Podcasts about nonduality conference

Today, we're heading home. Well, close to home anyway. We're heading to Sydney, Australia and connecting with our wellness consultant, Ms. Catherine Robertson. With a 20-year career in the pharmaceutical industry, Catherine has an acute awareness and understanding of the challenges leaders, employees, health care professionals, and patients face in the modern world. Combining her understanding and experience of organizational structure with a background in sales, positive psychology, and coaching, Catherine has a unique skill set, which has enabled her to design and deliver strategic well-being programs for major international clients and support leadership teams in a well-being advisory capacity through the COVID-19 pandemic. Catherine is a well-being and mindfulness coach, meditation facilitator, Enneagram coach, and inner child journey practitioner. She established her private practice in 2015, and her passion lies in coaching all levels within organizations to be their true authentic, empowered selves at work and helping to create cultures of psychological safety to maximize well-being. Catherine's approach has been heavily influenced by her work with Dr. Rick Hanson, PhD, whom she has studied with and mentored by for many years and is also an accredited teacher and group facilitator of his positive neuroplasticity training, which focuses on building a robust psychological toolbox and actively using neuroplastic methods to develop lasting inner strengths. In addition, she has over 5 years of experience co-facilitating family constellation workshops as well as wilderness retreats through her work with Essential Wholeness Psychology and has been mentored by its founder, Eric Lyleson, in deepening her understanding of meditation practices and conflict resolution methods. Catherine is also a published writer and presented her research into the impact of gratitude practice on mental health and well-being at the 2019 Science and Nonduality Conference. Visit of website to access the full transcript and guest links. - Coaching 4 Companies

In this conversation, I interview my former teacher, Betsy Polatin who taught me Alexander Technique at Boston University as part of my theater studies. Those teachings had a profound impact on my life, helping me to recognize where I was making unuseful efforts both with my body and in my life. I began to understand personal responsibility in a new way and my relationships shifted. Twenty years later those lessons are still with me and resonate strongly as I prepare to release my first book. Here we talk about the mind-body connection and Betsy's expanded model for releasing trauma with her clients. Internationally recognized breathing/movement specialist and best-selling author, Betsy Polatin, MFA, SEP, has been teaching for more than forty-five years. She was a master lecturer at Boston University's College of Fine Arts for twenty-five years. Her background includes many years of movement education and performance, as well as training in the Alexander Technique, music, dance, yoga, meditation, trauma resolution, and the broader healing arts. Her work is greatly influenced by the teachings of Spiritual and Meditation Masters. Betsy leads international trainings where she presents her unique and revolutionary fusion of ideas: scientific knowledge combined with ancient wisdom and intuitive human creativity. A sample of her teaching experience includes Berklee College of Music, Touch and Movement in Trauma Therapy for PESI, Kripalu, The Embodiment Conference, Tanglewood Music Festival, Opera Institute of Boston, Psychotherapy Networker, Performing Arts Medicine Association, U.S. Association for Body Psychotherapy, Science and Nonduality Conference, and International Trauma and Yoga Conferences in the US and abroad. Since 2016, she has been co-teaching ongoing traveling workshops, themed “Trauma and the Performing Artist” and “Trauma in the Public Eye,” with Peter A. Levine, PhD. She also teaches “Returning to Ourselves, the Wisdom of Trauma,” with Dr. Gabor Maté. Betsy is the author of the best-seller, HUMANUAL, an Epic Journey to your Expanded Self, and The Actor's Secret. As a well-known educator, she has published numerous articles in the Huffington Post. She maintains a private practice online internationally. Please visit: HUMANUAL.com ----------------------------------------- Your support is deeply appreciated! Find me, Lara, on my Website / Instagram You can support this podcast with any level of donation here. Pre-order The Essential Guide to Trauma Sensitive Yoga: How to Create Safer Spaces for All Opening and Closing music: Other People's Photographs courtesy of Daniel Zaitchik. Follow Daniel on Spotify.

Ep. 45 | Miranda Macpherson, spiritual teacher, author, and leader of the Living Grace Global Sangha, received a life changing transmission of divine grace while meditating in a cave in India in 2005. Subsequently, she developed the practice of Ego Relaxation to guide others in becoming receptive to subtle forms of grace that bring the clarity we need to live the most noble and healing of lives. In this conversation, Miranda discusses questions such as “What is the cause of our being and all being? How do we recognize that grace is already our primordial ground? What limits our capacity to be here, as we are, in this moment?” And she describes how using inquiry aids us in forming a relationship with grace. Miranda is a spirited, nondual, unabashedly feminine teacher who dares to use the word God. Hers is an inspirational path and teaching leading to the development of profound trust. Miranda describes how her own total trust developed through periods of undoing, sorting out, a period of relinquishment, and finally allowing the dissembling of all that was familiar. Not leading with our intellect is what we need to learn. As Miranda says, “What the world needs is more graceful human beings.” Recorded at the Science and Nonduality Conference, October 2019, with Dr. Roger Walsh, John Dupuy, and Douglas Prater.  “Be nothing, do nothing. Get nothing, become nothing. Seek for nothing. Relinquish nothing. Be as you are. Rest in God.” Note: This podcast was recorded live and includes, at times, some extraneous noises in the background. Please excuse them -- we felt the conversation was very valuable and well worth sharing with our audience. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. (For Apple Podcast users, https://deeptransformation.io/miranda-macpherson-opening-to-the-transformational-power-of-grace (click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)) Topics & Time StampsWhat is grace? The agency of our transformation (01:50) The path of “gentle effort” vs ego effort (05:11) Humbling our sense of being the “doer” and recognizing the cause of our being—and all being (06:05) Using inquiry to form a relationship with grace: what is holding you now? (08:50) The ground of being is more than emptiness; it's full of life, nourishing and healing (10:42) Recognizing the ground of grace is the beginning of ego relaxation (12:28) Miranda's ego relaxation teaching practices: holistic inquiry and meditation (13:06) The value of human relationship for awakening (16:24) Fear is a force we need to address if we want to deepen—both individual and cultural fear (17:55) In the practice of ego relaxation, do nothing to fix or change yourself, but allow the mystical power of grace to do the transforming; all you need to do is stop concealing yourself (21:52) Simply letting things be is effective because it brings to light that you are not the doer (24:32) How to overcome the deeply ingrained message “life is not meant to be easy” (27:31) Miranda's transmission of ego relaxation in a cave in India and her following “period of undoing” (28:58) Our egos are driven by an experience of lack—let's relax into self-forgiveness and compassion (34:03) What happened with Miranda when more ordinary awareness returned? (38:09) The importance of including our animal humanity—the emotional, the frightened, the irrational and non-linear (42:55) The integration stage and the call to service (44:59) How does the practice of ego relaxation contribute to helping our civilization at this time of crisis? (47:19) Becoming open to the most subtle forms of grace (49:15) Resources & ReferencesMiranda Macpherson, https://amzn.to/3xL9rKk (The Way of Grace: The Transforming Power of Ego Relaxation)*  Miranda Macpherson, https://amzn.to/3dIHvQK (Boundless Love: Transforming Your Life with Grace and Inspiration) Miranda Macpherson, https://amzn.to/3dIfsRe (Meditations on Boundless Love)* (Sounds True audiobook) Miranda...

Connecting to the soul is simple and complex. It's simple because the soul is the essence of who you are. It's the core of your being. Nothing has to be learned, only remembered. The complexity comes from living in an age and a culture of disconnect, with barriers created by the mind, and intellectual superiority placed ahead of other forms of intelligence, such as intuition, instinct, and heartfelt wisdom. In this conversation I'm joined by the perfect guide, Natalie Zeituny. I met Natalie three years ago at the Science and Nonduality Conference in Italy. She is a mystic, cosmologist, and the author of Ensoulment, where she presents a model of reality which “explores the cosmology and psychology of reality.” I was engrossed by her book, especially the way she maps consciousness scientifically, as well as sharing her inner experience of the ensoulment process vividly. What I love most about our conversation is the grounded nature in which ensoulment is approached. Natalie talks about entering the underworld in order to confront the shadow, and integrate the soul through deep reflection. This isn't about bypassing difficulty, or cultivating love and light. It's about having the courage to be the hero of your journey, to trust your inner resourcefulness above all else. We talk about the relationship between difficult experiences, such as depression, anxiety, and paranoia, and how they relate to ensoulment. We discuss the signs of being aligned with the soul, how to identify your essence, and the uniqueness of your soul's song. I'm sure by the end, the fruits of ensoulment will be clear. Connecting to the soul is the return to being, the path to living the fullest life on offer; the path truest to you.

Here's the next selection to the audiobook, The Entheological Paradigm, 2021 Edition, featuring the talk I gave at the Science and Nonduality Conference from way back in 2010. While I'll be sharing chapters from the audibook here on the podcast between interviews, it, along with my many other audiobooks is currently available at Audible, the iBookstore, and Amazon, if you want to go ahead and grab the entire thing. Enjoy this short talk that helps set the stage for all that follows in the book. 

Ep. 33 | Zvi Ish-Shalom is a professor of Jewish mysticism, an author, an ordained rabbi, and the guiding light of Kedumah, a teaching out of time and space, whose primary calling is to translate wisdom from the primordial ground of being into a discernible wisdom stream. In this remarkable conversation, Zvi describes how he found ways to map and interpret his own profound mystical experiences, how the teachings arise from the ground of being, about how they might become accessible to us all, regardless of religion or spiritual tradition, and how they are especially relevant for young people today, seeking to find a structure for their spiritual journey. His familiarity with the realm of mystical experience is extremely engaging—he tells of discovering the vow taken by our soul before we were born and dropping the barriers between us and God, surrendering to the divine. Roger Walsh found Zvi's book The Kedumah Experience “the most profound spiritual text he's ever read in the Jewish tradition,” and listeners will almost certainly be excited to read Zvi's latest book, published since the recording of this podcast, The Path of Primordial Light: Ancient Wisdom for the Here and Now.  Recorded at the Science & Nonduality Conference, October 2019, with Dr. Roger Walsh, John Dupuy, and Douglas Prater. “Being willing to lose everything for truth...when we orient that way, the most profound revelations and depths occur.” (For Apple Podcast users, https://deeptransformation.io/zvi-ish-shalom-mystical-experiences-primordial-wisdom-judaism-great-religions (click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)) Note: This podcast was recorded live and includes, at times, some extraneous noises in the background. Please excuse them -- we felt the conversation was very valuable and well worth sharing with our audience. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Topics & Time StampsRoger's discovery of Zvi Ish-Shalom's book while touring Israel: the most profound spiritual text he'd ever read in the Jewish tradition (02:00) The gnostic intermediary: how Zvi revives the culture, infusing a fresh understanding of the Jewish mystical tradition (04:43) Zvi's personal story, starting with deep states of connection praying in the synagogue in Brooklyn (07:40) How Zvi found ways to map and interpret his profound mystical experiences, establishing cause and effect (13:45) Remembering one's life purpose, the vow taken by your soul before embodiment (17:47) Zvi's Kedumah experience: the concept of primordial Torah, or the ground of our being, and how the teaching arises (19:57) How to transmit the Kedumah teachings to the secular world? (22:32) The radical experiential perspective in which the Kedumah is rooted is what makes it so timely for us today (28:17) Revivifying the Jewish lineage wisdom stream through the lens of Kedumah: bringing in living expressions of the mystery (31:26) The way in which a profound analytical study of the texts creates an opening and becomes a process of illumination, deepening, and distilling truth in an ever more discriminating way (37:35)  What the new Kedumah paradigm offers young people who are searching for structure for their spiritual journey  (43:27) The practice of dialectical inquiry (havruta) to discover the truth of reality embedded inside the texts and how to reveal it (48:20) Comparing the Torah scroll to the human being: working to unpack the truth of the human experience (51:06) Greek philosophy was used as a practice to investigate human life, metaphysics, and open to the transcendent as well (53:15) Socrates and the fundamental wisdom of seeking truth for its own sake (56:37) How does Zvi teach contemplative prayer and meditation? Building the embodied capacity for integration and allowing ourselves to surrender to the divine (59:07) Zvi's “journey of silence” (01:03:03) Resources & ReferencesZvi's website: https://primordialight.com/...

Ep. 25 (Part 2 of 2) | Thomas Hübl, renowned spiritual teacher, author, expert on collective trauma, and creator and facilitator of The Collective Trauma Integration Process, shares fascinating, life changing information about the dynamics of collective trauma—how it is embodied and perpetuated in the language we use, and how we are bound together in a sort of “mutual collusion” that predisposes us to repeat our past, and to repeat over and over the things we would much rather leave behind. With remarkable insight and wisdom garnered from years of study, exploration, and effectively working with large groups to integrate collective shadow, Thomas also explains how we can create space for a new future by metabolizing the suffering held in both our personal and collective unconscious and making awakening and spiritual clarity the indubitable priority of our lives. Recorded at the Science and Nonduality Conference, October 2019, with Dr. Roger Walsh, John Dupuy, and Douglas Prater. “Healing the broken glass of reality.” (For Apple Podcast users, https://deeptransformation.io/thomas-hubl-healing-collective-trauma-part-2/ (click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)) Topics & Time Stamps - Part 2The work of purification is more than only shadow work (00:48) Shadow, encoded trauma, and the “it-ification” of processes: how language embodies and perpetuates shadow (02:40) We are in mutual collusion in perpetuating shadow in this collectively traumatized world (06:22) Language keeps the past in place and the destiny of humanity fixated (08:50) Our relational network is an extension of our immune system (10:43) The word is creation and the art of truth telling is a practice (11:10) Climate change is an externalization of the pollution in our interiors (15:44) The need for us (and our leaders) to say I'm sorry to each other publicly (16:52) Letting go of the need for comfort (20:01) We are all writing or composing our experience moment by moment (22:07) We find God in the deepest expression of our own purpose (23:42) Our energy needs to be consciously integrated to clear a space for a new future (27:37) It is essential to adjust our practice over time (31:11) Spiritual clarity = knowing what we see and also what we don't see is God's will (35:05) Opening to the bottomless mystery (37:45) Walking the path of karma yoga (39:36) Resources & References - Part 2https://collectivetraumasummit.com/?affiliate=youtubevideo (Collective Trauma Summit 2021: Collective Healing in Action) https://www.williamury.com/about/ (William Ury), leading expert on negotiation and mediation and best selling author of https://amzn.to/3y9n9Yz (Getting to Yes)* (with Roger Fisher and Bruce Patton), https://amzn.to/3LzgHhk (Getting Past No),* and https://amzn.to/3Kwdr5b (Getting to Yes with Yourself)* Carlos Castaneda, https://amzn.to/3kATEqu (The Teachings of Don Juan)*  Thomas Hübl & Julie Jordan Avritt, https://amzn.to/3LxcPO3 (Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds)* Thomas Hübl's https://thomashuebl.com/academy-inner-science/ (Academy of Inner Science) Thomas Hübl's website: https://thomashuebl.com/ (https://thomashuebl.com) Thomas Hübl's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thomashuebl (https://www.youtube.com/user/thomashuebl) Thomas Hübl, https://amzn.to/3KCOq8f (Modern Mystic - Principles for Living Consciously: Thomas Hübl in Conversation with Stephan Breidenbach)* * As an Amazon Associate, Deep Transformation earns from qualifying purchases. --- Thomas Hübl is a renowned teacher, author, and international facilitator whose lifelong work integrates the core insights of the great wisdom traditions and mysticism with the discoveries of science. Over the last two decades, Hübl has taught and facilitated programs with more than 100,000 people worldwide. His events have focused on processing the collective trauma of racism,...

Ep. 24 (Part 1 of 2) | Thomas Hübl, renowned spiritual teacher, author, expert on collective trauma, and creator and facilitator of The Collective Trauma Integration Process, shares fascinating, life changing information about the dynamics of collective trauma—how it is embodied and perpetuated in the language we use, and how we are bound together in a sort of “mutual collusion” that predisposes us to repeat our past, and to repeat over and over the things we would much rather leave behind. With remarkable insight and wisdom garnered from years of study, exploration, and effectively working with large groups to integrate collective shadow, Thomas also explains how we can create space for a new future by metabolizing the suffering held in both our personal and collective unconscious and making awakening and spiritual clarity the indubitable priority of our lives. Recorded at the Science and Nonduality Conference, October 2019, with Dr. Roger Walsh, John Dupuy, and Douglas Prater. “Healing the broken glass of reality.” (For Apple Podcast users, https://deeptransformation.io/thomas-hubl-healing-collective-trauma-part-1/ (click here to view the complete show notes on the episode page.)) Topics & Time Stamps - Part 1Introducing Thomas Hübl (01:03) By definition, awakenings are not nondual if people haven't dealt with their shadow: nondual needs to be the talk and the walk (3:03) The body is a sophisticated energy pipe system; mystics are like plumbers or electricians who free up the pipes (05:50) On stabilizing, generalizing, integrating insights: state practices versus process awareness (07:10) Tibetan Buddhism's three developmental maps: 1) turning towards contemplative practice, 2) the stabilization of realized states, 3) ongoing purification (08:56)  We need to commit to a spiritual path, to cleaning up, and make space to clear things or the same difficulties will repeat again and again (10:12) Trauma is the collapse of time/space (11:46) Making divine awakening your highest priority is what constitutes a serious practitioner (14:06)  All serious shadow and trauma work is relational (15:24)  How can we stay committed to the path? Community, an externalization of our intention (18:22) Two challenges: We are tempted to abandon our practice both when it gets very dark—and when life gets very good (20:35)  Consciousness is catching: the way to develop desired qualities is to hang out with people who embody the qualities we want (22:14) Our cultural relationship to hierarchy: we've thrown it out, but there are hierarchies of development, maturity, wisdom, insight, and compassion that should be honored What are the most valuable ways to engage with what is inside us and integrate what we discover? (25:18)  Paying attention to congruence and coherence in our mental, physical, and emotional expression (28:21) Collective trauma: all of us have been born into a traumatized world (29:10)  Healing the broken reality: every trauma healing needs to result in an ethical upgrade; we have to become better people (31:54)  Thomas' collective trauma group work where the field in the room is able to mirror the unseen dimension stored in the cultural unconscious  (32:31) We are all sculptures in a transpersonal nervous system, called to metabolize the suffering held in both our personal and collective unconscious (38:14) Resources & References - Part 1Thomas Hübl & Julie Jordan Avritt, https://amzn.to/3LxcPO3 (Healing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds)* Thomas Hübl's https://thomashuebl.com/academy-inner-science/ (Academy of Inner Science) Thomas Hübl's website: https://thomashuebl.com/ (https://thomashuebl.com) Thomas Hübl's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/thomashuebl (https://www.youtube.com/user/thomashuebl) Thomas Hübl, https://amzn.to/3KCOq8f (Modern Mystic - Principles for Living Consciously:...

Coverart Elif Gokcigdem Elif M. Gokcigdem, Ph.D. is the founder of Empathy-Building Through Museums Initiative, and the editor of two books: Fostering Empathy Through Museums (2016),and Designing for Empathy (2019). She is the chief curator and the co-chair of the world's first summit on empathy and museums with Dalai Lama (2018). She holds a Ph.D. in History of Islamic Arts from the Istanbul Technical University, and a Museum Studies certificate from the George Washington University. Elif is a Fellow at the World Innovation Organization, an Advisor to Minneapolis Institute of Art's Center for Empathy and Visual Arts, as well as the Empathy Project by Woodland Park Zoo. She worked as a curatorial research assistant at the Islamic Arts Department of the Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Gokcigdem currently works as a Senior Public Affairs Advisor at Aramco, and has bean a senior advisor to Ithra, the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, since its conceptual development phase where she has advised on mission and vision development, content development and integration, strategic institutional partnerships, and exhibition and educational program development for children. She has published and presented her research at conferences including the European Science Foundation Conference, American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting, Association of Science and Technology Centers Conference, Science and Nonduality Conference, and the World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Podcast: Buddha at the Gas Pump (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 577. Rick Hanson, 2nd InterviewPub date: 2020-11-25This interview was recorded on October 9, 2020, as part of an online conference on "Living and Dying" offered by the Science and Nonduality Conference. The conference has finished, but you may sign up to access all of its content. Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His free weekly newsletter has 180,000 subscribers and his online programs have scholarships available for those with financial needs. His books have been published in 29 languages with 900,000 copies in English alone and include: Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships He's lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. An expert on positive neuroplasticity, his work has been featured on the BBC, CBS, NPR, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974 and is the founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. He loves wilderness and taking a break from emails. Website: rickhanson.net Additional books and other media: Stress-Proof Your Brain Meditations to Change Your Brain The Enlightened Brain Meditations for Happiness Self-Directed Brain Change Letting Go: A Key to Lasting Happiness Steadying Your Mind Awaken Your Brain Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. First BatGap interview with Rick Hanson. Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Rick Archer, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

This interview was recorded on October 9, 2020, as part of an online conference on "Living and Dying" offered by the Science and Nonduality Conference. The conference has finished, but you may sign up to access all of its content. Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His free weekly newsletter has 180,000 subscribers and his online programs have scholarships available for those with financial needs. His books have been published in 29 languages with 900,000 copies in English alone and include: Neurodharma: New Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Seven Practices of the Highest Happiness Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom Just One Thing: Developing a Buddha Brain One Simple Practice at a Time Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Body, Mind, and Intimate Relationships He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. An expert on positive neuroplasticity, his work has been featured on the BBC, CBS, NPR, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974 and is the founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. He loves wilderness and taking a break from emails. Website: rickhanson.net Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. First BatGap interview with Rick Hanson. Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

Fundamental Wellbeing My chat with Dr Jeffrey Martin, a fascinating conversation on how we can become a Finder and stop seeking. After extensive research, Jeffrey and his team have created a scientifically proven program for finding lasting inner peace and contentment. Enjoy! Guest Bio. Jeffery is an academic researcher, serial entrepreneur, technologist, and investor who specializes in advancing the highest forms of human wellbeing. For over a decade he has conducted the largest international study on Fundamental Wellbeing, which includes the types of consciousness commonly known as: enlightenment, nonduality, the peace that passeth understanding, unitive experience, and hundreds of other terms. This resulted in the first reliable, cross-cultural and pan-tradition classification system for these types of experience. More recently, he has used this research to make systems available to help people obtain profound psychological benefits in a rapid, secular, reliable, and safe way. Jeffery is also the founder of the Transformative Technology space, which has grown to become a multi-billion dollar ecosystem that promotes the use of science and technology to substantially raise human mental and emotional wellbeing. In addition to his wellbeing work, Jeffery is a bestselling author and award-winning educator who has authored, co-authored, or co-edited over 20 books. His latest book on his research is The Finders. His work has regularly been featured at leading academic conferences worldwide, as well as major public forums such as Wisdom 2.0, H+, the Science and Nonduality Conference, the Asia Consciousness Festival, and TEDx. He has been covered in media as diverse as the South China Morning Post and PBS’s Closer to Truth, and been an invited speaker at many top universities including: Harvard, Yale, University of London, and the National University of Singapore. Jeffery is currently the Director for the Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness and a Research Professor and Director at the Transformative Technology Lab in Silicon Valley, and a Lecturer at Stanford University.

If our goal is to be in community and work with or help others, we must first work within ourselves - taking on the healing process to not recreate the patterns that have oppressed us. Healer, facilitator, and npo executive Victoria Santos describes her journey through personal trauma and burnout through community organizing and her holistic healing journey. We dropped a lot of references, so here are links for some of the content we mentioned in the show (and sign up for our mailing list to get ahold of episodes early and learn more about these topics):Michelle talks with Victoria Santos a deep healer, community organizer, facilitator, coach and npo leaderVictoria is the Co-Director of Young Women Empowered, cultivating the power of diverse young women and is a Co-Founder of BIPOC Executive Directors of Washington StateWhile she has practiced many modalities of healing, she studied grief rituals with Sibonfu Somé for 10 years, a Burkinabe author and teacher (her wiki, her site)We talked about the Science of NonDuality Conference, where Victoria interviewed Llama Rod Owens, Zhenevere Sophia Dao, Brenda Salgado, Kaira Jewel Lingo, Angela Hennessy - spiritual teachers focused on healing in very deep, committed ways.We mentioned Commonweal and its gathering that takes place annually in Bolinas, California“The quality of the intervention is directly related to the capacity of the intervener.” Otto SchumerOrland Bishop is a spiritual teacher and Los Angeles social activist Victoria collaborates with. She described his much used phrase “Sawubona” as translating into the larger question of “who do I need to be so that you could be yourself?” Victoria and Orland are working towards building a spiritual center near Los Angeles (There are many places to find Orland online, including here.)Gratitude to Tres Leches (and here) for letting us use their song “No Llores" throughout this episode!Join the CCF Slack Channel and #theethicalrainmaker to have a conversation!Thank you so much for listening! Support The Ethical Rainmaker podcast by donating to our Patreon if you have the flow, subscribing to it on your fav pod player, rating us (esp on iTunes...yeah, I know) and honestly...share it out to friends and colleagues. Write us any time at hello@theethicalrainmaker.com or visit us at theethicalrainmaker.com.

Dr. Jeffery A. Martin researches personal transformation and the states of greatest human well-being. “I went out to find the worlds happiest people and see if I could join them.” Jeffery is a founder of the Transformative Technology space, serial entrepreneur and social scientist. Jeffery has spent the last 10 years conducting the largest international study on persistent non-symbolic experience (PNSE), or as it’s publicly known Fundamental Wellbeing, which includes the types of consciousness commonly known as: persistent awakening, enlightenment, nonduality, the peace that passeth understanding, unitive experience, and hundreds of others. Since 2008 Jeffery has worked to bring together the stakeholders from academia, technology, business, finance, and public policy to create a sustainable technology space that dramatically improves human well-being. Jeffery is a bestselling author and award-winning educator, co-authored, or co-edited over 20 books and numerous other publications. His work has regularly been featured at leading academic conferences worldwide, as well as major public forums such as Deepak Chopra’s Sages and Scientists Symposium, Wisdom 2.0, the Science and Nonduality Conference, the Asia Consciousness Festival, and TEDx. He has been covered in media as diverse as the South China Morning Post and PBS’s Closer to Truth, and been an invited speaker at many top universities including: Harvard, Yale, University of London, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and the National University of Singapore. Jeffery’s academic work lies at the intersection of technology, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and transformative studies. His research on non-symbolic consciousness began while he was a graduate student in Transformative Studies at CIIS and Psychology at Harvard. He also holds master of science degrees in information technology and management. He is the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Non-Symbolic Consciousness (nonsymbolic.org), a Research Professor and Director of the Transformative Technology Lab (transtechlab.org). Prior to his current affiliation with Stanford University, he was Distinguished University Professor, William James Professor of Consciousness, and Dean of Research at Sofia University. He holds a number of additional appointments across a variety of institutions worldwide, and serves on many advisory boards. This is his story and this is his Passion. PASSIONATE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT - Non-Symbolic Consciousness - How to get happy - Happiness Version #1 - Happiness Version #2 - Positive psychology - Transpersonal psychology - Transformative Technology Lab - How to create extraordinary levels of meaning and happiness - Enlightenment - Persistent awakening - Fundamental discontent - Rewiring the brain network - Happiness accountability - The primacy of peace - Removing Fear - Optimum tools to maintain happiness - Persistent non-symbolic experience (PNSE) - Why do some people choose to transform and not others? - Do we all have the same capacity to Transform our consciousness? - Transformative Studies at CIIS and Psychology at Harvard SPREAD THE PASSION HOST: Luisa WEBSITE https://passionharvest.com/ WATCH THIS INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE https://youtu.be/3lJpUKIXJXs PASSION HARVEST ON SOCIAL YOU TUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/PassionHarvest/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/PassionHarvest/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Passionharvest SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/3BogbavOan3FP1r1JXLxmV SOUNDCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/user-796690230 ITUNES: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/passion-harvest/id1451566598 LEAVE A PODCAST REVIEW IN I TUNES http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1451566598 CONNECT WITH DR. JEFFERY A. MARTIN WEBSITE https://drjefferymartin.com/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jeffery.a.martin YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChY5xr43awqH1T0NK-jjjdA TWITTER: https://twitter.com/jefferymartin

This interview was recorded May 15, 2020, as part of an online conference entitled “Wisdom in Times of Crisis” offered by the Science and Nonduality Conference, held May 17-23, entitled Wisdom in Times of Crisis. The conference has finished, but … Continue reading → The post 564. Scott Kiloby appeared first on Buddha at the Gas Pump.

I saw Alicia Dattner (http://aliciadattner.com/) perform at the Science and Nonduality Conference last fall and she rocked the stage in front of an international audience of over 800 people. Her comedy is deep, psychological, often dark, and ridiculously funny. She has a powerful new voice and it's always evolving.Alicia did her first standup set at 18 and she graduated from Hampshire College with a degree in standup and filmmaking.She's been mentored by several talented comedians over the years, including W. Kamau Bell, Eugene Mirman, and Bill Santiago. She's also been playing clubs like The Improv and Gotham Comedy Club, performing in San Francisco, New York, London, Hollywood, Honolulu, Bali, and Bombay. Alicia was voted Best Comedian in both the SF Weekly and SF Bay Guardian, and she's won a bunch of other awards. Some of the people with whom she's performed have included luminaries like Maria Bamford, Ali Wong, Moshe Kasher, Arj Barker, Kate Willett, and many others.She's about to release her sixth comedy show, entitled “Are You Dressed for the Apocalypse?"

Meeting of Founders and Members of the Association for Spiritual Integrity Forty-five spiritual teachers, members of “The Association for Spiritual Integrity”, met for four hours prior to the start of the 2019 Science and Nonduality Conference. For the first couple of hours, we engaged in a deep, honest discussion about the challenges teachers face, seeking to learn how we might better support one another. We then broke into six groups, each focusing on a particular topic. Then we reassembled and recorded the remainder of the meeting. This video includes: Introduction by Rick Summary of discussions in each of the six breakout groups. (1) Bringing forth women and feminine empowerment. Distinguishing between women and yin-style teachings in a way to not exclude men from the conversation. Action items: to have each day of SAND have a 3-hour session led by women. to have more yin-style teachings on the SAND website (2) Ongoing growth for teachers and continuing education, trauma, attachment, and shadow work. Teacher survey: what is working for you? Online teacher assessment through which teachers can assess themselves. Regular peer-group meetings, including teachers with younger teachers Workshop around developmental trauma that shows up in the teacher role. (3) Creating community and peer support Among spiritual teachers How to include more people of color and young people in the spiritual community, which tends to be white and middle class. Monthly online and annual in-person peer group meetings for spiritual teachers A system whereby teachers can refer students to other teachers, if appropriate. (4) Healthy power dynamics and dual relationships People will naturally come and go from spiritual training groups. There should be a balance between teacher and student accountability. (5) The Ethics of the Spiritual Community Have something like the Better Business Bureau which would keep the data on teacher abuse. (6) The importance of awareness of teacher misbehavior and discerning between real misbehavior and false accusations. A personal or professional commitment expressed by each teacher in the meeting. Transcript of this meeting Recorded October 24, 2019 Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

Panel Discussion at the Science and Nonduality Conference on Sexual Misconduct, Money, Power, Trauma & Ethics in Spiritual Communities Introduction by Rick Archer The spiritual awakening sweeping the world may be critical to addressing our critical problems. Ethical breaches by … Continue reading →

This episode features a talk by Isa Gucciardi on the Oracle Traditions found in Buddhism and Shamanism. In this talk, originally given at the Science and Nonduality Conference in San Jose, CA, Isa gives an overview of some of the remarkable lineages found in Buddhism and Shamanism and the methods of accessing wisdom through channeling as described in these traditions. Isa Gucciardi is the Founding Director and Primary Teacher at the Foundation of the Sacred Stream, and the author of Coming to Peace and Return to the Great Mother. She holds degrees in cultural and linguistic anthropology, comparative religion, and transpersonal psychology, and is the creator of the highly-effective therapeutic model, Depth Hypnosis. Isa teaches and speaks nationally and internationally. She maintains a private practice with institutions and individuals in Depth Hypnosis and Coming to Peace processes. Isa speaks five languages and has lived in eleven countries. She is the mother of two children and lives with her partner in San Francisco.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Vera de Chalambert. Vera is a spiritual storyteller and Harvard-educated scholar of comparative religion. She speaks and writes about spiritual culture, mindfulness and the emergence of feminine wisdom in our times. Her work explores the meeting place of theology, spirituality and social change and is informed by inter-spiritual insights from the world's great wisdom traditions.  Vera works with clients all over the world and offers coaching, mentorship and spiritual direction. She has been invited to speak internationally at colleges and conferences such as SAND Science and Nonduality Conference in the US and Europe, Sister Giant in Washington DC and the Dawn of Interspirituality Conference in Costa Rica. Vera holds a Master's degree from Harvard Divinity School.  this episode Q&A includes: • glamour is shapeshifting... • why is it important to use fresh skullcap when making tincture? • herbs for the face- olive oil, honey, calendula, violets, pumpkin... • high priestess- dianic wicca, one who has been initiated as a witch will be of service to others.. • lady Iona- goddess of the fae.. • rash on the back of hand... • motherwort causes capillaries to grow around the heart and the uterus.. • hawthorn- heart medicine.. • do something for your heart that tells it is needed.. • thyroid issues while pregnant- self responsibility, personal choice.. • leukemia and lymphoma- nourishing the liver and lymph..  

Rick Archer, Jac O'Keeffe, Craig Holliday, and Caverly Morgan Questioning whether higher consciousness and ethical behavior are tightly correlated. The founding of the Association for Spiritual Integrity (formerly the Association of Professional Spiritual Teachers). The attempt to formulate a code of ethics that might apply universally in the contemporary spiritual community and enliven an understanding of what may or may not be appropriate, giving students greater confidence in their own discernment and discrimination. Ancient traditions held the teacher beyond reproach and students surrendered their own will. This may have worked in monastic settings but generally does not work today. Preventative support so we're not busy doing cleanup. Power hierarchies should not be an essential part of spiritual development and can lead to abuses. Spiritual awakening does not necessarily qualify a person to offer advice on relationships, finances, etc. Ethical training of some sort is integral to most honored traditions. The issue of sexism and patriarchy in spiritual organizations. Entering the teaching profession prematurely. All too often, when teachers are challenged on their behavior, they ignore the challenger or become defensive. How do we offer the possibility for redemption and atonement? Moving away from a culture of competition to one of cooperation. The importance of humility. The importance of teachers not identifying with their role and thinking that students' devotion is about them. South Africa's “Truth and Reconciliation” as a model. Discussion of this panel in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Transcript of this discussion Recorded October 27, 2018 Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast. YouTube Video Chapters: 00:00:00 - The Disconnect Between Higher States of Consciousness and Ethical Behavior 00:02:15 - Developing a Universal Code of Ethics 00:04:11 - Creating Ethical Standards for Spiritual Teachers 00:06:04 - The Purpose of Spirituality 00:08:05 - Redesigning the Future of Spirituality 00:10:46 - Healing and Support 00:12:55 - Education and Growth as a Community 00:14:36 - The Importance of Addressing Abusive Power 00:17:01 - Opening up to Questions and Collaboration 00:19:03 - The Usefulness of CPE for Spiritual Teachers 00:20:34 - The Importance of Boundaries and Power Dynamics in Communities 00:22:31 - The Importance of Ethical Development in Spiritual Practice 00:25:03 - The Healing Power of Community 00:27:06 - Cedar Barstow: The Right Use of Power in Spirituality 00:29:03 - Equal Gender Representation 00:31:41 - The prevalence of gender imbalance and abuse in the community 00:34:07 - Moving beyond collective conditioning 00:36:31 - The Perpetual Debate on Relationships and Ethics 00:38:41 - The Spiritual Aspect of Trauma 00:40:39 - The Deep Desire Within 00:42:28 - Empowering Students and Demanding Accountability 00:43:57 - Premature Immaculation 00:46:21 - Challenging Ethics in the Spiritual Community 00:48:01 - Addressing Apologies, Making Amends, and Atonement 00:50:14 - Creating a Culture of Accountability 00:52:14 - Moving towards a culture of cooperation 00:53:57 - The Importance of Humility in Learning 00:55:25 - The Importance of a Deeper Student-Teacher Relationship 00:57:34 - Abuse of Power in Teaching and Learning 00:59:10 - Mutual Healing and Reconciliation 01:01:34 - The Birth of Something Helpful

Most of the world's major religious traditions have been developed in and shaped by patriarchy. They emphasize masculine deities and male (often celibate) leadership. While efforts to reclaim the feminine aspects of divinity and spirituality have been underway for several decades now, in the past few years there has been an explosion of fierce feminine leadership in political, cultural, and spiritual arenas. Vera de Chalambert's essay "Kali Takes America" went viral in 2016 after the election of Donald Trump. Her exploration of the dark goddess Kali who destroys the world in order to save it anticipated the wave of feminine anger and activism that has arisen in the wake of the #metoo revelations. We sit down with Vera to talk more about the feminine divine, her darker side, and why all of us need this sacred feminine fire now more than ever. Vera starts off the interview with a powerful soliloquy that blew us away, and we're so excited to share her wisdom with you. Vera de Chalambert, MTS, is a spiritual storyteller and Harvard educated scholar of comparative religion working at the feet of the Great Mother. She offers healing process work and spiritual direction via Skype, writes and teaches classes on mindfulness in the modern world and the divine feminine. She gives talks and presentations around the world and was a speaker at SAND Science and Nonduality Conference in the US and Europe and Sister Giant in Washington DC. Vera holds a Bachelor's degree in religion and literature and a Master's degree in comparative religion from Harvard Divinity School. Her healing work is informed by rich insights from both Eastern and Western philosophies. She is a graduate of Barbara Brennan School of Healing and a student of Jason Shulman's Nondual Healing work. You can find her online at healingawakening.com. Visit www.listentotherising.com for show links and more info.

Recorded at the Science and Nonduality Conference. There is a perennial debate in spiritual traditions regarding whether realization is direct (sudden) or progressive (gradual). But is this a false distinction? Realization is often sudden, no matter how many years of … Continue reading →

Presentation at the Science and Nonduality Conference. Many well-known spiritual teachers and gurus have been accused, credibly, of sexual, financial, and behavioral abuse. This, although their own spiritual attainment has arguably appeared significant, and their teachings beneficial. As a result, … Continue reading →

Jacob Kyle sat down with Bob Thurman and Isa Gucciardi at the 2017 Science and Nonduality Conference in San Jose, California, after attending their workshop, "Shamans and Siddhas". Scroll down to listen to their wide-ranging conversation on peace and the Dalai Lama.  

Vera de Chalambert, MTS,  is a spiritual storyteller and Harvard educated scholar of comparative religion. She speaks and writes about spiritual culture, mindfulness in the modern world and the Divine Feminine and has been a speaker at the Science and Nonduality Conference in the US and Europe, Sister Giant in Washington DC and other gatherings around the world. Vera holds a Master’s degree from Harvard Divinity School where she studied comparative mysticism and a Bachelors degree from the University of Florida in Religion and Literature. Her work explores the meeting place of creativity, psychology and spirituality and is informed by insights from both Eastern and Western philosophies. Vera is a graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing and has been a student of Jason Shulman's Nondual Healing work. She is deeply influenced by Buddhist and Kabbalistic lineages and is a lover of the world’s great wisdom traditions. Vera's recent work has been on the topic of Holy Darkness and exploration of the Dark Goddesses associated with transformation and initiation found in the world's spiritual lineages, the most well known of whom is the Hindu Goddess Kali. Vera is a mother and a devotee of the Great Mother in all her forms. She is working on her first book on the Dark Feminine.  

On 10/21/2016 at the Science and Nonduality Conference, Loch Kelly, Mukti and Francis Bennett discuss the paradoxical understanding reflected in the famous Heart Sutra’s saying, “Form is emptiness and emptiness is form. Form is none other than emptiness and emptiness … Continue reading →

Interspirituality with Kurt Johnson Episode Recap Show Notes: • Early Years – Kurt discusses some of his early life events—including depression, scientific studies and much more—and how they led him to his life’s passion. • Wayne Teasdale – Kurt shares about his deep friendship with the wonderful Brother Wayne Teasdale, the impact he had on his life, and the continuing impact his work has in the world. • Interspirituality – In The Coming Interspiritual Age, Kurt writes, “Interspirituality is the natural discussion among human beings about what we are experiencing. In academic terms, it’s the intersubjective discussion among us all about who we are, why we are here, and where we are going. In the context of religion, interspirituality is the common heritage of humankind’s spiritual wisdom and the sharing of wisdom resources across traditions. In terms of our developing human consciousness, interspirituality is the movement of all these discussions toward the experience of profound interconnectedness, unity consciousness, and oneness.” Kurt and I explore what it means to be interspiritual and how it can deepen our spiritual paths. • Everyone’s A Mystic – Kurt and I explore our mutual friend Ken Wilber’s four quadrants of “I”, “We”, “It” and “It’s” and how they relate to each of us being a mystic. • Scientific Consciousness Studies – Kurt talks about scientific consciousness studies, discussing our basic experience of consciousness and “raw feeling”, quantum ideas of consciousness, and the future of unconsciousness.   Kurt's Website Kurt's Bio Kurt Johnson, Ph.D.  has worked in professional science and comparative religion for over 40 years and serves on many international committees, particularly at the United Nations.  In comparative culture and religion Kurt has been on the faculty of New York City’s One Spirit Interfaith Seminary for 12 years and is the co-author of the very influential 2013 book on the future of world religions: The Coming Interspiritual Age. In science, with a PhD in Evolution, Ecology and Comparative Biology he was on the staff of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and is currently associated with the McGuire Center for Biodiversity at the University of Florida.  Kurt has published over 200 scientific articles and seven books, including the popular science bestseller Nabokov’s Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius. In 2015 his book on science and the arts, Fine Lines, appears from Yale University Press along with contributions in a United Nations NGO publication:  Ethics, Spiritual Values, and the New United Nations Development Agenda. Kurt has presented regularly on science and religion at The Science and Nonduality Conference and the Parliament of the World’s Religions and published articles on this inter-relationship in many periodicals, including audio discussions with Ken Wilber at Integral Life. He is a founding member of the Contemplative Alliance and President of the Friends of the Institute of Noetic Sciences. At the United Nations he serves on the Executive Committee of the UN NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns and the NGO Forum 21 Institute.  Formerly a monastic for over 10 years, and active in contemplative and sacred activism across several traditions, Kurt is also an ordained Eco-Minister and recently co-edited the Namaste Insights internet magazine on the eco-vision of interfaith pioneers Thomas Berry and Wayne Teasdale. Kurt’s Books: The Coming Interspiritual Age,Nabokov's Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius, Fine Lines: Vladimir Nabokov’s Scientific Art  

The sense of ‘me’ thins out over time revealing our totality with all existence. The experience of being a divided separate self collapses as inner division falls away. This organic process is a natural maturation for each one of us and for humanity itself. As the separate sense of self …

Science and Spirituality: Potential Allies in Discovering Truth My talk was accompanied by a multimedia presentation, which has been edited into this video. There were technical issues: the official camera wasn’t there, so a friend recorded this on her camcorder … Continue reading →

While out in California for the Science and Nonduality Conference, I had some downtime before the conference started, so I decided to tape a long panel discussion with a rather large group of friends, most of them previous guests on … Continue reading →

While out in California for the Science and Nonduality Conference, I had some downtime before the conference started, so I decided to tape a long panel discussion with a rather large group of friends, most of them previous guests on … Continue reading →

PANEL: The Three Simultaneously True Levels of Nondual Reality; Don't Mistake Understanding for Realization, Don't Mistake Realization for Liberation. Most humans view their situation in a conventional, non-mystical way, treating whatever happens as concretely real, and to be judged as "good" and "bad," etc. By contrast, a growing number of non-dual teachers and students espouse the view that whatever happens is "the perfect manifestation of Divine Will," or that "nothing is really happening or ever happened." Yet our situation is not so one-dimensional as these positions would hold, and an expansive, truly liberated way of talking about Reality will involve more dimensions. A three-fold model of nondual Reality will be discussed which many have found quite helpful in accounting for all levels of our experience. Reports of spiritual awakenings, once rare, have become commonplace. Modern seekers often find an intuitive understanding of the ultimate non-dual reality or the illusory nature of the world to be so liberating that they conclude they have reached the goal, and that seeking should be renounced. Ancient traditions caution that such an understanding may be merely a preliminary stage of development. Moreover, an experiential realization, beyond the merely conceptual, may feel so complete that one might conclude that "This is it". Some insist that once the non-dual nature of the Self is realized, one has arrived, and it is meaningless to speak of further degrees of growth or levels of realization. Others hold that Self-realization is an important milestone, but that spiritual development never ends. Can we reconcile the injunction to live in the present moment with the understanding that there is much development yet to undergo? Are there criteria by which Enlightenment can be measured or certified? John Hagelin, Ph.D., is a world-renowned quantum physicist, educator, public policy expert, and leading proponent of peace. Dr. Hagelin received his A.B. summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University and conducted pioneering research at CERN (the European Center for Particle Physics) and SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center). His scientific contributions in the fields of electroweak unification, grand unification, super-symmetry, and cosmology include some of the most cited references in the physical sciences. He is also responsible for the development of a highly successful Grand Unified Field Theory based on the Superstring. But Dr. Hagelin is unique among scientists in being the first to apply this most advanced knowledge for the practical benefit of humankind. He has pioneered the use of Unified Field-based technologies proven to reduce crime, violence, terrorism, and war and to promote peace throughout society—technologies derived from the ancient Vedic science of consciousness. hagelin.org Maharishi International University David Lynch Foundation BatGap interview with Dr. Hagelin Igor Kufayev Website: igorkufayev.com Wikipedia page Other BatGap events with Igor Kufayev: Igor Kufayev with David Loy Igor Kufayev with Jac O’Keeffe, and Francis Bennett Igor Kufayev, in Panel Discussion on Kashmir Shaivism Mark McCooey is a businessman and has been a teacher of Transcendental Meditation for over 30 years. He and his family live in Vancouver, Canada. Recorded at the Science and Nonduality Conference, 10/28/2012, San Rafael, California. Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.