I Love You Keep Going with George Haas

On this episode we continue our conversation on Advanced Mentalizing, but first we start off with a roundtable on Daylight Savings Time.  Sign up now for our Spring Virtual Retreat from 4/9 - 4/16 and join us in our signature Level Two course beginning 4/7!

We discuss the mentalizing skills that we gain from a young age and the ways that these skills can be upset and also developed. Sign up now for our Spring Virtual Retreat from 4/9 - 4/16 and join us in our signature Level Two course beginning 4/7!

Today we bring things back to the basics with a discussion of what Attachment Theory is, how our attachments effect our daily lives, and what actions can be taken to improve the mentalizing process.  Sign up now for our Spring Virtual Retreat from 4/9 - 4/16 and join us in our signature Level Two course beginning 4/7!

On this episode of I Love You Keep Going we discuss the preliminary practices that one should employ when beginning their exploration for a better chance at change and success.  Sign up now for our Spring Virtual Retreat from 4/9 - 4/16 and join us in our signature Level Two course beginning 4/7!

Our journey along the Progress of Insight continues today with a discussion on Enlightenment.  Captured live on 2/17/22 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

We have a new name! Welcome to the newly-coined I Love You Keep Going the Podcast with George Haas. Today we continue with the Insight way of practicing and discuss Arising and Passing.  Captured live on 2/10/22 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

In this episode we continue our group discussion on the Insight way of practicing.  Recorded 2/3/2022

We continue our conversation on the organization of practice and begin to discuss how that can evolve into the insight way of practicing using the Theravāda map. Recorded 1/27/2022 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

Our first podcast of the year! On this episode we continue a discussion of Metta Vipassana and trace the history of meditation in the West beginning with the first generation of teachers during the Original Hippie Times (OHT).  Recorded 1/13/2022 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

In this last podcast of the year, we discuss relationships with family and friends and the difficulties that can arise during this holiday time. Recorded 12/16/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

As we take a short break from our Thursday Dharma Talk + Extended Sit sessions and , we are reposting some of our favorite Deepening Your Practice with George Haas podcast recordings. Take the time to relisten today's episode or enjoy for the first time. On this episode from early 2021 George expands upon the Compassion Practice skill set to focus on how to develop compassion for yourself - which...

As we take a short break from our Thursday Dharma Talk + Extended Sit sessions and , we are reposting some of our favorite Deepening Your Practice with George Haas podcast recordings. Take the time to relisten today's episode or enjoy for the first time. On this episode from 2020 George returns to the original text of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta to explain the dhammas,  the original elements of th...

As we take a short break from our Thursday Dharma Talk + Extended Sit sessions and , we are reposting some of our favorite Deepening Your Practice with George Haas podcast recordings. Take the time to relisten today's episode or enjoy for the first time. On this episode from 2019 George breaks down the common behaviors associated with each attachment style and how they can affect relationships. Or...

We discuss what Practice is and the different reasons (suffering, mindfulness, meaning) that people come to it.  Recorded 10/28/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

There's an old Zen saying: "After the ecstasy, the laundry." On this episode we discuss ordinariness, stability, practice, and the freedom to explore.  Recorded 10/21/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

Today we venture into a discussion on Metta Vipassana and how to be aware of what our minds are prioritizing and bringing to the forefront of our consciousnesses.  Recorded 10/14/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

We speak about View as the basis of practice and how it is infused in our perception of reality and how it forms intent and action.  Recorded 9/30/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

Today we shift topics from Meaningfulness to Attachment and Conditioning.  Recorded 9/30/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

What's meaningful? What is the nature of the human experience and what is the nature of this lifetime that you are in? In today's episode we analyze these questions and the types of answers they receive.  Recorded 9/23/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

We go deeper into the impact of care and attachment on the child and the ways exploration grow and reflect wellbeing. Recorded 9/16/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

We discuss the meaningful life and how much of it is formed by the types of exploration allowed to us while we form our attachments.  Recorded 9/9/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

We round off our conversations on the Brahma Viharas by discussing all of them together and discuss their utility as a strategy.  Recorded 9/2/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

We continue our conversation about the Brahma Viharas and focus on their version of Equanimity, which relates to Karma and your stance within the world. Recorded 8/26/2021 Our Meditation X Attachment Level Two Virtual Six Month Intensive is filling up! Find more information and secure your spot today by registering here: https://www.mettagroup.org/mxa-level-2-sept-2021-registration

On this episode we continue to delve into the Brahma Viharas and in particular focus on the the Sympathetic Joy practice from a Compassion point of view.  Recorded 8/12/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!

On today's episode of Meditation X Attachment with George Haas we continue our conversation on Brahma Vihara and discuss the integration of Buddhist script into practice and the potential friction that occurs with the self experience.  Recorded 8/12/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice!