A Simple Path to Well-Being
Paul Garrigan
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Beyond Recovery – From Not Drinking Alcohol to No Longer Wanting To
Recovery for me meant a never-ending self-improvement project and a continuous focus on my problems. So while my relationship with alcohol was destroying my life, the idea of recovery simply wasn't…
Patrick Kavanagh's Teaching on the Passionate Transitory
PatrickKavanagh teaches us that love, wonder, and joy are available in even the mostdifficult moments. He describes the passionate transitory that awaits us whenwe can see beyond claptrap. .You can…
Whitehead, Yogācāra, the Eternal Now, and Imagination
Join me on a journey of nostalgia as we encounter the eternal objects of Alfred North Whitehead, the storehouse consciousness of Buddhist Yogācāra, and the liberation that can be achieved through the…
Talking to a Toddler About Epistemology
Here we explore how a toddler's simple enquiry "why is the sky blue?" can reveal the limits of adult knowing. This question can be an invitation back to a non-ordinary world that is full of wonder.…
Why I Gave Up On Spiritual Transcendence
Wouldn't it be nice to transcend all of the complications of life? No more desires, no more messiness, no more concerns about anything. Here, I discuss why I gave up on this search for spiritual…
The Secret to Cultivating Positive Inner Qualities
Plentyof attention is given to escaping unwholesome desires and eliminating negativethinking patterns, but what about things we want there to be more of? Qualitiesthat would improve our life if we…
How Precious Memories Guide Us to Liberation
Here I discuss how our memories can lead us to a different relationship with reality. They can help us begin to recognize how wonderful life can become when we stop resisting. You can find more about…
Not Knowing How I Am Doing
Every judgement I make about how I am doing is based on unprovable assumptions. Our ideas about who we are and how we are going generate resistance and rejection of what is here.
Not Knowing What This Is
Life is baffling. That we experience anything at all is astounding. We use our knowledge of the world like a safety blanket in an attempt to navigate with the complexity of life. This fools us into…
All Is Stillness
When we discover stillness, there can be a desire to escape into it. This is a rejection of life. Eventually we realize that all is stillness, so there is no need to escape anything - it is always…
Resting In The Fullness of Experience
The fullness of our experience can never be captured in any label. Problems occur when we reduce the fullness of the experience to particulars within that experience. This causes us to contract so…
Appreciating Physical Sensation
Out of the sea of physical sensation that we experience, we focus on a miniscule amount, and we allow this to determine our perception. The sea of sensation that we experience can never be captured…
Appreciating What is Here
Our biggest regret is often that we didn't appreciate things more. Yet, when we are asked about how we would actually go about doing this, we can be at a loss about how to go about it. What does it…
Supported By Stillness
Stillness is the support we are looking for. It is always available and completely unconditional. Stillness requires being at peace with what is here. When we are at peace with what is here, the…
Choosing What Is Here
Choosing what is here means being faithful to this moment. It is only by doing this that we can find the peace so many of us are desperately seeking. The only alternative to choosing what is here is…
Lighten the Feck Up! Seeing the Wonder
Life became an intense struggle because of the things I thought I knew. The solution was wonder, and the realization that my ideas and beliefs were not supported by the evidence. All of the questions…
9 Ways Of Looking
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How Insight into Emptiness Frees the Imagination
There are ways of relating to the world that eliminate suffering and increase joy. Insight into emptiness provides the freedom we need to break free of our usual way of perceiving. This makes space…
Guided Meditation for Developing Trust
The purpose of this guided meditation is for you to experience trust and to clearly see how craving pulls us out of the stream of experience. It is recommended that you listen to the previous podcast…
Craving Is The Source Of Suffering And Trust Is The Antidote
Our life is an everchanging stream of experiences. When we attempt to resist this stream, it causes us to suffer. This resistance is caused by craving. We can learn to just trust the stream of…
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