Ep. 46 Krish Shrikumar: Meditation, Technology, And Escaping To Presence

We spend so much time in the future. Working towards goals and dreams, trying to meet our targets and KPIs. Deadlines, to-do lists, showing that we're good enough, worthy enough, capable enough. Or we find ourselves stuck in the past. Worrying about the things we said or did. Haunted by trauma, regret, anger or bitterness. Alternatively we're lost in our phones, absorbed into media, our attention drawn to the agendas of others, feeding the attention economy and the outrage economy. Manipulated, exploited, our eyeballs and brainwaves somewhere else, belonging to someone else. But we live right here, in this present moment. This is where we are, and as long as we're either in the past or the future, we're fighting against reality. Because the past if fixed, the future hasn't happened yet, the only place where we can be, do, live, is now. Meditation and mindfulness are buzzwords of the moment. They often seem woo-woo, or naive or impractical, but in a world that not only feeds off our anxiety and our dissatisfaction but, in these days of Covid-19, fuels it, its vital that we reclaim this moment for ourselves. And mindfulness and meditation can help us to do that. To take a break from all of the external pressures of the world, of the past and the future, and just to be here, right now, as ourselves, in this moment. It's not easy, and sometimes it helps to have a practice that you engage in. For some this might be a gym routine, or yoga classes. For others this might be guided meditations or meditation apps. For Krish Shrikumar, he's hoping that his game, Playne, will help. Playne takes the escapism of video games and turns it on its head. It encourages meditation using interactive experiences and goal setting. It is a refreshing take on integrating this ancient activity into our busy, modern, digital lives. In this conversation I speak with Krish about why meditation is so important in living a fulfilled and healthy live, and how technology can help that. Useful links: www.playne.co

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