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Shinzen Young leads a 25-minute guided meditation on how to focus on relaxation in your body. This represents a subset of the full Focus on Rest technique. Learn more at Basic Mindfulness Home Practice Program http://basicmindfulness.com.

Focus On Relaxation

See the archive page of this show with links, video and graphic elements related to our guest, Dr. Dennis McKenna: http://bit.ly/20Z2TQd

February 12, 2016: Why have some of the most powerful and therapeutically-effective substances on earth been outlawed for decades by the federal government? What do psychedelic substances like LSD, psilocybin and Iowaska have to do with understanding the nature of reality and correcting humanity’s dysfunctional relationship with the rest of life on earth? Journalist William Kern and non-dual kabalistic shaman Timothy Rothschild spoke to Dr. Dennis McKenna, one of the world’s leading researchers into the therapeutic uses of psychedelic substances. Dr. McKenna discussed the disintegrating legal prohibitions against clinical uses of psychedelics and the reasons the Nixon Administration decided to outlaw their use during the late 1960s. Dr. McKenna, brother to late author, writer, speaker and inner explorer Terence McKenna, another of history’s most articulate advocates of psychedelics, offered reflections on some of the more profound utterances of Terence, such as humanity’s symbiotic relationship with plants, the Transcendental Object at the end of history, the likelihood that ancient humans who had psilocybin in their diets enjoyed a competitive advantage over their mushroom-deprived associates, and whether humanity is in fact living at the behest of plants, rather than the other way around.

Key Words: Dennis McKenna, Terence McKenna, William Kern, Timothy Rothschild, psychedelics, psychedelics research, Botanical Dimensions, Transcendental Object, LSD, DMT, Erowid.org, sub-threshold doses, psilocybin, Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss, PTSD, Art Bell, LSD Cured MDMA Depression, MDMA, Girdle's incompleteness theory, 


PODCAST - Synesthesia and Symbiosis with Dr. Dennis McKenna - 'Time to Wake the Monkey'

Mycologist Paul Stamets examines how mushrooms can help the health of people and the planet. 

Paul Stamets: Mushrooms and the Mycology of Consciousness

This podcast is a recording of a second conversation between me and Rupert Sheldrake, one of my favorite renegade scientists and the number one target of the defenders of scientific orthodoxy. He hardly needs any introduction, but I'll say he is prolific author and researcher with a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Cambridge University.  I see him as an elder or a pioneer in the liberating of science from its metaphysical dogmas of reductionism and mechanistic materialism, and a true practitioner of the Scientific Method in its original humble spirit. I hope you'll enjoy the intellect and refinement of this man as much as I did.

In Conversation with Rupert Sheldrake (E16)- A New and Ancient Story

Can psychedelic drugs, and breathing techniques that achieve similar states, help heal our individual and collective emotional pain? Can they help us transform our society?

I talk with Joe Moore and Kyle Buller of Psychedelics Today, a podcast that features professionals involved with psychedelics and breathwork as tools for mental health and spiritual growth. 

Joe and Kyle are also facilitators in Holotropic Breathwork, developed by the Czech-born psychiatrist and researcher Stanislav Grof.
Here's what we talk about in this episode's delicious stuffing:

-The Multidisciplinary Assoc. for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and their peer-reviewed research
-How the War on Drugs delayed this research by decades
-Kyle's "near death" experience and his path; Joe's path through philosophy, ayahuasca, and breathwork
-Holotropic Breathwork, a non-substance alternative
-Integration—a key to these therapeutic uses of psychedelics
-The likeness of these journeys to mythic ones
-The role of elders
-Are we on the verge of a psychedelic revolution?
-Inventing new "rites of passage" (beyond getting a driver's license and being able to buy booze.)
Hope you enjoy it! As always, you're welcome to leave a message on this episode's page at The Big Chew Podcast. 

As someone who knows first-hand the sucking black vortex of PTSD, I encourage anyone who suffers from it to seek out professionals who can help. Some of the links below might be useful. But this isn't medical advice. Just sayin'.

By the way, you might hear high-pitched voices in this recording. Those are children. Because our bandwidth here in northeastern Vermont sucks, I record over Skype in the librarian's office of our tiny local bibliothek. Shut up and read, kids. It's a library. But I mean that in a good way.

Kyle Buller and Joe Moore's podcast, Psychedelics Today

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies 

Holotropic Breathwork (sometimes also known as Grof Transpersonal Training)

Holotropic Breathwork in Vermont

Music in this episode is "I Call it Love" by Carbon Manual, from the album Kali Yuga is here, via a Creative Commons license

Psychedelics, Healing, and Transformation

לירון תאני בסדרת שיחות עם האנימטורית והבמאית תמי ברנשטיין על רעיונות פילוסופיים והיסטוריים בסרטי אנימציה

חיים בסרט - רעיונות פילוסופיים בסרטי אנימציה

אסי זגדון משוחח עם איילת איידלברג, מורת דרך, מומחית לתרבויות ודתות מזרח אסיה
אנתרופולוגית וחוקרת

הפעם - על הבודהיזם הטיבטי והדלאי לאמה / המהפכה השקטה  / ברוח חמלה ואי אלימות

המהפכה השקטה: הדלאי לאמה והבודהיזם הטיבטי

שיחה עם אברהם פרידמן, לוגותרפיסט, על משנתו של פרנקל, תפיסתו ורבדיה השונים

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האחריות לחיות מתוך משמעות - ויקטור פרנקל והלוגותרפיה

Ken Wilber offers an introduction to a spirituality that honors the truths of modernity and postmodernity — including the revolutions in science and culture — while incorporating the essential insights of the great religions.

Introduction to Integral Spirituality

Altruism. Empathy. Integrity. Respect. Engagement. These five psychological states are keys to living a compassionate, courageous life, according to Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, and social activist Roshi Joan Halifax. However, each has the potential to become counter-productive: altruism can become pathological, empathy can prevent you from seeing another’s situation clearly, and engagement can become an endless to-do list. In her latest book, Standing at the Edge, Roshi Halifax likens these states to ecosystems that are the most instructive when we work from their edges. Here, Roshi Joan Halifax speaks to author Sandy Boucher about how “edge states” have been vital to her work as a change-agent, and how they might help us nourish love and justice in society today.

Roshi Joan Halifax: Empathy's Double-Edge

Jeff talks with Scott Ford, author of Integral Consciousness in Sport: Unifying Body, Mind and Spirit Through Flow. Listen as Scott offers a specific practice for entering flow, which is applicable for “in the zone” performance in all aspects of life.

Beyond Excellence in Sports: Flow by Choice

This FBA Podcast is called 'Anapanasati - Contemplation of Feelings' given by Guhyavajra during the 2016 Anapanasati retreat at Padmaloka. The Anapanasati meditation practice and Four Foundations of Mindfulness are woven into a system of practice which when developed and cultivated is of great fruit and great benefit. Based on the Buddha's principal discourse on the subject found in the Anapanasati sutta of the Pali Canon, we explore our human experience rooted in the six senses; from the perspective of body, feeling and mind in the context of mindfulness with breathing. This talk is part of the series Anapanasati: https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/series/details?ser=X104

Anapanasati - Contemplation of Feelings

Podcast #369 "Anapanasati - Contemplation of Feelings"

For episode 72 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon speaks with one of her longtime teacher, Tsoknyi Rinpoche. 

Recorded live in Louisville, KY at the 2018 Festival of Faiths, this conversations touches on the theme of the 23rd annual festival 'Sacred Insight-Feminine Wisdom' as well as the topic of basic goodness  and compassion.

Sharon Salzberg - Metta Hour - Ep. 72 - Tsoknyi Rinpoche

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The Power of the Archetypal Realm

The sangha is gathered together at Magnolia Grove Monastery in Batesville, Mississippi during the 2011 US Teaching Tour with the theme Cultivating the Mind of Love. It is the fourth day of the retreat. This 108-minute question and answer session is from October 1, 2011. 

A good question can help many people. It can be a question about our suffering and our happiness. 

We begin with a few questions from the children. 
1. What are some of the traditional foods in a Buddhist monastery? (4:33)
2. What helps to clear your mind? (13:55)
3. Is it true that if you don’t believe in God that you go to the underworld? (17:32)
4. What kind of Buddha’s are there? (21:40)

Followed by questions from teenagers, young adults, and adults. 
1. How can I relate to another person, and love another person, but not experience the three complexes - inferiority, superiority, and equality? (27:14)
2. What would you advise someone who has been diagnosed with attention disorder, or any mental illness, that hinders a person from being in the now. And have had to rely on medications for their whole life. How can they live in the now? (32:40)
3. What would you do if you had a friend who isn’t being loving to each other, and you are caught in the middle? (37:28)
4. How can I not suffer when I see my 26-year old son’s life unraveling due to his drug addictions? I am overcome by grief and despair. (56:45)
5. When facing a decision, where your only see two possible answers - the one you think is right and the one you feel is right - how can you know which one? (1:03:45)
6. What does it mean to be free?(1:23:50)
7. How can a Vietnam veteran, who still suffers from PTSD, communicate to the many generations of Vietnamese people at this retreat that he cared for the Vietnamese? (1:34:23)

We have one more talk in this series from Mississippi. Stay tuned. 

If you appreciate this teaching, please consider making a donation to support the ongoing efforts of the online monastery. Please make a note with your donation that it was because of this talk.

2011 US Tour

What Does it Mean to be Free

Introduction by Giancarlo DiTrapano. 
Discussion begins at ~27:30.
Q&A begins at ~1:23:00.

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Tao Lin—Hamilton Morris discussion on June 7, 2018 in Brooklyn

This FBA Dharmabyte is called 'Metaphors and Archetypes' from the talk Archetypal Symbolism, Part 2 by Danadasa: https://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC3109 

The life story of the Buddha is much more than a historical account – it is a poetic myth full of profound meanings that can resonate with both our conscious minds and our unconscious depths. To fully realize our infinite human potential, we need to harness the power that lies within the vast oceanic depths of our psyches. This talk, which comes in 2 parts, explores the use of the Imagination to broaden our perception of that which is possible.

Archetypal Symbolism, Part 2

Dharmabytes Podcast #643 "Metaphors and Archetypes"

Women have a lot to be angry about. A history of inequality and violence in the Buddhist world and beyond persists to this day. The question remains: what can we do with that anger? Lama Tsultrim Allione says that we have the ability to transform it into a source of strength and clarity—and that goes for all of us, not just women. Known in good part for her work exploring feminine power in Tibetan Buddhism, she examines the figure of the dakinis, fierce feminine embodiments of wisdom, and how they challenge the dominant role models for femininity in Western culture. Lama Tsultrim, who was once Allen Ginsberg’s meditation teacher, has written a new book called Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine.  Here, Lama Tsultrim talks to Executive Editor Emma Varvaloucas about mandala meditation as well as her personal struggle to rediscover Buddhism’s fierce female role models and advocate for equality in a male-dominated culture.

Lama Tsultrim Allione: Transforming Negativity Through Fierce Feminine Wisdom

In this episode, psychologist and author Stuart Ablon is joined in conversation by Nicolle Zapien, CIIS’s Dean of Professional Psychology and Health, to explore the science of how people change.

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