John Astin

John Astin is a psychologist, researcher, author, songwriter, teacher... and lover of existence... Instagram:

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@DrDebraSoh @amazon @amazonbooks @AbigailShrier Curious, I searched Amazon here in California where I live and your book did come up along with a list of related titles including Abigail's (which was 3rd on the list).

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This Is Always It https://t.co/5MkAirzFnp

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@NASPAhistory @NASPAtweets Thanks for sharing this sweet tribute to my Dad.

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#cnntownhall Why not have those who are risk (elderly, health co-morbidities) engage in serious social distancing while those who are at less risk return to social interaction? This seems the one solution that would allow the economy to re-open while keeping the vulnerable safe.

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@LoriAnnLothian Feel the same way.

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@OortCloudAtlas Have seen this before... hysterical! :-)

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Hi Folks. Just wanted to let you know that the new book, due out Nov. 1, is now available for preorder on Amazon...

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Be with your experience, outside of the context of what you think or imagine it to be.

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A new blog post: https://t.co/Ot9q7w1Cgb

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Engaging in some practice in order to become more mindful or aware is like going outside on a bright, sunny day, and lighting a candle in order to see better. Experience is always illuminated!

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What we label as pain is always occurring in a vast context that is not pain.

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For the next few moments as you sit here, see if it's possible to ever depart from now.

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There is only one thing here though that one thing expresses itself with infinite variety.

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Without deferring to anything or anyone, simply look at what’s here, nakedly and innocently, without referring to any outside authority. Open yourself in complete un-guardedness to what’s here, letting experience tell you what it is, allowing the moment to reveal its secrets...

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While our narratives about what's going on here are based on an assumption of continuity—that things are more or less what they were an instant ago—such continuity doesn't actually exist…which calls into question the ultimate veracity of any narrative we might be engaging in.

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In any moment you find yourself engaging in some practice to become more present or aware, just stop and recognize that both the practice you’re engaging in, and the effort you are exerting, are themselves expressions of the very presence you are seeking.

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Look in your experience and tell me, "how long does now actually last?"

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This is never what we think it is because this is unthinkable.

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All the states we've ever tried to avoid or change into something else—the fear, the insecurity—simply by relaxing and allowing those to be as they are, we can discover that every one of them, left uncorrected, is actually the seat of the most inconceivable power and presence.