When I was 10 years old, I loved to watch Star Trek. I loved Spock. I loved logic and reason. “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” – Spock, Star Trek It just made sense. What’s up with these silly things we call emotions? It’s just not rational. Knowledge is power. …Read More
Author: Dr. Joel Ying, MD
Physician-Educator-Storyteller. Integrating the power of story into medicine, healing sessions, workshops, speaking and performance.
Three Kings’ Day, Gift of the Magi
Friday, January 6, 2017, is the 12th day of Christmas, also known as “Three Kings’ Day” or “The Feast of the Epiphany.” In many countries, this is the end of the Christmas season, and inspiration for the song “Twelve Days of Christmas.” The Magi were Wise Men who gave gifts to a Babe in a …Read More
Happy New Year 2017! New Blog 2017!
Happy New Year! What an elusive term, this present moment! It is gone almost as fast as we notice it. Staying in the moment requires a constant letting go of expectations and judgments, letting go of this moment as it fades into the past, and focusing on the ever-present and ever-changing NOW. This is the place …Read More
Storytelling in Southwest Florida: New Year, New Stories
What is a storyteller? Someone who tells a story? “Storytelling” is a word used in many different contexts, and hence confusion. We remember books read to us as a child, and often storytelling as “story-reading” is the only definition some have encountered. Sometimes, it is also applied to novelists, essayists, playwrights, and movie directors. In …Read More
Transmitting Food Culture
My childhood memories are filled with Jamaican Jerk Pork fresh from the barbecue pit on the beach, fried sweet plantains in the mornings, “mannish water” (a hot pepper soup served at weddings and gatherings), fresh coconuts from the roadside stall – chopped open right there so we can drink the cool refreshing water and then …Read More
Winter Solstice 2016
If you are reading this on Wednesday, December 21, 2016, in the Northern Hemisphere, you have just survived the longest night of the year. You have now entered the shortest day of the year, and the official start of winter. From here, the days will get longer. From all over the world, thousands will gather …Read More
Eckhart Tolle “The Power of Now”
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the NOW the primary focus of your life.” ― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment On the path to a more conscious life of living the present moment, Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment” …Read More
The Medicine Wheel, Upcoming Workshop
Scattered across North America are stones arranged in a circle like spokes on a wheel. These sacred sites were built long ago by the Native American peoples, and continue to be sacred to those that build them today. Big Horn Medicine Wheel in Wyoming is one of the most well-known. At nearly 10,000 feet elevation …Read More
Welcome to my new blog!
Welcome to my new blog! The official launch of this blog and website is January 1, 2017. livingthepresentmoment.com will be a website dedicated to education. I envision supporting the evolution to a more deeply connected, aware, conscious and present world. Prior blog posts will remain at opendreaming.wordpress.com, and some may be republished here eventually. “Living the …Read More
All Soul’s Day: Unseen Connections
Uncle CP is my great uncle, my grandmother’s oldest brother. At 91 years old, his wife developed stomach cancer. A couple weeks ago she went into hospice care. She passed away on Tuesday last week. On Thursday night, Uncle CP went to the hospital with chest pain and shortness of breath. He had been diagnosed …Read More