After spending two weeks on retreat together, Adam and I have a debrief about my teaching approach and its impact.
Following some experiments with monitoring heart synchronisation, I share more about the heart realm and a dharma that is connected to this.
First recorded in August 2024.
In this episode I do a coaching session with Jane Miller to demonstrate how we both use imaginal journeying in our practice.
The demo is a good example of how the body is made of imaginal and energetic intelligence, as much as it is made of physical cells. It also shows how much transformation can happen when you are directly connected to the imaginal layer of experience.
Some of the things we talk about in the episode are:
You can watch the unedited version on YouTube.
We do some imaginal practice and talk about bio-electricity, synchronicity and more.
Ivo and I discuss the different shapes that time can take and the cultural evolution of the experience of this.
Joost and I connect on my reality and allow the psychedelic nature of reality to come forth.
Jane and I connect on an energetic level so that I can speak directly from my immediate experience for this conversation.
Some of the things that emerge are living in a different paradigm, the flame being out, tantric desire, evocativeness, the organising forces of the Universe, the imaginal realm, social imaginaries, death and shamanic lifecycles and being free from anxiety.
Some of the most important things we talk about are the fractal endlessness of experience; the precision engineering of the Universe and what it means to embody that when the darkness has been included; non-duality with meaning and how that leads to a whole experience that includes the intuitive elements; how feeling and embodying aspects of experience changes the nature of how insights are perceived; and the evolution of Buddha Nature and my role in that.
We discuss how to combine therapy, meditation and tools like the Enneagram on an awakening path and why it’s important to do so.
This is also a really good overview of the Enneagram for anyone who wants an introduction or to deepen their understanding of how to work with it.
I talk with Kristen Stake about my relationship to Buddhism and Shadow Work and we discuss a wide-range of topics including evolving out of capitalism and being connected to the Universe.
Bree Greenberg interviewed me in summer 2022 about my experiences and some of the most important insights and wisdom that have emerged from them.
She also shares some her deep wisdom. Find out more about Bree here.
David spent over 18 months on retreat in a 5 year period in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. In this conversation we cover a wide range of stuff, from the Progress of Insight, to the emotional turmoil that can emerge to the benefits of this kind of intensive practice.
There isn’t a lot of content available about long-term retreat experiences; this could be particularly helpful or interesting for people interested in the Theravadan path, the progress of insight and Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha.
You can find David here: https://david-lassiter.com/
In this episode Paul shares his journey of discovery through semiotics, meaning, French philosophers, art, spiritual practice and more.
We bond over a love of the shadow, the flow between the conscious and the unconscious and metaphor as the doorway into the unknowable.
Towards the end we talk about this diagram or mandala that Paul created.
You can find out more about Paul here and see some of his art here.
Joe talks about chiropractice and we discuss a wide range of topics related to awakening the body, including describing the quantum entanglement of the body-mind-emotion system.
Joe describes how most of society is stuck in a sympathetic-nervous-system dominant state, and we discuss the solutions to this.
I talk with Aidan about his upcoming book, Psychedelic Experience, and we discuss the ineffable and user experience design.
The story and inspiration behind the sangha that Joost has started, which is called the Dharmagarage, and how it has become a community for shared adventures and explorations into dharma and meditation.