Zen Stoic Path Show

Meditation is a great way to improve your focus, increase your self-awareness, and achieve inner peace. But like anything else, it's easy to make mistakes. In this episode I share three of the most common  meditation mistakes and how to avoid them. We finish this episode with a guided meditation that gives you a powerful training experience in mindfulness! Click The Link Below To Get Access To Our...

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Making decisions can be hard. Especially when there's a lot on the line. But with the right mindset, you can make bulletproof decisions that will help you achieve your goals. In this episode, I talk about how to achieve inner peace through total conviction in your choices - no matter what life throws your way. Click the link below to join The Unshakeable Goal Setting Workshop https://community.lib...

In a world that's constantly changing, it can be hard to know how to prepare for the future. But with the right mindset, you can enjoy life while being prepared for anything. That's why I've started practicing the warrior mindset – Zen Stoic Philosophy shows us how to find peace in the face of adversity. In this episode I'll discuss how to become the "warrior in the garden" and share some tips on...

We all want inner peace, but sometimes we sabotage our own efforts. There are five ways the soul degrades itself, according to Marcus Aurelius. I share five ways we do this and offer some tips for overcoming them.  Click Below To Join Our Unshakeable Goal Setting Workshop: https://community.liberation.so/c/unshakeable-goal-setting/workshop-unshakeable-goal-setting-c9994b

In this episode, we explore what it means to live an authentic life. Many people view ego as their enemy, but is that really accurate? Can ego actually be a helpful tool when it comes to personal growth? You'll discover the power of ego and how to use it for your own benefit. So if you're interested in living a more authentic life, make sure to check out this episode!       Have you ever been told...

Do you ever feel like life is throwing too many challenges your way? It can be tough to stay positive and motivated when everything seems to be going wrong. But with the right mindset, you can turn any challenge into an opportunity for growth.  We turn to ancient Stoic philosopher, Epictetus about how to grow in spite of difficulty. If you're looking for some wisdom that will help you stick to you...

 Key Takeaways: “Defeat is a state of mind; no one is very defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality." - Bruce Lee The present moment is the convergence point where everything can change. The past is a memory and the future is just speculation.  Concluding what something will mean is a product of the mind, it is not reality. Things can always change. We think bringing closure to reality...

“My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati: that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it—all idealism is mendacity in the face of what is necessary—but love it.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Rules may give us guide rails to move towards goals, but they will not create fulfillment of what we mos...

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In this episode we dive into the third aggregate of the Zen Stoic Rendition of the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path: Meditation/Concentration. We discuss how to live in a meditative state through practicing the 3 components of the Meditation/Concentration Aggregate: Integral Effort, Integral Awareness, and Integral Concentration. **Integral Effort:** Here we discuss how to find the sweet spot of effo...

In this episode we continue with part 2 of our 3 part series of the Zen Stoic rendition of The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. We discuss the aggregate of morality and conduct. This is based on our outlook on life, how we treat one another, and how we go about sustaining our lives. This aggregate includes the components of:  Integral Action: This is related to how we conduct ourselves in the world...

In this episode, we dive into the Zen Stoic rendition of the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path. The path is the way of liberation for a person to end their suffering. The Buddha’s Path has 3 Aggregates: Wisdom, Morality, and Meditation.  This episode covers the Wisdom Aggregate which contains 2 components: Integral View and Integral Intention. We discuss how to have a complete view of life, self, and...

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek” - from Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung.  This episode we discuss championing the journey of the individual by first embracing the flaws and imperfections of our lives. Includes turning the pain of our past into something beautiful that contributes to the development of our character as well as discovering how to lift the limits of our identity...

Are you setting goals for yourself but can’t seem to finish them? In this episode, we explore one of the major reasons why we can’t seem to finish the task we started, the concept of decluttering and creating space in your life to achieve your state of Zen. Don’t miss this episode!

In today's episode, we will be interviewing stand-up comedian Brendon Lemon who is also a proponent of Zen and Stoic philosophy. Don't miss this episode!

Are you someone who has a packed schedule yet feels like you're not really "doing" anything? Do you purposefully wear your "busyness" as your badge of honor? In this episode, we will discuss the importance of finding clarity and direction because if we don't know where we're going, no matter which direction we put our sails, no wind is favorable.

In this episode, we're going to be discussing the Chinese proverb "If you are always giving, then you will always have." I will be telling the story of how a homeless man named Paul taught me one of the greatest lessons of my life.

      Important Quotes: “We are a meaning-seeking species. We tend to process events in light of what they mean to us. We make a value judgment: Is it good or bad in the context of my life? And it is a human habit to infer deliberate intention to events in self-referential ways.” - Ralph Lewis “Our guilt festers and turns into shame. It becomes something horrifying and gross and must be concealed...

Important Quotes: "All the difficulties you have in zazen should not take place outside your mind. Your efforts should be kept within your mind. In other words you have to accept the difficulty as not being other than what you are. " -Shunryu Suzuki Roshi “Dogen Zenji was enlightened when he heard his master strike and say to the disciple sitting next to Dogen, "What are you doing? You have to mak...

Important Quotes: “Buddhism is about liberating the mind. To accomplish this, the Buddha taught his path of morality (sīla), concentration (samādhi) and wisdom (paññā). ” “A life grounded in morality is a life free from restlessness and remorse as a result of regret.” “Just as in the entire Buddhist path, when it comes to the precepts the Buddha emphasises the underlying intention. This does not m...

Important Quotes:      "The goal of practice is always to keep your beginner’s mind. Our original mind includes everything within itself. It is always rich and sufficient with itself. You should not lose your self-sufficient state of mind. This does not mean a closed mind, but actually an empty mind and a ready mind. If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything....

Important Quotes: “The Buddha compares being afflicted with bodily pain to being struck by an arrow. Adding mental pain (aversion, displeasure, depression, or self-pity) to physical pain is like being hit by a second arrow. The wise person stops with the first arrow.” - Bhikku Bodhi “When we’re upset we tend to make events seem more harmful or threatening.   Cognitive therapists describe this as “...

  Important Quotes: “For can you find me a single man who cares how he does what he does, and is interested, not in what he can get, but in the manner of his own actions? Who, when he is walking around, is interested in his own actions? Who, when he is deliberating, is interested in the deliberation itself, and not in getting what he is planning to get?” -Epictetus “Hear Epictetus: No one can rob...