An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 7 - The Human Experience is NOT for Sale
If we want to be happy, we can go to the ‘Happiest Place on Earth’ for the low cost of $5,000 to $15,000 for a family of four. Food, water, love, friends, joy, beauty, and more are continuously being ...
20 Heinä 47min
Taoism: Ep. 2 - The Path that is the Path
Two key insights from a key section of the Tao Te Ching ask us to question 1) Our propensity for committing ourselves to pre-established narratives and 2) Our love of language games. By throwing these...
17 Heinä 46min
An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 6 - Life is Not a Competition
Perhaps one of the most pernicious concepts in modern society is the concept that we are all in competition for scarce resources. In this zero sum conception of the world, each human must, by necessit...
13 Heinä 49min
Taoism: Ep. 1 - The Eternal Tao
Taoism has been generally received in the West as a mystical, quasi-metaphysical philosophy. However, understanding its historical context and development helps place Taoism within its political and f...
10 Heinä 51min
An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 5 - The External and The Internal
The dynamic interplay between the external and internal world is the very core of being human. The degree to which we cultivate ourselves within an experience of the world is the degree to which we ca...
6 Heinä 58min
Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Conclusion
Congratulations, you’ve read the Gita. Ancient texts are often difficult and a bit offputting but they really help us discover the structures of our own thinking and how our culture has conditioned us...
4 Heinä 30min
An Invitation to Being Human: Ep. 4 - Discover Yourself
Bizarrely, in a society that isolates people, we also don’t spend much time with ourselves. Consistently pulled from ourselves, striving for external standards and ignoring our bodies we lose track of...
29 Kesä 48min
Reading The Bhagavad Gita: Books 14, 15 & 16
We move from the Metaphysical arguments about How the universe is to how we should translate that understanding into our lives. And we finally get the argument for why Arjuna must indeed ride forth to...
26 Kesä 28min
