Podcasts about Cultivation

A woman in China who began practicing Falun Dafa in 1996 but was sent to a brainwashing center after the Chinese Communist Party began persecuting Dafa in 1999. Over her time in detention she patiently and compassionately helped the guards and officials to understand that the principles of Dafa are good, and that there is nothing wrong with being truthful, kind, and tolerant.Original Article:1. Remaining Kind In the Face of Adversity To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

La dernière fois que je me suis fait une bonne bouffe, une question a popé dans ma tête : les aliments, ils viennent d'où ? D'où arrivent les tomates, patates, échalotes, haricots, prunes et pêches qu'on mange, est-ce que tout ça poussait miraculeusement en Europe dès la Préhistoire ? Eh bien sans surprise, c'est non ! En fait, beaucoup de fruits et de légumes ont leur propre histoire et leur propre géographie ! Alors on se lance au cœur de la marmite pour enquêter sur leurs origines, toutes passionnantes !Bonne écoute !

A woman in Shandong Province began practicing Falun Dafa in 1997 and over time has slowly let go of her resentments towards her husband and mother in law, her attachments to jealousy and reputation. She and her son now diligently cultivate together as he is overcoming a severe illness tribulation. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. I Finally Know How to Cultivate2. The Power of Righteous Thoughts3. I Benefited Greatly When I Began Reading the Fa With Other Practitioners To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A girl from a rural village in China grew up in a large family and received little education, she became a domineering, selfish, and sometimes violent woman until she began practicing Falun Dafa. She slowly understood that hurting others and being unkind were not moral, and she improved her character, becoming well thought of in her family and in her community. This and other experience-sharing on the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Gratitude to Falun Dafa for a Positive Transformation2. Eliminate the Attachments to Bodily Sensations3. Eliminating Attachments in School To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

In this episode, Heidi Brooks talks with Robin Dembroff who invites us to notice the confining, prescriptive categories we get boxed into and the opportunity to maybe name or nudge our way to a more enlivened self. Robin challenges us to see gender fundamentally as a verb rather than a noun–an active, ongoing process of "gendering" rather than an immutable, biological trait. By looking at the "windshield of consciousness" that shapes our worldview, Robin deconstructs traditional ideas of patriarchal leadership, showing how the unattainable myth of the "real man" acts as a destructive standard that causes suffering for everyone. Together, Heidi and Robin share why learning through experience is critical to exploring a key aspect to both of their work - exploring the relational impact on the self. Robin explains why denying dualism and leaning into somatic body awareness are essential to their classroom. Heidi bridges this practice of self-cultivation with everyday leadership, highlighting the tension between consequence-based decision-making and a deeper, inside-out logic of commitment. This episode is an invitation to experiment with noticing the environments shaping your sense of self, creating the room to thrive by freeing yourself up and freeing each other up. Check out Robin Dembroff's new book, Real Men on Top: How Patriarchy Shapes Our Reality. Learn more about Robin's work as an associate professor of philosophy at Yale University. Show notes: 0:00 - Origins: We begin by exploring Robin's journey growing up isolated in evangelical farmland, and the profound, early realization that gender identity is relational and fragile, not a fixed characteristic possessed inside the body. 8:02 - Gender as a Verb: We wrestle with Robin's concept of "gendering" as an active process. Robin offers us the frame of looking at our "windshield of consciousness" rather than just blindly looking through it, inviting us to question the stories and language that confine us. 33:25 - Philosophy as an Embodied Practice: We share our pedagogical stance that learning doesn't stop and end in the mind. Robin discusses the denial of dualism, surfacing the idea that true philosophical inquiry requires somatic awareness—starting with the body, breathing, and listening before ever moving to debate. 39:05 - Unlearning the Classroom: We get into details of how we each create spacious learning environments, moving away from evaluation and fear to using journaling and peer grading to invite students to tap into their own desires and agency. 51:30 - Leadership & Patriarchal Systems: We look at the intersection of sense of self and institutional decision-making. We name the tension between a transactional, consequence-based logic of "more, better, faster" (often tied to the patriarchal myth of the "real man") and a deeper logic of commitment rooted in personal values. 59:10 - Analog in an AI World: Finally, we explore why human, analog practices—like handwritten letters and meditative walks in a cemetery—are a vital, AI-proof container for sitting with ourselves and metabolizing our experiences into wisdom.

A multifunctional robot designed to help with automated cultivation of Shine Muscat grapes, a luxury variety, was demonstrated at an experimental fruit farm in the city of Yamanashi in the namesake prefecture in central Japan on Friday.

A young woman was introduced to Falun Dafa by family members in her childhood, and had dreams encountering Master Li, and passed tests as a practitioner, however she did not begin to truly cultivate in Dafa until 2024. She then experienced tribulations on all fronts: losing her job, breaking up with her boyfriend, and incurred financial challenges. Through it all she has sought to improve and let go of attachments, as well as help others to understand Dafa and the truth of the persecution. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. A Young Practitioner Finds Her Way Back to Dafa2. Doctor: “Falun Dafa Truly Works Miracles!”3. Lessons Learned From a Positive Thought About Mosquito Bites To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

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A young woman in China encountered Falun Dafa as a young child, but did not begin to practice cultivation until many years later. As she looks back through her life she can see many times when Master Li had looked after her and encouraged her to cultivate well; including giving her hints in her dreams and protecting her family during the Covid 19 pandemic. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Master Has Always Been by My Side During the Peaks and Valleys of My Cultivation2. The Power of Righteous Thoughts3. Learning to Be Considerate of Others To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A practitioner in Liaoning Province, China shares her thoughts on the importance of distinguishing between Fa-rectification cultivation and individual cultivation in order to keep up with our responsibilities as Fa Rectification Dafa practitioners. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. My Insights on Fa-Rectification Cultivation Versus Individual Cultivation2. The Importance of Having Compassion for Everyone3. Incredibly Lucky to Be Alive To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A woman in Hubei Province attended Master Li's lectures in China in 1994 and witnessed displays of divine power. She shares how Dafa has protected her and her family, how she has maintained a truth clarification materials printing site, and how her son has benefited from her cultivation. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui websiteOriginal Articles:1. My Amazing Cultivation Journey2. The Importance of Remaining Alert While Sending Righteous Thoughts3. Preventing the Standing Torture With Righteous Thoughts To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A woman in China shares stories of the many ways her large family has been blessed by practicing Fauln Dafa. She and her four sisters, parents, and in-laws have all experienced and witnessed miraculous events over the years of their shared faith in Dafa. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Our Family Is Blessed by Falun Dafa2. Recovery From End-Stage Lung Cancer After Reciting Dafa Phrases To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A young girl in China suffered terrible headaches until her mother read Zhuan Falun to her, and her headaches went away. When her parents were persecuted for practicing Falun Dafa the girl's education suffered, however when she began to study Dafa teachings in earnest she quickly caught up with her peers. Now grown, in her professional life she has recently confronted her attachments to fame, gain, and resentment. This and other experience-sharing on the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Cultivating and Improving My Heart and Mind2. Guaranteeing That Our Righteous Thoughts Are Effective3. Any Hardship in a Cultivator's Life Is a Good Thing To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A young woman in China has been practicing Falun Dafa for ten years and shares the ways her life has changed since she began cultivating in Dafa. She found joy in discovering the true meaning of her life through studying the teachings, and then witnessing her father quickly heal from severe illnesses through their faith in Dafa. However her true cultivation test began when married and moved to her new husband's home in the country, a life very different from her life in Beijing. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. My Life Changed After I Began Practicing Falun Dafa2. Accurate Movements in the Dafa Exercises Are Essential To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A new practitioner in Japan experienced her body and mind being purified shortly after obtaining the Fa, and how her family has become more harmonious as she cultivates well. She also shares her experiences in cooperating well with other practitioners to clarify the truth to Chinese tourists. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. New Practitioner: Body and Mind Purified After Practicing Falun Dafa2. Falun Dafa Helped Me Find My Compassion3. “Falun Gong Is Truly Miraculous” To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

What if the real job of a leader isn't to get people to do what you want, but to create the conditions where people can do their best work? I'm reflecting on the biggest leadership lessons from this month's conversations and pulling the common thread that ties them together: stop chasing control and start designing an environment where clarity, trust, and ownership can actually grow.We start with communication and culture, because every culture begins with what people hear, understand, and believe enough to act on. I walk through the head, heart, and hands framework to help you communicate change without triggering confusion or resistance: make the facts clear, make the meaning real, and make the next action obvious. Then I add the piece leaders often skip: communication as dialogue. When you open a loop for response, you don't just “inform” your team, you build alignment and shared ownership.Next, we zoom in on people and performance through strengths, role fit, psychological safety, and neurodiversity at work. Every person has peaks and valleys, and “different” never means “deficient.” I share simple prompts for a low-stakes strengths conversation you can have this week to reduce friction and help someone flourish without lowering the bar.Finally, we look forward to the future of leadership as co-creation. Think conductor, not hero: your job is to create the room, ask better questions, and make space for perspectives you don't own. If you want a practical challenge, pick one condition to improve this week, then turn it into a concrete action. Subscribe, share this with one leader who needs it, and leave a review with the condition you're choosing to improve.Send us Fan MailSupport the show✅ Follow The Leadership Project on your favourite podcast platform and listen to a new episode every week!

A woman in North East China was born into poverty, denied an education, and suffered several life threatening incidents in her childhood. In her early adulthood her husband passed away and she was left with two small children to raise on her own, She was riddled with illness and resentments. She then discovered Falun Dafa in 1996. Here is her remarkable journey of cultivation in Dafa. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui websiteOriginal Articles:1. My Amazing Cultivation Journey While Telling People About the Persecution2. Validating the Wonder of Dafa During a Predestined Meeting To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

In this episode of Grow Sessions, Live Long and Process: GMP & the Future of Cultivation, Mark Doherty sits down with Darwin Millard—known as the “Spock of the industry”—to explore how GMP, consistency, and systems-based thinking are shaping not just today's operations, but the future direction of cultivation and processing as the industry matures.With a mechanical engineering background and a “cold and logical” approach, Darwin applies disciplined thinking to processing, summed up in his mantra: “Live long and process.” The episode covers the shift toward standardized, data-driven production and why solventless extraction is becoming a benchmark for purity and consistency in an increasingly quality-driven market.A major focus is facility design under GMP and GACP frameworks, and why even advanced operations still fail microbial standards due to avoidable design flaws like airflow, HVAC layout, and poor clean-room planning. Darwin outlines what true clean-room thinking requires—from non-porous materials to sanitation-first construction.Looking ahead, the conversation expands into what the next generation of cultivation will look like: more automated environments, tighter environmental control, real-time data monitoring, and increased alignment with pharmaceutical manufacturing standards. As markets mature, Darwin explains how operators who embrace repeatable systems, validation, and certification will be best positioned for scalability and long-term viability, while those relying on legacy methods will struggle to keep pace.The conversation also explores global regulatory pressures and how operators can navigate evolving compliance expectations while bridging pharma-grade rigor with emerging industry frameworks. Third-party certification is highlighted as a key strategy for future-proofing operations.To close, Darwin breaks down the economics of compliance—arguing that proactive investment in safety systems is not just regulatory, but essential for reducing risk, avoiding recalls, and building long-term operational resilience.Darwin Millard, CSQ (Cannabis Safety & Quality) Darwin Millard is a 18-year cannabis/hemp industry veteran, cannabinoid extraction specialist, policy change-maker, and one of Marijuana Venture's ‘40 Under 40' Executives to Watch in Cannabis. Colloquially known as “The Spock of Cannabis,” Millard has focused on the extraction and manufacturing of nutraceutical products containing cannabinoids for nearly two decades, helping companies “live long and process” by implementing cost-effective, purpose-driven phytocannabinoid processing and herbal product manufacturing solutions. Millard specializes in mechanical and solvent based extraction methods for isolating highly volatile terpenophenolic secondary metabolites from botanicals, and his expertise has progressed the cannabinoid product industry forward. In 2012, Millard took part in developing the first legally sold CBD dietary supplement and he's since worked in some capacity with every major publicly traded cannabis operator at some point in their business lifecycle.Throughout his vast industry experience, Millard learned first-hand about the need for standardization within the cannabis industries, which led him to where he is today. Now Millard champions the benefits of standardization as the Technical Director for Cannabis Safety & Quality (CSQ), the first accredited safety and quality certification program to meet ISO requirements and regulatory requirements from seed-to-sale for the manufacture of cannabinoid-containing products. In addition to his role at CSQ, Darwin is the Vice Chair of ASTM International's Committee D37 on Cannabis, a group dedicated to the development of voluntary consensus standards for the global cannabis/hemp industry.If you'd like to connect with Darwin, please email him at darwin@thespockofcannabis.com or connect with him on Linkedin.Mark Doherty, Doherty AgMark Doherty is the VP of Construction & Facilities Management for Grown Rogue, bringing over 15 years of experience in CEA and commercial cannabis cultivation. Throughout his career, he has led operations and facility development across multiple national brands, including roles as COO at Dual Draft Integrated Airflow, Exec. VP at urban-gro, and VP of Facilities Management at Vireo Growth.Through his firm Doherty Agriculture, Mark focuses on turning underperforming cultivation assets using his signature People, Plants, Profits framework—treating each facility as a living, breathing machine to drive efficiency, consistency, and profitability. He is known for combining deep technical expertise with practical leadership to elevate both.If you'd like to connect with Mark, please email him at mark.edward.doherty@gmail.com.Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe to our podcast to receive upcoming episodes. 

A Chinese practitioner living in Canada joined the Tian Guo Marching Band in 2007, and shares the challenges and triumphs of the past 19 years of taking on the daunting task of learning new instruments, and helping to teach and guide others. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. [Fahui] My Cultivation Experiences While Participating in the Tian Guo Marching Band2. Clarifying the Truth at Work3. Why I No Longer Skip the Exercises To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A practitioner in Taiwan first encountered Falun Dafa in 2004, but began to truly cultivate in 2018. She has since cultivated well through many challenges in her family that an every day person might consider quite unfair, and has also looked inside when experiencing illness karma to further eliminate attachments. This and other experience-sharing on the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Letting Go of Attachments and Elevating by Clarifying the Truth Over the Phone2. A Divine Blessing To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

In 1996, a woman in China welcomed her mother to live with her. Her mother had always suffered from many illnesses, and someone suggested she try Falun Dafa. As her mother quickly improved, other family members also began practicing and became steadfast cultivators; studying and memorizing the teachings, and helping others to learn the truth about Dafa despite the persecution and lies spread by the Chinese Communist Party. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Fulfilling My Responsibilities Guided by Dafa2. Extraordinary Experiences While Practicing Falun Dafa3. Seize the Time to Cultivate Diligently To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

Dr. Vasant Lad is the founder of the Ayurvedic Institute and the man most responsible for bringing Ayurveda to the West. He has spent over 40 years teaching this 5,000-year-old science of life to practitioners across the world, and in this conversation, we sat down together at SoHum Mountain Healing Center in Asheville, North Carolina, where I had just completed a week-long Panchakarma. What unfolded was one of the most quietly profound conversations I have had on this show.What We Dive Into:1. Why unprocessed emotions don't simply pass — and how grief settles in the heart, anger in the liver, and fear in the kidneys until they're physically released.2. How your tongue, pulse, and face reveal what's happening inside your body, often before any symptom appears.3. Why your original constitution (prakruti) shapes everything from your digestion to your temperament — and how modern life pulls you away from it.4. The gap between two breaths, and why Dr. Lad calls it an ocean of awareness available to anyone willing to sit in it.THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:SoHum Mountain Healing Center — Code AndrePK2026 for $500 off from your Panchakarma bookinghttps://www.sohumhealing.comFunction Health — Code KNOWTHYSELF25 for $25 credit towards membershiphttps://www.functionhealth.com/KNOWTHYSELF___________00:00 Intro01:58 What Ayurveda Actually Means02:40 The Five Elements, Three Doshas, and the Body06:18 Prakruti, Vikruti, and the Root of Disease08:00 The Sankhya Philosophy Behind Ayurveda13:33 The Goal of Ayurveda15:26 Dr. Lad's Path: Guru, Calling, and Coming West18:06 Where Western Medicine Falls Short22:05 Ama, Agni, and the Ayurvedic View of Disease25:56 Pulse, Tongue, and Face: The Art of Diagnosis34:29 Reading Psychological Nature Through the Pulse39:00 The Gap Between Breaths: Awareness and Mysticism44:37 How Repressed Emotions Crystallize in the Body47:39 Panchakarma: Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Cleansing51:52 Ojas, Tejas, and Prana: The Vital Essences56:18 Sexual Energy, Celibacy, and the Cultivation of Ojas1:00:07 Life as Meditation: The Unified Field1:06:00 The Ayurvedic View of Death and Dying1:14:56 Dinacharya: The Daily Routine as Spiritual Practice1:18:48 The Doshic Clock and the Yugas1:25:22 Relationship, Self-Knowledge, and the Closing Message___________MORE FROM DR. VASANT✨Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drvasantlad

A practitioner living in Liaoning Province shares his understanding of the importance of effective Fa study, including: not pursuing speed or quantity while studying, being impatient to grasp the Fa more deeply, or studying with pursuit. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Several Issues Affecting One's Attainment of the Fa2. Letting Go of Attachments While Clarifying the Truth Face to Face3. Cultivating in Dafa with Diligence To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

In this episode, host Jack Eidt delves into the groundbreaking archaeological discoveries at the Huaca Montegrande site in the Peruvian Amazon with guest Karen Gordon, an associate at ASICAMPE, the nonprofit Association for Scientific Research of the Peruvian Amazon [https://abundantearthfoundation.org/ancientcacao/]. They explore the ancient Marañon culture, their sophisticated agroforestry practices, and the origins of cacao, the plant responsible for the world's chocolate. Traces of cacao have been found in 6,000-year-old ceremonial pottery vessels from what is now recognized as the oldest monumental temple site in Peru, predating the pyramids of Egypt or Mesopotamia. Tune in to learn how these findings are rewriting the history of organized human settlement and spirituality in the ancient Amazon. Nominated as one of the Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries in the World, Montegrande is currently unearthing the story of the ancient Amazonian Marañon Culture and their sophisticated agroforestry practices, social structure, and cosmovision – 3,000 years before the more well-studied Inca and Nazca cultures. These findings completely rewrite the history of organized human settlement and spirituality in the ancient Amazon. Groundbreaking evidence from Montegrande points to the Marañon Culture as being the earliest human stewards of cacao in the world, tending its domestication, cultivation, veneration and trade. For an extended interview and other benefits, become an EcoJustice Radio patron at https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio Resources/Articles: https://inboundperu.com/2022/03/11/the-world-will-get-to-know-huaca-montegrande-where-historys-oldest-cacao-was-found%ef%bf%bc/8644/ Ancient Builders of the Amazon on Nova PBS: https://youtu.be/dY82nZTxXQ4?si=UcvfsGJtvJQY_GAs Karen Gordon - Equal parts soul-filled and inspired educator, Karen's work as a restoration ecologist and land steward has spanned California's Channel Islands to the Peruvian Amazon for the last 30 years. She has called Costa Rica's cloud forested mountaintops home for the last two decades. ASICAMPE is a small Peruvian nonprofit research organization led by Dr. Quirino Olivera; making significant contributions to Amazonian and world history. Nevertheless, the Huaca Montegrande project, destined to become and UNESCO World Heritage Site, faces multiple threats and requires protection to continue their work. For more information and to support their work: https://abundantearthfoundation.org/ancientcacao/ Musical interludes by Oscar Jimenez Fernandez. IG: @oscarjimenezfdc Jack Eidt is an urban planner, environmental journalist, and climate advocate, as well as award-winning fiction writer. He is Co-Founder of SoCal 350 Climate Action and Executive Producer of EcoJustice Radio. He writes for a PBS SoCal Artbound project called High & Dry [https://www.pbssocal.org/people/high-dry]. He is also Founder and Publisher of WilderUtopia [https://wilderutopia.com], a website dedicated to the question of Earth sustainability, finding society-level solutions to environmental, community, economic, transportation and energy needs. He also publishes articles and podcasts on Substack [https://jackeidt.substack.com/]. Podcast Website: http://ecojusticeradio.org/ Podcast Blog: https://www.wilderutopia.com/category/ecojustice-radio/ Support the Podcast: Patreon https://www.patreon.com/ecojusticeradio PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBGXTRM292TFC&source=url Executive Producer and Host: Jack Eidt Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats Episode 237

A practitioner living in China has enjoyed good health since he began practicing Dafa in 1998. However he has recently encountered several bouts of illness karma. Perplexed by the ongoing tribulation, which was interfering with his ability to clarify the truth, he began to look within and search out the small matters that he had overlooked in her cultivation, and she soon improved. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui websiteOriginal Articles:1. Even Small Matters Can Be Serious2. Falun Dafa Practitioners in the Eyes of Sentient Beings3. The Importance of Falun Dafa Clubs on College Campuses To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

Michele DiCristoforo, lead third grade teacher at Cincinnati Classical Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio, joins host Scot Bertram to discuss instilling a sense of wonder in students, extending the sense of wonder to wider classical education community, and discovering resources for teachers looking to improve their pedagogy. Learn more: https://k12.hillsdale.edu/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A practitioner in Taiwan shares insights from her 25 years of cultivating in Falun Dafa. Through the years she has experienced the blessings of Dafa, and endured tribulations that come with cultivation; including challenges from family, society, sickness karma, and her own attachments. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Insights From My Cultivation Journey2. People Consider Me a Kind Lawyer To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A practitioner living in Toronto, Canada has been playing the flute in the Tian Guo Marching band since 2014 and has come to learn that if he cultivates well and plays the flute with a pure and clean state of mind, the sounds produced eliminate evil and wake up the conscience of people at parades and other performances. This and other experience-sharing on the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. [Fahui] My Cultivation Experience in the Tian Guo Marching Band2. Eliminating Indifference and Cultivating Compassion – Insights While Promoting Shen Yun3. Being Steadfast in Cultivation To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A 70 year old woman in Shandong Province began practicing Falun Dafa in 2012, and realized she had a predestined relationship with Master Li, having been told years before that He would be her teacher. Here she shares precious stories of her cultivation journey. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Becoming Selfless and Saving Sentient Beings2. Countering Persecution Using the Law To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

This Postmodern Realities episode is a conversation with JOURNAL author Lindsey Medenwaldt about her article, “The Truth About Confucian Harmony and Self-Cultivation: A Christian Critique of Confucian Virtue'”. Coming Soon!This is also part of Lindsey's ongoing Fringe Files Column. https://www.equip.org/articles/the-truth-about-confucian-harmony-and-self-cultivation-a-christian-critique-of-confucian-virtue/One way you can support our online articles and podcasts is by leaving us a tip. A tip is just a small amount, like $3, $5, or $10, which is the cost of a latte, lunch out, or coffee drink. To leave a tip, click here. Related Podcasts and Articles by this author: Episode 491: Taoism: The Way to Ultimate Reality? A Christian ResponseTaoism: The Way to Ultimate Reality? A Christian ResponseEpisode 483: The Lunar New Year Animals: A Christian Examination of the Chinese ZodiacThe Lunar New Year Animals: A Christian Examination of the Chinese ZodiacEpisode 468: Channeling the Dead—A Christian Response to MediumsChanneling the Dead—A Christian Response to Mediums.Behind the Crystal Ball: The Spiritual Risks of Seeing PsychicsEpisode 467: Behind the Crystal Ball: The Spiritual Risks of Seeing Psychic Don't miss an episode; please subscribe to the Postmodern Realities podcast wherever you get your favorite podcasts. Please help spread the word about Postmodern Realities by giving us a rating and review when you subscribe to the podcast. The more ratings and reviews we have, the more new listeners can discover our content.

A young practitioner from Russia growing up in the US had many encounters with Falun Dafa, and opportunities to become a practitioner. Deluded in his youth by drugs and alcohol, he often encountered dangerous situations. When he became a practitioner he looked back at his life and saw the many times he was protected by Master Li. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Miracles I Experienced Before I Began Practicing Falun Dafa2. Putting My Heart into Cultivating Diligently To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A practitioner living in Australia shares his experience playing the bass drum in the Tian Guo Marching Band. He shares insights from the challenges faced when marching with the band in Hong Kong; and how those who have endured hardships and sacrificed to make the band a success have inspired him to persevere and accept the responsibility to participate in the band. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui websiteOriginal Articles:1. [Fahui] My Cultivation Experience While Participating in a Parade in Hong Kong as a Member of the Tian Guo Marching Band2. The Most Fortunate People, Doing the Most Meaningful Things3. Cultivating Myself in a Family Environment To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

We often hold back encouragement because we're thinking about the short term. What if it's awkward? What if they don't respond the way we hoped? What if it feels uncomfortable to say out loud?But encouraging words have the power to do something much deeper over time. They can shape confidence, strengthen people, and remind someone they're seen and valued in moments they may need it most.And it doesn't just change the other person—it changes our relationships too. Because the words we choose to speak today can help cultivate the kind of connection we experience tomorrow.

A woman in China was sent to a detention center over a legal dispute, and encountered a practitioner who taught her about cultivation, Dafa, and meditation. Here she shares her remarkable cultivation journey over the past 21 years. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Obtaining the Fa in a Detention Center and Saving Sentient Beings in Prison2. Some Thoughts About Helping Practitioners Organize Their Cultivation Experience Sharing Articles3. Eliminating the Attachment to Self-Protection To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A practitioner in Toronto, inspired by the New York Tian Guo Marching Band, helped to launch the Toronto version of the band. He bought a trumpet and began simultaneously learning the instrument, and helping to organize a Canadian version of Tian Guo. The group formed quickly and in short time were booked to play in many parades and events. This and other experience-sharing on the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. [Fahui] Improving Myself While Playing in the Tian Guo Marching Band2. Bathed in Falun Dafa's Divine Grace3. The Rebirth of a Desperate Youth To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A practitioner living in Japan learned to play the flute in her grade school years and when invited to join the Tian Guo Marching Band. She understood that it was Master's arrangement to prepare her for this opportunity. Having a solid education in music theory, she felt she was well suited to help others improve their skills, she soon learned the real task for her was to learn to harmonize and contribute, rather than seek to stand out. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. [Fahui] Thirteen Years as a Member of the Tian Guo Marching Band2. A Joy to Find Dafa: Cultivating with Sincerity and Resolve To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

When a woman in China had been fooled by the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda slandering Falun Dafa she disliked the practice and even repeated the lies, until she began to look more critically at the persecution, and came to understood the truth of Dafa. Here she shares her experience after becoming a practitioner. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Sentient Beings Came for Falun Dafa (Part 1)2. Sentient Beings Came for Falun Dafa (Part 2)3. What I Realized about the Use of AI Upon Reading Master's Recent Article To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

After a woman from China moved abroad in 2018 she began to learn about Falun Dafa through The Epoch Times and NTDTV. She began practicing Dafa in 2021 and here she her understanding of her purpose in life, experiences clarifying the truth about Dafa and the persecution, and how she has improved by eliminating her attachments. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui websiteOriginal Articles:1. Telling Tourists About Falun Dafa2. Diligently Advancing in Cultivation After I Started Practicing Falun Dafa3. Continuing to Get Rid of Jealousy To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A man living in the US began practicing Dafa in 1999 after the Chinese Communist Party began persecuting Dafa. He initially felt regret about not having to endure the severe trials of Chinese practitioners; but after the persecution was extended overseas he has dedicated himself to upholding a Dafa practitioner's mission, no matter where he lives. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Maintaining Righteous Thoughts with Compassion When Awakening People2. Clarifying the Truth and Saving Sentient Beings in a Detention Center3. My Heart Is Always Filled With Dafa To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

Joseph Goldstein explores gradual cultivation, highlighting that even if we are suddenly awakened, we still must have an ongoing practice to work with hindrances and ingrained habits.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/insighthour and get on your way to being your best self.This week on Insight Hour, Joseph Goldstein discusses:The areas of life where clinging shows up most How clinging to sensory pleasures is so embedded in our cultureLightening up for enlightenment and not taking ourselves so seriously How a sense of humor can benefit our practice Unhelpful attachment to view and opinionThe unity of clarity and emptiness (self-existing wakefulness)The Buddhist meaning of unborn/unformed Uprooting of the view of self with the understanding that there is still more work to doHaving an ongoing, gradual cultivation of skillful means This episode was originally published on Dharmaseed and recorded at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies, a non-profit organization founded by renowned meditation teachers Joseph Goldstein and Sharon Salzberg to integrate Buddhist study and practice.“Very often, people can have genuine realization and have a really deep understanding, and then get attached to that as if everything is done. So very often these folks can get engaged in skillful behavior, thinking it's all coming from their deep realization, it's really coming from all the work that still needs to be done.” –Joseph Goldstein See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

An 87 year old practitioner living in New Zealand recollects the time she attended Master Li's lectures in Guangzhou in 1994, and her cultivation journey over the past 22 years; including enduring several falls that helped her enlighten to her responsibilities as a Dafa practitioner. This and other experience-sharing on the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. A Former Military Doctor's Path of Cultivation2. My Family Members have Successively Attained Dafa3. My Sister-in-Law Started Cultivating in Falun Dafa To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

An 86 year old woman in Liaoning Province, China shares how she is “energetic, optimistic, and healthy” after practicing Falun Dafa for 30 years, and how Dafa cured her Tuberculosis. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. “How Do You Manage to Be So Energetic, Optimistic, and Healthy Every Day?”2. Finding My Fundamental Attachments Through Memorizing the Fa3. Be Careful Who You Listen To To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

Vic Mensa joins the Cannacast crew to talk about his cannabis brand 93 Boyz — Illinois' first Black-owned cannabis company — and the mission behind the movement. From cultivation and community give-backs to cannabis equity and expanding into new markets, Vic breaks down how 93 Boyz is built on culture, quality, and love. The crew also dives into favorite strains, motorcycles, fatherhood, and the deeper history behind cannabis criminalization in America. A laid-back but meaningful conversation about cannabis, entrepreneurship, representation, and building something bigger than yourself.

A submission for the 20th Tian Guo Marching Band Anniversary Fa Conference. A practitioner in New York shares his experience over 13 years with the marching band, and the intense physical illness tribulation he has encountered over the past year; and his will to improve in cultivation and fulfill his responsibilities. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. [Fahui] 13 Years of Cultivation in the Band2. [Fahui] Cultivation Experiences in the Marching Band: Pain, Exercises, and Conflict3. My Cellphone Addiction Taught Me a Bitter Lesson To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

After reading some of Master Li's recent articles a practitioner in China uncovered attachments that had remained hidden. Through conflicts at his workplace he realized that he had an attachment to emotional fulfillment and it was a deeply hidden pursuit. Through careful Fa study and self examination he was able to improve. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui websiteOriginal Articles:1. I Found Deeply Hidden Attachments2. Cultivating Solidly and Making Phone Calls to Save Sentient Beings To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A young man in China learned Falun Dafa with his family when he was young, but stopped practicing after the persecution began in 1999. He returned to practicing in 2020, and soon after he joined the Tian Guo Marching Band. Here he shares the his cultivation journey, accompanied by his cherished French Horn. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. [Fahui] The French Horn Accompanies Me On My Cultivation Path2. [Fahui] What I Saw and Experienced During the 2025 Chiayi International Band Festival in Taiwan To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A practitioner joined the Tian Guo Marching band when it was first formed in Australia in 2006, and though initially excited about the possibilities, after a short while she left the band for more than ten years. When she rejoined the band many years later she found that it was being managed in a very professional manner and here she shares her cultivation experience in the warm and inviting environment. This and other experience-sharing on the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. [Fahui] My Cultivation Experience as a Member of the Tian Guo Marching Band2. Remarkable Stories About Literacy3. My Cultivation Journey From Childhood to Adulthood To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A practitioner in Toronto, Canada joined the Tian Guo Marching Band, and as a middle aged woman took on the challenging position of playing the heavy tuba. During busy holiday parade seasons she and other band members sometimes perform in two or three parades a day, often in freezing temperatures and gusty winds. Here she shares the precious opportunity to improve together, and find the resolve to overcome challenges. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. [Fahui] Cherishing One Another and Striving Forward2. The Police Accept the Truth About Dafa After I Changed My Attitude To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A practitioner in China shares touching and real life examples of how Dafa practitioners in China have become “Moral Monuments” of the principles of Falun Dafa by continually demonstrating Truthfulness, Compassion, and Forbearance in their daily lives; often at their own expense, and always putting other needs before their own. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui website.Original Articles:1. Falun Dafa Is a Clear Stream in a Chaotic World2. From Resentment to Gratitude3. Disregarding Even Petty Gains To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

A sharing in honor of the 20th anniversary of the Tian Guo Marching Band. A young practitioner in Korea with no musical talent or experience was drawn into learning the clarinet to participate in the marching band. Through a painstaking and dedicated process he slowly learned how to play, and then how to improve his playing when he understood it as a process of cultivation. This and other experience-sharing from the Minghui websiteOriginal Articles:1. [Fahui] Unforgettable Days in the Tian Guo Marching Band2. [Fahui] New Member Faces Repeated Exams To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org