This podcast will be series of lectures on the nature of the ego and various methods for understanding and transcending it. The knowledge will be presented from a combined Western and Eastern perspective.
Location: Bologna, Italy.
Topics discussed: the harms of emotional suppression, examples of being freely open with our emotions, providing more compassion to ourselves and others, and using emotional expression as a way of navigating our life in a more soulful manner.
Location: Bologna, Italy
Topics discussed: analogy for observing our thoughts, understanding the ego with detachment, processing old pain and trauma, healing through meditation, and providing more compassion for others.
Location: Fátima, Portugal
Topics discussed: trusting the spiritual path, observing the egoic voice, developing more compassion for others, embracing life's challenges, clearing old energy in meditation, and learning to transcend the controlling nature of the ego.
Location: Thiksey, Ladakh, India. Topics discussed: feeling dissatisfied and discontent with certain life experiences, maladaptive daydreams, benefits of deep introspection and solitude, transcending the ego when it is complaining and feeling frustrated, and understanding the path for processing old emotions and life events.
Location: Thiksey, Ladakh, India. Topics discussed: self-analysis, shadow work, stepping stones for spiritual growth, clearing patterns, giving compassion to past self and others, religion vs. spirituality, and interacting with people who are at a higher level of consciousness.
Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Topics discussed: non-reactivity, physical empathy, externalizing misery, active mindfulness, centering our awareness, the bliss of meditation, reflecting on previous mental suffering, and becoming your true Self.
Location: Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Topics discussed: the ego versus the soul, meditation, mindfulness, involuntary thoughts, refining our awareness, developing compassion for others and ourselves, the shadow, samskaras, and clearing old pain.