A few more pictures from my time at the Cannes Film Festival, had an especially great time hanging out with fellow Nebula creators @thomasflight.nebula.tv and @patrickhwillems.bsky.social

I'm Not There (2007)

Art is political not just in its capacity for resistance or revolution, but in its capacity as refuge.

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His book on effortless mindfulness and the whole concept has definitely given me tools to much more easily "flip that switch" into a mindful headspace.

Yeah this has been my feeling as well.

One more to share, I really like the "effortless mindfulness" approach these days, which is taught by Loch Kelly here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fDc...

But I'd say just seek out whatever teachers/system feels more accessible and comfortable to you!

Good luck! If you start the journey of exploring mindfulness I hope you find it beneficial. It's not necessarily easy, or a linear path, but like I said in the video, starting is one of the single greatest things I've ever done for myself.

Meditation is like exercise. You're stretching and expanding an internal posture, a way of perceiving yourself and the world, an orientation of the mind. And the more you exercise that the more time you can spend in that awareness, even when you're not meditating.

These days I'm more drawn to the style modeled here by Adyashanti: youtu.be/vhdU15aJJxk?...

This is literally the first guided meditation I ever did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dovO...
It's a great, easy way to start.

When you notice your mind wander you want to gently and non-judgmentally guide it back to wherever you want your attention to rest.

By sitting you're building the mental muscle to just relax and pay attention, and your mind eventually learns to quiet on it's own. You get better at resting your awareness where you want it to be, and that gets less distracted.

A lot of people bail on meditation or give up because they have an idea of what it will feel like or what the goal is. They sit and their mind is racing and they get distracted and they think "I can't meditate." But that's what the meditation is for!

The most important thing for any of them is to just do it. Sit comfortably in silence, choose a place you'd like your attention to rest (a mantra, your breath, the feeling of your feet on the ground, etc) and just be wide awake and listen.

Happy to! There are many ways to approach meditation/mindfulness and I've tried a lot. You can get caught up in the dogma, or finding the "best one" but just start trying some and you'll find the approach that clicks for you.