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In this episode I am joined by Miles Neale & Matthew Freidell to discuss their documentary film “Missing Peace”. The film's description states: “Borobudur is a 1250-year old Buddhist monument located on the island of Java, Indonesia. It was designed as a kind of ancient technology to broadcast the frequency of peace across the world. The only problem is---Borobudur is missing its most important piece. Follow along as two masters, from two different traditions, come together with the goal of reactivating this powerful relic at a time when the Earth needs it most.” Miles and Matthew share the remarkable story of the making of the film, including the powerful life lessons both men learned along the way, Miles and Matthew also reflect on the power of pilgrimage, learning to trust intuition in life and the creative process, and the strategies they employed in dealing with local land spirits on location. … Link in bio. Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast'. … Topics include: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Chance meeting in Kathmandu 01:57 - Matthew's creativity 03:39 - Synchronistic moments 04:07 - Origin story of the collaboration 05:22 - Matthew's ontological suicide through plant medicines 06:42 - Embracing good and evil, coming to Bali 08:04 - Meeting of minds 09:54 - Thin veils since pandemic 10:43 - Miles' stagnation and facing a choice 12:45 - Going to Bali during lockdown to follow an intuitive call 15:09 - Synergy and how to find courage and clarity 17:21 - Waypoints in learning to trust intuition 18:05 - Costly decisions and visions of Asclepius 21:25 - Healing temples of Ancient Greece 22:41 - From hyper-rationality to the mythopoetic 24:30 - Contact with discarnate entities 26:10 - Matthew's experiences in the Amazon & encountering Chenrezig 29:57 - Spirit encounters in Bali 32:21 - Holistic perspective of wisdom cultures 36:03 - Turning off connection to the unseen world 38:10 - Borobudur monument has been turned off 38:57 - Strategies for dealing with entities 41:39 - The Missing Piece documentary 42:47 - Stupas are ancient technologies 44:46 - The power of pilgrimage 46:46 - Uniting Geshe Tenzin Zopa with a Javanese tantrika Mangku Jitho 51:45 - Shiva Buddha prophecy with global import 55:21 - Who is Geshe Tenzin Zopa? 55:52 - Who is Mangku Jitho? 56:38 - Mangku Jitho's collection of cursed kris knives 57:43 - Reflections on the Shiva Buddha 59:14 - The joint ceremony to reactivate Borobudur 01:04:25 - The chatra and what do we worship? 01:06:50 - Challenges of filming in remote locations 01:08:49 - Style, the artistic process, and AI 01:11:44 - Matthew's hero's journey 01:16:06 - Invitation to the viewer … Watch “The Missing Peace”: - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDBzNsxyi_y_4ICCcAoMji6azDelR60OZ Watch previous episode with Miles Neale: - https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep69-dr-miles-neale-buddhas-tulkus-narcissists … For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - https://www.guruviking.com Music ‘Deva Dasi' by Steve James

In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper podcast, I'm delighted to be joined by Walter Cruttenden, researcher, mystic, author, and entrepreneur. Walter takes us on his heroic journey to scientifically verify accounts from ancient Indian and Greek mystical sources about the Great Year, the extensive 24,000-year cycle of the cosmos in which human consciousness and civilizations ebb and flow. We discuss a binary star system, what compels him to go beyond mainstream narratives, how these lost cycles of time affect us here on Earth, and what will be revealed as our collective consciousness awakens from prolonged amnesia. If you ever wanted to learn where we are now, and where we are going using this star map, listen to this conversation, for the future lies in understanding our past. BIO Walter Cruttenden is an author and researcher working at the intersection of ancient wisdom, modern science, and human consciousness. His Binary Research Institute, based on the work of Sri Yukteswar, challenges the conventional paradigm of what caused the fall of many ancient civilizations, and why we have seen a rise in consciousness since the Renaissance. Cruttenden is the author of the book “Lost Star of Myth and Time,” and documentary, “The Great Year”, narrated by James Earl Jones, which looks at the evidence for a stellar companion and its likely influence on Earth's ancient past and possible future. Cruttenden shares his research and insights with audiences worldwide, inspiring others to question the prevailing narratives of history and to explore the deeper mysteries of the universe. His talks blend scientific inquiry with spiritual wisdom, offering a holistic perspective on the nature of reality and our interconnectedness with the cosmos. In addition to his writing, Cruttenden also hosts the popular podcast “The Cosmic Influence,” where he interviews leading experts in the fields of astronomy, mythology, and consciousness. Through his work, Walter Cruttenden invites us to reconsider our place in the cosmos and embrace a broader understanding of reality Show Links: Binary Research Institute https://binaryresearchinstitute.square.site Conference on Precession and Ancient Knowledge https://cpakonline.com The Great Year film: https://thegreatyear.com/about-the-film/ The Missing Peace, mini-series about the Borobudur Mandala: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL74S0dFvsammqUABLIOmyN2jEhQB_vZA3 Topics Walter and I discuss: - His early mystical experiences and attraction towards Paramahamsa Yoganada - The Great Year and its four Ages, Satya, Treta, Dwapara, Kali - Cycles of time, the precession of the equinoxes - The mainstream understanding of axial “wobble” and what drives him to seek an alternative understanding of the cosmos - What is a binary star system, what companion star might be in relationship with our Sun, and the implications? - Where are we now, and where are we going according to the Great Year. - Is the future hopeful and how can we participate more fully in the dance of the cosmos. Dr. Miles Neale is a psychologist and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism living in Bali, founder of the Gradual Path for inner and outer journeys, his third book Return with Elixir: Four Maps for the Soul's Pilgrimage Through Death and Rebirth will be released in April, 2025. For more visit: https://www.gradualpath.com

Lynn Bell: Astrology, Redemption, and the Aquarian Age of Revolutionary Change. Ep. 18 In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper podcast, I'm delighted to host master astrologer Lynn Bell, whom I affectionately call the Oracle. Lynn and I take a skeptic's approach to understanding the mechanism underlying astrology, asking how the soul and cosmos interact, and how studying historical patterns, both above and below, can lead us to redemption. Finally, Lynn gives us an astro-forecast for 2024 including the highly anticipated transit of Pluto into Aquarius this November, coinciding with the US elections. The last time this transit took place ushered in the American and French Revolutions. You'll want to heed the Oracle's advice on how to prepare to meet this turning point. In this episode Lynn Bell and I discuss: - How a challenge to her eyesight in childhood, became an opportunity to develop a deeper vision and more attuned relationship with the world. - How we can look back on our personal and collective history and patterns to predict future outcomes. - Because every pattern repeats itself in cycles of time, we can always have a chance at repair or redemption. - How the psyche or soul and the cosmos or planetary alignments interact. - How astrology involves being attuned to the environment, and what the moment is presenting, so that we can skillfully choose how to respond. - The signature of the outgoing Piscean age and the incoming Aquarian age. - How to purposefully re-interpret and work with the challenges of our age such as misinformation, AI, socio-political division, civil unrest, and structural collapse. - The Astro forecast for 2024 including the anticipated transition of Pluto into Aquarius in November during the US election, and the American and French Revolutions that transpired the last time this transit occurred. - Lynn's parting message of tolerance for cognitive dissonance, remembering our common humanity, and staying in the vibration of compassion over fear. Bio Lynn Belle is a world-renowned, master astrologer with over 40 years of experience. She specializes in psychological and spiritual perspectives with a specific interest in family systems, as well as mythological and archetypal themes. She lectures and offers workshops globally including online with Astrology University and her books include Planetary Threads focusing on the transgenerational inheritance of family patterns and Cycles of Light focusing on the implications and trends of the solar return. Her website is www.lynnbellastrology.com For Lynn Bell's upcoming seminars and workshops visit: https://lynnbellastrology.com/upcoming-events/ For Lynn Bell's books: https://lynnbellastrology.com/books/ Dr. Miles Neale is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice, instructor at Weill Cornell Medical College, author of Gradual Awakening (Sounds True, 2018), and founder of the Gradual Path for inner and outer journeys. His forthcoming book is Return with Elixir: Pilgrimage of the Soul Through Death and Rebirth (Inner Traditions, 2024). Join Miles' mailing list to get the latest news on courses, pilgrimages, and podcasts: https://www.gradualpath.com/contact Follow Miles on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milesneale

In this unique episode of the Wisdom Keeper Podcast I'm joined by Tibetan medical practitioner Christiana Polites and Vajrayana teacher and author Lama Justin von Bujdoss as we reminisce on our shared experience as students on the Antioch Buddhist Studies Program in Bodhgaya, India during our early twenties, and the ensuing impact it had on our lives and careers. Sit back and enjoy this intimate three-way conversation filled with stories of tenderness, synchronicity, resilience, and self-actualization as we trace how the Dharma seeds of those early days ripened for each of us during the global pandemic and beyond. Nothing is a coincidence; we are all interconnected and on an enduring pilgrimage in search of healing and purpose. Bio: Christiana Polites received her Bachelor of Arts in the Comparative Study of Religion at Harvard University and has been immersed in Eastern spiritual traditions for over twenty years. She has studied both Tibetan and Chinese Daoist healing arts and received a Masters in Acupuncture from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She has traveled extensively around the world, seeking out authentic living lineages in both the healing and spiritual sciences. In collaboration with her teacher Dr. Nida Chenagtsang, Christiana founded Pure Land Farms in Topanga, California, the Sowa Rigpa Institute of Tibetan Medicine, and Sky Press publishing house. She teaches foundational courses on Tibetan Medicine, yoga and rejuvenation and guides retreats and practices in the Yuthok Nyingthig meditation tradition at Pure Land Farms, online, and internationally. https://purelandfarms.com https://www.sowarigpainstitute.org Lama Justin von Bujdoss is an American vajrayana Buddhist teacher, writer, and the is a co-founder of Bhumisparsha an experimental Buddhist sangha along with Lama Rod Owens. He is the author of Modern Tantric Buddhism: Authenticity and Embodiment in Dharma Practice published by North Atlantic Books, and contributor to Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Reflections published by Lexington Books. From 2016 until December 2021 Justin served as the Executive Director of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness for NYC Department of Correction where he also served as Staff Chaplain supervising over 30 chaplains and guided wellness programming for staff. Justin also has professional experience in home hospice and hospital settings as a pastoral caregiver. Lama Justin is currently the chaplain for Hart Island, New York City's public cemetery. Justin was ordained as a repa, a lay tantric yogin in the tradition of Milarepa, by His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche, one of the heart sons of His Holiness the 16th Karmapa. Lama Justin has presented on Buddhist practice at Harvard, Princeton, Yale, University of Chicago, Wellesley, Columbia University, has been a visiting instructor at Union Theological Seminary, teaches at Pure Land Farms. Justin is passionate about helping to create the conditions for authentic embodied tantric Buddhist spiritual practice in the West. https://www.bhumisparsha.orghttps://www.yangtiyoga.com Dr. Miles Neale https://www.milesneale.com https://www.gradualpath.com In this episode Christiana, Lama Justin, and I discuss: • How we all felt ourselves to be misfits in childhood, and how this led to our sense of coming home to Bodhgaya, India in our early twenties. • The nature of the Antioch Buddhist Studies Program and what made it so instrumental in our personal and development. • Stories of tenderness and how teachers and associates alike found a way to open our hearts and speak to our soul. • Each of share how our early experiences in Bodhgaya shaped our professional careers, and how we chose to apply Tibetan Buddhism in unique ways in the world. • Stories of resilience and how dharma practice has offered refuge in times of chaos and uncertainty. • How modernity and technology has impacted our ability to have authentic spiritual experience. • Stories of how the early dharma seeds came full circle and ripened as crucial moments of self-actualization during the global pandemic. • Forecasting the future and working with the uncertainty ahead.

In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper Podcast I'm delighted to be joined UK-based psychotherapist, Tibetan Buddhist teacher, prolific author, and tangka painter Rob Preece. Rob shares with us the back story of his meeting his guru, the late, Charismatic Tibetan teacher Lama Yeshe, and then offers a compelling explanation of the essence of Buddhist tantra. We then meander into the world of Jungian psychology, rich with archetypes, the shadow, and movement towards integration of opposites. Finally, Rob shares with us the innovations he has made over the years making tantric practice relevant to the western mindset and our collective fragmentation, including working with the body, processing trauma, and connecting with our fundamental Buddha nature. If you enjoy the intersection between Tantra and Jung, this will be a conversation not to be missed. In the episode Rob and I discuss: • Meeting his guru the late Lama Yeshe and his dynamic style of teaching • The importance of balancing guru-devotion with reliance on the inner guru • The essential nature of Tibetan Buddhist tantra • The shortcomings and limitations of teaching classical tantra to Western students • Carl Jung, the archetypes, and the necessity of working with the shadow • Where Tantra and Jung converge and depart • The unique psychological needs of Western students and avoiding spiritual bypassing • Innovations Rob has made to the Tantric methodology that allow students to process trauma • Rob's extensive book series featuring his synthesis of Jungian shadow-work and Tantric deity practice. More on Rob Peerce at his website: https://www.mudra.co.uk Books by Rob Preece: https://www.mudra.co.uk/mudra-publication More on Dr. Miles Neale https://www.milesneale.com

#pilgrimage #java #borobudur #bali In this episode of the wisdom keeper podcast I host anthropologist Patrick Vanhoebrouk a specialist in Javanese culture, Buddhist and Hindu tantric traditions, and the Dukun, indigenous shamans of the mystical island of Java. Patrick takes us on a pilgrimage into Java's deep prehistory, decoding its prophesies that foretold of the cataclysmic events he thinks we are now amidst. He also brings us into the powerful megalithic sites such the Borobudur mandala, and explains how they are energetic portals used to align cosmos and psyche, ignorer to bring about a radical transformation of consciousness at this critical time in history. Patrick is anthropologist in residence at the Amanjiwo in Java. https://www.aman.com/resorts/amanjiwo He will be offering the welcome keynote lecture upon our arrival in Java on our next pilgrimage to the Indonesian Islands in September 2023. https://www.sacredearthjourneys.ca/current-tours/sacred-healing-in-java-and-bali-with-dr-miles-neale-and-geshe-tenzin-zopa Pilgrimages with Dr. Miles Neale https://www.gradualpath.com/pilgrimage Buddhist psychotherapy with Dr. Miles Neale https://www.milesneale.com/therapy

Interview begins @ 8:08 Today Dr. Miles Neale and Dr. John explore “ego death”, and a few issues with this language, we continue discussing the nature of the ego, the Buddhist frame for soul, returning from the mountaintop or a break-through experience, nondualism, Miles reveals several of his transcendent experiences and also a personal experience with death, “cheap” nondualism, addiction to the nondual, spiritual bypassing, grief, experiencing death, trauma and the unconscious, the healing relationship between teacher and student, holding suffering, the ego's avoidance, guru devotion, pilgrimage, psychedelic experience, sacred journeys, and we finish with Tibetan Buddhism and the infrastructure of the return from the “mountaintop”. Bio: Dr. Miles Neale, PsyD, is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice, founder of the Contemplative Studies Program, international speaker, and host of the Wisdom Keeper Podcast. He has taught psychology and meditation at prestigious university hospitals including Harvard, Columbia, and Cornell. Author of Gradual Awakening (Sounds True, 2018) and co-editor of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2017), Miles is currently writing his next book Return with Elixir: Journey of Conscious Death and Rebirth (Inner Traditions, 2023). With more than twenty years integrating the mind science of Tibetan Buddhism with psychology, trauma research, neuroscience, and mythology, Miles is a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy, and leads pilgrimages around the Buddhist world. https://www.milesneale.com John's Esalen Workshop: https://www.esalen.org/workshops/portals-and-pathways-ecstatic-experience-music-and-the-red-book-022723 Website for The Sacred Speaks: http://www.thesacredspeaks.com WATCH: YouTube for The Sacred Speaks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOAuksnpfht1udHWUVEO7Rg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/ @thesacredspeaks Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/ Brought to you by: https://www.thecenterforhas.com Theme music provided by: http://www.modernnationsmusic.com

Conversation starts @ 5:47 Hermes Trismegistus was believed to be one of the wise men of his time, and a study of his texts reveals, not a general philosophy, but a spiritual path for initiates who seek to achieve gnosis by direct acquaintance of the true nature of reality as we experience it. Dr. Wouter Hanegraaff begins this analysis by guiding us into the four-core dimension of his book, Hermeticism, spirituality, historical imagination, and altered states of knowledge. All of this knowledge circulated through small groups of people beginning in the first century A.D. Wouter explains how he landed a position as The University of Amsterdam chair of Hermeticism, and then began to “map” the field of esoterism, the two poles of his academic interests are Hermeticism and esotericism. We discuss the nature of esotericism, rejected forms of knowledge, monotheism and exclusion, the shadow of the collective, Isaac Newton's heresy, Western exclusion, nonduality, the experiential nature of spiritual practice, Diotima - the female visionary who taught Socrates, drugs in the ancient world, The East and the irrational, academic ideological orientation to Greek as rational, misunderstanding and misinterpretation of antiquity, gender, the spiritual nature of rebirth, life and death, immortality and “The Flip,” shoutout to Miles Neale and Jeff Kripal, music and the cosmos, tones and chanting, initiation, apprenticeship, magic, therapy, and more. Bio: Wouter J. Hanegraaff is Professor of History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as past President and now honorary member of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism. Alongside numerous articles, he is the author of New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought (Leiden 1996/Albany 1998); Lodovico Lazzarelli (1447-1500): The Hermetic Writings and Related Documents (Tempe 2005; with Ruud M. Bouthoorn); Swedenborg, Oetinger, Kant: Three Perspectives on the Secrets of Heaven (West Chester 2007); Esotericism and the Academy: Rejected Knowledge in Western Culture (Cambridge 2012); and Western Esotericism: A Guide for the Perplexed (London 2013). He has (co)edited eight collective volumes, including the 1200-page Dictionary of Gnosis and Western Esotericism (Leiden 2005) and Hidden Intercourse: Eros and Sexuality in the History of Western Esotericism (New York 2011; with Jeffrey J. Kripal). His most recent monograph Hermetic Spirituality and the Historical Imagination: Altered States of Knowledge in Late Antiquity is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press in 2022. His current projects are focused on the history of consciousness in German Idealism and Romanticism, and the role of the imagination in Western culture. https://www.wouterjhanegraaff.net Website for The Sacred Speaks: http://www.thesacredspeaks.com WATCH: YouTube for The Sacred Speaks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOAuksnpfht1udHWUVEO7Rg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/ @thesacredspeaks Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/ Brought to you by: https://www.thecenterforhas.com Theme music provided by: http://www.modernnationsmusic.com

Judson Davis, PhD, is a university educator, author, spiritual counselor, filmmaker, and world traveler. He holds a Doctorate in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies (2012) and a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology (with emphasis in Jungian Depth Psychology; 2006) from Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is founder and director of the Institute of East-West Interdisciplinary Studies, where he offers counseling and online courses on the interface of Jungian and Tibetan Buddhist Studies. Judson has taught on the university, college, and corporate levels in California, Germany, Japan, and South Korea, has produced documentary films, and has presented his work in a variety of public venues. Dr. Davis is the author of the book "The Sacred Image: C. G. Jung and the Western Embrace of Tibetan Buddhism" as well as numerous peer-reviewed journal publications dealing with spirituality, psychotherapy, and consciousness studies including “Alchemy and Transformation, East and West: A Cross-cultural Analysis of Jungian Psychology and Tibetan Tantra". More on his work can be found at: www.east-westinstitute.com In this episode Judson and I discuss: ∙His ‘dark night of the soul' experience during lock down in Thailand ∙Owning your shadow and reclaiming your disenfranchised projections ∙His round the world pilgrimage and Campbellian call to adventure ∙His mystical experience in the Himalayas, meeting the Tibetans, and becoming small in the face of immensity of the mountains. ∙The archetype of coming undone, in order to be recreated, both personally and culturally. ∙The collective dark night of the soul of our civilization, and the early dawn of an expanded global consciousness. ∙The Astrology of the Great Year, cycles of time, and waking up during contraction. ∙Psychedelic therapy and venturing into alternative dimensions of reality and meeting non human beings ∙Jung's notion of the Self compared with the Tibetan notion of the void and clear-light of Dharmakaya ∙Sense-making the global crisis through myths from world cultures, Jung, and Joseph Campbell ∙Jung's encounter with the East: Chinese Alchemy, Buddhism, and Tantra ∙Esoteric traditions emphasis on a direct personal experience of awakening into Christ consciousness or Buddha nature ∙The use of sacred symbols such as deities, mandalas, pilgrimage, sacred mountains, tree of life, and the diamond as aids to alchemical transmutation ∙Judson defines and deconstructs Jung's process of active imagination ∙How to work with “Big dreams” ∙Jung's view of the unconscious and its relationship to shadow, persona, and Self. ∙The thrust of the Self, to integrate the split of shadow aspects of our collective unconscious, will drive a social leap forward in our evolution to be more sensitive and inclusive beings. *** The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage https://www.gradualpath.com/ 25% off all courses with coupon code WISDOMKEEPER More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/

In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper podcast I'm delighted to be joined by scholar and Tibetan medical practioner Erik Jampa Anderson who takes us on a magical journey into the realms of synchronicity, mythology, and animism. Eric pulls back the curtain on his upcoming book Unseen Beings where he traces the root cause of the break down of our civilization to the prevalence of anthropocentrism. Are human beings really at the center of it all, seemingly in control of a mechanistic world? Are we suffering the loss of enchantment? While people's movement across the planet strive for greater equity and inclusivity, Erik makes a bolder leap forward to suggest that our expanding consciousness must begin to include the rights of plants, spirits, and the earth herself. This conversation proposes an inspiring innovation that combines spiritual practice and activism. Erik Jampa Andersson, founder and director of Shrimala, is a scholar practitioner of Sowa Rigpa, colloquially known as Tibetan Medicine, based in London. He is a graduate of the Shang Shung Institute of Tibetan Medicine, and one of a rare and distinguished members of a small cohort of Westerners who has studied the four classical medical tantras. His first book, Unseen Beings, is due to be released by Hay House publications in Spring 2023. A Buddhist practitioner since 2005 (at the age of 14), Erik found an early home in the Tibetan tradition under the close guidance of Lama Tsultrim Allione, founder of Tara Mandala retreat center in Colorado, and numerous teachers from Tibet and Bhutan. While pursuing a degree in religious studies at Naropa University, he was inspired to change course and enroll in a five-year Tibetan Medicine program at the Shang Shung Institute, in which he was trained extensively under notable senior physicians including Dr. Phuntsog Wangmo, Dr. Namgyal Tsering, Dr. Nyima Tsering, and other Sowa Rigpa experts in America and Asia. His Website is: https://www.shrimala.com/ Erik and I discuss:  • The murder of Erik's brother that brought on an existential crisis in early childhood  • How J.R.R. Tolkien opened up a portal into the mythological dimension of life • The loss, purpose, benefits, and necessity of a mythology perspective • Magic in Tibetan Buddhism, and his synchronistic encounter with Lama Tsultrim Allione • Do demons and spirits exist or are they merely psychological archetypes? • The Tibetan Buddhist ritual practice of Chöd or Feeding Your Demons.  • The global and personal consequences of our anthropocentric paradigm • The history and power of animism, and how to relate to unseen beings. • Working with racism, patriarchy, and anthropocentrisim. • Global healing through inclusivity with unseen beings including plants, animals, and the spirit world. • Root cause of the ecological crisis and the possibility of transformation. **** The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage https://www.gradualpath.com/ 25% off all courses with coupon code WISDOMKEEPER More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/

In this episode, Ray and I discuss: ∙Early discovery of esoteric transitioning including astrology ∙Break through meditative experiences with his spiritual teachers ∙Intellectuals history of astrology  ∙A symbolic world view, how we lost it, why we need it ∙How does the cosmos impact the psyche? ∙The Great Saturn-Jupiter conjunction of 2020 that ushered in the pandemic ∙Planetary causal effects vs synchronicity ∙“The universe is composed of stories not atoms” ∙Destiny vs free will in your horoscope ∙The relationship between psychology and astrology  ∙The Great Year, precession of the equinoxes and the Yuga cycle ∙Hallmarks and shadow of the Aquarian Age  ∙Individual rights, power to the people, and the rise of narcissism ∙The war in Ukrainian and the the United States undergoing its Pluto return  ∙The rise of fascism and facing the legacy of racism   ∙Ray's biggest lesson after 50 years of practice. RAY GRASSE is a Chicago-based writer, musician, photographer, and astrologer. He is author of eight books including Stargates, The Waking Dream, Signs of the Times, and his most recent opus When the Stars Align. Ray received a degree in filmmaking from the Art Institute of Chicago under experimental film pioneers Stan Brakhage and John Luther-Scofill. He studied with various esoteric teachers in both the Kriya Yoga and Zen traditions. He's lectured extensively on the topics of astrology, synchronicity, and mythology, and maintains an active astrological practice with clients around the United States and abroad.  I discovered Ray's work in 2019 as I was preparing for my class Return with Elixir, and enjoyed tremendously his lecture series titled Secrets of the Esoteric Traditions on Youtube. Ray's website: https://www.raygrasse.com Ray's New Book, When the Stars Align: https://www.amazon.com/When-Stars-Align-Reflections-Astrology/dp/0578394383 Ray's YouTube lecture series, Secrets of the Esoteric Traditions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgd5q-JA8xpJtWu28QgcRxeJWtpKltPD8 *** The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage https://www.gradualpath.com/ 25% off all courses with coupon code WISDOMKEEPER More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/

Widely respected author and blogger in fields ranging from nature spirituality, Druidry, ceremonial magick, hermeticism, alchemy, mundane astrology, and the future of industrial society, John Michael Greer (JMG) is the prolific author of more than seventy books, including sixteen novels, and blogs weekly at ecosophia.net. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife Sara. In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper Podcast, JMG and I discuss: - an intellectual history of esoteric traditions from ancient Egypt and Greece to India and China, cross pollinating via the Silk Roads. - ancient and advanced civilizations such as Atlantis and Lumeria, that might have influenced Egypt and Sumeria, and which have been lost in the historical record. - the thread that binds all esoteric traditions, the art of resurrection: dying before you die, in order to be reborn. - The history and practice of Alchemy from early textual sources to the Middle Ages, including the meaning of the alchemical notion Solve et Coagula - The relationship between Western alchemy, magick and Tibetan Buddhism - Astrology, its history, relevance, and how it works including Jung's notion of synchronicity. - How we need to live from a symbolic or mythologic perspective to experience a more meaningful life. - Mundane astrology and how to use planetary alignments for predictive purposes in worldly affairs from politics to economics. - Catabolic collapse and the slow descent of our civilization. - How to "collapse now, and avoid the rush", and advise for preparing for the inevitable cycles of death and rebirth on the civilizational level. John Michael Greers books can be found here. *** The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage https://www.gradualpath.com/ 25% off all courses with coupon code WISDOMKEEPER More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/

In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper Podcast I'm delighted to host Freddy Silva one of the worlds foremost experts on ancient civilizations, crop circles, and the use of sacred monolithic sites and structures for transformations in human consciousness. Freddy leads us on a journey to rewrite history gathering clues from diverse cultural sources that point to an ancient, high civilization lost in last ice-age, but far older and more advanced than our current, mainstream picture of the world would suggest. What this ancient pre-diluvian, sea fearing civilization knew about the cosmos and of the psyche is nothing short of staggering, and anyone with interest in esoteric wisdom and initiatory rites will be sure to enjoy this conversation. Freddy Silva is a bestselling author, and leading researcher of ancient civilizations, restricted history, sacred structures, and their interaction with consciousness. He is also the leading expert on crop circles and leads pilgrimages to sacred sites in England, France, Egypt, Portugal, Yucatan, Peru/Bolivia, and Scotland. Freddy has produced thirteen documentaries and published seven books in six languages, among them The Missing Lands, The Divine Blue Print, the Lost Art of Resurrection, and his most recent release Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past. His website is https://www.invisibletemple.com/ Freddy and I discuss his: Departure from corporate advertising to follow an inner call to study crop circles and other mysteries. Learning to trust what he calls “the management” - unseen spirit guides of alternate dimensions that aid him in his research and quest. Theory of an ancient, lost civilization of prehistory and its sacred wisdom of navigating the cosmos and the soul. Attempt to thread together myths and prophesies found across cultures about a lost, pre-diluvian sea faring civilization possessing high art and technology. Fascinating common accounts of the “shinning one's” or the “people of the serpent“ who may have taught the Mayans and Egyptians, and cultures as diverse as Armenia, India, Japan, Scotland and Easter Island.  The cataclysmic impact of a meteor around 10,500 BCE, its ensuing effects of sea level rise, and relationship to the universal presence of flood myths throughout culture. Freddy responds to his critics of the ancient civilization hypothesis. The connection between sacred monolithic sites, astrological positions, and ritual initiations. The Maiden's Cave in Scotland and its ritual use for a rite-of-passage leading to resurrection of the soul. His new book Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past is available here. *** The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on: APPLE PODCASTS GOOGLE PODCASTS SPOTIFY CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage https://www.gradualpath.com/ 25% off all courses with coupon code WISDOMKEEPER More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/

  Contemplative psychotherapist, Dr. Miles Neale returns to the mind meld! We riff on the power of pilgrimage, how symbols transform the mind, initiation rites, the magic of trust, Carl Jung, and more!  Check out his course on the gradual path here. His book, Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human is available now. *Support our Sponsor* Green Mountain Synergy CBD 20% off with code 'thirdeyedrops' *Support Third Eye Drops* Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon Review and follow on Spotify Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Visit Thirdeyedrops.com

Exploring the path to liberation comes with a lot of learning and mindful applications of the choices we have in life. We recognize how healing and growth take time. How do we become mindful of our loops in life and find the purpose of life with presence? In Part 2 of Miles Neale's podcast episode, "The path to liberation", we explore recognition of the choices we make and how it leads to our true freedom. Join us as we learn a deeper understanding of chronic wounding to the soul and how we can process it. Become a subscriber for more videos to help cultivate presence!: https://www.youtube.com/todaydreamer?sub_confirmation=1 (https://www.youtube.com/todaydreamer?sub_confirmation=1) ❂ About our special guest: Dr. Miles Neale is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice, a faculty member of the Tibet House in the US, a founder of the Contemplative Studies Program, and a host of the Wisdom Keeper Podcast. He is also an author who has published and co-edited books such as Gradual Awakening and Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy.  Guest's website: Contemplative Studies Program: https://www.GradualPath.comBooks (https://www.GradualPath.com) Books: https://www.amazon.com/author/milesneale- (https://www.amazon.com/author/milesneale) - Gradual Awakening - Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy

In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper podcast I'm delighted to be joined by Tjok Sri Maya Kerthyasa, a food and lifestyle journalist based in Bali and co-author along with Chef Wayan Kresna Yasa of the newly released book Paon: Real Balinese Cooking. In this conversation we follow Maya's on her pilgrimage to heal from our modern culture of systemic disconnection, as she rediscovered her Balinese spiritual roots, transform her kitchen into a temple, and becomes the keeper of her grandmother's sacred wisdom. This dialogue is filled with tenderness of the divine feminine as well as delightful surprises relevant to anyone embarking of the heroic journey of personal rebirth. In this episode Maya and I discuss: Her dark night of the soul, as she faces the mind-body symptoms of modern culture's systemic disconnection. How she embarked on a pilgrimage of rediscovering her Balinese spiritual roots and came under the guidance of her grandmother. How food can be a vehicle for the transmission of sacred wisdom How to transform the kitchen into a temple The alchemy of transforming obligation into love The delicate balance between preserving and innovating tradition.  Her newly released book  Paon: Real Balinese Cooking (April 2022) Encouragement that people embark on pilgrimage to rediscover themselves. Buy the Book: Paon: Real Balinese Cooking https://www.amazon.com/dp/1743797532/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_S6D1H5HQ58HDART511B4 *** The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on: APPLE PODCASTS GOOGLE PODCASTS SPOTIFY CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage https://www.gradualpath.com/ 25% off all courses with coupon code WISDOMKEEPER More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/

The path to liberation is filled with a lot of stages and experiences. As we strive for liberation and go through the stages of the path to true freedom, we practice mindfulness in various contexts. In this new podcast episode, Miles Neale shares with us how to liberate ourselves. We learn about terms like McMindfulness which addresses the cherry-picking behavior of people in regard to teaching. ❂ About our special guest: Dr. Miles Neale is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice, a faculty member of the Tibet House in the US, a founder of the Contemplative Studies Program, and a host of the Wisdom Keeper Podcast. He is also an author who has published and co-edited books such as Gradual Awakening and Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy.  Guest's website: Contemplative Studies Program: https://www.GradualPath.comBooks (https://www.GradualPath.com) Books: https://www.amazon.com/author/milesneale- (https://www.amazon.com/author/milesneale) - Gradual Awakening - Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy

TASHI MANNOX is one of the world's foremost contemporary Tibetan calligraphers and Dharma artists, regularly exhibiting his art in New York, London, Moscow and Bhutan. He was formerly a monk in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, and completed the traditional four year closer retreat under the guidance of renown Tibetan masters. He is the author of Sacred Scripts: A Meditative Journey Through Tibetan Calligraphy (2016) and has recently released a new course on Tibetan Calligraphy host by the prestigious Wisdom Publications and the Wisdom Academy Online. https://wisdomexperience.org/courses/tibetan-calligraphy/ In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper podcast I'm delight to be joined by Lama Tashi Mannox, one of the world's foremost dharma artists and Tibetan Calligraphers. In this conversation we follow Tashi Mannox from his most magical and auspicious childhood, into his deep four year Vajrayana retreat where he offers us an intimate glimpse of his limitless imagination, and right on through to his karmic fortune to work directly with the King of Bhutan. Throughout we see just how essential it is to collect karmic merit in order to create a truly inspiring life for oneself and others. Lama Tashi Mannox is an embodiment of integrity and joy that few can resist. I know you'll enjoy this podcast. In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper podcast Lama Tashi and I discuss: ・The magic of his childhood immersed in the first wave of the transmission of Buddhism to the West. ・Tashi's early life and education as an artist, and how he happily never quite fit into the mainstream. ・His experience of being in a formal Tibetan four-year meditation retreat including day-in-the-life of his rigorous schedule. ・We get an intimate look at the mind of a visual artist as Tashi explains the construction of a mandala in his own visualization practice during retreat. ・How Tashi Mannox became a calligrapher, and what calligraphy means to the preservation and transmission of Dharma. ・Exciting experiences on his first pilgrimage to Tibet and the ethos of wonder in which Tibetan culture experiences the world. ・Finally Tashi discusses the role and honor he played in preserving the cultural legacy of calligraphy in Bhutan, and how we must go back in order to move forward. What an honor to bask in the glow of Tashi's humility and radiance. *** The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on: APPLE PODCASTS GOOGLE PODCASTS SPOTIFY CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage 25% off all courses with coupon code WISDOMKEEPER More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/

DR. IAN BAKER is a Tibetan scholar, yogi, explorer and author with more than 40 years experience studying and teaching Tibetan Buddhism. He is an international fellow of the Explorers Club and was honored by National Geographic Society as one of six ‘Explorers for the Millennium' for his ethnographic and geographical field research in Tibet's Tsangpo gorge and his team's discovery of a waterfall that had been the source of myth and geographic speculation for more than a century. Ian is the author of seven critically acclaimed books on Himalayan and Tibetan cultural history, environment, art, and medicine including The Heart of the World: A Journey to the Last Secret Place, The Tibetan of Art of Healing, and The Dalai Lama's Secret Temple, a collaborative work with His Holiness The Dalai Lama that illuminates Tantric Buddhist meditation practices. Ian's latest book, Tibetan Yoga: Secrets from the Source. Ian has also written for National Geographic Magazine and has contributed to academic journals in the fields of Tibetan yoga in Vajrayāna Buddhism. Ian also leads pilgrimages to sacred sites in India, Tibet, and Bhutan. In this episode of the Wisdom Keeper podcast Ian and Miles trace his own Hero's journey from his childhood expeditions in mountaineering, to his first pilgrimage to Nepal at 19 where he met some of the most celebrated Tibetan masters of the last century, to his first experience of awakening, kensho, during meditative retreat, and to his pioneering efforts to practice the Tibetan yogas under the advise of His Holiness the Dalia Lama in solitary retreat in a secret cave. The conversation cuts to the heart of dzongchen, where we dance between illusion, the self-imposed limits of mind, and the boundless luminosity of our own true nature. This is one pilgrimage you won't want to miss. In this episode Dr. Ian Baker and Miles discuss: ・His childhood interest in adventure and mountaineering which helped him learn to push beyond self-imposed mental limitations and would later inform his yogic practices. ・His college junior year abroad that took him to Kathmandu and changed the course of his life when he meet some of the greatest Tibetan masters of this century. ・Ian discusses his first break through meditative experience into the nature of mind during a college retreat and its residual impact on the course of his life. ・He describes his return to Nepal for intensive meditation retreat in a High Himalayan cave practicing the advices given to him personally by the Dalai Lama.  ・We frame Ian life as one that converges the outer, inner, and secret forms of pilgrimage.  ・Ian discusses the union of wisdom and bliss found within the nervous system and accessed through Tibetan Yogas.  ・We discuss the intersection between psychedelics Greek and Tibet mysticism, including a new research project of his exploring the use of soma in a very secret Tara cult in India. ・Finally we reflect on what it means “to go back in order to go forward.” The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on: APPLE PODCASTS GOOGLE PODCASTS SPOTIFY CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage https://www.gradualpath.com/ 25% off all courses with coupon code WISDOMKEEPER More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/

In episode 3 of the Wisdom Keeper podcast 'Prophesy, Healing and Global Regeneration in Bali' Miles and Tjok Gde discuss: ・His lineage tracing back to the Majapahit Empire of Java and its exodus to Bali. ・The astrology and mythology surrounding the global pandemic. ・The roles of ritual, ceremony, and community in Balinese culture. ・The Balinese philosophy of Tri Hita Karana, harmony with others, nature, and spirit. ・Perspectives on the coronavirus, vaccines, natural remedies and our human emotions. ・The need to preserve one's sovereignty in a time of governmental control and societal collapse. ・A call for courage as we proceed through the archetypal dark night of the soul. TJOK GDE KERTHYASA Holds a Bachelor of Health Science (Homeopathy) from the University of New England, and an Advanced Diploma of Homeopathy from the Australasian College of Natural Therapies, Sydney. Tjok Gde Kerthyasa is well known throughout Indonesia for his pioneering television show about natural medicine, ′Nature Life′, which was aired nationally on the Trans TV network, as well as in Singapore and Malaysia, and his book on natural medicine “Sehat Alami Secara Holistic” which is sold throughout Indonesia. More on Tjok Gde and Tirta Usada: https://tirtausada.com/ The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on: APPLE PODCASTS https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-keeper-podcast/id1605486380 GOOGLE PODCASTS https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAua2FqYWJpLmNvbS9wb2RjYXN0cy8yMTQ3NDkxNzI3L2ZlZWQ SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/3XS7wPneL9STu8kMltzmFd?si=a24b1d4fe4c74b6d CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage https://www.gradualpath.com/ More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/

Lama Glenn Mullin is a Tibetologist, Buddhist scholar, and teacher of Tantric Buddhist meditation. He divides his time between writing, teaching, meditating, and leading tour groups to the power places of Himalayan region. He studied and received vital lineage transmissions from over thirty-five of the greatest masters of the time from all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Lama Glenn Mullin has authored more the 30 books on Tibetan Buddhism, many of them focused on the lives and translations of the works of the lineage of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.  Glenn Mullin's website: https://www.glennmullin.com In this conversation, Lama Glen Mullin and Dr. Miles Neale discuss: ・The meaning and role pilgrimage plays in Tibetan Buddhist Culture ・The outer, inner, and secret forms pilgrimage ・The relationship of mythology and sacred geography ・The power of pilgrimage to heal sickness ・The magic of the Kathmandu valley ・Secrets of the Boudanath and Swayambunath stupas ・Psychedelics in Hindu and Buddhist tantra ・Padmasambhava cave and Vajrayogini shrine in Pharping ・Advices for embarking on pilgrimage The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on: APPLE PODCASTS https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wisdom-keeper-podcast/id1605486380 GOOGLE PODCASTS https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcHAua2FqYWJpLmNvbS9wb2RjYXN0cy8yMTQ3NDkxNzI3L2ZlZWQ SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/3XS7wPneL9STu8kMltzmFd?si=a24b1d4fe4c74b6d CONTEMPLATIVE STUDIES PROGRAM | Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage |https://www.gradualpath.com/ More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/

In the lead up to our epic Buddhist pilgrimage to Nepal and India in October 2022 led by Tibetan Master Geshe Tenzin Zopa I wanted to curate a series of interviews with scholars and guides to help shed light on the ancient practice of journeying to scared sites and its relevance to a post pandemic world. Nat Geo has recently said pilgrimage will be the next travel trend after Covid as people search for new meaning to help restore their lives. I could not be more delighted in this, our inaugural episode of the Wisdom Keeper Podcast, to host mythologist and multi award winning author Phil Cousineau. PHIL COUSINEAU is prolific writer and filmmaker, teacher and editor, lecturer and travel leader, storyteller and TV host. His fascination with the art, literature, and history of culture has taken him from Michigan to Marrakesh, Iceland to the Amazon, in a worldwide search for what the ancients called the “soul of the world.” With more than 35 books and 15 scriptwriting credits to his name, the “omnipresent influence of myth in modern life” is a thread that runs through all of his work. His books include Stoking the Creative Fires, Once and Future Myths, The Art of Pilgrimage, The Hero's Journey, Wordcatcher, The Painted Word, The Oldest Story in the World, The Book of Roads, and The Accidental Aphorist. Phil Cousineau's website: https://www.philcousineau.net Phil and I Discuss: The purpose of pilgrimage from its ancient roots to modern times The power of physical places whether they be sacred or secular sites The importance of reconnecting, remembering, and revitalizing our lives after centuries of fragmentation and disconnection from spirit The Long Discussion, Phil's approach to taking the art of conversation on a deep into the heart of vulnerability. Phil also describes contemplation on the road, how a multi sensory experience can be internalized through intention and attention. Phil discusses his relationship with his mentor Joseph Campbell, and the need to innovate the epic hero's journey from a mostly male rite of passage to a more collective, inclusive myth. We discuss the difference between taking from and giving back when on pilgrimage The Wisdom Keeper Podcast is available on Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, Youtube and Spotify. For Courses, Community and Buddhist Pilgrimage visit the Contemplative Studies Program More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website https://www.milesneale.com/ Follow Miles Neale on Instagram @milesneale

Who will you trust for guidance as the world transitions to a new eon? Wisdom keepers are the elders, mentors, yogis, scholars, and holders of sacred knowledge committed to guiding us through a process of spiritual transformation. As we ride the waves of the emerging paradigm shift more of us will be looking to these reliable guides to help us sense make and navigate the challenges and complexities of the human experience. Each episode of the Wisdom Keeper podcast brings you into an intimate conversation designed to deepen your self-reflection, integrate your shadow, inspire your contemplative practice, and enliven your experience of being in the world. Your host Dr. Miles Neale curates mini-series complementing depth with breadth on a wide range of topics from spirituality and psychology, mythology and astrology, to sacred art and pilgrimage. The Wisdom Keeper podcast is available on Youtube, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts and Spotify For courses, community and pilgrimage visit the Contemplative Studies Program. More about Dr. Miles Neale on his website. Follow Miles Neale on Instagram.

This mind meld is sponsored by Element Kombucha. Get 11% off with code DROPS11 here Contemplative psychotherapist, Dr. Miles Neale returns to the mind meld to riff on trusting the darkness, avoiding the fool's elixir, ancient mystery traditions, and more. Check out his new course on the gradual path here. His book, Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human is available now. Support Third Eye Drops! Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon Review and follow on Spotify Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Visit Thirdeyedrops.com

Conversation starts @ 5:38 Dr. Miles Neale offers us his breadth of knowledge about psychology, Buddhism, suffering, and psychedelics. We begin this conversation with Miles describing his early training, teachers, and practice as he traces the path of his development as a psychotherapist and teacher of Buddhism. Dr. Neale emphasizes a multidisciplinary dialogic process that is necessary to address the suffering of our time. We discuss The Four Noble Truths, a foundational insight and scaffolding of Buddhism, and use this frame to describe the problem, the cause of the problem, the potential for a solution, and the path for the solution, we explore materialism as a worldview that is the problem, define materialism and nihilism, the limitations and value of materialism and the overwhelming reliance on the scientific worldview – to the exclusion of religion, Tibetan history and practice, oracles, the confluence between easter and wester traditions, the Holy Grail, the Jungian Self and Buddhist no self, metaphysics, a spiritual path, the Three Jewels, and more. Bio: Dr. Miles Neale, PsyD, is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice and founder of the two-year online Contemplative Studies Program. Author of Gradual Awakening (Sounds True, 2018) and co-editor of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2017), Miles is a faculty member of Tibet House (US) and Weill Cornell Medical College. With more than twenty years integrating the mind science and meditative practices of Tibetan Buddhism with psychotherapy, trauma research and neuroscience, Miles is a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy, and leads pilgrimages around the Buddhist world. milesneale.com John's Class: https://www.esalen.org/workshops/exploring-our-shadows-through-the-psychology-of-fame www.junghouston.org Website for The Sacred Speaks: http://www.thesacredspeaks.com WATCH: YouTube for The Sacred Speaks https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOAuksnpfht1udHWUVEO7Rg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesacredspeaks/ @thesacredspeaks Twitter: https://twitter.com/thesacredspeaks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesacredspeaks/ Brought to you by: https://www.thecenterforhas.com Theme music provided by: http://www.modernnationsmusic.com

This week, Sah welcomes Dr. Miles Neale, PsyD, a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice and founder of the online Contemplative Studies Program. Author of Gradual Awakening (Sounds True, 2018) and co-editor of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2017), Miles is a faculty member of Tibet House (US) and Weill Cornell Medical College. With more than twenty years integrating the mind science and meditative practices of Tibetan Buddhism with psychotherapy, trauma research and neuroscience, Miles is a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy, and leads pilgrimages around the Buddhist world. @milesnealeBuddhist psychotherapyhttps://www.milesneale.com/therapyMy new coursehttps://www.gradualpath.com/lamrimFree Awakening in 30 Stepshttps://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDBzNsxyi_y-_AgwGh-_SQQB1RkHLU-fTIn this episode, Sah and Miles discuss...This time of metaphysical and astrological dissolutionDiscovering Buddhism under the Bodhi TreeHaving to start again after a near-death experienceFinding “home” through unconditional acceptanceDemystifying shadow work Literal and metaphorical death, and the alchemy of rebirthSoul-plasticityand more....✨✨✨This episode of The Spiritually Sassy Show is brought to you by BLACK DAHLIA. Black Dahlia's Alchemy fragrance collection is a provocative pair of CBD-infused fragrances handcrafted to transform your mood. Black Dahlia is offering you 15% off any purchase with the code SAH15. Find out more online at BlackDahlia.co and follow them @BlackDahliaCBD✨✨✨Get more Sah in your life:

On this episode of the podcast I have an engaging conversation with Dr. Miles Neale.Dr. Miles Neale, PsyD, is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice and founder of the two-year online Contemplative Studies Program.   Author of Gradual Awakening  (Sounds True, 2018) and co-editor of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2017), Miles is a faculty member of Tibet House (US) and Weill Cornell Medical College. With more than twenty years integrating the mind science and meditative practices of Tibetan Buddhism with psychotherapy, trauma research and neuroscience, Miles is a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy, and leads pilgrimages around the Buddhist world.Dr. Neale and I discuss, death, rebirth, the shadow, and how important it is for more people in modern society to come to the center, and pull away from extreme thinking, and polarization.  You can follow up with Dr. Neale at www.milesneale.comJump right to the start of the conversation: 5:57Reach out to me for training, health coaching, meditation or shamanic bodywork on my website: www.jaisugrim.comYou can support this podcast at my Patreon:patreon.com/jaisugrim Enjoy and share this episode everyone!!!Much Love,Jai

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Miles Neale, who is a Buddhist psychotherapist, author, teacher, and leader of pilgrimages around the Buddhist world. We talk about his experiences as a pilgrim as well as how he approaches pilgrimages as a leader. And, we delve into the integration of psychotherapy and pilgrimage experiences. 

Dr. Miles Neale is among the leading voices of the current generation of Buddhist teachers and is a forerunner in the emerging field of Contemplative Psychotherapy. He is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, an international speaker, and a faculty member of the Tibet House (US) and Weill Cornell Medical College. In this episode, Miles and Eric discuss his book, Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully HumanBut wait – there's more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It's that simple and we'll give you good stuff as a thank you!In This Interview, Dr. Miles Neale and I Discuss Gradual Awakening and…His book, Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully HumanHow a person's mythology is held in the unconscious with the framework that was formed in childhoodShadow work is diving deep into the unconscious or the inner childThe process of going from understanding our behavior to changing it How processing emotions need to be included in behavior changeThe importance of establishing a new framework in the complex inner workBecoming fully human is complex and requires commitmentThe gradual and direct paths to awakening experiencesHow awakening requires a new framework within the psycheThe importance of understanding the complexities of psychedelicsThe paradigm of the current wellness movement and materialismHow we can miss the power of many transformative techniques Aligning ourselves with the greater goodDr. Miles Neale Links:Miles's WebsiteInstagramYouTubeIf you enjoyed this conversation with Dr. Miles Neale, you might also enjoy these other episodes:Awakening in Life with Ryan OelkeSpiritual Awakening with AdyashantiSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

*Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon* Contemplative psychologist, Dr. Miles Neale and sound therapist, Phil Jacobs enter the mind meld to pull the psychic sword from the stone. In this one, we muse about the importance of internalizing mythological images, contemplative Buddhism, how to integrate through story, why the archetype of alchemical transformation reaches across cultures and more. Miles is a student and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, having studied the path for over two decades. His book, Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human is available now. Phil Jacobs is a sound therapist and Chinese Medicine practitioner with decades of experience in creating transformative containers through sound. Stay tuned at this end of this mind meld for a guided sound bath meditation by Miles and Phil. For more information on Miles' contemplative studies course, go here. Support Third Eye Drops! Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon This mind meld is sponsored by Sheath. Get 20% off here Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Visit Thirdeyedrops.com

Dr. Miles Neale is a contemplative psychotherapist based in New York and one of the leading voices of the current generation of Buddhist teachers. He is an author, international speaker, and faculty member of Tibet House US and Weill Cornell Medical College. Miles is author of Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human and the founder of the Contemplative Studies Program, a two-year online journey into Tibetan Buddhist mind science and mediation practice integrated with contemporary perspectives from neuroscience and psychotherapy. In this conversation - his third on Inner Truth - we talk about navigating through dark nights of the soul whilst he is in one himself. Raw and full of lived wisdom.

My guest today is Dr. Miles Neale, PsyD. Miles is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice and founder of the two-year online Contemplative Studies Program. Author of Gradual Awakening, and co-editor of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy, Miles is a faculty member of Tibet House (US) and Weill Cornell Medical College. With more than twenty years integrating the mind science and meditative practices of Tibetan Buddhism with psychotherapy, trauma research and neuroscience, Miles is a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy, and leads pilgrimages around the Buddhist world.Some of the topics we discuss in this episode include:- Miles' contemplative studies program- The importance of fully integrating fundamentals- How Miles's childhood informed his spiritual life- Using your presence to help another person feel truly safe - And how we can bring a deeper sense of consciousness to our therapy work and every day lives—————————————————————————Dr. Miles Neale's website: https://www.milesneale.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/—————————————————————————If you find value in the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It only takes 30 seconds and plays an important role in being able to get new guests. I also love reading them! Connect with me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mentallyflexible/Explore the website: https://mentallyflexible.com/Check out my song “Glimpse at Truth” that you hear in the intro/outro of every episode: https://tomparkes.bandcamp.com/track/glimpse-at-truth

This mind meld is sponsored by Sheath Underwear. Get 20% off their superior gear here! Contemplative psychotherapist, Dr. Miles Neale returns to the mind meld to riff on why life is an art, how to keep the sacred alive without dogma, navigating the meaning crisis, Joseph Campbell, and much more. Check out his new course on the gradual path here. His book, Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human is available now. Support Third Eye Drops! Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Visit Thirdeyedrops.com

My guest is Dr Miles Neale, a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner and psychotherapist in private practice. Miles is also a faculty member of Tibet House in New York, and author of Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan buddhist path to becoming fully human.Miles has more than twenty years integrating the mind-science and meditative practices of Tibetan Buddhism with psychotherapy, trauma research and neuroscience. Today in the show Miles and I discuss the path of Lam Rim, that is, the path of gradual awakening, as well as the meaning of Nirvana, transforming trauma, Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey and its application to the individual's life, fatherlessness and forgiveness, shadow integration, and what Miles calls 'the sickness of paradigm'.This episode is a must-listen for those of you who sense there is more to reality than meets the eye, but are struggling to navigate a path forward. When we come to understand that our individual life is as much of a heroic journey as Odysseus or Hercules or Harry Potter, then we are much better placed to handle the obstacles and challenges that come our way. For it is through difficulty that we realise our destiny. I hope you enjoy the show. https://www.milesneale.comhttps://www.arabellathais.com

In this episode I’m joined by Dr Miles Neale Buddhist psychotherapist and author of Gradual Awakening. When Dr Neale contacted me to offering appear on the podcast, I was intrigued by his impressive list of mentors - including Columbia University’s Professor Robert Thurman and Geshe Tenzin Zopa. Miles recounts how an affluent but disturbed childhood with alcoholic parents and a narcissistic father drove him to self harm and dissatisfaction, and how he found solace and healing in religious practice and a series of influential mentors. Miles tells a remarkable story of a supernatural experience with a reincarnated child master, a ‘tulku’. Miles goes on to addresses the conflicts between the view of his Western therapeutic training, which prizes healthy parental attachment, and his religious affiliation with Tibetan Buddhism, in which specially chosen boys as young as three years old are removed from their homes to undergo rigorous training to become avatars of their lineage tradition. Miles discusses the cultural and religious context of this practice, and the possible developmental impacts on the young boys. Miles reveals the secrets to being a good mentee, discusses the ups and downs of his relationships with his own mentors, and candidly discusses his own path as a practicing Buddhist and professional therapist. … Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/ep69-dr-miles-neale-buddhas-tulkus-narcissists/ Audio version of this podcast also available on iTunes and Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’. … Topics Include: 0:00 - Intro 1:24 - Miles’ childhood with alcoholic parents and a narcissistic father 7:32 - Consequences of being raised by addicts and a narcissist 22:51 - How Miles was able to received healthy reparenting from his mentors 29:01 - Miles discusses the developmental consequences of the tulku system in young boys 31:58 - Miles’ supernatural experience with a young tulku 35:16 - The cultural and religious context of removing young tulkus from the family home 44:59 - Does the cultural and religious context shield the child from developmental damage? 51:08 - Miles asks Steve why he asked about tulkus 54:17 - The role of mentorship and apprenticeship in human flourishing 59:00 - What makes Miles such a good mentee? 1:03:28 - Miles’ 20 year mentorship under Dr Joe Loizzo 1:11:33 - Miles’ schism with Joe Loizzo 1:15:21 - Why Miles’ and Joe’s relationship ruptured 1:18:36 - Miles’ peer relationship with Geshe Tenzin Zopa 1:21:57 - A sense of coronation at Miles’ book launch 1:26:20 - Miles’ relationship with Professor Robert Thurman 1:34:22 - Negative experiences with Geshe Michael Roach community … To find out more about Miles, visit: - https://www.milesneale.com/ … For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - http://www.guruviking.com Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James

Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon Contemplative psychotherapist, Dr. Miles Neale returns to the mind meld to push us through the threshold of awakening! His book, Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human is available now. Miles is a student and teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, having studied the path for over two decades. For more information on his contemplative studies course go here. In this mind meld, we muse about revolution, tantra, psychology, alchemy, myth, mysticism, why this is an incredibly transformative time, and more. Support Third Eye Drops! Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Visit Thirdeyedrops.com

Miles Neale is a Buddhist psychotherapist, author, and faculty member of Tibet House US. In this episode, we discuss how to be a positive force in a rapidly changing world and fresh opportunities for cultural evolution.  This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to https://www.betterhelp.com/astral to get 10% off your first month! Guided Meditations Vol. 2 is out now! My book Now Is the Way is here. Check the audiobook, hardcover, and kindle here. My new album Forever Hum is streaming everywhere. Here it is on Spotify & Apple Music. Binaural Beats, Guided Meditations, and my Meditation Course are waiting for you. Use the code ASTRAL for 15% off. Please rate The Astral Hustle on iTunes. It helps bring more guests you’d like to hear ★★★★★ Check out my new surreal fiction podcast Warm Words Join me on Patreon for monthly guided meditations, Q&As, binaural beats, and handwritten secret knowledge! Sign up for Fresh thoughts, meditation tips, dope books, and more. Connect with Cory: Home: http://www.cory-allen.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/heycoryallen Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyCoryAllen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyCoryAllen   © CORY ALLEN 2020  

Week 2 (or 3) of this great global experiment in social isolation has been throwing up all sorts of shadow aspects in our homes and in our lives. I have personally found myself staring into some of my most punitive, frustrating, and angry patterns as a lack of distraction brings little escape! Social isolation, lack of exercise, and financial uncertainty are almost certainly going to lead to deteriorating mental health around the world.  And with this likely to be a medium term feature in our lives, it's important we get real with it and learn how to do with our shadow aspects. This week, fan-favourite and official coiner of the term "McMindfulness" - Dr. Miles Neale - comes back on the show to talk about how the pandemic meets all criteria of trauma, what impact that is having on our nervous systems, and how to navigate this most giant of hero's journeys we have each been initiated into in our own way. Dr. Miles Neale is a contemplative psychotherapist based in New York and one of the leading voices of the current generation of Buddhist teachers. He is an author, international speaker, and faculty member of Tibet House US and Weill Cornell Medical College.

Contemplative psychotherapist, Dr. Miles Neale returns to the mind meld to guide us through the quarantine and chaos. His book, Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human is available now. Dr. Neale himself is a student of Tibetan Buddhism, having studied the path for over two decades. For more information on his contemplative studies course go here. In this mind meld, we chat about the power of contemplative study in times like this, why we need a middle path approach more than ever, and why the hero's journey just went from hypothetical to literal for millions of people. Support Third Eye Drops! Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Visit Thirdeyedrops.com

Jacob Kyle speaks with Miles Neale and Isa Gucciardi about the corona virus, how we can skillfully respond to the situation, and why contemplative practice is so important at this time.

Dr. Miles Neale, PsyD, is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice and founder of the two-year online Contemplative Studies Program. Author of Gradual Awakening (Sounds True, 2018) and co-editor of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2017), Miles is a faculty member of Tibet House (US) and Weill Cornell Medical College. With more than twenty years integrating the mind science and meditative practices of Tibetan Buddhism with psychotherapy, trauma research and neuroscience, Miles is a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy, and leads pilgrimages around the Buddhist world.  Connect with Miles Neale:  Website | https://www.milesneale.com/ Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/milesneale/ Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/drmilesneale/ YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2BOZgzwHW8vH-zfbxyE8GA Soundcloud | https://soundcloud.com/user-644165108   Connect with Erick Godsey: Website | https://www.erickgodsey.com/ Instagram |https://www.instagram.com/erickgodsey/ Twitter | https://twitter.com/erickgodsey?lang=en   Sign up for my weekly Newsletter |  https://www.erickgodsey.com/   Subscribe to The Myths That Make Us: Itunes | https://apple.co/2Je6RG4 Stitcher | https://bit.ly/2TbivRD Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2XZMakj

Miles Neale is a contemplative psychotherapist, international speaker and author of "Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human". With more than twenty years integrating the mind science and meditative practices of Tibetan Buddhism with psychotherapy, trauma research and neuroscience, Miles is a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy, and leads pilgrimages around the Buddhist world. This was a very relaxing, spiritual and open minded conversation, which had the purpose of not only bringing me and all of you closer to the Sacred Wisdoms of this world, but to also enlighten a piece of you, and restore faith in general. Enjoy!

Miles Neale is a Contemplative Psychotherapist, Buddhist teacher, faculty member of Tibet House US, and author. In this episode, we talk about Miles’ recent pilgrimage to Sri Lanka, turning fear into curiosity, and how to refine the maps of your mind. Check Miles’ immersive courses and pilgrimages. This episode is sponsored by Policygenius. Go to policygenius.com to find the best quote on life insurance! Now Is the Way is now available. Check the audiobook, hardcover, and kindle here! BINAURAL BEATS FOR DEEP WORK, GUIDED MEDITATIONS and MEDITATION COURSE are available now! Use the code ASTRAL for 15% off! Join me on Patreon for monthly guided meditations, Q&As, binaural beats, and handwritten secret knowledge! Please rate The Astral Hustle on iTunes. It helps bring more guests you’d like to hear ★★★★★ Sign up for Fresh thoughts, meditation tips, dope books, and more. Connect with Cory: Home: http://www.cory-allen.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/heycoryallen Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyCoryAllen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyCoryAllen © CORY ALLEN 2020

Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon In this six-way mind meld recoded live at WITMA in NYC, we travel the hero myth cycle through conversation. Joining me on the panel are: Writer and running coach, Knox Robinson Artist and musician Colin Frangicetto Psychologist and Buddhist Teacher, Dr. Miles Neale Multidisciplinary artist, Seher Artist, Allison Strickland  Support Third Eye Drops: Buy some fantastic fungi elixirs from Four Sigmatic (at a discount!) Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Visit Thirdeyedrops.com

Join Miles, Jenn Sodini, Colin Frangicetto, Damien Echols, myself and many more at WITMA in NYC on October 18th! Dr. Miles Neale is a psychotherapist, speaker and author. His book, Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human is available now. Dr. Neale himself is a student of Tibetan Buddhism, having studied the path for over two decades. For more information on his two-year contemplative studies course go here. In this mind meld we chat about the gradual path versus the sudden path, why ugliness is underrated, the endless utility of the monomyth and so much more! Support Third Eye Drops! *NEW SPONSOR -- Catalina Crunch Keto-friendly cereal* Crowd-sponsor us and get rewards on Patreon Review and sub on Apple Podcasts Visit Thirdeyedrops.com

Dr. Miles Neale, PsyD, is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice and founder of the two-year online Contemplative Studies Program. Author of Gradual Awakening (Sounds True, 2018) and co-editor of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2017), Miles is a faculty … Continue reading →

Dr. Miles Neale is a contemplative psychotherapist based in New York and one of the leading voices of the current generation of Buddhist teachers. Miles coined the term "McMindfulness," to address the problem we have in society of "cherry-picked teachings from ancient, mostly threatened, wisdom cultures and mass-marketed them as consumerist goods.” While there are certainly benefits to providing soft-entry points, we're ultimately diluting teachings and robbing ourselves of a deeper spiritual experience. His book, Gradual Awakening, provides a practical training manual of 30 ancient contemplative insights and meditative practices drawn from the Tibetan Buddhist Path. He makes it accessible for the Western mind, while at the same time, staying true to the ancient teachings and practices. In this week’s conversation we went explored: The problem of McMindfulness Why practicing certain things doesn’t make sense until you prepare yourself before How to organise your spiritual practice effectively Core principles to orient your life around Transcendance vs Embodiment - why both are needed A map that guarantees progress Favourite Quote: “In other words, transcendence isn’t the destination but a necessary stop to unburden fixation, so we can return to ordinary life with open minds and warmer hearts. Or, as Godwin put it, “Breaking out is only as important as how we break back in.”

Dr. Miles Neale is among the leading voices of the current generation of Buddhist teachers and a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy. He is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, international speaker, and faculty member of Tibet House US and Weill Cornell Medical College. Miles is author of Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human. Miles and Sarah discuss “snake oil spirituality” that takes advantage of the insanity of today’s culture, the damages caused by a narcissistic parent, and the healing powers of unconditional love. Let’s be friends! You can find me in the following places... Website: www.headhearttherapy.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WoundedHealr/ https://www.facebook.com/HeadHeartTherapy/ Instagram: @headhearttherapy Twitter: @WoundedHealr @HeadHeart_Chi

Miles Neale is a Contemplative Psychotherapist, Buddhist teacher, faculty member of Tibet House US, international speaker, and author. In his work, Miles blends psychotherapy and Buddhism in order to create an integrative form of mental healing and personal awakening. As always, Miles and I dive straight into deep waters. We talk about having many rebirths in a single lifetime, turning fear into confidence, keeping it real, and his epic new Contemplative Studies Program. BINAURAL BEATS FOR DEEP WORK are here! Use the code ASTRAL for 15% off! NEW GUIDED MEDITATIONS AVAILABLE NOW! Use the code ASTRAL for 15% off! Show love by rating the show on iTunes. It helps bring more guests you’d like to hear ★★★★★ Join me on Patreon for exclusive podcasts, monthly guided meditations, Q&As, binaural beats, and handwritten secret knowledge! Connect with Cory: Home: http://www.cory-allen.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/heycoryallen Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyCoryAllen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyCoryAllen © CORY ALLEN 2019

Get more podcast content, support Third Eye Drops and receive exclusive rewards by becoming a Patreon patron Dr. Miles Neale is a psychotherapist, speaker, and faculty member of Tibet House and Weill Cornell Medical College.  Miles is the author of Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human.  Dr. Neale himself is a student of Tibetan Buddhism, having studied the path for over two decades. For more information on his two-year contemplative studies course go here. For full write-up and more- THIRDEYEDROPS.com Leave us some love on iTunes by clicking 5 starts and the subscribe button!

Contemplative psychotherapist Dr. Miles Neale visits Mindrolling to chat with Raghu about intuition, emptiness, renunciation, and the mystical being that is Bob Thurman.

For too many of us, our first foray into the world of spirituality comes after experiencing a deluge of unhappiness: depression, addiction, and all of the other destructive side effects that accompany a troubled mind. That was certainly how it all went down for our guest, Dr. Miles Neale – but a trip to India at the age of 20 and an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism changed the way he experienced the world, slowly but surely. Dr. Miles Neale is among the leading voices of the current generation of Buddhist teachers, a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy, and the author of Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human. For the last twenty years, he has trained in an authentic lineage of Tibetan Buddhism transmitted down from His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama to preeminent American Buddhist scholar Professor Robert Thurman to pioneering contemplative psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Loizzo. But Dr. Neale adds a unique twist to these teachings, combining them with traditional psychotherapy to create a reproducible curriculum that anyone can follow. Dr. Neale’s curriculum doesn’t result in a spontaneous, life-changing breakthrough. Instead, it offers something better: It offers us the ability to experience small, incremental breakthroughs that help us mature mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. There is no get-rich-quick scheme for a rich and fulfilling life – but it is possible for anyone to achieve.   Topics Discussed In This Episode: Dr. Neale grew up wealthy and unhappy – but that all changed after a transformative trip to India The epidemic of depression that’s faced our country and world for most of the modern age, and that keeps getting worse Combining Tibetan Buddhism with traditional psychotherapy to create something new entirely The critical importance of finding your mentors (for the vast majority of people) How the movement towards the use of psychedelics and psychotropics fits into the rubric of spontaneous enlightenment – and why this isn’t enough for a lasting transformation The idiot’s guide to Tibetan Buddhism Experiencing the state of radical altruism (and what it is) What you need to know about Lam Rim and the how the Dalai Lama lineage plays into it The spiritually destructive impact of modern materialism, an inherently nihilistic way of living that’s causing us to devolve and waste our life A comprehensive view of karma, both good and bad   More about this episode. 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Contemplative Psychotherapist Dr. Miles Neale is breaking new ground. He’s a leading Buddhist teacher, faculty member of Tibet House US, international speaker, and author. In his work, Miles has blended psychotherapy and Buddhism in order to create an integrative form of mental healing. We go deep in this podcast and talk about the real-life challenges that many of us face and why a path of gradual awakening is needed so badly in modern times. Before our talk, I answer a listener question about how to cultivate mindfulness on the go. This episode is sponsored by Roofstock! Receive a $500 credit towards your Rootstock marketplace fee at http://roofstock.com/hustle This episode is sponsored by Skillshare! Over 20,000 online classes in business, design, tech and more. Go to http://skillshare.com/astral to get TWO MONTHS of unlimited classes for just .99 cents Show ❤️ by rating the show on iTunes! It helps bring more guests you’d like to hear and spread positive vibes in a world filled with suffering ★★★★★ Join me on Patreon for exclusive podcasts, bonus podcast material, monthly guided meditations, articles, video Q&As, binaural beats, and handwritten secret knowledge! Connect with Cory: Home: http://www.cory-allen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_coryallen_ Twitter: https://twitter.com/_coryallen Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheCoryAllen © CORY ALLEN 2018

Get more podcast content, support Third Eye Drops and receive exclusive rewards by becoming a Patreon patron Dr. Miles Neale is a psychotherapist, speaker, and faculty member of Tibet House and Weill Cornell Medical College.  Miles is the author of Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human. Proceeds from the book support the Kopan Nunnery in Nepal.  Dr. Neale himself is a student of Tibetan Buddhism, having studied the path for over two decades. For full write-up and more- THIRDEYEDROPS.com Leave us some love on iTunes by clicking 5 starts and the subscribe button!

Miles Neale is a prominent member of the current generation of Buddhist teachers, championing the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy. With Sounds True, Miles has published Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human. In this episode of Insights at the Edge, Tami Simon speaks with Miles about Lam Rim, the Tibetan Buddhist framework for moving into enlightened awakening step by measured step. They discuss the difference between gradually awakening and coming to enlightenment in a sudden burst, as well as the potential interplay between the two. Miles also leads Tami and the audience in a seven-step mentor bonding visualization that takes advantage of the mind's capacity to create a "flight simulator" for felt experience. Finally, Miles and Tami talk about the need to re-embrace religion and ritual in order to transcend the "cinderblock civilization" of materialism and nihilism. (69 minutes) Tami's Takeaway When Miles led us through a brief version of the mentor-bonding process that he teaches, I was surprised by who showed up in my mind's eye. It was not a spiritual mentor, business mentor, or a psychological guide, but someone who has recently begun helping me become physically fit. This underscored for me how many different dimensions there are to mentorship, as well as how important it is to be utterly open to receiving help from a surprising source.

Today we are speaking with Dr. Miles Neale. Dr. Neale is among the leading voices of the current generation of Buddhist teachers and a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy. He is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, international speaker, and faculty member of Tibet House US and Weill Cornell Medical College. Miles is author of Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human along with its audio companion of guided meditations The Gradual Path. The proceeds for both the book and the program go to supporting the Kopan Nunnery in Nepal. He is also coeditor of the groundbreaking volume Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy. Miles is based in New York City. For more information please visit www.milesneale.com. We’ll also have that link in the show resources for you. In this episode we go deep into what Miles calls the “sickness of paradigm” that he believes is plaguing our modern cultures. We explore whether spirituality has become a necessary medicine for our current crises, what may help us wake up a sense of interconnectivity, and the dilemmas presented to us by the trend towards watered-down meditation practices, which he has termed “McMindfulness”. Miles presents us with the possibility that all human beings have the potential to awaken if they are willing to walk the gradual steps of the heroes journey.

EXCELLENT EPISODE ALERT Dr. Miles Neale stops by Synchronicity to talk about calling out McMindfulness and the gradual path to enlightenment. https://www.milesneale.com/ Book: https://www.amazon.com/Gradual-Awakening-Tibetan-Buddhist-Becoming/dp/1683642090 Gradual Awakening Course: https://www.milesneale.com/gradual-awakening/

Gradual Awakening with Miles Neale The world may be on the verge of global crisis. The economic, political, ecological and environmental landscapes are at the tipping point. Humanity appears confused and unaware in search of answers. As western culture embraces traditional practices favoured by many religious pursuits people jump on the trends of the likes of meditation and mindfulness yet equally sceptical of spiritual paths. In this conversation with Miles Neale, author of Gradual Awakening, we go beyond the surface and typical mindfulness talk into a deeper look at the current state of humanity. We explore the opportunities for humanity to experience an awakening - understanding mindfulness, wisdom and virtue as we attempt to overthrow of the nihilism, hedonism, and materialism that are threatening our planet. Enjoy! Guest Bio Dr Miles Neale is among the leading voices of the current generation of Buddhist teachers and a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy. He is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, international speaker, and faculty member of Tibet House US and Weill Cornell Medical College. Miles is the author of Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human along with its audio companion of guided meditations The Gradual Path (Sounds True, 2018) and co-editor of the groundbreaking volume Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2017). He is based in New York City.

Ethan is joined by Dr. Miles Neale for a conversation about the intersection of Eastern and Western psychology and the challenge of effectively teaching contemplative practices in a way that is accessible to secular audiences.Find show notes and resources here: https://beherenownetwork.com/the-road-home-ep-4-dr-miles-neale/Dr. Miles Neale is among the leading voices of the current generation of Buddhist teachers and a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy. He is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice, international speaker, and faculty member of Tibet House US and Weill Cornell Medical College. Miles is the author of Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human along with its audio companion of guided meditations The Gradual Path (Sounds True, 2018), which support the Kopan Nunnery in Nepal. Learn more at milesneale.com.

On this show, Travis was joined by Dr. Miles Neale, talking about his most recent book Gradual Awakening – The Tibetan Buddhist Path to Becoming Fully Human. This book is Dr. Neale's story of his own initiation into the spiritual culture of Tibet, and its life affirming wisdom, rituals, and practices delivered through the lens of […] The post Gradual Awakening – with Dr. Miles Neale appeared first on Divine Insight.

Miles Neale is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice, Assistant Director of the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science, Clinical Instructor of Psychology at Weill Cornell Medical College, and contributing expert on mindfulness meditation for the BBC World Service. Miles earned a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and has spent twenty years studying Buddhism under American Buddhist scholars Joe Loizzo and Robert Thurman as well as Tibetan masters Gelek Rimpoche and Lama Zopa. Dr. Neale’s approach to personal healing and transformation isinformed by contemplative neuroscience, an eclectic hybrid of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist psychology and meditative arts, depth psychotherapy, and the current neuroscience of trauma resilience.  

This episode is a continuation of last week’s episode on The Heart Sutra. In this episode, Professor Thurman discusses the questions: How does free will work? What does it mean that we are all effected by causes and conditions? He also discusses how shunyata, or voidness, is a scientific discovery, not just a mystic philosophy. This episode was recorded on July 27, 2015 at the “Buddha and the Yogis” retreat at Menla Mountain Retreat, taught by David Swenson, John Campbell & Robert Thurman. Heart Sutra : Part 2 – Episode 32 of the Bob Thurman Podcast Image by Miles Neale. This week’s episode’s of the Bob Thurman Podcast was brought to you in part through the monthly support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York. Listen to more archive recordings from past Robert A.F. Thurman teachings + public events please consider becoming a Tibet House US member. To learn about the benefits of Tibet House US Membership please visit: www.tibethouse.us. The songs “Trance Tibet” & ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘Heart Sutra‘ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge is used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artist’s permission, all rights reserved.

The Heart Sutra is one of the most profound and widely studied texts in the Buddhist canon. In this episode, Professor Thurman reads the Heart Sutra, and explains the meaning as he goes along. This is the first of a two-part episode on the Heart Sutra. This episode was recorded on July 27, 2015 at the “Buddha and the Yogis” retreat at Menla Mountain Retreat, taught by David Swenson, John Campbell & Robert Thurman. Heart Sutra : Part 1 – Episode 31 of the Bob Thurman Podcast Image by Miles Neale. This week’s episode’s of the Bob Thurman Podcast was brought to you in part through the monthly support of the Tibet House US Membership Community and Menla Retreat and Dewa Spa in Phoenicia, New York. Listen to more archive recordings from past Robert A.F. Thurman teachings + public events please consider becoming a Tibet House US member. To learn about the benefits of Tibet House US Membership please visit: www.tibethouse.us. The songs “Trance Tibet” & ‘Dancing Ling’ by Tenzin Choegyal from the album ‘Heart Sutra‘ (2004) by Ethno Super Lounge is used on the Bob Thurman Podcast with artist’s permission, all rights reserved.

This month's podcast interview was conducted by IDP's Lineage Mentor, Dr. Miles Neale with Chris Williams, a long-time environmental activist and author.  The conversation took place in November 2013, in New York City.  Dr. Miles Neale is a Buddhist...

This month's podcast interview was conducted by IDP's Lineage Mentor, Dr. Miles Neale with Chris Williams, a long-time environmental activist and author.  The conversation took place in November 2013, in New York City.  Dr. Miles Neale is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private...

Roshi O'Hara, Sharon Salzberg, Acharya Eric Spiegel, and Dr. Miles Neale were all in attendance to talk about lineage and future hopes for the IDP.   

Miles Neale, PsyD, LMHC is a Buddhist psychologist, meditation teacher and expert on the clinical application of contemplative arts and sciences. He is Assistant Director of the Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Sciences, where he collaborates on scientific research of meditation and teaches the...

Miles Neale, PsyD, is a Buddhist psychotherapist in private practice and founder of the two-year online Contemplative Studies Program. Author of Gradual Awakening (Sounds True, 2018) and co-editor of Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy (Routledge, 2017), Miles is a faculty member of Tibet House (US) and Weill Cornell Medical College. With more than twenty years integrating the mind science and meditative practices of Tibetan Buddhism with psychotherapy, trauma research and neuroscience, Miles is a forerunner in the emerging field of contemplative psychotherapy, and leads pilgrimages around the Buddhist world. In This EpisodeMiles' website Miles' programsGradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human, Miles Neal, PsyDAdvances in Contemplative Psychotherapy, Joe Loizzo, Miles Neal, Emily J. WolffMiles’ Contemplative Studies ProgramContact MilesMark Epstein, MDDan Siegel, MDSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-trauma-therapist-podcast-with-guy-macpherson-phd-inspiring-interviews-with-thought-leaders-in-the-field-of-trauma/donationsWant to advertise on this podcast? Go to https://redcircle.com/brands and sign up.