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Meditative Story

David Duchovny: When the student is ready, the master is long gone

Meditative Story

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Mental Health, Society & Culture, Mindfulness, Spirituality, Meditation, Religion & Spirituality, Personal Stories, Health & Fitness, Storytelling, Society And Culture

4.63.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Before his rise to fame, David Duchovny is a popular kid – charming, funny, bright, and athletic, beloved by friends and teachers alike. But there’s one teacher who puts David off-balance, calling him out for foolishness where others see charm. Years after graduation, struggling to make it as an actor in Hollywood, David finally comes to recognize that what he mistook for dislike was in fact an encouragement to go his own way, in his own time.

Each episode of Meditative Story combines the emotional pull of first-person storytelling with immersive music and gentle mindfulness prompts. Read the transcript for this story at: www.meditativestory.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0

We have a special episode for you today, as well as some terrific news to share.

0:11.5

Meditative story has been recognised in multiple categories, in this year's inaugural

0:15.8

Signal Awards.

0:17.2

The Signal Awards celebrate best in class content and production in the world of podcasting,

0:22.4

and it's an incredible honour to be recognised.

0:25.1

Meditative story received an unprecedented ten nominations across multiple categories,

0:29.9

including Best Health and Wellness Podcasts.

0:32.6

In celebration of Meditative Stories' recognitions, we're sharing one of this year's honorees,

0:37.4

our episode featuring actor David DeCovney.

0:41.0

Now, on to David's episode.

0:45.3

In one exercise, we drink an imaginary cup of coffee for months.

1:03.2

I feel the shape of the mug in my hands, the weight of it.

1:06.9

I grasp the handle and, ah, there's the heat.

1:11.6

I can feel the heat.

1:13.8

I smell the rich, smoky aroma of the coffee, tasted on my lips.

1:20.3

I spend hours doing this.

1:22.6

My Latin is pretty good, but this is all Greek to me.

1:28.0

Acting forces me to use all of myself, not just my mind, my body, my heart, and I love

1:35.2

it like I love basketball and baseball.

1:38.4

It's not caring cancer, but it feels important, feels good to me.

1:44.2

I start to realise how much energy I spend keeping busy, trying to move faster than my

1:48.3

feelings, but here they want me to slow down, to feel everything.

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