~ George Washington

A interesting read about meditation on Yahoo! yesterday. Russell Simmons shared some of his awesome words on the impacts of a meditation practice.

“I used to think that the anxiety drove me, that just always worrying about what’s tomorrow was part of the process,” said Simmons. “But letting go of that kind of anxiety is the process. ‘Cause when you’re making a record, you’re not counting your money. You’re engaged. And when you’re fully engaged in working a melody, or when you’re reading a book and the world stops, you even forget to breathe, or you’re in a car accident and the world moves slowly, that kind of consciousness is what we’re looking for always. Everything we can do to gain that kind of consciousness is a plus.”

Simmons also talks about his specific meditation techniques and daily practice. I really enjoyed these words:

“Meditation helps young people and adults to get control of the noise,” explained Simmons. “The noise is the cause of almost all sickness and sadness. If we can calm the noise, our relationship with the world benefits tremendously.

Photo Credit: The Aquarian

~ Malcolm X

We are making a three day stop (we think) in the city of Cali.

Cali is known as the “Capital de la Salsa” given the city’s infatuation with Afro-Caribbean music. We tried our first class last night and it didn’t look quite like the video above 🙂

We look forward to checking out the Zoo and the old architecture.

~ John Wesley

~ St. Augustine