Jerome Stone, Author at Minding The Bedside

About Jerome Stone

Jerome Stone is a Registered Nurse and the author of the book Minding The Bedside: Nursing from the Heart of the Awakened Mind. He also has over thirty years in a variety of health-care settings and is a long-time practitioner in meditation, with an emphasis in the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism and Christian and Kabbalistic Contemplation. More About Author Jerome Stone - More About The Mission of Minding The Bedside

Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate…Even When it Doesn’t Work

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF VERY SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? For many of us who have learned, tried, failed and/or succeeded in meditation, there have been (or still are?) times when our meditation practice goes something like this: Sit. Think. Try to meditate. Work at meditating. Sit some more. Think some more. Work harder. Think some more. Work even harder. Get fed up. Stop meditating....sound familiar? When this happens, meditation can simply become another time [...]

2019-10-24T13:53:09-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|5 Comments

Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate Whenever You Think About…Meditation!

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF EASY TO REMEMBER, SHORT AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? Meditate Whenever You Think About Meditation Do you ever find yourself thinking about meditating, or thinking about the fact that you haven't been meditating? Do you ever wish that you'd remembered to meditate? Well then, just meditate! Think about it for a minute, since you've taken the time to occupy your mind with the thought of meditation, why not apply that reminder to the moment - [...]

2019-10-24T13:51:26-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|4 Comments

Meditation Tip of the Week: When You Meditate, Forget About Yourself!

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION THIS WEEK MARKS THE FIFTH WEEK OF A NEW KIND OF POST ON THIS SITE, IT'S CALLED "TIP OF THE WEEK." TIP OF THE WEEK WILL BE PART OF A WEEKLY SERIES OF EASY TO REMEMBER, SHORT AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? When we learn to meditate, there can be a period of time when we encounter a "claustrophobia of self." It usually takes the form of thinking, "Am I doing this correctly?", "Am I making progress?", "Is this working for me?" "Will I [...]

2019-10-24T13:50:17-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|0 Comments

Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate Under Water…Or Biking Up a Mountain!

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF EASY TO REMEMBER, SHORT AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? In the previous weeks, the "Tip of the Week" has focused a lot on how to meditate in our daily lives. This week's tip will be similar; meditate under water, or on a tightrope!! When we begin to get comfortable with our meditation practice we can get lazy about it and only practice under the best of circumstances. But, that's not what meditation is about. It's about learning to [...]

2019-10-24T13:49:24-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|Comments Off

Meditation Tip of the Week: Meditate on What Scares You! Seriously!!

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF EASY TO REMEMBER, SHORT AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? Meditation works easily when we're sitting on our cushion, free from any immediate worries or concerns...and even then it can be exceedingly difficult! But what about when we're in a state of fear or panic, what then?? As we discussed in the Tip of the Week two weeks ago, "Don’t Wait Until the House is Burning Down…," it's vital that we know how to meditate before [...]

2019-10-24T13:48:21-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|2 Comments

Meditation Tip of the Week: Investigate the Nature of Thoughts…They’re Not Real!

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK IS A WEEKLY SERIES OF EASY TO REMEMBER, SHORT AND BASIC TIPS ON MEDITATION. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? Many people think that in order to meditate, we have to rid our mind of thoughts and of the things that distract it; that we have to shut out the world in order to come to really know our mind. Nothing could be further from the truth. Meditation isn’t about stopping thoughts or shutting anything out. It’s about being who we truly are in the midst [...]

2019-10-24T13:46:48-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|3 Comments

How to Watch the Cloud-Like Thoughts Within Our Mind

MEDITATION TIP OF THE WEEK ...IS A SERIES OF SHORT, EASY TO REMEMBER, AND BASIC TIPS ON HOW TO MEDITATE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK, IS IT HELPFUL? When Meditating, Understand Thoughts to be Like Clouds Minding one's life mindfully, aware, and compassionately comes from realizing the changing nature of our thoughts. We do this by turning the mind inward, transforming the stormy arisings of thoughts, emotions, and feelings by recognizing them to be impermanent phenomena like passing clouds in the sky. Minding one's life mindfully comes from realizing that whatever thoughts and emotions may be stirred up [...]

2019-10-24T13:44:49-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation Tip of the Week|3 Comments

No Time to Meditate….?

The time is...now! In a recent survey, when I asked our community what your biggest challenge is in practicing meditation, one of the most common responses was finding the time to meditate. Many of you are simply too busy to take the time to practice meditation, you're just too involved in (and swept up by) life to find the time. And to that I say..... Impossible!!! Why? Meditation = Non-Distraction At its heart, meditation is simply a state of non-distraction, where we allow whatever arises within our mind to simply be. Easier said than done, I get it. [...]

2019-03-18T13:00:34-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation|0 Comments

Do You Ever Feel Like Life is One Big Conspiracy…to Wake You the F- UP!??

Do you ever feel like life is just one big conspiracy to wake you the f* up from your distractions and habits?

2019-03-14T15:22:41-06:00By Jerome Stone|Meditation|7 Comments

Compassion Doesn’t Have to Hurt, in Nursing or Otherwise

Compassion Doesn't Have to Hurt, in Nursing or Otherwise Albert Einstein wrote: A human being is a part of the whole called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts, his feelings, as something separate from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. The delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and [...]

2021-08-16T20:24:18-06:00By Jerome Stone|Nursing|11 Comments