Hello and welcome to another episode of One Heart, One Mind.

I'm your host Thomas Mconkey.

Thank you so much for listening.

I'm feeling full. I've just spent my first week post-grad school, and it's like I have

all the time in the world. I have all the time in the world to contemplate the heavens and be here

with you through podcast form and share some gems that have really

illuminated my path and it's a pleasure it's a privilege so thank you for listening before

i get into the episode today, just another reminder, public service announcement.

Now that I'm back in full swing as a teacher, I have offerings coming down the pike, lower lights.

That's my organization, my community that I've run for many years.

We have a seven-day meditation retreat in Oregon coming up in September.

That sounds like a long way away, but it's not, and our retreats fill up pretty quickly.

So just want to give you a chance to sign up if you're drawn to it.

I mentioned this last week that if you hear about

a seven-day meditation retreat and think that that's absolutely wacky, it's madness to do that.

I hear you. I was once like you. And after spending years doing silent retreats with my community, my students, I'm clear

for myself that not taking significant time out of life to be in your own stillness is actually

what's wacky. There is a $1 trillion industry of attention fracking,

which is people who are wielding all of the tools of human psychology

to hook your eyeballs to screens.

And it is a radical act to train your mind and attention away from all of these forces

that are acting on our minds.

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