Q & A with Tom Cronin | The Stillness Project
Meditation is the key that unlocks us from our distracted minds and the never-ending rush between one activity and to the next. During our meditation practice the mindless ‘auto-pilot’ mode falls away and we become more engaged in the moment of now.
The magic of meditation allows us to shift into another octave of experience, you cease being anxious about the future and life can begin to flow with more ease and less forced effort.
Tom Cronin of the The Stillness Project has experienced one end of the spectrum; the adrenaline junkie super stress filled world of trading, to the absolute other; joyful bliss filled connection to your ‘inner amazingness’!
As a collective let’s move to higher ground, Tom Cronin is one meditation guru that can show us ever stimulated digital fuelled modern people how find timeless space by nurturing a peaceful state of stillness.
Tell us what the stillness project is all about?
The Stillness Project is a global movement to inspire 1 billion people to sit in meditation daily through the use of social media, film, ebooks, retreats, seminars, talks and workshops.
In what way does The Stillness Project serve the global community?
The Stillness Project is about change. It is more than presenting ideas, it’s about offering the tools and practicalities of application to the idea. We believe that each and every human has inner peace and happiness within them and that when they receive the key, the door to this world will be unlocked. That key is meditation.
You have recently returned from the playa at Burning Man in Nevada, how has this experience ‘ignited’ your mind, body, spirit in any way shape or form?
Wow, Burning Man…what an experience! It was an inspiring insight into how humanity behaves when a conscious community has no rules other than the rule of giving. It was a creative, kind, open and intelligent city that was formed for 7 days. My favourite experience was being far out in the desert on my own at dawn and being immersed in the stillness and vastness of it.
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Do you feel like you have awakened super human ‘powers’ in yourself and others through the practice of stillness through transcendental meditation?
I have to be careful here as Superhuman Powers can be misleading. It’s not to say I jump over tall buildings however the previous human version of myself has been superseded by a new model through meditation. I feel alot of bliss, love and joy most of the time and the darkness of depression, the fear of anxiety and the constant sickness has dissolved.
I see the same things occur in my students. So yes, a more evolved version of themselves appears, possibly a superhuman version of themself 🙂
What does it mean to you to have left the trading floor for the meditation floor?
Purpose, motivation and relevance.
What would you say to the people who have given meditation go and found themselves consumed by the busy ‘monkey mind’?
Find a good teacher who will help you learn the most important thing you’ll ever learn.
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Any healthy tips can you share that are embedded into your daily rituals?
- Rise with the sun
- Start the day with a big glass of warm water and a dash of apple cider vinegar
- Then do some stretches and meditate
- Drink some more warm water
- Then have a good breakfast
- Between 2pm and 4pm take a break. Meditate, nap, or rest for just 20 minutes as the circadian rythmn of the day dips
- Eat dinner before 7pm to digest well
- Go to bed before 10pm
- Turn off all electronics after 10pm and don’t sleep with your phone on
Top 3 book recommendations?
The Power of Now Eckart Tolle
Emmanuels Book Pat Rodegast
Oneness Rasha
Currently Reading?
The End Of Your World by Adyashanti
Favourite Film?
Personal Life Mantra?
Transcend where you are
Favourite Quote?
“Established in being, perform action” – Yogastah Kuru Karmani
Most potent message you can share with our tribe?
Life will be uncomfortable at times, which is ok, because that is your guiding force back home to the Truth.
If you would like to connect to your ‘inner amazingness’ through the practice of meditation check out Tom Cronin and The Stillness Project’s 21 Steps to Faster Deeper Bliss.
http://www.tomcronin.com
http://thestillnessproject.com
By Amanda Clegg
Integrated Health Coach
RawfoodTribe
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