MEDITATION JOURNAL
Sharpening the mind differently.
Each day TheOneJake uses the Calm app.
Each day TheOneJake writes what stuck.
Not guru energy.
Not enlightenment cosplay.
Just:
What was noticed.
What was resisted.
What shifted.
Awareness is edge.
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SIT #327-2026 Mar 19 – Pace Your Awareness
Hump day survived. Today the DC was all about growing your awareness through practice. This sit works to get you in the flow and then allows you to become hyper aware of everything that is happening around you, within you, and about you in this very moment. This is a calming practice. The DT today
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SIT #326-2026 Mar 18 – Awwww Factor
Office day today. The DC was all about taking risks. The practice helps us look at risk opportunities in our lives and how taking risks is how we grow as people. Staying in your comfort zone get’s stagnant and doesn’t allow for growth. The potential failures from taking risk is all a part of growth.
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SIT #325-2026 Mar 17 – Happy St Paddy’s Day
Happy St Pats day. Today the DC was about fractals. This is a sit that was done almost a year ago on #89-2025 Mar 21. It’s the idea that things repeat themselves at scale. For instance while in meditation you forget to focus on the breath and then you come back to the breath and
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SIT #324-2026 Mar 16 — Listen Here Now Teacher
Back to the grind. Today the DC was all about using practice to strengthen your listening skills. Listening through practice and being aware of what you are hearing brings your focus up and allows you to process sound as it comes to you. Whether that be the rustling of the trees outside or a person
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SIT #323-2026 Mar 15 – SAIN Helps Keep Sain
Lazy Sundays. Today the DC was about SAIN. This is a practice using a tool called SAIN. Stop, Acknowledge / Accept, Investigate, Non-Identification. This is a practice created by psychotherapist Michael Stone and it relates to how to deal with reactionary measures and emotions like anger and aggression. This practice walks you through the steps
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SIT #322-2026 Mar 14 – Present in Wrong
The days are rolling along. Today the DC was about accepting being wrong. Some people have an issue with accepting this, because some people associate being wrong with being weak or perhaps having a fault. This rarely is the case – it’s exactly what it is; you are wrong. Seems simple. However it happens, it’s
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SIT #321-2026 Mar 13 – Sleep Curious Strength
Starting to feel better and been having decent sleeps. The DC today was a celebration of national sleep day and using practice to be aware of the goodness of sleep. Being grateful for the sleep we get and some techniques to help you get to sleep. The stress of not being able to fall asleep
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SIT #320-2026 Mar 12 – Grateful to Talk
On the mend. Today the DC was about morning meditation and being grateful for the early morning and what opportunities the day can bring us. The practice sets your intentions for the day by being aware that there is even a day there, a new day, a new beginning. The DT today was about talking
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SIT #314-2026 Mar 06 – Equanimity of Alien Feels
I had one of my best sleeps to date at 95% quality. I feel good. Today the DC was about Hear, Feel, See. The practice works on getting you centered in the moment with the skill of noting. When you focus on the things that you are hearing right now and then say in your
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SIT #318-2026 Mar 10 – Simple Connects
Office day today. The DC today was about accepting endings. The practice first started with a full body scan putting you in the flow and being hyper aware of where you are right now and how you are in the moment. It then moved on to addressing those things that serve you better if you
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SIT #317-2026 Mar 09 – Ubuntu Mentors
Still not feeling 100%. Today the DC was about the Zulu work Ubuntu. The word summarizes human interconnectedness and compassion for community. It is the idea that “I am because we are”. This practice works to increase your awareness of how interconnected we all are which lowers the feeling of being alone. The DT today
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SIT #316-2026 Mar 08 – Women’s Day Forgiveness
Slow Sunday morning. The DC today was a nod to Women’s Day. Using practice to drove awareness of the inequalities that still exist and celebrate the growth and accomplishments that woman have made to date. It’s a good practice because it also let’s us look at our own accomplishments to date and acknowledging them. The
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SIT #315-2026 Mar 07 – Trusting Gratification
I had a bit of an upset stomach last night and ended up sleeping late. The DC today was about having self trust. It was about being in tune with yourself and giving yourself the space to make sure you improve and complete all those little promises you make to yourself. For example “I’m so
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SIT #313-2026 Mar 05 – Hero Elephants Deconstructed
After celebrating a friends birthday last night, I thought I would feel slow today but I feel good. The DC today was all about taking a step back and looking at the whole just a few days ago. The DT today was about deconstructing our meditation in to sections of practice. The breath being the