V5 ~ Practice is Political

V6 ~ Teacher Heron

Prefer watching on YouTube? View it here → V6 ~ Teacher Heron [https://youtu.be/qVVBhwLdAmk] Overview Today I share a brief story about a lesson taught to my son and I by Teacher Heron, and encourage us to turn to the Natural world in order to absorb Her deepest lessons. Chapters * 00:00 Introduction: Nature as Teacher * 02:25 A Meditation Lesson from a Heron * 06:21 Small Moments, Many Times References * 01:33 American Transcendentalism [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendentalism], Wikipedia * 01:40 Emerson’s Nature (PDF) [https://www.gutenberg.org/files/29433/29433-h/29433-h.htm], Project Gutenberg * 02:42 Habitat Education Center & Wildlife Sanctuary [https://www.massaudubon.org/places-to-explore/wildlife-sanctuaries/habitat], Mass Audubon * 06:35 Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche [https://tergar.org/yongey-mingyur-rinpoche], Tergar *I support the democratization and crowdsourcing of knowledge, and I regard platforms such as Wikipedia as valid and valuable repositories of human knowledge that help balance academic gatekeeping of epistemic authority. I also value rigorous fact-checking and common sense. Disclaimer: I use AI to assist with research, learning, and systems design. All ideas, writing, music, editing, and creative choices are my own. I believe these technologies should support and enhance our creativity, not replace it. Get full access to May This Channel Self-Destruct at mtcsd.substack.com/subscribe [https://mtcsd.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

C5 ~ Bridge Kiley

Find Bridge at www.bridgekiley.com [https://www.bridgekiley.com] Prefer watching on YouTube? View it here → C5 ~ Bridge Kiley Overview Today, I speak with psychotherapist, writer and teacher Bridge Kiley. We discuss Internal Family Systems, relational practice, trauma, and connection in the therapeutic process, as seen through the IFS lens of internal multiplicity. Chapters 02:20 IFS & Multiplicity10:50 Needs & Shame17:55 Approaches to Suffering22:20 The Importance of Real Connection27:00 Polarizations30:40 Bridging the Thinking Mind and Feeling Body39:55 Holding Experience, Childhood Trauma46:00 Exiles and the Unconscious52:26 Limitations of Individualized Healing1:01:0 Self Connection & Self-Leadership References 02:20 Internal Family Systems (IFS) [https://ifs-institute.com], IFS Institute42:04 Leslie Petruk [https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/leslie-petruk-charlotte-nc/51444], Psychology Today42:55 Protector Parts [https://www.therapywithalessio.com/articles/ifs-protector-parts-what-are-they], Therapy With Alessio *I support the democratization and crowdsourcing of knowledge, and I regard platforms such as Wikipedia as valid and valuable repositories of human knowledge that help balance academic gatekeeping of epistemic authority. I also value rigorous fact-checking and common sense. **Disclaimer: I use AI to assist with research, learning, and systems design. All ideas, writing, music, editing, and creative choices are my own. I believe these technologies should support and enhance our creativity, not replace it. Get full access to May This Channel Self-Destruct at mtcsd.substack.com/subscribe [https://mtcsd.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

V5 ~ Practice is Political

Prefer watching on YouTube? View it here → E5: Practice is Political [https://youtu.be/u7ODLM_f_hM] Overview In this essay, I look at the rise of Global Techno-Feudal Brahmanism and its dissociated relationship with the social body and earth. I offer thoughts on individual practices and collective reform I perceive as necessary to overcome the chronic deterioration of basic universal human rights, and cultivate a sustainable society capable of supporting deep practice and progress. Chapters 00:00 Introduction: Practice is Political02:05 A Story About Motivation & Ownership05:12 Rise of the Techno-Brahmins07:08 Plato & Democracy08:52 Ignorance & Evil10:56 Practice as Remedy12:48 The Caste Body15:46 Becoming Hungry Ghosts19:12 Systems of Collective (Dis)empowerment31:13 Metrics of Social Success & Universal Human Rights35:45 An Appeal to Practice References * 02:00 The French Revolution [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution], Wikipedia * 04:41 The Man Who Ruined Your Life by Xevi [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/h14lAjR4RaI], Youtube * 07:08 Plato’s Republic (PDF) [https://www.sciencetheearth.com/uploads/2/4/6/5/24658156/plato_-_the_republic.pdf], Science the Earth * 12:28 Bhagavad Gita 2.50 [https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/when-love-comes-to-light--bringing-wisdom-from-the-bhagavad-gita-to-modern-life/25058835/item/55866517/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=us_shopping_zombies_hvs_21811042479&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=717524850233&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21811042479&gbraid=0AAAAADwY45iZv8Sst8YzA1FDjROLJe5dS&gclid=CjwKCAjwzLHPBhBTEiwABaLsSpILAGZDez7vijnbs-PzzJn0hQHYTODiIZB-ti7J-SpolzmMb2ykxhoC37EQAvD_BwE#idiq=55866517&edition=26773874], Thrift Books * 13:50 What is India’s Caste System [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35650616], BBC * 17:28 Wealth Shown To Scale [https://eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/], Eat The Rich * 17:54 Hungry Ghosts [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_ghost], Wikipedia * 19:38 The USA Electoral College [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College], Wikipedia * The Three-Fifths Compromise [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-fifths_Compromise], Wikipedia * 21:30 Family Offices [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_office], Wikipedia * 22:48 Food (In)security in the USA [https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/key-statistics-graphics#:~:text=81.6%20percent%20(29.9%20million)%20of,some%20time%20during%20the%20year.], Economic Research Service * The Richest Real Estate Billionaires in America 2023 [https://www.forbes.com/sites/giacomotognini/2023/10/04/the-richest-real-estate-billionaires-in-america-2023/], Forbes * 23:35 Ranked Choice Voting [https://www.rcvresources.org/what-is-rcv/], RCV Resources * Jiddu Krishnamurti: *I support the democratization and crowdsourcing of knowledge, and I regard platforms such as Wikipedia as valid and valuable repositories of human knowledge that help balance academic gatekeeping of epistemic authority. I also value rigorous fact-checking and common sense. Disclaimer: I use AI to assist with research, learning, and systems design. All ideas, writing, music, editing, and creative choices are my own. I believe these technologies should support and enhance our creativity, not replace it. Get full access to May This Channel Self-Destruct at mtcsd.substack.com/subscribe [https://mtcsd.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

V4 ~ Cultivating Resilience in Times of Change

Prefer watching on YouTube? View it here → Essay #4: Cultivating Resilience in Times of Change [https://youtu.be/DQumGFw1fvQ] Overview In this essay, I propose that we move away from conversations, languaging, and activities that could fall under the umbrella of “doomsday prepping,” and instead shift/reframe our views and efforts as practices of cultivating individual and collective resilience, cohesiveness, wellbeing, togetherness, and resourcing as we navigate profoundly disruptive times of global change. Chapters * 00:00 Introduction * 04:20 Epistemic Humility & the Zen Farmer * 08:55 Stress & Interdependence * 13:35 Resilience & Seasonality * 20:15 Micro-Tribes & Collapse * 31:45 Taking Support In Practice * 39:00 Cultivating Trust & Ease * 46:50 Regionalism & Plurality References * 16:15 American Transcendentalists * Ralph Waldo Emerson (The Essential Writings of RWE [https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-essential-writings-of-ralph-waldo-emerson-modern-library-classics_ralph-waldo-emerson/261177/?resultid=f06e6ac5-4016-4ea0-bdad-b9d169b0266b#edition=3872889&idiq=10421838], Thrift Books) * Henry David Thoreau (Walden & Civil Disobedience [https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/walden--civil-disobedience_henry-david-thoreau/39771704/?resultid=9724482f-59e3-40ab-a8d9-68e5653d2637#edition=68121248&idiq=58844924], Thrift Books) * Margaret Fuller (The Essential MF [https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-essential-margaret-fuller-american-women-writers-series_margaret-fuller/599533/?resultid=3c22abe7-2d1c-4d5c-927d-0017c2770a71#edition=3767562&idiq=5124214], Thrift Books) * 17:25 Classic Texts * The Iliad & The Odyssey [https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-iliad--the-odyssey_homer/309847/?resultid=1b4c2e61-5927-42d7-81f6-70938531a145#edition=67734399&idiq=58901305], Thrift Books * The Ramayana [https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/ramayana---mango-classics_vlmki/36995964/?resultid=74c7af73-435e-4135-89aa-afe6ce94a74a#edition=4522284&idiq=3702880], Thrift Books * The Bhagavad Gita [https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/bhagavad-gita-the-beloved-lords-secret-love-song_graham-m-schweig/8998544/?resultid=9970585c-5f50-40fc-9e26-b05a40714791#edition=6218537&idiq=10404337], Thrift Books * 30:35 Crossing the Rubicon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_Rubicon], Wikipedia * 35:45 Essay #2: Art & Authenticity [https://open.substack.com/pub/mtcsd/p/essay-2-art-and-authenticity-part?r=rjkjc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web], MTCSD * 44:50 Essay #3: Hope & Nihilism [https://open.substack.com/pub/mtcsd/p/essay-3-hope-and-nihilism?r=rjkjc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web], MTCSD * 49:05 “I went to the woods because…” *I support the democratization and crowdsourcing of knowledge, and I regard platforms such as Wikipedia as valid and valuable repositories of human knowledge that help balance academic gatekeeping of epistemic authority. I also value rigorous fact-checking and common sense. Disclaimer: I use AI to assist with research, learning, and systems design. All ideas, writing, music, editing, and creative choices are my own. I believe these technologies should support and enhance our creativity, not replace it. Get full access to May This Channel Self-Destruct at mtcsd.substack.com/subscribe [https://mtcsd.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

C4 ~ Dr. Broderick Sawyer

Find Broderick at www.brodericksawyer.com [https://brodericksawyer.com] Prefer watching on YouTube? View it here → MTCSD C4: Dr. Broderick Sawyer [https://youtu.be/eL6QD_oe5c4] Overview Today, I speak with Dr.Broderick Sawyer about skillfully navigating relationships and egoic attachments, practices for cultivating attention and compassion, sex and sexuality, working with the energies of emotion, masculinity, shame and trauma. Chapters 00:00 Introduction 04:45 Working with the Ego 06:45 Relationship & Emotion13:15 Sexual Energy & Celibacy 20:40 Working with Emotions26:15 Sex, Porn, Sublimation33:50 Masculine Strength37:30 Authenticity & Attachment44:50 Shame & Pathology53:00 Radical Blamelessness1:02:00 Attention & Compassion1:09:55 Practice & Accountability References 00:0004:45 Ego [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego], Wikipedia07:20 Black Theology [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_theology], Wikipedia15:55 Brahmacarya [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmacharya], Wikipedia1:02:05 Hinayana [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinayana], Wikipedia1:04:35 Sangha [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangha], Wikipedia1:06:05 Mahayana [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahayana], Wikipedia1:06:15 Vajrayana [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrayana], Wikipedia *I support the democratization and crowdsourcing of knowledge, and I regard platforms such as Wikipedia as valid and valuable repositories of human knowledge that help balance academic gatekeeping of epistemic authority. I also value rigorous fact-checking and common sense. **Disclaimer: I use AI to assist with research, learning, and systems design. All ideas, writing, music, editing, and creative choices are my own. I believe these technologies should support and enhance our creativity, not replace it. Get full access to May This Channel Self-Destruct at mtcsd.substack.com/subscribe [https://mtcsd.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]