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Ep. 19: What is Love?
Listen to this episode on Spotify here , or Apple Podcasts here. On leaving the LDS Church, love as liberation, the dissolution of time and selfhood. Key points in this speaking: Love acts as a mediator between the inside world and the outside world until that inside-outside distinction collapses. Every spiritual truth can be distorted by the ego. Oneness distorted can look like consumption of boundaries. But fusion with the lover is seen as strange and unnecessary when you r
Feb 163 min read


Ep. 18: On Creativity and Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"
Listen to this episode on Spotify here , or Apple Podcasts here . "And when we allow ourselves to be consumed by time, by light, by darkn...
Jun 2, 20251 min read


Ep: 17: Resisting Unreality While a Nation Implodes: Political Resistance in Trump's America
Non-violent resistance requires creativity, humor, and playfulness to "trick" the other side without reinforcing duality and hatred.
Feb 7, 20253 min read


Ep. 16: The Case Against Self-Discipline
Listen to this episode on Spotify here , or Apple Podcasts here. Rather than summarizing the key points of the podcast episode, I...
Jul 5, 20242 min read


Ep. 15: The Trauma of the Image and the Aloneness of Authenticity
Only you can inhabit the life you were given. We use social signifiers so the world can see us, but the world can see only the image.
Jun 10, 20245 min read


Ep. 14: Why Women are Anxious Overachievers & Men are Confidently Incompetent
Listen to this episode on Spotify here , or Apple Podcasts here. The key points in this "speaking": The basic male/ female relation: Of...
Apr 9, 20242 min read


Ep. 13: Desire as Refusal of Time
Listen to this episode on Spotify here , or Apple Podcasts here. The key points in this "speaking": Desire keeps us stretched into the...
Jan 18, 20242 min read


Ep. 12: Jesus, Santa Clause & Religious Belief
Listen to this episode on Spotify here , or Apple Podcasts here. The key points in this "speaking": Why our age doesn't "get" religion...
Dec 31, 20232 min read


Ep. 11: The Price of Peace
Listen to this episode on Spotify here , or Apple Podcasts here. The key points in this "speaking": Great joy and great pain/ grief are...
Nov 29, 20232 min read


Ep. 10: In Praise of Stupidity
Listen to this episode on Spotify here , or Apple Podcasts here. The key points in this "speaking": Everyone has a defining insecurity....
Nov 15, 20232 min read
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