Meditate With Me: Conversations About New Spiritual Paths, Peace, Harmony and Compassion

About Meditate With Me: Conversations About New Spiritual Paths, Peace, Harmony and Compassion

I am unlocking the doors by having the courage to ask why. Every question is a step. Having recently crossed 70, I find myself looking back—not with regret, but with curiosity. Time, as it turns out, was never something to be hoarded or stretched thin. I spent years chasing ideas, proving myself, and running at a relentless pace. What I missed in the process was the simplest and most elusive thing of all—the moment I was already in. I am learning now, not to control time, but to live it. To let each moment be what it is, free from yesterday’s weight and tomorrow’s pull. To pause. To breathe. To ask questions not for the sake of answers, but for the clarity they bring. This podcast is my space to explore those questions, to strip away the unnecessary, and to share what remains—sometimes as reflections, sometimes in raw, unpolished thoughts, sometimes in poetry that may or may not make sense to anyone but me. But that is part of the journey, isn’t it? I won’t tell you what to believe or how to be. I will only invite you to join me as I navigate this path—one of presence, of inquiry, of living in the fullness of now. Expect moments of stillness, of laughter, of unexpected wisdom in the ordinary. No yesterdays. No tomorrows. Only this moment, unfolding. Let’s explore it together.

Publisher

Gerald E Smith

Category

education · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Oct 2023

Latest episode

27 Feb 2025

Latest episodes

29 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Feb 2025

   S3-Ep4 Why Do We Sit? a three minute reflection about why we meditate

   The Zen Masters tell us to sit with no expectation, no goal, no clinging to an outcome. But if there is no reason to sit, then why do we? The mind craves purpose, direction, justification. It wants to say, I sit because… But what if there is no because? No searching for peace, no waiting for stillness, no chasing insight—just sitting. Not to become better, not to achieve anything. Just sitting the way the wind moves, the way the river flows. If we ask why sit?, maybe we do not need to. And yet, something in us still does. Let’s explore what it means to sit without a reason. Not as an act of striving, but as simply being.

2. 

   26 Feb 2025

   S3-Ep3 - The Illusion of Understanding

   What do we really mean when we say we seek understanding? Is it knowledge? Clarity? Or simply a desire to quiet the uncertainty within us? In this episode, We reflect on a passage from Jiddu Krishnamurti that explores the nature of understanding—not as an end point, but as a process of seeing what is, without distortion, without justification. But if true understanding dissolves certainty rather than providing it, what is it we are really searching for? Perhaps the search itself is the illusion. Join us in this exploration of questioning, seeing, and letting go of the need to arrive at final answers. Have thoughts to share? Send them in—I’d love to explore them with you.

3. 

   20 Feb 2025

   S3-Ep2 -Why Do We Ask Questions - A Two Minute Exploration of Questioning

   In this episode, We explore the simple but profound act of questioning. Why do we ask? Not to find final answers, but to see more clearly. To uncover, to explore, to keep moving forward. The path of inquiry is already unfolding, and we are already walking it. There is no rush, no urgency—only the rhythm of the questions themselves, leading us deeper into what we already know but have yet to fully see. Join us in this quiet meditation on curiosity, presence, and the wisdom found not in the answers, but in the asking itself. Have a question you’d like to share? Send it in via comments, email, or any way you’d like—I’d love to explore it with you in a future episode.

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