BONUS MONDAYS: How to ELIMINATE Stress, Anxiety & Depression in Just Minutes A Day! with Dean Sluyter

BONUS MONDAYS: How to ELIMINATE Stress, Anxiety & Depression in Just Minutes A Day! with Dean Sluyter

In the serene landscape of today's episode, we welcome the profoundly insightful Dean Sluyter, a seasoned meditation teacher and author whose journey through spirituality and popular culture provides a unique perspective on awakening and mindfulness. Dean's approach to meditation and his exploration of spiritual themes within cinema and literature offer a refreshing and accessible path to deeper understanding and enlightenment.Dean Sluyter began his spiritual journey early, experiencing spontaneous moments of awakening as a child. He recounts a pivotal moment at the age of 11 when he discovered a copy of Mad Magazine, whose motto, “What, me worry?” sparked a profound realization about the nature of his own anxious mind. This early insight set the stage for his lifelong exploration of spirituality and the mind's potential to achieve peace and clarity through meditation.

SPIRITUAL TAKEAWAYS
  1. The Power of Effortless Meditation: Dean emphasizes that meditation is not about forcing the mind to be silent but rather allowing it to settle naturally. This approach aligns with his philosophy that true peace comes from embracing our thoughts and emotions without resistance.
  2. Understanding the Monkey Mind: Dean debunks the myth of the monkey mind, illustrating that our thoughts are not the problem; rather, it's our relationship with them. By recognizing that the mind's chatter is a natural part of our being, we can learn to coexist with it peacefully.
  3. Cinema as a Spiritual Tool: Through his work, Dean demonstrates how films can offer profound spiritual lessons. By analyzing movies like "The Truman Show" and "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," he reveals deeper truths about the human experience and our quest for awakening.
Dean's analysis of popular movies provides a fascinating lens through which to view spiritual teachings. He describes how "The Truman Show" illustrates the awakening process, with Truman's realization that his world is a constructed reality serving as a metaphor for our own journey towards enlightenment. Similarly, he interprets "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" as a story about the different aspects of our psyche, with each dwarf representing a different facet of our personality.In our conversation, Dean delves into the nuances of meditation, sharing his personal experiences and the insights he has gained from years of practice. "Meditation is the one thing where working doesn't work," he explains. "Not working works." This paradoxical approach to meditation underscores the importance of allowing ourselves to be, rather than striving to achieve a specific state of mind.Dean’s wisdom extends beyond traditional spiritual practices, as he incorporates lessons from various aspects of life and culture. His holistic approach encourages us to find spirituality in everyday experiences, whether through meditation, watching a movie, or simply being present in the moment.Dean's contributions to spiritual literature include several acclaimed books such as "Natural Meditation: A Guide to Effortless Meditative Practice," where he offers practical guidance on finding peace and clarity through meditation. In "Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies," he explores the spiritual lessons embedded in classic films, providing a unique perspective on how popular culture can illuminate the path to enlightenment. His latest work, "The Dharma Bum’s Guide to Western Literature: Finding Nirvana in the Classics," delves into the spiritual insights found in great works of Western literature, demonstrating how timeless wisdom can be discovered in unexpected places. The conversation also touches on the importance of community in spiritual practice. Dean emphasizes that while personal meditation is crucial, the support and guidance of a community can enhance our journey. He offers free guided meditation sessions via Zoom, encouraging others to join and benefit from shared experiences and mutual support.In conclusion, Dean Sluyter's teachings remind us that spirituality is not about escaping the world but engaging with it more deeply and authentically. His insights into meditation, the nature of the mind, and the spiritual lessons found in popular culture offer a practical and profound path to greater awareness and peace.

Please enjoy my conversation with Dean Sluyter.

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A groundbreaking, authoritative exploration--rich with powerful personal stories and convincing research--of the many ways the living can and do accompany the dying on their journey into the afterlife.In 2000, end-of-life therapist William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he had an extraordinary experience as he was reading aloud to a patient: he suddenly felt himself floating in midair, completely out of his body. The patient, who was also aloft, looked at him and smiled.The next moment, Peters felt himself return to his body...but the patient never regained consciousness and died. Perplexed and stunned by what had happened, Peters began searching for other people who'd shared similar experiences. He would spend the next twenty years gathering and meticulously categorizing their stories to identify key patterns and features of what is now known as the shared crossing experience.The similarities, which cut across continents and cultures and include awe-inspiring visual and sensory effects, and powerful emotional after-effects, were impossible to ignore. Long whispered about in the hospice and medical communities, these extraordinary moments of final passage are openly discussed and explained in At Heaven's Door. The book is filled with powerful tales of spouses on departing this earth after decades together and bereaved parents who share their children's entry into the afterlife.Applying rigorous research, Peters digs into the effect these shared crossing experiences impart--liberation at the sight of a loved one finding joy, a sense of reconciliation if the relationship was fraught--and explores questions like: What can explain these shared death experiences? How can we increase our likelihood of having one? What do these experiences tell us about what lies beyond? And, most importantly, how can they help take away the sting of death and better prepare us for our own final moments? How can we have both a better life and a better death?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/next-level-soul-podcast-with-alex-ferrari--4858435/support.Take your spiritual journey to the next level with Next Level Soul TV — our dedicated streaming home for conscious storytelling and soulful transformation.Experience exclusive programs, original series, movies, tv shows, workshops, audiobooks, meditations, and a growing library of inspiring content created to elevate, heal, and awaken. Begin your membership or explore our free titles here: https://www.nextlevelsoul.tv

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NLS 168: CHANGE YOUR LIFE IN 2024: Your Behavior Will RESET 100% After Watching This! with Nir Eyal

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Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life. Previously, he taught as a Lecturer in Marketing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Design School, and he sold two technology companies since 2003.For most of his career, Nir worked in the video gaming and advertising industries, where he learned and applied (and sometimes rejected) the techniques used to motivate and manipulate users.Nir writes to help companies create behaviors that benefit their users while educating people on how to build healthful habits in their own lives.Nir is an active investor; he puts his money where his mouth is by backing habit-forming products that improve lives. Some of his past investments include Eventbrite (NYSE:EB) and Kahoot! (KAHOOT-ME.OL), Anchor.fm (acquired by Spotify), Canva, Refresh.io (acquired by LinkedIn), Product Hunt (acquired by Angelist), Homelight, Marco Polo, Byte Foods, FocusMate, Dynamicare, Wise App, and Sunnyside.Although Nir received most of his education by earning an advanced degree from The School of Hard Knocks, He also received an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.Please enjoy my conversation with Nir Eyal.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/next-level-soul-podcast-with-alex-ferrari--4858435/support.Take your spiritual journey to the next level with Next Level Soul TV — our dedicated streaming home for conscious storytelling and soulful transformation.Experience exclusive programs, original series, movies, tv shows, workshops, audiobooks, meditations, and a growing library of inspiring content created to elevate, heal, and awaken. Begin your membership or explore our free titles here: https://www.nextlevelsoul.tv

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NLS 167: NDE - Almost Dying Twice Opened My Psychic Abilities with Dr. Lotte Valentin

NLS 167: NDE - Almost Dying Twice Opened My Psychic Abilities with Dr. Lotte Valentin

Dr. Lotte Valentin, “The Intuitive Physician”, is an N.M.D., author, medical intuitive, evidential medium, ancestral healer, and an international keynote speaker! She is the author of Med School after Menopause, The Journey of my Soul, an inspirational story about transformation, healing, and spirituality, which won 1st place in the category of Spiritual Leadership in August 2021 from the Living Now Book Awards! This award recognizes truly world-changing books that contribute to positive global change. She is also the creator of Healing Your Ancestral Mother Wound, which she produced in collaboration with Hemi-Sync. Dr. Lotte also leads workshops on Ancestral Healing for The Theosophical Society and other organizations.Dr. Lotte has had two Near-Death out-of-body experiences, which resulted in her becoming clairvoyant, clairaudient, and clairsentient and activating her life path. She was then guided to attend medical school and become an author and evidential medium. Dr. Lotte completed her medical school prerequisites and was accepted into medical school at the age of 54!Dr. Lotte is also the host of her own podcast Dr. Lotte: Science with Soul, which is currently ranked in the top 10% GLOBALLY out of 2.8 million podcasts. She developed this podcast to help people create a path to healing their own life physically, emotionally, and spiritually and bridge the gap between science and soul.Please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Lotte Valentin.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/next-level-soul-podcast-with-alex-ferrari--4858435/support.Take your spiritual journey to the next level with Next Level Soul TV — our dedicated streaming home for conscious storytelling and soulful transformation.Experience exclusive programs, original series, movies, tv shows, workshops, audiobooks, meditations, and a growing library of inspiring content created to elevate, heal, and awaken. Begin your membership or explore our free titles here: https://www.nextlevelsoul.tv

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NLS 165: My NDE Showed Me There is NO SIN! with Susan Dyer

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Gregory Shushan, Ph.D., is the award-winning author of "The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife," "Near-Death Experience in Indigenous Religions," and "Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations." He is the leading authority on near-death experiences and the afterlife across cultures and throughout history.Dr. Shushan is a Visiting Fellow at Winchester University, a Research Fellow at the Parapsychology Foundation, and a founding editor of Afterworlds Press. He was formerly a Perrott-Warrick Researcher at the University of Oxford's Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion; Scholar-in-Residence at the Centro Incontri Umani (The Cross-Cultural Centre), Ascona, Switzerland; and Honorary Research Fellow at the Religious Experience Research Centre, University of Wales. He has lectured at universities in the UK, Ireland, and Switzerland, given numerous talks on his research in nine countries, and appeared on the History Channel.Please enjoy my conversation with Dr. Greg Shushan.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/next-level-soul-podcast-with-alex-ferrari--4858435/support.Take your spiritual journey to the next level with Next Level Soul TV — our dedicated streaming home for conscious storytelling and soulful transformation.Experience exclusive programs, original series, movies, tv shows, workshops, audiobooks, meditations, and a growing library of inspiring content created to elevate, heal, and awaken. Begin your membership or explore our free titles here: https://www.nextlevelsoul.tv

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