Paradox At Play
Season 1, Ep. 1: Ridiculous Mindfulness Introduction
What if the most profound practice of presence is also inherently, unavoidably absurd and silly? That's the paradox at the center of ridiculous mindfulness.
A paradox holds two contradictory truths simultaneously, and ridiculous mindfulness is exactly that: deeply serious about silliness, earnestly committed to the foolish.
This introduction is an invitation to sit with that contradiction, feel it in your body, and see what comes up when you let yourself say the words out loud. Ridiculous mindfulness. Go ahead. Notice what happens.
Episode Transcript
Ridiculous Mindfulness Introduction Transcript
[podcast theme sung with cavernous reverb]
♪ Paradox at play. Paradox at play. ♪
[a cavernous driving beat in the background]
PARADOX: Jonathan Paradox here. Welcome to Paradox at Play, a place for playfulness.
[cavernous vocals join the beat: ♪ La. La. La. La. ♪]
[cavernous driving beat comes back]
PARADOX: Let’s take a moment and notice the ridiculous.
[Jonathan’s voice with reverb: the ridiculous.]
PARADOX: [overly pronounced] Ridicule. Ridiculous.
[Jonathan’s voice with reverb: the ridiculous.]
PARADOX: A foolishness. Problems. Foolish problems. A paradox is something that includes two ideas that seem like a contradiction, but when looked at more closely are in fact both true. simultaneously.
[background music becomes more melodic with a plucky digital synth]
PARADOX: This season we’re thinking about, considering, experiencing, and playing with the paradox of ridiculousness.
[Jonathan’s voice with reverb: the ridiculous.]
PARADOX: I find mindfulness to be the epitome of ridiculous. And so, I’ll be releasing some ridiculous mindfulness, meditations, considerations, ideas, and thoughts. And so… I present to you ridiculous mindfulness.
[a pause while the music continues]
[slightly glitchy auto-tuned singing over the plucky synth keyboard: ♪ Ridiculous mindfulness. Ridiculous. Ridiculous. Ridiculous mindfulness. Ridiculous. ♪]
[plucky digital synth continues]
PARADOX: Take a moment. Feel it. Consider it. Say the word out loud. Ridiculous mindfulness.
[Jonathan’s voice with reverb: ridiculous mindfulness.]
PARADOX: Breathe. Notice any images. colors, sensations, textures, stories that come to mind for you with ridiculous mindfulness.
[a pause while music continues]
PARADOX: This has been a moment of ridiculous mindfulness, specifically around the idea of ridiculous mindfulness. This is what we’ll explore in the next few episodes. Thank you. for being here with Paradox At Play. Ridiculous mindfulness.
[podcast theme sung with cavernous reverb]
♪ Paradox at play. Paradox at play. ♪
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