Hey pals.
One of my goals with Homebase is to eventually have a library of free meditations for every kind of human situation, including the situation of just existing. If you have a situation or an emotion or a conundrum or a curiosity or a spiritual impulse or simply an unusually-wired nervous system that you’d like a specific meditation for, let me know in the comments. Making these is pure joy; my cosmic yearning and my ADHD keep making new love children together.❤️
This meditation is about … impatience! There’s the low-level impatience of, say, being blocked by someone standing on the left-hand side of an escalator, or waiting for the end of a guided meditation. And there’s the more concentrated impatience of missing the airport bus when you’re late for a flight, or having to get out the door right now but one kid is screaming with a fresh load in their underwear while the other kid is throwing their shoes down the basement stairs. (Hypothetically speaking.)
That ratcheting tension between an immovable deadline, and a set of circumstances that cannot be controlled. Technically, an accurate description of our short human lifespans. 😂
Now, some people are at their best in these moments. They take a deep breath, find their inner resources, and calmly carry on. Not me. My experience becomes suddenly intolerable, and I turn into one of those cartoon fight clouds, arms and legs shooting in all directions and face flapping like a rubber mask in a wind turbine.
Can we please redact these moments from the transcript of our lives?
Nope. All part of the waxy build up, that grinding march of reactivity that accompanies so many situations and relationships.
What we can do — in addition to forgiving our tender human imperfections — is practice finding dignity in the moment. If I can remember to do this, especially if I know ahead of time that I’m going into a stressful situation, it can dramatically change both the general vibe and the hoped-for outcome.
Let’s try it together.
Jeff
Being Human Takes Practice - Evening Event in New York
August 14, 2025, 6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
New York Insight at 115 West 29th Street, 12th Floor
Being human is hard! Meditation helps in about a million different ways, and one big specific way: space around said humanity. This evening, we explore all this in short guided meditations, and through buoyant and sometimes tear-jerking social interaction as well as modern dance.
Ultimately this important and very professional evening is about relating to our mental health quirks and challenges in a more accepting and less stigmatized way. Also, it’s about joy. Or, if not joy, then bemused confusion. Plus I’ve noticed that talking about how life is kicking my ass makes people feel better about themselves. It’s good to talk about the ass-kickings of life in a joyful way! Also it’s good – very good – to talk about the sacred mystery of moment-to-moment existence and the weirdness of reality.
What does all this mean? I have no idea. But ideas come anyway! They’ll come to you too!
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