Episodes
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The notion of moreover: we can live life—relationships, work, neuroses—from the point of view of lost in it, lost in all the details, that feeling of overwhelm and chaos (we all know that feeling of busyness and inefficiency) or we can live it above the clouds, with clarity, moreover.
How to get moreover all of it.
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Waylon demonstrates how to use natural hierarchy to uplift your life without being uptight.
Many of us have an expectation that spirituality should be pleasant, pretty, affirming. It can be. But it can also be tough, scary, uncomfortable.
What it is, most fundamentally, is natural. In harmony with Nature, we learn to abide by its laws.
Read the article on Elephant Journal: https://elejrnl.com?p=910955
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Waylon shares his favorite poem with the Elephant Journal community. Poems can be helpful to us in a spiritual, heartfelt way. But there are also practical, life-helpful poems. And the poem he's sharing today is a practical poem for everyday life, that has been especially helpful for Waylon and his family in recent days.
"This poem is a roadmap for a lot of life's challenges in a way that very few are." ~ Waylon Lewis
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Waylon talks with Janette Spiezio of Sustainable Haus, a zero-waste store in Summit, New Jersey. Check out her helpful articles on Elephant!
"The most inspiring woman you’ll want to learn from today!" ~ Waylon Lewis
Waylon talks with Janette about:
> Keys to successful entrepreneurship and why so many zero-waste shops close
> How to actually change society: bottom-up creating more top-down change
> Anti-plastic vs. non-toxic
> Perfection vs. effort
> The power of word of mouth
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We don't have to worship Biden to vote for him...because when we vote for him, we're voting for us and we're voting for democracy, and this is our last chance. If that sounds like partisan hyperbole, you're not listening to Trump and his acolyte's own words. And after that debate—lying on one side, goodness and aged exhaustion on the other...I feel a sense of care and sadness for this American experiment: that is, freedom, and democracy.
While I said the below before the many and growing calls for his retirement to make space for a new group of candidates, the ethics or values herein apply 100%:
Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis presents: Our natural and healthy tendency to become distracted by the daily vicissitudes of life and, is, on the flip side, the result of not treating what is urgent as urgent because we are...distracted.
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Why July 4th is more than a party.
Thoughtful Dissent & Non-violent Activism is Patriotism: Happy July 4th!
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Waylon shares his views after the June 27th Presidential debate with President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. He also addresses the common comments he, and Elephant Journal, field after sharing political articles and social media posts and why we do what we do.
Hint: it’s because we care.
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Habitual patterns are so tough—we are stuck with them our whole lives. No matter how much discipline or willpower we exert, they come back. So start small: be gentle with yourself, meditate, relax with multi-tasking…and witness your whole life awaken like an unfolding flower.
Try this for one week and let me know how it goes.
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Waylon & Kelsey, sittin’ in a tree…have some big news.
In the latest episode of Elephant's long-running, award-winning podcast and video series Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis... Waylon and his beloved, Kelsey, share some big news. They talk through the Buddhist framework they used as they navigated this change to their life paths: outer, inner, and secret.
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In this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon shares a simple Buddhist practice that you can do anywhere, anytime.
" One of the most wonderful Buddhist instructions for how to become present and available, open, joyful, and genuine, in your life is as simple as this: any time of the day, particularly if you're having a hard time, if you're feeling speedy, if you're feeling exhausted, look out your window. Go outside if you can. Then..." ~ Waylon Lewis
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Waylon speaks about the role of journalism as the pursuit of truth, the trap of "fake news," and how we can all develop our antenna for bullsh*t (including our own) if we pause to examine our sources of "facts."
"Journalism is simply the search for truth, which makes it similar to science. If you're interested in journalism—whether you're liberal or conservative—you're interested in facts, and you're open to changing your mind and opening your mind, and being proven wrong." ~ Waylon Lewis
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In this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon talks about one thing we can do—every day—to transform our lives for the better.
"The notion of duty, which we talk a lot about in the military realm or public service, or say in my Buddhist upbringing...it's a very un-American word from the point of view of 'we Americans cherish our freedom or independence.' The way we generally think of it in America or write about it is: my freedom is separate from yours. So it's a sort of independent freedom, not interdependent, not co-dependent, not cooperative. It's all about 'me' and 'my freedom.' That's an interesting notion when you think about the notion of duty. It would seem to be a contradiction.
So, what is our duty as human beings?
I introduced this as the one daily reminder that if you do it every day, it'll transform your entire life. I don't think that's an exaggeration. In the Buddhist teachings, they talk about vision or view, or Christians may think of it as mission.
What is our mission in life?" ~ Waylon Lewis
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Waylon meets his all-time favorite Elephant Journal writer, Lynn Shattuck, for the first time. They talk about writing, finding your voice as a writer, how to write about your life in a cathartic, genuine, way and Lynn's thread through much of her writing: the loss of a beloved sibling.
"I was really fortunate. [Elephant] felt like a safe home for my writing. I felt welcomed from the beginning by the editors, and it was a cozy connection." ~ Lynn Shattuck
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Waylon talks about how, as human being and as a writer, we can uncover our voices. Hint: it’s not as impossible as it feels.
“Ironically, simply getting present with yourself and out of your own thoughts will enable you to find the words that are genuine and helpful to others.” ~ Waylon Lewis
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Waylon shares a little (big) way we can thank mothers and all good parents everywhere:
“I want to do a video in honor of Mother’s Day and of wonderful parents everywhere, including fathers. But particularly single parents, and particularly single mothers, and particularly my mom, who is a single mom. One of the gifts of society—or lack or lack of gift—can be supporting single parents..” ~ Waylon Lewis
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