10 Ways To Save Your Brain From Becoming A Web Zombie
This is the last bit of Internet related podcastery for a while. It's the 10 bits of advice I gave at the end of my 2015 talk on the Internet and Meditation in Scarborough.
26 Juni 20178min
The Dissociative Universe Of The Web And How Mindfulness Can Save Us
This is the second extract from a talk I gave in Scarborough in 2015 on the subject of 'Mindfulness in the Age of Twitter'. This part looks at the fascinating field of dissociation and how the Net rea...
21 Juni 201713min
The Neurochemical Net And Why Twitter May Be Eating Your Being
This is Part 1 of a series of podcasts on the effect of Internet use on the brain. It's excerpted from a talk I gave in Scarborough back in 2015. This part looks at how the Web fires up potent areas o...
12 Juni 201717min
Playing With Plutonium - I, Me, Mine Thoughts
This is an excerpt from the 2016 Samadhi Retreat up on Holy Island where Alistair and the group discuss the nature of thinking and particularly those thoughts that 'scrunch' us away from openness.
5 Juni 201712min
"The Scrunch"
This is an excerpt from the 6 week course in Mindfulness taught in 2016 at St Mary's Church in Brighton. Alistair uses the image of the scrunched up scarf (which he, in turn learned from the Dharma O...
29 Maj 20178min
The Seven Mammalian Emotions That Drive Us All
In memory of the great affective neuroscientist Jak Panksepp who died 2 weeks ago, I've extracted a short explanation of his brilliant work on human emotions and how we can understand them so much bet...
26 Maj 201716min
The Uncomfortable Truth Of Territoriatlity And The Radical Exit Strategy
This is an extract from the 6-week compassion course that I taught in Brighton in early months of 2017, looking at the demanding 'next step' of compassion practice.
22 Maj 201710min
Sex Is Not About Making Babies, It's About Making Friends
This is Part 2 of 2 from a talk I gave in Norwich back in 2012, looking at the alternative spiritual view on sexuality and sex. The Tibetan shamanic traditions and the Tantric deities give a different...
15 Maj 201716min
