Weekend Check-In: Back To Basics
This Is Not Just a Philosophy PodcastA lot of people listen to shows like this one the same way they read books they find interesting. They take something in, find it resonant, think about it for a wh...
4 Sep 14min
Stop Going To War With Your Past Self
Most people who have done real work on themselves end up in the same strange place. They have genuinely changed. They are not who they were. And they cannot stop being at war with the person they used...
1 Sep 45min
Weekend Check in -There Is No "But" in Taoism
I love what Taoism says about living in the present, but I can't stop worrying. I know I need to let this go, but I've been hurt too many times. I'm sorry I did that, but here's why.The word but does ...
28 Aug 14min
Let's Not Try So Hard
Lets Not Try So HardMost people who begin a serious spiritual practice end up in the same place eventually. Not enlightened. Exhausted. Every difficult moment becomes a test of the practice. Every neg...
25 Aug 51min
Weekend Check-In - The End of Summer
The Summer Is Almost Over — And That Is Not a Bad ThingSomething happens in late August that most people feel immediately. The light shifts. The shadows are longer. The air in the morning carries some...
21 Aug 12min
Reconnecting in a Disconnected World
The schedule belongs to the employer. The food comes from somewhere you'll never see. The light is set by a switch. And the connection to natural cycles that Taoism considers the ground of everything ...
18 Aug 49min
Weekend Check-In: The Tao is Everywhere. Just Look
The Tao Is Already There — You Just Have to LookIt's in the weed pushing through the sidewalk crack. It's in the dog who is completely inside the joy of this particular walk with no memory of yesterda...
14 Aug 9min
What is Love, Anyway
We have spent our lives being taught that love needs a relationship to be real. That loving someone who doesn't love you back is a wound to be healed. That loving someone you've lost, or left, or grow...
11 Aug 49min
