I listened to the podcast with Ellen Langer twice and in the end found myself quite annoyed with her. She is basically saying, take a stance of ‘don’t know mind’ and then proceeds to ‘know’ about meditation and poo-poo’s it, isn’t curious and acts like the expert. Where’s her don’t know mind? I was surprised you didn’t challenge her more and I’m sure you have your reasons.
All that said, I have renewed enthusiasm for ‘don’t know mind’ myself and it is a joyful practice.
This email just saved me. I was at the airport heading on a work trip and discovered my laptop did not charge last night. Tried several outlets at the airport and found something is wrong and I can’t get power at all. Went into panic mode thinking about all I have to do. Read today’s email on the plane and applied the tragedy or inconvenience suggestion. It’s a HUGE inconvenience but not a tragedy. I can now breath. Thank you
Really disliked this woman-dismissed meditation as woohoo without understanding it-strange for someone who is an academic researcher to make such uninformed characterizations. Didn’t really answer Dan’s questions in a thoughtful way.
Love the podcast and the advice/question. Between "is this a tragedy or an inconvenience" from Dr. Langer, and "is this useful" from Joseph Goldstein, I think pretty much every situation is covered. :-)
I listened to the podcast with Ellen Langer twice and in the end found myself quite annoyed with her. She is basically saying, take a stance of ‘don’t know mind’ and then proceeds to ‘know’ about meditation and poo-poo’s it, isn’t curious and acts like the expert. Where’s her don’t know mind? I was surprised you didn’t challenge her more and I’m sure you have your reasons.
All that said, I have renewed enthusiasm for ‘don’t know mind’ myself and it is a joyful practice.
This email just saved me. I was at the airport heading on a work trip and discovered my laptop did not charge last night. Tried several outlets at the airport and found something is wrong and I can’t get power at all. Went into panic mode thinking about all I have to do. Read today’s email on the plane and applied the tragedy or inconvenience suggestion. It’s a HUGE inconvenience but not a tragedy. I can now breath. Thank you
Today’s email was completely brilliant in it’s simplicity! Is it a tragedy or an inconvenience? This is really going to help me.
Really disliked this woman-dismissed meditation as woohoo without understanding it-strange for someone who is an academic researcher to make such uninformed characterizations. Didn’t really answer Dan’s questions in a thoughtful way.
Love the podcast and the advice/question. Between "is this a tragedy or an inconvenience" from Dr. Langer, and "is this useful" from Joseph Goldstein, I think pretty much every situation is covered. :-)
Love the simplicity of the question. Works for this knucklehead. Thanks
“Cultivate..” one reminds me of the meme of "How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?"
That said, I’m fortune’s to have that opportunity of having multigenerational relationships. Grateful 😊