My Shadow for $1.99 at Snail Books
snailbooks.gumroad.com
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCJX...
Buy Me and My Shadow for $1.99 at Snail Books
snailbooks.gumroad.com
I am a universe
You are a universe
They are a universe
We are a multiverse 🌀
You are a universe
They are a universe
We are a multiverse 🌀
December 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I am a universe
You are a universe
They are a universe
We are a multiverse 🌀
You are a universe
They are a universe
We are a multiverse 🌀