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Memoirs and musings of Darius Bashar. Toronto portrait photographer and writer, in pursuit of all things real, raw and intimate. 

Posts tagged Insight Timer
Insight Timer Gave me the Keys to their instagram
 

Big announcement! This Thursday at 9am (EST), I will be taking over Insight Timer’s Instagram page to guide a live practice called How To Become A Magnet to Creativity.

Maybe you’re wondering why someone would want to become a magnet to Creativity?

That’s a great question.

Most people think of Creativity as an outcome, like a painting, a book, or even a funny Instagram post.

But for me, Creativity is actually a lifelong relationship. Similar to a romantic partnership or even a best friend.

When we find ways to meaningfully and sincerely be in partnership with Creativity, she finds incredible ways to bless our lives.

When we have a healthy and loving relationship with Creativity, she continually finds us and wants to spend quality time with us.

It’s like the feeling of being in love—that feeling when everything seems possible.

We become vessels for divine expression and when this happens we start to get out of our own way and allow the best of us to show up in the world.

Becoming a magnet to Creativity can feel incredible, but it also has some amazing side effects:

  1. Our confidence grows because we are in flow and in alignment with the highest frequency of the Universe.

  2. Our productivity grows because we are regularly dancing with Creativity. Ideas, visions, and projects continually find us and use us as an open channel to be manifested into the world.

  3. Our sense of fulfillment grows because we are openly sharing more of our gifts and our heart with the world.

If you’re interested in any of the above, come join me this Thursday by tuning into Insight Timers instagram page at 9am (EST) and we will have some fun together. Make sure to bring your journal.

Everyone is invited!

Big love,

D

 
The End of Insight Timer?
 

It is an impossible situation. Either we comply with Apple’s demands or Insight Timer will die. These are our two choices.

This is what Christopher Plowman (the CEO of Insight Timer) said, understanding the gravity of the situation.

A few weeks ago, Apple blocked Insight Timer from being able to update their app on the iPhone App Store. Apple recently updated their Terms of Use and claimed Insight Timer was not in compliance.

Apple’s new policy calls for 30% of all revenue from digital content through streaming.

At the heart of this battle is a difference of opinion on what “digital content” means.

On the one hand, I believe Apple sees the future of streaming and wants to be properly compensated from it’s app developers.

For example, on a video game platform like Fortnite, the term “digital content” could be an in-app purchase of a shield within the game. The game developers create a small digital product once, which is on sale forever. Apple would receive 30%.

But Insight Timer has something called Live Meditations, which are often 60-90 minute custom experiences. The community can donate to teachers during these live events.

I’ve hosted several of these events on Insight Timer and they are so wonderful. So full of love, kindness and depth. The donations allow teachers like me to spend more time making meditations and spiritual wellness content.

100% of these donations used to go to its teachers, but now Apple needs 30%.

It makes no sense that these events are in the same “digital content” bucket, because it’s a totally different thing. And Insight Timer has no choice but to comply.

Over the last few years, Insight Timer has shared over $20 million of their revenues with their teachers. They’re the most generous platform I have ever worked with BY FAR and are legitimately making the world a better place.

They’ve helped so many of us on our journeys of meditation, mindfulness and wellness.

Now, Insight Timer needs our help.

So reply, share, repost and add your views to this conversation. Be heard. Tell Apple your Insight Timer story. Explain what this community means to you.

Together we are infinite.

Big love,

D

 
Over 2000 Students!!
 

I am so freakin excited! My Insight Timer course "Supercharge Your Creativity" just passed 2,000 students with an average rating of 4.93 out of 5 stars. 🤯

That’s 2,000 students who are bringing more magic and creativity into their lives. ✨

This course is an amalgamation of my all-time favourite tips, tools and pillars that I have discovered over the past 14 years. It’s all about activating and awakening the creative power sources each and every one of us has within ourselves.

When I created this course, I organized, summarized and optimized my most powerful creative tools and frameworks to help you SAVE a ton of time, energy and money moving forward on your self-expression journey.

Using your computer or Insight Timer app, each day we will connect with a new spiritual power source to rekindle the clarity, confidence and momentum of your unique creative spark.

This course will also deepen your relationship with the tremendous wisdom and love that lives within your own heart. By the end of the 7 days, you will feel reunited with your creative dreams, while also feeling grounded in self-compassion and the loving patience needed to put the work in.

So if you feel something magical inside your heart longing to be expressed in the world… OR maybe you’re already working on something but it’s moving too slowly… OR maybe you just feel stuck or overwhelmed by the idea of sharing your creations with the world...

…then Supercharge Your Creativity is designed for you.

Also note: it was important to me to make this course as accessible as possible. The cost is only $59—or FREE if you already have an Insight Timer Plus membership. In terms of timing, it works out to less than 20 mins per day.

And when you sign up for Insight Timer Plus you not only get my course, but you get access to over 2000 additional courses on their app. This is honestly the deal of the century!

Here’s the link to my course —> CLICK HERE

Big love,

D