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Meditative Key Moments with Tony Rubbo that you can fit anywhere in your day for a quick relaxing and restorative break, and Reflective Key Moments where Tony talks meditation, spirituality, philosophy, and ideas for an empowered life in quick three minute episodes.
This Key Moment features narration and the lyrics to the eleventh and final song in the Framework of Illusion concert series. The song is also a mantra that you can remember. So you will now fulfill your hero’s quest and find that home within yourself to experience your enlightenment. And then the final assignment, if you choose to accept, is to remember the mantra and recite it by memory. And helping you on your final assignment is the fact that the lines of the mantra follow the letters of the alphabet, starting with the words alive, breathing, calm and deeply, and so on. So sit back, relax and totally immerse yourself in the moment as you experience the fulfillment of your quest.
This Key Moment features narration and the lyrics to the tenth song in the Framework of Illusion concert series. You are now ready to fulfill your hero’s quest and experience your enlightenment. All that’s left to do is review the steps of the journey and to realize that the fulfillment of your quest - your enlightenment where you reach the final destination, which is that home within yourself - will happen in the blink of an eye.
So sit back and relax ... and review and prepare to achieve the ultimate goal.
This Key Moment features narration and the lyrics to the ninth song in the Framework of Illusion concert series. So now that you have confronted all the challenges of the Framework of Illusion, you are ready for your final training to fulfill your hero’s quest and experience your enlightenment. So claim the eternal swords that will pierce through the final illusion, as you sit back and listen ... and move toward your crowning achievement.
Note: Eternal Swords represents the Practice of Keyholder Meditation with its 49 training modules, each beginning with the letter ‘s’. Eternal Swords = Eternal S words.
This Key Moment features narration and the lyrics to the eighth song in the Framework of Illusion concert series. So now that you have confronted three challenges of the Framework of Illusion, you are ready for the greatest challenge of all - our own thoughts as they are related to the outer world. So get ready for a song of riddles designed to take you beyond your mind so that you can feel the flow of life, join the show, and just let it go. And here you’ll be listening to the original version of the song, 'Let it Go'.
So sit back and relax, and continue your hero’s quest, because here is the next song in the soundtrack of your Inner Journey.
This Key Moment features narration and the lyrics to the seventh song in the Framework of Illusion concert series. So now that you have confronted the temptations and negativity of the shadow world and the challenges of living in a time-controlled reality, you are ready for one of the greatest challenges of our time - the challenge of living with technology - and maintaining a sense of inner calm power and a positive experience of life in the midst of our technology and how fast every is moving.
So sit back and relax, and continue your hero’s quest, because here is the next song in the soundtrack of your Inner Journey.
This Key Moment features narration and the lyrics to the sixth song in the Framework of Illusion concert series. So now that you have confronted the temptations and negativity of the shadow world, you are ready for the challenges of living in a time-controlled reality. And we do this with the quality that keeps us grounded through the passing of time - the quality of patience - the spirit of Waiting.
In our ‘Through the Keyhole’ series, we look through the keyhole to reveal insights about our meditation and reflection practice and what new things are happening. In this episode, I share how we will be finishing our first season of Key Moments with six special episodes.
This Key Moment features narration and the lyrics to the fifth song in the Framework of Illusion concert series. So now that you have developed your inner calm power in the Sphere of Solitude, have taken it back into the outer world, into the Framework of Illusion, and are making every day a Journey to the Center, now you will confront a place in the Framework called the Shadow World - a world where negativity and temptations are the masters. So sit back and relax, and continue your hero’s quest, because here is the next song in the soundtrack of your Inner Journey.
A friend of mine shared an experience that she had that I think is interesting enough to share with you - since it represents an intriguing phenomenon that is part of our cultural landscape. She explained that one morning at 5 AM she was awakened by a light entering her window. In this Key Moment, I’ll share her experience along with an intriguing correlating story.
In this meditative Key Moment, we will use the combination 1-4-20 to unlock a new way of experiencing the human body. And it will be the basis of a meditation that we can practice at any time. Or we can use it in a reclining supine position on the bed or sofa or floor to experience a unique state of being and achieve an usually deep state of relaxation.
Hi, Tony Rubbo here, and thanks for joining me. This episode is part of our Keyholder member content, so please visit patreon.com and type tony rubbo in the space that says ‘find a creator’ to see if you’d like to subscribe. If you do, in this member Key Moment, we will recall that nack in Episode 49 titled The Tale of Two Sittings, we looked at the two main forms of meditation: open monitoring and focused attention. And at the end of the episode, I shared that I would be combining the two in this episode. So in this Key Moment, we will explore a method of finding solutions to problems or puzzles in our life by combining the two forms of meditation.
This Key Moment features a look at where we have been, and where we will be going on our hero’s journey as featured in the 12 songs of the Framework of Illusion concert series. And so we will review the first four parts of our journey: 1) A Door in Time and Space, 2) The Framework of illusion, 3) The Sphere of Solitude, and 4) Journey to the Center; and prepare for the next four: 5) Shadow World, 6) Screens and Machine, 7) Waiting, and 8) Let it Go, (that is, the original ‘Let it Go’).
In Episode 36, I introduced the idea of a sports metaphor approach to losing weight. We began by using the sport of football and dividing our day into four quarters including a halftime. So everyday is like a game. Scoring means counting our calories, and winning the game is achieving our calorie plan for the day. In this Key Moment, we continue our training in the sport of losing weight, and conclude with a relevant quote from a pro football player.
In this Key Moment, I share a personal experience that inspired a stream-of-consciousness flow of ideas and resulted in a special kind of wisdom that we can all access.
In this meditative Key Moment, we will be bringing our meditative focus through seven points in the body. At each point, we will extend our awareness in such a way that when we complete the process we will have brought every area of our body to a state of relaxation.
Hi, Tony Rubbo here, and thanks for joining me. This episode is part of our Keyholder member content, so please visit patreon.com and type tony rubbo in the space that says ‘find a creator’ to see if you’d like to subscribe. If you do, in this member Key Moment, we will look at two forms of meditation. For some, it may be new, and for others it will be a review. Either way I think it will be a valuable episode, especially if you follow it through to its sequel, Sitting for Solutions,in episode 54.
This Key Moment draws correlations between the most widely accepted theory of the universe and the process of creating and promoting a campaign. So if you have a mission, a message, a project that you are passionate about, you might want to check out this episode for some cosmic inspiration.
This Key Moment features narration and the lyrics to the fourth song in the Framework of Illusion concert series. So sit back and relax, because here is the next song in the soundtrack of your inner Journey.
This Key Moment is part of a series called ‘Through the Keyhole’ which are commentary episodes where we look through the keyhole to reveal insights about our meditation and reflection practice and what new things are happening.
‘Me-time’ means undistracted personal time in our solitude, which naturally improves ability to focus, and focus is the foundation of an effective life. So in this Key Moment, we’ll enjoy some quality ‘me-time’ free from outer distractions, to support a mentally clear, emotionally resilient and physically calm state.
Hi, Tony Rubbo here, and thanks for joining me. This episode is part of our Keyholder member content, so please visit patreon.com and type tony rubbo in the space that says ‘find a creator’ to see if you’d like to subscribe. If you do, in this member Key Moment, we will dive into a quote by a world champion athlete and what it can mean for you. The quote is: “A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.”
This Key Moment is part of the Framework of Illusion series and features narration and the lyrics to the third song in the soundtrack of your inner journey.
In the last episode, LOFT stood for Love over Fear Theory. And in this Key Moment, it stands for Love over Fear Technique. And here we are referring to the conditioned fear that has no practical value but perhaps is triggered by the memory of an event that produced a state that felt threatening or dangerous. As I mentioned in the last episode, we can succumb to this fear or we might overcome it with a special kind of love. That was our theory. And here is our technique.
In this Key Moment, LOFT stands for Love over Fear Theory. And in the next Key Moment, you’ll find that it stands for Love over Fear Technique. So in this episode you will discover valuable insights about two of the most consequential elements of humanity - the lower power of conditioned fear, and the higher energy of Love.
This meditative Key Moment is for people who live in the fast lane. It begins with imagining you're driving along a highway at 70+ miles per hour. Are you ready to actually take a few moments to calm that ever-active mind of yours … so it can function even better than it already does? If so, check out this Key Moment that was designed specifically for very busy people!
In this Key Moment, I’ll share how I came upon the idea of one way to achieve everything, examples of it, and how to simply bring it into your life.
Our meditative Key Moments which are featured in Episodes ending in 0 and 5 can typically be done anywhere and any time of the day.
In this Key Moment, we’ll be doing a meditative process that is done in a fully reclined position lying on one’s back, referred to as the supine position. It can be one of the most relaxing, restorative and rejuvenating experiences we can possibly have.
This Key Moment is part of the Framework of Illusion series and features narration and the lyrics to the second song in the soundtrack of your inner journey. It is the title song so sit back and enjoy the next stage of your journey!
In this Key Moment, we'll begin a series of episodes called the Sport of Weight Loss. With weight loss being one of the most common pursuits in the everyday lives of people everywhere, I think bringing a novel approach to it is worthy of a series. So if losing weight is on your to-do list, follow the series, and see if turning it into a sport works for you!
This meditative Key Moment is based on the idea that we have different times in our day for different activities, events, functions, roles. And if we haven't already, we should include a time for relaxation in our list of our day’s activities. So with this episode, we do just that.
Hi, Tony Rubbo here, and thanks for joining me. This episode is part of our Keyholder member content, so please visit patreon.com and type tony rubbo in the space that says ‘find a creator’ to see if you’d like to subscribe. If you do, in this member Key Moment I’ll talk about how to not let stress get the best of you, which is so easy to do in our world today.
In Episode 23, I introduced 'The Framework of Illusion' as a virtual concert experience in which you are the main character on an inner journey, and the twelve songs are like the soundtrack of your journey. The lyrics and some narration will be featured in Key Moments beginning with this first one, titled 'A Door in Time and Space'.
In this reflective Key Moment, I offer you a theory, which if true, can provide you with a fountain of youth … or at least a fountain that slows the aging process. Studies point to this theory being true; but I don't know if the idea has been presented quite the way that I’ll be presenting it here. So join me to discover what the acronym COBY stands for, and how you can use it in your life.
In this Reflective Key Moment, we'll take a quick deep dive into a topic that has inspired so many stories and movies, and that is the Hero's Quest. A metaphor for human life, the Hero's Quest belongs to each and every one of us. In this powerful episode. I open a doorway for you to go on your own Hero’s Quest by asking you some key questions.
In this Meditative Key Moment, we look at one of the very basic benefits of meditation – the relieving of stress in our everyday life. Here we will do a simple step-by-step process resulting in a state of relaxation that will refresh and prepare you for whatever lies ahead in your day. As always, all under three minutes.
Hi, Tony Rubbo here, and thanks for joining me. This Key Moments episode is part of our Keyholder member content, so please visit patreon.com and type tony rubbo in the space that says ‘find a creator’ to see if you’d like to subscribe. If you do, in this member Key Moment, I’ll share four experiences I had that certainly have a sense of synchronicity about them, but maybe something more. You can be the judge!
Here is a Key Moment that reflects on a part of the body that many of us want to improve. The acronym FACS in FACS Machine represents that part of the body and how we want to improve it. So make your physical fitness journey so much more fun and engaging when you work your workout like a machine - a FACS machine!
In Episode 23, I introduced the Framework of Illusion as a virtual concert experience in which you are the main character on an inner journey, and the twelve songs are like the soundtrack of your journey. In this episode, I’ll share the meaning behind each of the songs.
Now that you have been practicing meditation and reflection with Key Moments, in this episode, I’ll be sharing the idea behind its theme, and its purpose of having you opening those doors in your life that are most important to you.
In this meditative Key Moment, we will travel through the inner space of our body, with the result being progressive relaxation of those areas and points that we pass through, and bringing a state of inner calm and empowerment into your day.
Hi, Tony Rubbo here, and thanks for joining me. This episode is part of our Keyholder member content, so please visit patreon.com and type tony rubbo in the space that says ‘find a creator’ to see if you’d like to subscribe. If you do, in this member Key Moment, we’ll look at a practical and interesting process that we can use to clarify our thoughts, feelings and plans regarding the people in our life. When we refer to the world, we are often referring to the world of people. So we’ll take a new perspective regarding our relationships and social connections to arrive at a more satisfying, empowering, and enjoyable experience of our world.
This Key Moment is a concept album called The Framework of Illusion that will be a virtual production by either a band or a collection of performing artists. The production includes 12 songs that follow a story where you become the main character on an inner journey and hero’s quest. I wrote the songs with my friend, Jay Dugan. In this episode, I perform the beginning narration.
And in future episodes of the FOIL (Framework of Illusion) Series, I will take you through the entire inner journey with the lyrics of all 12 songs plus narration. So I invite you to sit back and imagine you are at a very different kind of virtual concert experience.
In this Key Moment, I'll be talking about the phenomenon of Synchronicity and theories and opinions on it. And I’ll also share an experience I had that just makes me wonder if all coincidences are random, or or if some are actually by design.
In this Key Moment, we’ll look at our fascination with superheroes and a meditation connection. The correlation involves the idea of the superhero and secret identity on one hand and the Inner Path and our outer everyday life on the other. The message of this episode is that you are a superhero. Not only in metaphor, but in reality!
In this Meditative Key Moment, we will experience one of the key elements of meditation, Inner Silence, which means letting our thoughts subside for a moment, with the result being a state of mentally calming and revitalizing inner quiet. To achieve an inner quiet state, there is an obstacle that usually isn’t mentioned in meditation methods. Here we will discover that obstacle and how to handle it, so that we can actually accrue all those benefits that have come out of all the meditation research.
One of the most discussed and debated philosophical questions is whether we possess Free Will or if our life is totally governed by the law of Cause and Effect. In this Reflective Key Moment, we travel down a path of thought that is usually overlooked, to arrive at some interesting insights that just might open new possibilities in your own thinking.
In this Meditative Key Moment, I have an interesting little mantra for you.
We’re familiar with phrases that string together three sequential letters of the alphabet like ABC and XYZ. So here is a QRS sequence as a mantra that represents the three basic qualities of the meditative state.
In this Reflective Key Moment, I’ll recall an experience I had as an educational consultant in which I was asked to work with some boys who were having behavior problems. What I discovered was the power of social conditioning to establish and reinforce a negative self image, and the power of meditation to overcome the conditioning and establish a positive self-image.
Hi, Tony Rubbo here, and thanks for joining me. This episode is part of our Keyholder member content, so please visit patreon.com and type Tony Rubbo in the space that says ‘find a creator’ to see if you’d like to subscribe.
If you do, in this member Key Moment, we will dive into an idea that was inspired by blending a theory on bio-energy with a song called, ‘Halfway down the Stairs’. Here we'll look at the energy field of the body and the body’s ‘halfway’ energy center to arrive at an insight and an experience that can directly connect us to what many consider our finest and most valued human quality.
In this Reflective Key Moment,, we define everyday life as our playing field, with the idea that we can always level the playing field by remembering the word, PACE. The letters of this acronym represent four meditative qualities that can change our life so much for the better. They can be used in almost any situation in our personal, social, or work life to create positive results … instantly.
In this Key Moment, I’ll provide a little something you can take with you to keep you grounded in good feelings and intentions regarding people. It’s the word PLEASE, and its letters represent some of the most valued words in the English language. All you need to do is to do the affirmation/mantra daily or regularly and watch the positive feelings that it produces within you and between you and others.
In this Meditative Key Moment, we’ll practice mindful breathing by considering that our breaths are like the ocean's waves in their coming and going. Within this idea, we’ll consider eight qualities that can be attributed to both our breaths and to ocean waves. And so our Key Moment will take us to the beach to enjoy mindful breathing in a way that connects us to the surf, the sun, and the sand.
Hi, Tony Rubbo here, and thanks for joining me. This episode is part of our Keyholder member content, so please visit patreon.com and type Tony Rubbo in the space that says ‘find a creator’ to see if you’d like to subscribe.
If you do, in this member Key Moment, we will be using the eye of a storm to represent the inner calm power that we experience in meditation. And the storm itself is like the turbulence that often surrounds us. So the idea is to have a moment of inner calm that can’t be touched by any outside influence. And in this way, we can completely restore ourselves and make ourselves more positive and proactive … so we can then be a positive influence when we re-enter our situation, our community, and our world.
In this Meditative Key Moment, we’ll go on a little bumper ride meditation, with the letters of the word BUMPER representing qualities that naturally occur in our Key Moments meditative practice. So just relax and let each word bring you deeper into your meditative state.
As I mentioned in the beginning of our Key Moments podcast, I’ll be using the title, ‘Through the Keyhole’ for episodes where we go behind the scenes, and I talk with you about what’s coming up in Key Moments, do some review, share some commentary. So here, I’ll talk more about my own personal experience of Key Moments, and I’ll share some of the deeper topics we’ll be exploring in upcoming episodes.
Hi, Tony Rubbo here, and thanks for joining me. This episode is part of our Keyholder member content, so please visit patreon.com and type Tony Rubbo in the space that says ‘find a creator’ to see if you’d like to subscribe.
If you do, in this member Key Moment, we will be looking at four words that start with the letter ‘e’ - four words that I think can pretty well indicate the quality of one’s life. And so the purpose of this Key Moment is to inspire you to live a life of perfect ease.
In this Meditative Key Moment, we’ll do an inner silence meditation with the appealing visual imagery of a snow globe. The features of the globe and the globe itself represent a journey into the meditative state. And as we take the journey, we’ll find the ‘flurry’ of thoughts that usually occupy our mind begin to settle.
In the last episode I introduced the area of spirituality in the podcast with some thoughts and theories. In this episode, I’ll share my very first actual experiences. I was only 12 years old when it all began with a stranger approaching me and speaking eight words that predicted something extraordinary that would happen in my life.
In this Reflective Key Moment, we’ll dive deep into two of the ultimate mysteries of life. First, the concept of God, and then the human soul. I’ll explain how technology was the bridge that got me to a new understanding and a personal certainty in the belief of both. With this new technology-driven understanding, a whole new exciting world of inquiry and discovery has opened for me. And I hope it will do the same for you.
Hi, Tony Rubbo here, and thanks for joining me. This episode is part of our Keyholder member content, so please visit patreon.com and type Tony Rubbo in the space that says ‘find a creator’ to see if you’d like to subscribe.
If you do, in this member Key Moment, we’ll be taking a deep dive into the experience of timelessness. And we’ll use an imaginative approach with a story about three magical books, each representing an aspect of time. At the conclusion, we realize something about time that we may not usually consider. And this realization brings us to the very threshold of Time itself, where we then choose to enter the threshold, and penetrate the mystery.
This Reflective Key Moment is based on a magazine article I wrote that was inspired by so many of the virtual reality movies of the last 50 years - with one of the most popular being of course The Matrix. We look at such movies as metaphors for living an empowered life, and see the outer world as an opportunity to bring the inner calm power that you are developing in your Key Moments practice into your everyday life.
In this first Reflective Key Moment, I’ll be sharing what the Key Moments Podcast means to me: how it is like a conversation with a friend, and a special kind of meditation course, with its format of episodes all under three minutes in length. Then I give a little example of how you might use Key Moments in the course of your day, and discover your own personal ways to use them. In future episodes, where I go behind the scenes to talk about what we are doing in our Key Moments practice, I will also refer to them with the title, ‘Through the Keyhole.’ And so the next one will be, Through the Keyhole (2), and so on.
In this Meditative Key Moment, we take a meditation break in our day (under three minutes in length) to experience a deepening sense of inner peace and inner calm. Here we will move our awareness onto our breathing and learn to get in touch with certain qualities of our breathing, which makes the process more interesting and engaging. The purpose of this Key Moment (and all meditative Key Moments) is to relax, restore and revitalize your body and mind.
Hi, and welcome to Key Moments! In this first episode, I introduce myself and share some of my background. Then I explain what Key Moments are and what they can do for you. And finally, we dive a bit deeper into the two kinds of episodes, Meditative Key Moments and Reflective Key Moments.