P̶o̶d̶c̶a̶s̶t̶ D̶o̶w̶n̶ And Upcoming Monthlong Offline Retreat

Brief note mentioning just what the title says: why the podcast has been offline / not working and upcoming offline retreat time. Also, a couple episodes of the podcast are scheduled to auto-publish while I’m away/offline. Update Nov 9: Just in time, looks like I’m able to upload again to archive.org

Lengthening Attention Spans | “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #26

In this twenty-sixth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we explore attention spans drawing from our internal and external meditative and non-meditative observations to examine how attention spans seem to be quite short these days, why this may be, and what to doContinue reading “Lengthening Attention Spans | “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #26”

Who Gets Wise With Practical Meditation? In Conversation With Niels Lyngsø

These are likely the first AI assisted show notes done on this site for a podcast with Danish meditation teacher/coach, author, and translator Niels Lyngsø recorded Sept 25, 2024: Topics Discussed: Key Takeaways: Quotes: Closing Thoughts: Niels encourages listeners to take a pragmatic approach to meditation and Buddhist teachings. Whether it’s 10 minutes a dayContinue reading “Who Gets Wise With Practical Meditation? In Conversation With Niels Lyngsø”

Conceit | September 26, 2024 “Meditation Q & A W̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶W̶e̶n̶d̶y̶ ̶N̶a̶s̶h̶” #25

In this twenty-fifth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion I explored conceit — superiority conceit, inferiority conceit, equality/comparison conceit, how it is related to many ills internally and externally and what to do about it in formal mediation and in the world. AContinue reading “Conceit | September 26, 2024 “Meditation Q & A W̶i̶t̶h̶ ̶W̶e̶n̶d̶y̶ ̶N̶a̶s̶h̶” #25”

Fear And Courage | “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #24

In this twenty-fourth installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we explore fear and courage. What are the pros and cons of fear and courage? How much is too much and how much is enough? How are these best viewed and worked with inContinue reading “Fear And Courage | “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #24”

Awareness Itself | July 25/26, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #23

In this twenty-third installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we explore awareness itself, particularly in light of just having audited a retreat on it. Retreat Notes Disclaimers: Insights: Types of practices (that occurred to me): Questions: (Somewhat) Related: From https://integratingpresence.com/2022/06/12/podcast-jhanic-factors-and-formless-realms-contemplation-meditation: ‘It’s not aContinue reading “Awareness Itself | July 25/26, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #23”

Proper Power With Nate Zeleznick

On June 9, 2024 Integrated Ascension Method creator Nate Zeleznick and I talked energy, frequency, vibration, consciousness, martial arts, the ancient royal Indonesian method Marpati Puti, discernment in spiritual communities or lack thereof, root causes of war, greed, lack of interconnectivity and unity, creating change, power, eternalism, masculinity, reality, phasing of subatomic particles, surrendering andContinue reading “Proper Power With Nate Zeleznick”

Spaceful, Spirited Speaking With Alan Carroll

On April 19, 2024 master space oil wizard and orator Alan Carroll and I could have very well approached nearly all the things about talking. Who knows? Likely not though. However, it was beyond fascinating to dive pretty deep into the particulars of deftly wielding the spoken English language. While Alan doesn’t directly address aContinue reading “Spaceful, Spirited Speaking With Alan Carroll”

Relational Practice | June 27/28, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #22

In this twenty-second installment of the ongoing live series with Wendy Nash inquiring into meditation practice on and off the cushion we explore relational practice in its many modes and expressions like how we relate in various societal, cultural, national, institutional, academic and interrelational contexts; and in more formal contemplative containers like insight dialog, andContinue reading “Relational Practice | June 27/28, 2024 “Meditation Q & A With Wendy Nash” #22”

Podcasting Production Insights

Since I was asked, here’s some thoughts and insights on doing a podcast. I read the request at the beginning and also read most of this post: https://integratingpresence.com/2023/04/23/grandiose-thought-experiments-to-show-up-like-never-before/ Also, here are some of the mostly free tools and resources I currently use: so I recently got this following email hey Josh I hope you’re aContinue reading “Podcasting Production Insights”