A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment Podcast
MEDITATION PODCAST EPISODES
Episode 6: What Is the Mind?
If the mind is our thoughts, then what observes those thoughts? What are we without thoughts? Do we ever truly see an object, or only its mental reconstruction?
Episode 5: Guided Meditation – The Preciousness of Life
A guided meditation on the preciousness of our next 24 hours alive, and our unique place in the universe as science understands it: intelligent, self-aware beings at the end of 14 billion years’ cosmic and biological evolution.
Episode 4: The Preciousness of Life, from Cosmos to the Kardashians
“It is not more surprising to be born twice than once.” Contemplating the miracle of existing at all, from our place at the end of our universe’s 14 billion years’ evolution, to the simple joy of another 24 hours alive.
Episode 3: Guided Meditation – Stabilizing the Mind and Watching Thoughts
A complete guided meditation session expanding your compassion, stabilizing concentration on the breath, and observing your thoughts.
Episode 2: What Is Meditation?
The lesser-known technique of analytic meditation doesn’t just reduce stress, but enhances our greatest human qualities through stories, thoughts, and emotions.
Episode 1: What Is A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment?
The first time I went to see the Dalai Lama I was skeptical, but one of the first things he said was, “Don’t become a Buddhist.”
Episode 6: What Is the Mind?
If the mind is our thoughts, then what observes those thoughts? What are we without thoughts? Do we ever truly see an object, or only its mental reconstruction?
Episode 5: Guided Meditation – The Preciousness of Life
A guided meditation on the preciousness of our next 24 hours alive, and our unique place in the universe as science understands it: intelligent, self-aware beings at the end of 14 billion years’ cosmic and biological evolution.
Episode 4: The Preciousness of Life, from Cosmos to the Kardashians
“It is not more surprising to be born twice than once.” Contemplating the miracle of existing at all, from our place at the end of our universe’s 14 billion years’ evolution, to the simple joy of another 24 hours alive.
Episode 3: Guided Meditation – Stabilizing the Mind and Watching Thoughts
A complete guided meditation session expanding your compassion, stabilizing concentration on the breath, and observing your thoughts.
Episode 2: What Is Meditation?
The lesser-known technique of analytic meditation doesn’t just reduce stress, but enhances our greatest human qualities through stories, thoughts, and emotions.
Episode 1: What Is A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment?
The first time I went to see the Dalai Lama I was skeptical, but one of the first things he said was, “Don’t become a Buddhist.”