26/10/2025
If you know much about , you’ll know he is an interesting and articulate fellow. He also meditates in the same style and lineage of meditation that I am a teacher of.
On his phenomenal blog , he provides his fans with an un-moderated opportunity to ask him anything about anything at all - from meditation to the death of his child, to heartbreak, Christmas, and his creative process.
With each nuanced exchange, Cave achieves an almost breathtaking level of intimacy with the reader. Each question and response, a communion that he most often confronts with equal measures of tenderness and brutality.
There is a wildness to the way he describes the benefits he received from his meditation practice. All at once, his descriptions profound and thoughtful, guileless, funny, and so well written.
And this bit here is just perfect. He says,
“Unlike some meditation techniques that focus on a life lived entirely within the present moment, transcendental meditation seems to radiate backward and forwards in time, evoking our common humanity and our deep connection to the earth’s inheritance, as it layers us in meaning. It may not hold back the end of the world, but it reduces the element of fear, allowing us to administer to the world more effectively. It also implements a kind of mysterious reinstating of the soul, a honeying of life, a merciful acceptance of suffering, and reminds us of the incredible privilege it is to be alive.“
A honeying of life. An evocation of our common humanity and a mysterious reinstating of the soul.
And this is why we choose to meditate every single day, ideally twice a day. For many people they come to meditation to better manage their stress levels, to improve their relationships, to reduce anxiety, to get them to sleep, or to enhance their creativity. Over time, what they realise is that their stress, tension, and fatigue, were simply blocking them to this connection, to this honeying of life, to the reinstating of the Soul.
Continued in comments…
