The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast

Interview with Youtopia presenter, Tyler Fink on the uses of Ayuasca for healing addiction.

Continuing discussion of The Five Precepts. Today is on the ways we get high without getting high. Also my teacher's passing. How to avoid getting a haircut if we sit too long in slippery places. Like and share, like and share! New books on Amazon.

Continued discussion of the Buddhist Lay Vows as they pertain to recent sex scandals in the Buddhist world as well as our own recovery. A little of this show was done on the road so forgive the difference in sound quality. 㠀㐮〳䌀䱆杯吠牨慥d〳3〵14異汬湩⁧畯⁴瘯牡洯扯汩⽥潃瑮楡敮獲䐯瑡⽡灁汰捩瑡潩⽮ㅅ㌵㐸䔷㤭㐶ⵄ㤴㠴䄭ㅃⴵ㔵㜵䄸〱

The Five Precepts or Buddhist Lay Vows. I vow not to harm. Discussion one of five on the vows. New ebook: How to Find a Spiritual Teacher.

Episode 033 What is a Real Teacher? Discussion of gurus, cults, betrayal, abuse and actual masters. In response to the scandal with Noah Levine and the Against The Stream "punk Buddhist" movement. Darren discusses his long term history with Noah, the Dharma and various cults and scams. This podcast may upset you. ㄀⸱⸴湩整湲污ご㌹嘰倹〱朷⮡Đⶡ慕浲㐶ࠀ㜀䴀椀縀錀대쀀혀܁␁㘁䄁匁戁瘁脁謁錁ꀁ댁숁度ᄂᔂᨂḂ⌂...

Lauren and I discuss her work as a person in recovery with the paradigm of Lilith, the Jewish mythological figure reputed to be Adam's first wife. She has great energy and is doing some cool things. You're gonna love this one.  The Yoga of Letting Go is available for pre-order on Amazon at a discounted rate until Sep. 1st, 2018. Grab it here . 

How to let go from the perspective of the 12 steps, yoga and Buddhism. Discussion of grief, loss, empathy and connection to your feelings. Based on the upcoming book, The Yoga of Letting Go, Book II of the Yoga of Transformation Series

Episode 30 of The 12-Step Buddhist Podcast. Updates on new book projects. The Yoga of Self Compassion available on Amazon. This episode details a spiritual experience that I had which freed me from the bondage of long-term suffering and allowed me to practice self acceptance on a new level. 

Darren Littlejohn discusses the Law of Attraction and it's application in Buddhism in the context of recovery from addictions. 

The last year was really challenging. How I got through it sober and made it to 18!years. You can take my FREE email course, Get Abundant Energy in 10-Days. Sign up tag the12stepbuddhist.com

Discussion of the major problems in long term sobriety and what to do to avoid dying. 

A meditation on Non-duality. Follow-up to episode 22 which was more of an analysis and diatribe on the fallacies perpetuated by Western non-dualists. This episode is more on getting in the non-dual state and methods to support that.

The words are easy. To practice non-duality is something quite beyond words. Check it out.

The First Noble Truth (Life is suffering) and The Two Truths (Relative and absolute). How can we really practice this within our own life circumstances without bypassing how it really is?

Dr. Jamie Marich discusses recovery and trauma and other key concepts in the new recovery movement.

Answering email from readers and listeners on the path. Can I be Buddhist and still be true to the 12-Step program? Photo credit: Scott Diamon, Tenerife Island, Spain

Documentary called The Anonymous People brings up issues of anonymity as a spiritual principle. Discussion of a proposed "New Recovery" Movement.

Spiritual Bypassing defined and discussed in and out of the context of recovery. From the book, Spiritual Bypassing by  Robert Augustus Masters Ph.d.

New definitions of addiction, discussion of trauma and its role in addiction, The Funnel and places to connect online. The book I read from at the beginning is  The Science of Addiction: From Neurobiology to Treatment   

The 12-Step Buddhist podcast resumes with a discussion of The Power of Vow, shadow work and esoterics.

Larry Christensen, Ph. D. on Zen, psychotherapy and recovery. Larry spoke at the 12-Step Buddhist Group in Portland, OR on June 28th, 2010   Thanks to Clay Giberson for the podcast music. 

Darren Littlejohn interviews author and yoga teacher Darren Main of San Francisco. Topics include how to use yoga as part of recovery, ethical considerations, the "guru complex" and integration.    Thanks to Clay Giberson for the 12-Step Buddhist podcast theme.