Whatever Amen : Consciousness

How do you learn to want the things you want to want? Jonathan says – “with attitude.”  He says, approaching attitude intentionally will increase the likelihood that your attitude will be successful, and a successful attitude is one that gets you closest to your intentions with the least amount of fuss. Kayla describes her [...]

life, the universe, and everything (or something) [...]

When Jonathan was about three, he once asked me “What’s going on, and what’s the meaning of it?” It has been a family question ever since. My poor children, when they agreed to be interviewed for Season 9, didn’t realize I’d be asking them to answer such impossible questions.  In today’s episode, they attempt [...]

Jonathan and I talk about craziness, frustration, words, truth, Brian Andreas, appreciating life, exposing our vulnerability, being a detective, and the tremendous luck of being allowed to curl up in a ball on the floor when it seems like the thing to do. [...]

In the last Consciousness episode, Jonathan and I made a list of “our basic point of view in a nutshell,” and item number three was “Everyone is confused.” Today I expand on this idea. I hope it’s not too confusing. [...]

All the things we forgot to say, or have forgotten that we said (an ever-expanding list.) (Or, as some people might call it, “gibberish.”) [...]

Capitalism, communism, ownership, economics, politics, and other things I’m utterly unqualified to discuss. [...]

What’s so scary about not believing in free will? [...]

The final 'Consciousness' interview with Daniel Mackler for Season6. [...]

Comparing life to the game "Myst," and comparing my way of playing and teaching the game to Daniel's. [...]

I started off trying to find out more about the “gap” but we soon wandered off other areas, talking about how parents can speed up their path to enlightenment, cults, and other tasty morsels. [...]

According to Daniel (who got it from Alice Miller), enlightenment is a synonym for "connection with the true self." [...]

This show (and this season) is dedicated to all the people out there who prefer real cheese over cheese whiz. May the cheese lord bless you and keep you, and make his cheesy face to shine upon you all. Amen. [...]

Is Bryn Athyn a cult? [...]

Connection, emptiness and quiet time. [...]

... about curiosity, life purpose, boundaries, and more. [...]

More about Kara's journey of integrating the precious little baby part of herself called Found. [...]

Kara Tennis talks about those tiny baby parts of ourselves that want to hide forever... until we find them. [...]

Cory Anderson is a friend of mine, and when he said he had some things he wanted to talk about on my podcast, I was totally into the idea.  In this episode he shares some of his thoughts about and experiences with how his study of philosophy and ethics has helped him become more [...]

In other words, all of us. [...]