Blake Shields Abramovitz is a meditation teacher and an actor, and this is a followup to our conversation from October of 2020, which you can hear in Episode 7: When Meditators Get Cancelled.

In this episode, we talk about piano playing, awakening, multiple selves, what happens as you go down the path of insight, psychedelics, and acting.

I hope you enjoy it.

0:01:50 - Cancel culture at meditation centers, freedom of speech 0:11:50 - Piano teachers giving Michael a hard time (again), mob mentality 0:16:25 - Michael's piano playing ability, what role piano plays in Blake's life 0:19:51 - Breaking the rules in piano playing, how Michael developed his way of playing 0:23:36 - Why singing is hard to learn 0:29:10 - How singing leads to awakening 0:35:07 - How to talk about awakening with people who haven't had experiences like that 0:38:16 - The wisdom function 0:41:54 - Michael's nostalgia for a creative period of time 0:47:08 - What intentions do piano teachers have? 0:54:04 - What if you just mess around on the piano? Multiple selves 0:56:47 - The Karate Kid 0:58:58 - Technical meditation vs. intellectual meditation 1:07:11 - Going down the road of insight, getting less attached 1:10:10 - Moments when things shifted for Blake 1:13:38 - What's the deal with psychedelics? 1:45:48 - Acting 1:54:47 - Meditation for actors