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How can we see past our images of each other, to know each other as we are this moment, regardless of our different beliefs, as the always-changing ongoing miracles we truly are?  Can we be without a prebuilt image of another, while still holding a prebuilt image of ourselves? Behind descriptions of who we are according to traits, such as I am a [this profession], [this nationality], [this re...

Thanksgiving has passed and we have officially kicked off the Season of Giving. This is the first part of Tis the Season, a multi-part special series where we celebrate this magically, sparkly time of year, sharing new insights, inquiry, and wonder. We're kicking it off and getting holly and jolly up in here!  So grab your elf ears and mistletoe and let's rile up some good vibes for this spec...

Welcome back to Actuali podcast! In this episode, we share the deep relaxation and opening of awareness that meditation allows. We delve into the sense of spaciousness around the breath to attune and resonate consciousness with the presence of this very moment. Here at Actuali, we practice what is known as the Direct Path, through self-inquiry style meditation, which invites us to be most immediat...

Welcome back to Actuali for Poetry Night Vol. 3 In this episode I read a selection of poems by Hafiz translated by Daniel Ladinsky: And Applaud Cast All Your Votes for Dancing Saints Bowing in the Mountains Awake Awhile Laughter At this Party No Other Kind of Light Not With Wings And after these, I read a few of my own: Flight Serene Untitled and 3 from my Autumn Sings series. Enjoy the show! Join...

Welcome back to Actuali podcast! In this episode, I respond to the idea that humans are a disease, which Jason Mamoa, Aquaman, recently helped popularize at the recent UN Climate Conference. We further address the alarming rate of increase of anxiety, depression, and suicide, particularly among young people, and consider some of the more potentially detrimental language being thrown around today a...

Welcome to Ep. 21 of Actuali podcast.  In this episode, we take a deep dive to discover and realign with a sense of the sacred, the ineffable, the wondrous mystery that is life.  We discuss that innate sense of wonder that we are all born with, and how this may be the most integral aspect of our humanity that allows us to overcome even the greatest challenges we face as a species. Excerp...

Ep. 20 of Actuali podcast (formerly Actualization Station) - We may have an idea of what we can do to improve ourselves; but until we fully commit to doing so, we cannot know what it takes to make a lasting, positive change within ourselves, and in the wider world. Take back the reigns. If you blame the world outside, you are making excuses that obscure the reasons why you can still succeed. And m...

Welcome to Actuali! In this episode of Actuali podcast (formerly Actualization Station), we go within to explore the sense of self to get a feel for this style of meditation, Self-Inquiry, also known as The Direct Path. Enjoy! Join us as we endeavor to cultivate the wisdom to see beyond the narrowness of tribalist and essentialist perceptions of reality, and be that change we wish to see! Let'...

Originally published Sept. 23, 2019 Hey everybody! In this episode of Actuali podcast (formerly Actualization Station), we inquire into the Art of Stillness, as well as cover a few poems I wrote which go with posts you can find on our respective Instagram and Facebook pages. And! I introduce a new name for the podcast: Actuali !!!  What does this mean? And how will the podcast change?  Rest assure...

Originally published September 10, 2019, under the podcast's former name, Actualization Station. Hey guys, in this episode: some candid thoughts on hope and how to feel at home in the world today, and a poem around how to form a worthy prayer. 'A Worthy Prayer' The path is getting narrow as we come nearer to this peak/apex/locus of potentials, both majestic and bleak. Will we continue...

Originally aired: September 10, 2019Welcome to Actuali podcast. In this episode we consider a total perspective shift, a way of living life as an art in and of itself. What if we give no bounds to the experience of life, to how life should be. None at all, and let our love of giving what is most essential and true not be limited to any edge, any bounds, to stretch out beyond known limits? Join us...

Originally aired: September 9, 2019 Welcome to Actuali podcast! In this episode we take a look at a profound human capacity, defined by professor John Vervaeke as "relevance realization". Together we will learn how this capacity pairs beautifully with what is known in Japanese Zen as "shoji", or the realization of birth-death. The Way of Shoji recognizes in the acceptance of death a secret realiza...

In this episode I share a conversation with artist and Professor Gary Bergel. We discuss art as a path to reintegration with the world. We explore the underlying interrelationship of everything that exists, and inquire into how to experience this interrelation in the midst of life's twists and turns. And as the power of art heals and aids to reintegrate us back into the world, we ourselves can...

 To Be at Home Wherever You Are There is a stillness that pervades, a spacious aliveness. There is a beauty in just being something very relaxing It's like homebase. 🔆⠀⠀⠀⠀ Join us for more  inspiring messages @ Instagram.com/Actualization. Station.podcast and on Facebook @ Facebook.com/ActualizationStation Twitter @ Twitter.com/ActualizationSt >> See video-cast of this episode &lt...

Welcome! In this episode we explore how to revitalize one's sense of awe and wonder to bring the color and joy back into life! Further, we will see how self-inquiry shows us that we are not what we think ourselves to be, rather, we are an incomprehensible miracle who's source is beyond names and ideas. When we become preoccupied with the ways we think the world should be, we lose our sense...

Welcome back to Poetry Night! In this episode I share a couple of poems, as well as two of Robert Frost's poems read by the poet himself! Poems by Frost: "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening", and "Birch" I encourage you to share your favorite poems as well! Let's bring poetry back into this world! Music in this episode: Sara Afonso - Behind The Door http://freemusicar...

Meditation begins @ 12:20 (Tips, insights, and direction before). Today I invite you to join in the most essential practice of life: the art of meditation. With our attention on the spacious awareness that all thoughts arise in, the alive nature of this very moment becomes self-evident. We realize the true freedom and peace is already here, inherent in this very moment. During this guided experien...

Originally aired: August 29, 2018.In this episode we consider how contentiously held points of view contribute to the increasing polarization of our societies. I would rather see us building bridges than deepening these divides, so in that spirit this episode is dedicated to exploring how we may yet stand independently, to observe, as impartially as we are able, as many sides of the story as we ca...

In this episode, we explore how the great martial artist, Bruce Lee, was inspired by the writings of J. Krishnamurti. Bruce Lee is credited not only with being instrumental in the popularization of martial arts in the West, but with being one of the main influences for the formation of mixed martial arts as it exists today. From interviews of those closest to him, we learn how the writings of J. K...

Welcome back! In this episode we introduce our Poetry Night series! Poetry is a uniquely potent way to express things that cannot be said any other way. As Sigmund Freud once said, "Everywhere I go I find that a poet has been there before me" Poetry Night will serve as a place for us to celebrate and share together. Today we introduce the poem, 'The Explorer' by Rudyard Kipling....

Welcome everybody to this guided meditation. Today we practice the art of Self-Inquiry. This technique, also known as the Direct Path, comes from the Advaita-Vedanta non-dual tradition. This approach to self-realization was perhaps most clearly expressed by the Indian sage Ramana Maharshi, who suggested the simple asking of the question, “Who am I?” during our meditations. In describing Self-Inqui...

The recognition of self-transcendence as a stage of human potential beyond self-actualization presents us with a paradoxical solution to the greatest problems humanity faces. It presents us with a way that agrees with that old adage, to change the world, we must first change ourselves. But how to do that? How does one realize self-transcendence? This question sets up our exploration into the pract...

Welcome everybody! In this episode we provide a jumpstart to your meditation practice! The guided meditation here is enough for a short session, but feel free to continue on afterwards as long as you like. Songs used in the podcast today: "Better Days" by BenSound, (licensed under CC BY 3.0) provided by Audio Library "Le Pont Vers Lespace" by Affective Disorder (licensed under...

In this episode we cover the most crucial, yet surprisingly unknown stage of Abraham Maslow's model for human motivation, the Hierarchy of Needs. There is in fact a stage of human development that goes AFTER Self-Actualization, that is missing from most textbooks and common depictions, yet it is the model's most profound aspect! This highest level of human potential was only added in the f...

Just What is Self-Actualization? In this episode we take a precursory look at Abraham Maslow's model for what motivates human beings. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs outlines the stages by which individuals may come to Self-Actualization. In the next episode we dive deep into Maslow's model to reveal its missing piece! A final stage Maslow added to the model shortly before his death, and w...