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Spokes of the Wheel podcasts range among the material presented by Ishi Nobu in his books, including the nature of existence and how and why humanity is wiping itself out.

Ishi Nobu

  • Feb 28, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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Being Mentally Healthy – 17. Being Mentally Healthy

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 8:31


Mental health is as simple as abiding inner quietude.

Being Mentally Healthy – 16. Attaining Quietude

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 5:51


Sustaining inner silence is the ultimate skill. Simple practices help habituate quietude.

Being Mentally Healthy – 15. Why Mental Illness Is So Common

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 4:06


Mental illness is common because people believe what comes to mind.

Being Mentally Healthy – 14. Skill

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 8:57


Skill is a subconscious process. Intention is everything. Thought accomplishes nothing.

Being Mentally Healthy – 13. Belief

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2021 8:31


Belief is the bane of sensibility. Beliefs are the weeds in the mind crowding out clarity.

Being Mentally Healthy – 12. Psychospace

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2021 9:36


The mind traverses its own spacetime continuum to deal with what appears before it. Management of psychospace determines one's level of grace.

Being Mentally Healthy – 11. Consciousness

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 6:32


There are nominally 4 levels and 7 states of consciousness. Raising awareness elevates the enjoyment of living.

Being Mentally Healthy – 10. The Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 5:30


Our instrument for navigating through life - the mind - is itself treacherous.

Being Mentally Healthy – 9. Mental Illness Treatment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2021 12:36


The treatment of mental illness through history has been a sordid litany of miscomprehension, neglect, and abuse - sparsely laced with compassion.

Being Mentally Healthy – 8. Mental Illness & Mental Health

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 7:11


Mental illness arises from the predations of inner evil. Mental health is the simple state of being present and unperturbed.

Being Mentally Healthy – 7. The Descent of Psychology

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 19:58


The history of psychology is littered with misconstruals about the mind, and thereby a litany of theories founded on ignorance. A rare few shine through with insight.

Being Mentally Healthy – 6. The Soul

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2021 13:46


6 distinct, amply documented bodies of evidence prove that souls are immortal.

Being Mentally Healthy – 5. The Entertainment Platform

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 6:24


The architecture of existence is crafted as an entertainment platform for the consciousnesses that populate Nature. Existence is a symbolic construct to which we selectively construe meaning.

Being Mentally Healthy – 4. Evolution

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2021 9:15


Evolution aims at sustaining life: creative adaptation reflecting environment circumstance. Evolution exemplifies the marvelous coherence by which Nature manifests.

Being Mentally Healthy – 3. Life

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 9:49


The vital energy that renders life is Nature's most wondrous miracle - one that cannot be explained by mere molecules, just as intelligence has nothing to do with brains, which are only a liability.

Being Mentally Healthy – 2. The Physics of Nature

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 13:29


Physics susses the mechanics of how existence emerges. There is a decided consensus by modern physicists on how the world works - and it is more mystical than many would like to admit.

Being Mentally Healthy – 1. Perspectives on Existence

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2021 7:48


Our worldview and our well-being are intertwined. The path to abiding mental health is only assured by knowing what is really going on.

Attaining Transcendence

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 5:38


Transcendence is the state of consciousness that ushers enlightenment. Here's how to attain it.

Guide to Enlightenment

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020 15:46


Mental health and enlightenment are synonyms for the ultimate skill.

Economics – 5. Life After the Pandemic

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 5:07


A look at reviving the economy after the 2020 pandemic subsides.

Economics – 4. Inequity

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 7:38


The failure to comprehend capitalism as inherently inequitable is the reason people have not revolted against it.

Economics – 3. Irrational Economics

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 7:48


Capitalism is an emotional, irrational economic system.

Economics – 2. Price & Externalities

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 4:06


Price theory underpins the justification for capitalism. The failure of proper pricing is one reason why capitalism is so awry.

Economics – 1. History

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 8:06


Economics evolved to maximize exploitation.

Political Onus – 8. Eusocialism

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 4:16


The only hope that humanity has to survive to the 22nd is an unprecedented adoption of compassionate cooperation.

Political Onus – 7. The Role of Government

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 5:42


What government has failed to do is how humanity has put itself on the precipice of extinction.

Political Onus – 6. Rule of Law

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 14:17


Rule of law has often been a ruse for plutocratic tyranny.

Political Onus – 5. Elections

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 17:09


Elections can be ill in representing public will, and invariably sire societal divisiveness.

Political Onus – 4. The American Constitution

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 8:48


The US constitution was a botched job that Americans have inanely clung to like it was handed down from God.

Political Onus – 3. Ideology

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 6:18


Intellectually, ideology is a reflection of what role government ought to have in society. More poignantly, ideology is a doctrinal belief system based upon a person's emotional constitution.

Political Onus – 2. Political Thought

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 7:41


Political thought has historically been a contemplation of the human condition and humanity's potential.

Political Onus – 1. Introduction

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 5:11


Politics defines the weave of a society's fabric. Polity has not proven an adept seamster.

The Likely Scenario

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2020 17:13


This is the likely scenario for humanity's self-extinction.

Our Imminent Demise – 6. The Self-Destruction Machine

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 11:15


Our chosen economic engine drove us to our self-extinction.

Our Imminent Demise – 5. Rising, Dying Seas

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 12:06


The oceans are dying from our abuse. They are rising in revenge.

Our Imminent Demise – 4. Hazardous Consumption

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 12:52


Industrialized food has destroyed habitats and been the bane of decent diets.

Our Imminent Demise – 3. Toxic Chemistry

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 12:32


Much environmental destruction owes to chemical concoctions providing modest conveniences.

Our Imminent Demise – 2. Extinction Engines

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 5:24


Fossil-fueled engines have played an outsized role in our way of life, and in our self-destruction.

Our Imminent Demise – 1. Introduction

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2019 6:42


The world is undergoing an accelerating mass extinction event, thanks to technological carelessness. This show is distilled from Spokes 6: The Fruits of Civilization.

Reality & Realization – 10. Reality

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 9:16


The monism of energyism accounts for all phenomena. Conceptually comprehending reality provides a map of the territory called Nature, and so provides the outlines of a path to making the most of living.

Reality & Realization – 9. Coherence and Ĉonsciousness

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 5:42


Coherence and Ĉonsciousness are the universal producer and consumer, respectively.

Reality & Realization – 8. The Entertainment Platform

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 4:20


The essentials of existence are the makings of an ideal entertainment platform.

Reality & Realization – 7. Tuning the Instrument

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 9:14


Subduing the mind is a process of will that becomes the ultimate skill.

Reality & Realization – 6. The Mind

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 4:07


The mind is a tool that wants to make you its fool.

Reality & Realization – 5. Ontology

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 8:53


The ontology (paradigmatic explanation) of existence is not what you've been led to believe.

Reality & Realization – 4. Perception

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 5:28


Perception is the mental digestion of sensed symbols, in an ongoing appraisal for meaning.

Reality & Realization – 3. How to Meditate

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 5:44


A how-to for an easy, effective meditation practice.

Reality & Realization – 2. States of Consciousness

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 5:14


Of the 7 states of human consciousness, 3 are familiar: awake, asleep, dreaming. The 4th state, transcendence, is a unique state of rest. Then there are 3 elevated states while awake, beginning with blissful enlightenment.

Reality & Realization – 1. Introduction

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 4:03


The Reality & Realization podcast show touches upon the nature of reality, states of consciousness, how the mind works, and how to advance your spiritual evolution. This show is a companion to the book Clarity: The Path Inside.

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