I Want To Be Astonished

"i want to feel tectonic shifts.
i want to be. i want to be astonished."

~ Sleeping at Last

Daron LarsonApril 7, 2017wonder, life, senses, taste, waking up, shadow, awareness, attention, music, music video, Sleeping At LastComment

When I Feel At Home

"When I feel at home (or when someone else truly makes me feel at home), I feel comfortable, supported, safe, and relaxed, like I don’t need anything. At those times, my past ceases to be a neon marquee of regrets, and my future is no longer an unending to-do list, bullet-pointed by unrealistic expectations. Feeling at home is the feeling that I can just be myself."

~ Ethan Nichtern

Daron LarsonMay 28, 2016Ethan Nichtern, home, feelings, past, future, waking upComment

A Work In Progress

We’re nothing less than a work in progress,
sacred text on post it notes.

Daron LarsonDecember 18, 2015life, waking up, senses, Sleeping At Last, wonder Comment

Feeling It for Yourself

"If I could explain what the one biggest shift has been from when I was 17 and suicidal to today and 22 and a lot healthier place, it's just that before I used to try to run away from my pain and tell no one about it, and now I try and run right into it and tell the people closest to me about it."

~ Kevin Breel

Clarity, Equanimity, Practice in LifeDaron LarsonSeptember 30, 2015Kevin Breel, depression, egocide, suicide, vulnerability, mental illness, mental health, shame, discomfort, waking up, TEDComment

Deep-Sleep Awareness

"The moment of awakening reveals two kinds of self-experience." ~ Evan Thompson

Clarity, Practice in LifeDaron LarsonJanuary 21, 2015waking up, sleep, Evan Thompson, self, narrative, story, attention, dreams, awarenessComment

Benefits Before Mastery

Mindfulness meditation is extraordinarily simple to describe, but it isn't easy to perform. True mastery might require special talent and a lifetime devotion to the task, and yet a genuine transformation in one's perception of the world is within reach for most of us. Practice is the only thing that will lead to success.

~ Sam Harris

Our Desire to Transcend Isolation

"Creation seems to come out of imperfection. It seems to come out of a striving and a frustration. And this is where I think language came from."

Waking Up

Broadcaster, meditator, and author Dan Harris engaged mind scientist and renowned sceptic Sam Harris about his new exploration of spirituality recently released book, Waking Up.

Daron LarsonNovember 5, 2014waking up, paying attention, meditation, mindfulness, science, neuroscience, religion, Sam Harris, Dan HarrisComment

Without Being Completely Swallowed Up

"The world is an illusion, but it is an illusion which we must take seriously, because it is real as far as it goes, and in those aspects of the reality which we are capable of apprehending. Our business is to wake up." ~ Aldous Huxley

Daron LarsonAugust 19, 2014illusion, dream, Aldous Huxley, waking up, reality, wisdomComment

The Path Home

"The search may begin with a restless feeling, as if one were being watched. One turns in all directions and sees nothing. Yet one senses that there is a source for this deep restlessness; and the path that leads there is not a path to a strange place, but the path home." ~ Peter Matthiessen