Archive - Matt’s Musings

In sanskrit, the language of the Veda, gu means remover and ru - means darkness so when they come together to form the word guru, the meaning becomes…

Jul 14 •

June 2024

Sometimes, I think we can confuse being spiritual with being serious or more to the point, we can have the idea that to be spiritual means the sacrifice…

Jun 28 •

Magic Memory Potion

Having just come home from a very enjoyable dinner with some of my meditation teacher colleagues, I went to the bathroom and opened a drawer but rather…

Jun 20 •

May 2024

Enjoy your Self!

My teacher Thom Knoles once recounted a story involving his teacher Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and it went a little like this.

May 27 •

March 2024

You Miss All The Shots You Don't Take

On the one hand, it makes sense right. As us Aussies would say, you’ve gotta be in it to win it.

Mar 31 •

February 2024

Do nothing, accomplish everything

The other day I was chatting to a friend and he was telling me how he feels like his life has been an 8 out of 10 but there’s something that’s stopppng…

Feb 12 •

Winning Grammys AND being happy

It's the Grammys tonight here in LA and invariably, there is someone who has "stolen the spotlight" or in other words, nabbed the most nominations.

Feb 4 •

December 2023

Holidays aren't just for "the holidays"

Don’t get me wrong….

Dec 26, 2023 •

We never know what we prevented....

Today, I'm sad.

Dec 18, 2023 •

November 2023

Letting go of things that no longer serve us

Let me start by telling you what inspired this post. I’d just finished the very last session of a very epic 2 weeks of surfing in remote parts of…

Nov 5, 2023 •

We can only do what we can do

We can only change what we can change.

Nov 2, 2023 •

October 2023

Water the roots, enjoy the fruits

It’s simple really.

Oct 2, 2023 •

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