The Robert Beatty Podcast

The Strangest Story Ever Told: Mystery: Birth: Life, Death

This is a powerful and engaging guided meditation.
You and everyone you meet are Apparitions.  Born out of nowhere, we go through years of somebody training to become somebody. Existing, we are deeply afraid that something will go wrong, that we will lose someone or something. Lose our lives. And then we do. Always! What a relief and how happy we might be if we could see what is REALLY going on!
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Self Love Meditation: Be the First Person to Hold You At Your Birth.

Hello Fellow Human:   
This guided meditation is deeply enhanced by spontaneous music by Ted Tanner.
Most of us have some very destructive malware that has come to us via our  parents or caregivers, neglect or trauma in our lifetime. Presence, or loving awareness, comes from a place much deeper within us. This means that we can cultivate a heart-mind that has room for all the wounds of a lifetime and MUCH more. Nobody else can heal this for us, but we definatley can!
Imagine a golden doorway at the center of your heart and quietly say, “I love you, [your name],” letting that warmth flow through your whole being. Try it while you shower, drive, or before sleep. Imagine your hands to be the first ones to hold you right after your birth. What would you like to say to yourself in those moments? What would you like to hear?
Become the loving presence your younger self needed — hold, forgive, and come back to this gentle practice whenever you need. It’s simple, powerful, and always with you.

Homecoming: A Loving‑Kindness Meditation. Be the first person to hold your newborn self

Love and Compassion are our most treasured capacities. Please join me for a little while to do the 2600 year old practices as taught by the Buddha.  Starting with yourself  then a benefactor and a friend. Be the first person to touch yourself as you are born. What would you like to say to that newborn as you breathe your first breath? 
It’s okay if your mind wanders — the practice invites kindness for the wanderer, simple phrases like “I love you” with your name, and the warmth of breath and visualization to steady you.
Use this whenever you need tenderness, courage, or a soft reminder that you’re seen, held, and deeply loved.

I Had a Dream of an Easy Life A Poem by Monica Hall

Performed by Robert Beatty with Saffire Bouchellion on hand pan accompaniment
Hey friend — I used to dream of a flawless, straight-line life: honors, applause, zero heartbreak. But every perfect picture felt empty compared to this messy, raw, and strangely beautiful life I actually live.
So here's to the tangled parts, the surprising joy, and the scars that made us: I’m grateful for the chaos that shaped me. Come sit with me — we’ll laugh, ache, and celebrate it together.
 
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📚 NEW CLASSES & RETREATS - STARTING FEBRUARY 2026
Love & Happiness: The Four Brahma Viharas - 10-week course, starts Feb 18
Mindfulness for the Awakened Heart - Thursday evening drop-in, starts Feb 26
Remembering Death - One-day retreat, Feb 21 Details & registration: robertbeatty.com
🧘 PRACTICE WITH ROBERT
Morning Meditation (weekdays 6:30-7:15am PST) - robertbeatty.com
Individual Guidance (first session free) - robertbeatty.com
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Sit in the One Seat: A Meditation by Ajahn Chah

Please come sit with me for a moment. Imagine you are in a comfortable chair in the middle of a six-sided room and notice the simple invitation: stay here, breathe, and turn your attention to whatever comes through the windows of seeing, hearing, touch, smell, and mind.
No judgments, no chasing thoughts — just gentle reminders to return to the one seat and be here now. It’s small, but it changes everything.
 
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I Love You (With Your Name at the End): A Simple Practice to Heal

Hey — take a breath. This practice flips the mind’s old critical tapes by inserting one new, gentle line: “I love you” with your name at the end. Say it to your newborn self, your present body, or in a hard memory — no reasons needed.
It’s small, immediate, and surprisingly powerful. Whisper your name, let the kindness land, and carry that warmth with you through the day.
 
This practice flips the mind’s old critical tapes by inserting one new, gentle line: “I love you” with your name at the end. Imagine that your hands are the first to hold your newborn self.  "I love you " to your present self just as you are. Inhabit a challending memory or situation and say "I love you"  No reasons needed.
It’s small, immediate, and surprisingly powerful. Whisper your name, let the kindness land, and carry that warmth with you through the day.
 
🙏 SUPPORT THIS WORK These teachings are offered freely in the Buddhist tradition of dana (generosity). If this practice benefits you, please consider supporting: linktr.ee/robertbeatty
📚 NEW CLASSES & RETREATS - STARTING FEBRUARY 2026-  robertbeatty.com
Love & Happiness: The Four Heart Practices- 10-week course, starts Feb 18 -
Mindfulness for the Awakened Heart - Thursday evening drop-in, starts Feb 26 -
Remembering Death - One-day retreat, Feb 21 Details & registration: robertbeatty.com
🧘 - Morning Meditation (weekdays 6:30-7:15am PST) - robertbeatty.com
- Individual Guidance (first session free) - robertbeatty.com -
YouTube: youtube.com/@RobertBeattyBuddhistMeditation -
Newsletter: substack.com/@robertbeattymeditation -
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6: Intro to Mindfulness Meditation: Difficult Emotions, Compassion and Awakening

This is the last of six guided meditations, which will provide you with a firm foundation to begin and deepen your mindfulness, insight, meditation practice.
This session provides guidance in how to work with difficult emotions.  We tend to delight in pleasant emotions and struggle to get rid of the unpleasant ones.  Mindfulness will allow you to meet emotions of all kinds as guides and teachers. When challenging emotions are present we are guided to turn toward them with love and compassion: to embrace rather than hate them.  As we allow ourselves to become intimate with them they reveal their true impermanent and impersonal nature. we learn to rest with our hearts open in the middle of all of the challenges of life. 
 
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These teachings are offered freely in the Buddhist tradition of dana (generosity). If this practice benefits you, please consider supporting: linktr.ee/robertbeatty
 
📿 MORE RESOURCES
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robertbeattybuddhistmeditation
- Website: robertbeatty.com
- Weekly Thursday meditation class (starting January 2025)
- Individual sessions (first session free)

5. Intro to Mindfulness Meditation: Restlessness Agitation, Sloth and Torpor, and Doubt

This is the fifth of six introductory guided meditations, which will provide you with a firm foundation to begin and deepen your mindfulness, insight, meditation practice. This session introduces you to the final three of the five hindrances: Restlessnes and Agitation, Sloth and Torpor, and Doubt. When the mind is too energized, low energy or filled with doubt, knowing how to bring awareness and wisdom to them is the path to letting them be so they weaken and vanish, 
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These teachings are offered freely in the Buddhist tradition of dana (generosity). If this practice benefits you, please consider supporting: linktr.ee/robertbeatty
 
📿 MORE RESOURCES
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robertbeattybuddhistmeditation
- Website: robertbeatty.com
- Weekly Thursday meditation class (starting January 2025)
- Individual sessions (first session free)

4 Intro to Mindfulness Meditation: Craving/Desire and Aversion/Disliking The First Two Hindrances

This is the fourth of six introductory guided meditations: Sometimes one can hardly find the breath to use it as a training object. At such times a meditator can up-level the game and become aware of which of the Five Hindrances are present. The first two form a polarity: Craving and Aversion. Rather than struggle to stop or banish these powerful and natural life energies one learns how to acknowledge and accept them and in so doing to reduce their power and capacity to pull us into delusion. 
The guidance is heart-centered and creates an atmosphere of kindness and compassion to allow awakening to ripen. 
 
🙏 SUPPORT THIS WORK
These teachings are offered freely in the Buddhist tradition of dana (generosity). If this practice benefits you, please consider supporting: linktr.ee/robertbeatty
 
📿 MORE RESOURCES
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robertbeattybuddhistmeditation
- Website: robertbeatty.com
- Weekly Thursday meditation class (starting January 2025)
- Individual sessions (first session free)

3 Intro to Mindfulness Meditation: Stress, Anxiety and Coming Home to the Body

This is the third of six guided meditations. It focuses on stress, anxiety and restlessness and teaches you to  you come home to the life of the body in the present moment. The guidance is heart-centered and creates an atmosphere of kindness and compassion to allow awakening to ripen. 
 
🙏 SUPPORT THIS WORK
These teachings are offered freely in the Buddhist tradition of dana (generosity). If this practice benefits you, please consider supporting: linktr.ee/robertbeatty
 
📿 MORE RESOURCES
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robertbeattybuddhistmeditation
- Website: robertbeatty.com
- Weekly Thursday meditation class (starting January 2025)
- Individual sessions (first session free)

2: Intro to Mindfulness Meditation; The Wandering Mind is not an Enemy

This is the second of six guided meditations, which will provide you with a firm foundation to begin and deepen your mindfulness, insight, meditation practice. This session introduces you to how to work with the wandering mind. It will help you escape the pointless and dispiriting battle of trying to silence the mind. The guidance is heart-centered and creates an atmosphere of kindness and compassion to allow awakening to ripen. 
 
🙏 SUPPORT THIS WORK
These teachings are offered freely in the Buddhist tradition of dana (generosity). If this practice benefits you, please consider supporting: linktr.ee/robertbeatty
 
📿 MORE RESOURCES
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robertbeattybuddhistmeditation
- Website: robertbeatty.com
- Weekly Thursday meditation class (starting January 2025)
- Individual sessions (first session free)
 

1: Intro to Mindfulness Meditation: Breathing and Accepting

This is the first of six guided meditations, which will provide you with a firm foundation to begin and deepen your mindfulness, insight, meditation practice. This session introduces you to mindfulness of breathing and teaches that the goal is to accept the nature of the wandering mind rather than trying to achieve a silent mind. It also introduces the practice of "noting". 
This guided meditation is the first of a series of six introducing Insight Meditation practices with a heart-centered approach. Perfect for both beginners and experienced meditators.
 
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These teachings are offered freely in the Buddhist tradition of dana (generosity). If this practice benefits you, please consider supporting: linktr.ee/robertbeatty
 
📿 MORE RESOURCES
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@robertbeattybuddhistmeditation
- Website: robertbeatty.com
-Weekday morning Meditation class. 6:30 - 7:15. (robertbeatty.com)
- Weekly Thursday evening hybrid meditation class (starting January 2025)
- Individual guidance in meditation. (first meeting free) 
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This Moment Is Enough: A Gentle Guide Back to Now

Hey — come sit with me for a minute. Notice the breath, the shoulder that aches, the crow outside, and how the mind spins stories while you keep returning to this one true moment.
No pressure, no fixing — just the small, ordinary miracle of breathing in and out, waking up again and again, and opening your heart to the messy, beautiful you. Try saying “I love you” to yourself with your name at the end and see what shifts.
May this little pause steady you for whatever comes next — a meeting, a drive, a walk — and help you carry a bit more kindness and presence through your day.
This guided meditation is part of a series introducing Insight Meditation practices with a heart-centered approach. Perfect for both beginners and experienced meditators.
 
🙏 SUPPORT THIS WORK
These teachings are offered freely in the Buddhist tradition of dana (generosity). If this practice benefits you, please consider supporting: linktr.ee/robertbeatty
 
📿 MORE RESOURCES
- YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/@robertbeattybuddhistmeditation]
- Website: robertbeatty.com
- Weekly Thursday evening meditation class (www.robertbeatty.com)
- Morning Meditation Weekdays 6:30 - 7:15
- Individual sessions (https://www.robertbeatty.com/individual-training.html)
-https://substack.com/@robertbeattymeditation?
 

A Man and a Woman Sit Near Each Other A Poem by Robert Bly

A man and a woman sit near each other,
and they do not long at this moment to be older,
or younger, nor born in any other nation, or time or place.
They are content to be where they are, talking or not talking....

How to Survive: A Poem by Joseph Fasano English and TYurkish

This poem is presented in English and Turkish
English by Robert Beatty
Turkish by Elif Ledron
This is not a poem for the faint of heart or those who embrace Pollyana.
It is gritty and realistic and loving and a heart and eye opener.