All posts by : Jason Gregory

In this podcast, we will explore whether or not life is really serious. Alan Watts was famous for asking his audiences if life is serious and this is also expounded by modern-day spiritual teachers such as Sadhguru. But this is nothing new. Eastern spirituality reveals that life fundamentally isn’t serious once we transcend the identity/ego we have been trained to become because it is that isolated ego which takes everything seriously due to the illusion of separation.

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In this podcast, we will explain Taoism’s insights and knowledge on why emptiness is the nature of the universe and the mind. This is the eleventh episode of the 81 Meditations of the Tao Te Ching, a series where we explore each chapter of the Tao Te Ching. We will dissect chapter eleven of the Tao Te Ching to give you ultimate clarity on the meaning of this chapter.

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In this podcast, we will speak about loneliness on the spiritual path. Loneliness is a byproduct of waking up that isolates one with the rest of the world who are dancing to beat of the same drum. The real inner spiritual work we need to embark on to heal loneliness is in inquiring why we depend on the validation and acceptance of others and also why are we attached to their opinions of us. Why can’t we walk alone?

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In this podcast, we will explain what the undifferentiated consciousness of Atman truly is and how it is completely different from the Western concept of the soul. One of the greatest discoveries of the schools of Eastern philosophy is the true nature of our existence. But does this discovery have anything to do with our individual sense of agency or soul? Find out!

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In this podcast, we will speak about the world’s focus on inevitable progress at the expense of traditional knowledge. In a brief period of time, thousands of years of traditional knowledge and skills are being wiped out due to a modern idea of progress that might not be as progressive as what people think. There is a reason why many traditions have survived, helping humanity to evolve and grow into the amazing species we are. But that constant natural learning and growing is under threat due to a religious mentality that threatens the sanity of humanity. What is the apocalyptic religion?

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In this podcast, we will explain Lao-tzu’s advice on how to continuously embrace the Tao in a chaotic world, offering us a path to ultimate liberation that he calls mystical virtue. This is the tenth episode of the 81 Meditations of the Tao Te Ching, a series where we explore each chapter of the Tao Te Ching. We will dissect chapter ten of the Tao Te Ching to give you ultimate clarity on the meaning of this chapter.

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In this podcast, we will explain why life is suffering and how suffering itself contains one of the greatest lessons in life. The Buddha 2,500 years ago explained that life is suffering, but also he gave us a roadmap to eradicate suffering to experience ultimate liberation. This lesson has not been taken onboard nor become ingrained in the psyche of humanity because we are not learning the lessons that suffering is teaching us due to one type of happiness that has us chasing fleeting moments of happiness. When you chase happiness based on temporality, then you’ll suffer. But happiness is not something that is given, suffering is on the other hand. But happiness is a state of consciousness when we accept suffering and do the spiritual work to understand and eradicate it. The real power of suffering is how it leads to empathy, compassion, forgiveness, and ultimately unassociated love. This power can be harnessed if we truthfully understand our own suffering which allows us to empathize with the suffering of others in the world around us.

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In this podcast, we will explain the universe in twelve words. This one quote is from the great Advaita Vedanta master Shankara, and it explains the universe and the game of duality we are caught in. Many spiritual masters, such as Ramana Maharshi, reverted back to this quote to answer the age-old conundrum of how the nondual reality of Brahman exists in a universe that is seemingly dualistic from our human perception. If there was one quote you ever needed to hear to understand the nature of the universe and your existence itself, then this is the quote you must hear.

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In this podcast, we will explain why spiritual practice and renunciation (nonreaction) are essential for cultivating effortlessness. Abiding in an effortless mind is explained thoroughly in the 196 observations on the nature of consciousness known classically as the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. We will explain sutras 12-19 which is the second episode of the 196 Meditations of the Yoga Sutras, a new series where we explore each sutra. We will dissect the sutras 12-19 to give you ultimate clarity on the meaning of these sutras. This series is extremely important for those interested in the nature of consciousness.

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In this podcast, we will explain why losing interest in the mundaneness of the world is a sign of spiritual growth and maturity. Going back to ancient times it was imperative for a spiritual aspirant to withdraw from worldly affairs as we see within the teachings of Taoism, Buddhism and Hinduism. The importance of this distance from worldliness for the spiritual aspirant hasn’t changed, but the power of distractions in the modern world has intensified. This is why now more than ever is a great opportunity to develop spiritually and eliminate distractions to overcome the deepening madness of the world.

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