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Modern World ZEN

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In this episode, we look at the breath and how we can get into our meditation

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The poetry of the great female saint, Lalleshwari.

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What can we learn from ‘Anti-Oedipus?’

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What is the genuine enlightened vision?

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What is the actual meditation practice?

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How should we meditate in our group?

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How will our meditation be, post-Covid?

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What’s the mental state of the hysteric?

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What can we make of our habituations?

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How can we all get over the Other-ness.

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What is the effect of trauma on a mind?

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What do we make of a young murderer?

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Do we live in a culture of racist notions?

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What’s the nature of the inner blue light?

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What is the nature of the inner master?

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What is the nature of our inner reality?

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What is the “super-ego?” And, how can it bring about our downfall in the world?

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We look at an unconscious competitive complex that could be at the core of ASD

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What does a life of perfection resemble?

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How can one go beyond one’s thoughts?

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How can some people not want to wear a mask and yet others who are terrified?

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We look at the mind from the eastern perspective and find a beautiful completion to Sigmund Freud’s Oedipus Complex theory.

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Being, consciousness, and bliss.

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What is the difference between the psychoanalytic self and the Divine Self?

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How can we contact our own divinity?

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How does the Judeo-Christian model relate to meditation?

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How do we know if someone is a Guru?

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How can we tell the true from the false?

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What’s the relationship between Shakti (bliss) and Shiva (consciousness)?

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What is Prakriti and what is Purusha?

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What is the yoga of meditation?

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What is an enlightened philosophy?

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A brief initiation into meditation.

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What is the knowledge of the Self?

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What is immortality?

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How should we live with a fear of death?

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How can we use humility to welcome people?

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How should we handle the company of those who interfere with our spiritual progress?

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What should we do to expand our awareness?

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What is Modern World ZEN?

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How can we transcend the world?

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How can we meditate in the world?

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How do we adjust to a new path?

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What is the path of meditation?

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Questions: 1) If I have the Self within me, why am I miserable? 2) How can you be happy when the world is suffering so much? 3) How do I do it?

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How can we transcend the world?

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How meditation can turn us into warriors.

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What is the realization of the Self?

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What can we do to overcome our pain?

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What should we be thinking about when we think about equality-awareness?

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Is the world real or an aberration? What is it?

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How should we attempt to fix an odd personality?

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How should be feel about fake people on the spiritual path?

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Do the ancient teachings apply to our emerging culture?

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How can we define a perceived mental weakness in our culture?

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How should we view the homeless problem in Los Angeles?

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Is President Trump mentally unfit and dangerous?

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How do we deal with our fear?

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What is the effect and the utility of a true master?

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How does trauma therapy relate to meditation?

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How close are we to enlightenment?

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How should we think about the death experience?

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Meditation is for true happiness.

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How do we free the mind from the addiction to spiritually wrong thinking?

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What’s the right mentality to have in the state of enlightenment?

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The natural state of enlightenment.

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What does love have to do with meditation?

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An overview of Kundalini Meditation.

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How do we work through spiritual apathy?

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What is the nature of divine realization?

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Could we ever meet our divinity?

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What happens when we go beyond thoughts?

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How should we see our thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations?

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What is the peace that we have within?

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Can we live in consciousness?

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What is the ancient wisdom of the east?

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Can we find our heaven in the midst of hell?

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What is the ego? What is the difference between the impure ego and the pure ego?

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What are some of the meditational experiences of enlightenment?

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What are the qualities of a true spiritual teacher?

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Is narcissism spiritual blindness?

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What is the relationship between mental illness and enlightenment?

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Do thoughts arise in the state of enlightenment?

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How does an enlightened being view the world?

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What would constitute a ”true religion?” How might it be different than our religion?

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How should we look at our spiritual journey?

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Why do we need to chant, if we are meditating?

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How do we find balance in our life? What can the ancient scriptures teach us?

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Is the divine energy the same in man and woman?

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How do we get into waking meditation? What if we’re confronted with something negative? (see S2E5 for more)

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How can we use mindfulness to meditate? And what is the difference between the two?

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How would we know if we are spiritually blind and what can we do about it?

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How should we approach the state of enlightenment?

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What is the nature of a spiritual awakening?

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Should we just be passing out anti-psychotic medication on the street?

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How should we view the individual self in the context of non-duality?

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How should we see non-duality in the context of the world?

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Marijuana is legal to use like alcohol in some places - should we use it like alcohol?

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We look at the mind’s power from the point of view of eastern philosophy.

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Peace is really just peace of mind. It’s something we can all get through meditation.

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Consciousness is always happy.

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A talk about the Guru and the blue light of consciousness that’s within everyone.

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A description on mantra.

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A discussion of evil with psychic Gabby Weiss of Gabby Weiss Lightwork.

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Is hubris safe? Or the concept of oneness? Which is safer?

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How to use meditation to dissolve our racial and religious boundaries.

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We discuss two kinds of nationalism.

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A discussion of thrice daily meditation

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What does it mean to be a part of the Enlightened Idiot Party?

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The eastern experiential philosophy of truth and being.

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A talk on the idea of surrender.

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A talk on the goal of meditation.

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Part two includes a brief discussion on Kundalini, Mantra, Meditation, and the Guru.

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In this, we discuss the differences between eastern and western approaches to the mind.

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We talk about consciousness as the Self, according to the eastern scriptures, and then define it.

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Chaos and Meditation