Live Today Now Blog

Live Today NOW Episode #4

livetodaynow — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:43:46 +0000

Hi, I just wanted to give you a quick update. I posted my the latest episode of Live Today NOW. I appreciate everyone that has listened and keeps listening. Please contact me at questions@livetodaynow.com and let me know what you think.

My affirmations

livetodaynow — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:56:53 +0000

Affirmations:

1) I am smart and can figure out anything that I put my mind to
2) I am creative and can create great works of art if I focus
3) I am different
4) I can create a company and sell my works
I am thin and do live a healthy life

There I did it. Now to focus on these affirmations.

New Podcast is out

livetodaynow — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:33:34 +0000

Hi Everyone,
I have gotten a new Live Today NOW podcast out. This one is just a quick update of where I have been and what I have been up to. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Launch of new website and recession

livetodaynow — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:45:54 +0000

Well, it has been a while since you have heard from me. I just finished launching the barebones website for Live Today NOW that will make it easier to post blog entries to the website as well as podcasts.

Many things have been going on in my life since I was posting the podcast. Namely I’m moving to Boston from Seattle. This has taken lots of my time and still hasn’t happened. I will not have my computer with me while in Boston. So my goal will be to go over Eckhart Tolle’s work and do some podcasts with my iPhone. So hopefully once March comes around I will have lots of content to really get spring 2009 off to a good run.

I’m really happy that I have kept my goal of keeping this podcast alive. It has taken much courage, patience and hard work to get everything organized. I also have been working on focusing and shutting down my mind to my thoughts that are not about the current task at hand. Now this doesn’t mean that I can’t multi task. Like at the moment I’m working on importing all my DV video for the family website (all the video I have recorded in the past 8 years to put on the website). It just means I have a focus and a goal.

Back to Boston, one of the reasons we (my partner and I) have chosen to move is because of an economic need to do so. As we (in the world) are facing these hard times it is important to see ourselves and our faith see us through the stress and happenings to us and our family/friends. The tough decisions need to be decided and this needs to happen in the most effective matter.

One of my goals to not get caught up in the national happenings. I watch and stay aware of what is occurring but my goal is to not invest any thought or emotion into it. I really do believe that Eckhart’s work helps in this and will be one of the tools used to help us get through these difficult times.

One of the other things I have been working on is productivity and making sure I’m as productive as I possibly can be. So far one of the most productive things I have done is to get rid of the excess projects. Or make them short. I do have a habit of getting destracted with side projects and losing focus. The book “Getting Things Done” by David Allen has been very helpful in getting my tasks done. When I get further along I’ll post more about his technique and what I use of it.

Well at the moment that is all I have. I’ll follow-up here with updates and you should look forward to more pod casts coming out in March 2009. Thank you for continuing to follow Live Today NOW and participating.

Meditation

livetodaynow — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:41:01 +0000

As I think about how important meditation is for personal growth I just want to take a moment away from the world and write about it.
One of the biggest issues I struggle with is keeping focused. This can be at home when I’m working on a project or at work when I’m stressed out. One tool I have found in my armory of tools to bring me back to the now is meditation. Many times, because of how busy it gets, it is hard to take time out for meditation. One solution I have found is to use my ipod (or any mp3 player) that has audio meditation tracks. If they are on a portable media player you can listen to them any time or anywhere. If you want to get a quick meditation in on a break select a meditation that is about 8 min long. You can go to your car or an closed office and meditate on your break. Even better is at lunch in a natural setting like a park.

When you meditate clear your head and listen to the voice and follow the instruction. After you get out of the session you will feel refreshed and alive .

If you have any suggestions or feedback on this please comment.

Jerimy

Living Today Now a month after starting up

livetodaynow — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:14:43 +0000

Hi and thank you for reading. This post is about my experiences so far. First I want to write about the struggles I have had in creating the podcast. I thought at first that I could create the podcast in a Apple program called iWeb and port over to www.livetodaynow.com. After struggling with everything from getting the files uploaded to making sure that the xml files were formatted correctly I made the decision that I would need to create the website from scratch. Currently I’m in the process of creating that website and it will be generally like the website I formally had. It will exclude any Java (because I don’t know Java at the moment) but will have other technologies like CSS and HTML.

On the spiritual note I have been all over the place. This disappoints me but I have accept what I have been going through and move on. This seems to be my life story at the moment. I am realizing how much I live through my pain body as I look at how I feel and act. It is undoing that natural reaction to external and internal forces that seems to have me at a stumbling block. I do have to admit that sometimes it is so much easier to just live unconsciously and take each moment for what it is.

For the past month I have also done what my body and mind wanted to do. Which was relax. So when I was struggling with things I just let it go and now I’m coming back. I would like to thank my listeners and readers for letting my take some time off. Now that I’m getting back up it will be easier to post information out to my listeners.

By the way, if you want to get ahold of me, email me at question@livetodaynow.com

Thank you!

Jerimy

Welcome to the new Live Today Blog!

livetodaynow — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:15:38 +0000

Hi Everyone,

I’ve decided to use wordpress for it’s flexibility and ease of use. Please check in often, my goal is to post here often.

Thank you,

Jerimy

Delay in Post

livetodaynow — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:30:43 +0000

I just had to put a quick note out here. I am behind in posting this weeks recording of the podcast. It will be out soon. This week I talk about my ego and how my week went in living in the now and where my ego was. Also I try to analyze what I like to call “rocking the boat” in how I’m making this change and the change I’m seeing overall in my life. Check back soon!

Unlearning 30 years of habits

livetodaynow — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:29:49 +0000

Well, I finally have episode #2 up. I have to apologize for the quality of the podcast. Next episode will be better. My goal is to give the listener the knowledge that I’m in a park through the sounds they hear in the background. From this I hope that this will help you relax and understand where I’m coming from.

One issue that is staring me in the face is how much I’m changing in such a short amount of time. I’m undoing several years worth of habits and getting to the deeper meaning of now and how I fit into that. As I talked about in Episode #2, I am constantly going back to living unconsciously. This is a something that I now see as a habit. I habitually react to situations or issues when they come up in my life. I see that as I go back to old communication styles that I haven’t unlearned from the past 30 years. The challenge is to change those habits and live in the now. Some of them relate to working with my partner. It is really difficult to change when you have the same interactions with someone day after day. I sometimes look at my situation and think I’m lucky because I can change and know I can change. Sometimes my nerves get worn down and I react but many times I don’t. Those times are what I hold onto and hope they lead to a healthier change in me. Another thing I’m changing is my lifestyle. This includes my eating habits and learning to cook meals rather than eating out. I have decided (because of many reasons) that I want to be mostly vegetarian. This is a major change in my life but I’m excited to see that benefits (some of which I already feel).

In the end I think it is healthy to acknowledge that many of the behavior patterns that we find our selves bad habits. And that is bad mental habits. As I grow I hope that I can become a healthy and productive human that is participating in a shared existence where I’m not putting more negative pollution into the overall human experience. I hope that I’m adding to a more positive and wholesome experience.

One change that has surprised me is that I’m starting to read the bible again. I have not done this in many years. This is a some that is important for me. After many years in organized religion I have healed and see that the religion isn’t the problem but the people that are participating. They are humans with flaws. Their egoic minds are running the show as my egoic mind was running my show. I hope that someday we all come go a greater level of consciousness for the good of all humanity.

One belief I do have is that we do have the potential to destroy ourselves and we are sometimes a thin thread from doing so. I think the days of the super heroes are over and the days of enlightenment are beginning. I hope that everyone that can read this is and I hope that the message does reach you as it has me.

Working through glitches and getting a routine

livetodaynow — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:28:19 +0000

Well I’m on the cusp of recording the 2nd episode of LivingTodayNOW and it is a wonder how many road blocks I have come up against. It is amazing that I’m staying on the path and updating. I have definitely found my way around different issues and will continue to look for more. The iTunes feed is up and I’m perfecting it so it looks as professional as I wish it would look. I am creating this website on my mac (as you can see by the logo below). I’m very fortunate to have my mac to work with and hopefully it will assist me as I take this journey. I also want to update my listeners to my own struggles. As I think about the podcast and what I hope that it will become I know I can’t let my ego take over and rule. This is definitely a struggle for me. But I’m in hopes that as I grow in learning to control my ego I can grow and make myself more open to growth and get past myself (the ego portion).

This week has been a struggle with my ego. I find myself lapsing back into my old way of thinking quite often and this includes getting stressed out and thinking of quitting things like this podcast. Or giving up. I keep pressing myself forward and know that I’m doing the right thing. The struggles I have had with getting the podcast up is something that I think is caused by my ego side putting up road blocks towards getting this out. But I know that in the end it will work out if I keep pressing forward. As far as falling off the wagon it is always when I’m under stress from work or at home that I fall off. It happens very quickly. I’m lucky, as a co-worker put it, that I can recognize that I’m not observing my behavior and then get back into that mode. But I definitely can bring myself back into the now as I fall off.

One other thing, I really hope that you are getting something out of this podcast. One of my goals is not to direct it towards on particular audience. I don’t think that doing that will get my message out as well as keeping it generally to my life. I will go into specifics as I feel comfortable and might even take this to a every other day posting if it becomes necessary. It seems the more I work on this podcast the more I’m focused on the now. So doing this podcast is definitely helping me.

Thank you again for listening and please send feedback at question@livingtodaynow.com