Daniel Hessey: Mindfulness – Kindness or Claustrophobia? – Podcast 115
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We often have subtle habits – deeply engrained – of anxiety and self-aggression, experienced as resistance and claustrophobia both on and off the cushion. How can applying kindness to mindfulness practice have a profound impact on our meditation… and our life?
Vegan Aharonian: Riding the Waves of Uncertainty – Podcast 114
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Life is fundamentally unpredictable. Unexpected changes can be a major source of anxiety, stress, fear, frustration and suffering. How can we learn to perceive uncertainty with a confident and open mind?
David Perrin: Unconditional Confidence – Podcast 113
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“Unconditional confidence” is both a place to start and a place to arrive. Conventionally we find ourselves looking for external confirmation as a source of confidence. But what if we didn’t need anybody or anything else to confirm this confidence?
Ethan Nichtern & Sharon Salzberg: Real Love – Bringing the Path to Your Relationships – Podcast 112
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How do we navigate the complexities of our own needs and desires with the needs of others? Can we really love someone we don’t agree with? What skills do we have to face the inevitable disappointments in relationship?
Shanté Smalls: Why Meditate? – Podcast 111
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That age old question: Why meditate? How can meditation help us with “real” problems? Will my life change if I meditate?
Natalie Baker: Being Alone Vs. Feeling Lonely – Podcast 110
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On the spiritual path we try to notice the difference between the basic aloneness we humans experience, and that lonely feeling that periodically arises and scares us. How do we stay with our experience and know the truth of aloneness without being lonely?
Elizabeth Reid: Emotion is the Pathway to Reality – Podcast 109
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On the path of meditation everything we feel is important. The more accepting we are of these feelings, the more we can relax and appreciate others. Shastri Elizabeth Reid illuminates the way emotions can connect us more and more with our reality.
Ethan Nichtern: Committing To Your Path – Podcast 108
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In a world punctuated by soapboxes, where fundamentalism fuels a sense of identity, what does it mean to commit to a spiritual path? What does it mean to be a “Buddhist”?
John Ankele: Nobody Likes A Wet Dog – Podcast 107
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Nobody likes a wet dog. But the Dharma teaches that this subtle and pervasive tendency to divide our world into likes and dislikes is at the root of our suffering. Meditation helps us see how we make ourselves unhappy. And that changes everything.
Dr. Bill Auerbach: Buddhism & Western Psychology – Podcast 106
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We all want alleviation from suffering, to find ways to rest with our diverse experiences as they arise. Both Western Psychology and Buddhism use particular methods for working with our emotions. How are they complimentary?
