Episodes

  • Skillful Effort: Maintaining Wholesome States of Presence
    May 10 2025

    This talk explores how to manage your energy as you pursue your aspirations.

    You’ll learn about four guidelines: How to prevent unwholesome states before they arise, how to let go of unwholesome states when they have arisen, how to cultivate wholesome states that have not yet arisen and how to maintain wholesome states that are already here.

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    41 mins
  • Conversations with Depth Practitioners: “This is the New Normal” with Ray Manyoky and Tara Cassidy
    Apr 30 2025

    This interview with Ray and Tara explores how to work with the deepest challenges of sickness, old age and death.

    You’ll learn how Ray and Tara are working with Ray’s diagnosis of glioblastoma a year ago. They speak beautifully of how the practice deepens, how to find steadiness and how to open again and again to love.

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    52 mins
  • The Art of Yes: Mindfulness and the Power of Allowing
    Apr 25 2025

    The talk explores some fundamentals of a meditation practice and how (sometimes) saying 'yes' to what is present can dramatically shift your relationship to the here and now.

    You'll learn my favorite definition of mindfulness, the art of 'saying yes,' how every 'no' actually means yes - and the classic instructions to more intimately deepen your mindfulness practice.

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    48 mins
  • Let Go Now: The Path of Release and Renewal
    Apr 19 2025

    The classic teaching "Be Here Now" requires that we "Let Go Now" - of everything and anything that is not present. How do we do this?

    I share some guiding principles of the art of renunciation with practical examples and teachings through the ages.

    This is the first talk on my podcast, from the fall of 2011.

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    48 mins
  • Four Phrases That Heal: Loving the Unlovable
    Apr 8 2025

    This talk explores how to consciously direct the inner process of healing and release.

    Drawing on the classic teachings of Ho’oponopono, it introduces four phrases that guide your attention to:

    • Taking responsibility for your inner experience

    • Attuning to the process of release

    • Reflecting on gratitude and the opportunity to grow

    • Resting in loving awareness

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    44 mins
  • Beyond the Witness: From Watching to Being
    Mar 30 2025

    This talk explores the power of self-observation and what lies beyond the sense of self.

    You’ll learn how the witness can free you from the tyranny of the mind and your reactivity as well as what can happen when you explore being aware of the witness and what lies beyond.

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    46 mins
  • How to Awaken the Witness: From Identification to Observation
    Mar 21 2025

    This talk explores the liberating factor of self-observation.

    You’ll learn about how you can cultivate the optimal environment to develop the witness, the near-enemy of the practice and what it means to be aware of the light behind the observer.

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    48 mins
  • Meditation, Psychedelics and the Allure of Spiritual Awakening
    Mar 11 2025

    This talk explores the theme of ‘ancient future technologies,’ in particular the role of psychedelic-assisted therapy and meditation.

    You’ll learn about research currently being done, a bit on the history of psychoactive substances in the west, what happens when we alter our consciousness and some of the very real precautions when exploring these medicines.

    Please note that I urge extreme caution regarding this topic. While there can be profound insights in the wise and regulated use of plant medicines under the care of professional and skilled guidance, there is no substitution for a regular meditation practice, affliction with like-minded people and having access to wise and compassionate guidance in the arena of spiritual awakening.

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    43 mins