Dharma If You Dare

Dharma If You Dare

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Dharma If You Dare episodes

  • Unchain Yourself: The Benefits of Spiritual Awakening
    In this talk Doug and Catherine explore the process of spiritual awakening and its many benefits. They discuss how it leads to greater freedom and control in our lives, makes us less subject to old habits and conditioning, and allows us to bring all aspects of our self into consciousness.
     
    If you find the teachings of Planet Dharma resonate and are wondering how to explore them further, we recommend our free online course called Wake Up: 4 Paths to Spiritual Awakening. This self-study course gives an introduction to the main approaches that Doug and Catherine employ with students to help them find their speediest path to spiritual awakening. You can learn more and register for free by visiting planetdharma.com/wakeup.
     
    As always, you can learn more about Planet Dharma’s offerings at planetdharma.com/podcast.
    20 min
  • Integrate Your Iceberg: Bringing the Shadow into Consciousness
    In this talk, Doug and Catherine discuss the importance of bringing all aspects of ourselves into consciousness. Through integrating the shadow we can access greater and greater degrees of freedom and free up huge amounts of energy.
     
    Today’s episode featured a recording from Riding the Dragon, an online course based on the ideas in Doug and Catherine's bestselling book, Wasteland to Pureland.
     
    You can learn about upcoming online courses by visiting planetdharma.com/events and clicking on 'Online Courses'. You can learn more about Wasteland to Pureland, download a free chapter, or purchase your own copy by visiting planetdharma.com/pureland.
    18 min
  • Become a Work of Art: Understanding the 6 Paramis
    In this public talk Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat introduce the paramis, 6 aspects of consciousness that have been taught in the buddhadharma for more than two thousand years and allow practitioners to become their own inner and outer works of art. They are qualities that we can grow to feel internally grounded and to act from a positive, wholesome place in our relationships with others.
     
    To download a free paramis reference sheet and to access more resources on this topic, visit planetdharma.com/paramis. 
     
    If you are looking to take a deeper dive into this material, Doug and Catherine teach a long-weekend retreat called Becoming a Work of Art at beautiful Clear Sky Center in the British Columbia Rockies. For more information, visit planetdharma.com/paramis.
     
    And as always, you can learn more about Planet Dharma’s offerings at planetdharma.com/podcast.
    26 min
  • Activate Your Creativity: Surrender to Spaciousness
    In this talk from the online course Riding the Dragon, Doug and Catherine explore the concepts of Quantum Creativity and Adaptive Creativity. They discuss how imagination springs forth from spaciousness and how it is the remedy for habitual mind. Surrendering, or letting go, into this spaciousness allows us to move beyond simply running on instinct and tap into our fullest potential. 
     
     
    Here are the links referred to in the episode:
     
    Register for the free online course called Wake Up: 4 Paths to Spiritual Awakening at planetdharma.com/wakeup.
     
    Learn about upcoming online courses by visiting planetdharma.com/events.
     
    Learn more about Wasteland to Pureland, download a free chapter, or purchase your own copy by visiting planetdharma.com/pureland.
    17 min
  • Connect to Your World: The Power of Lived Experience
    In this talk Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat look at the pitfalls of our society’s tendency to value information over lived experience. They discuss ways to integrate knowledge and wisdom so we can live connected lives.
     
    Today’s recording comes from Doug Duncan and Catherine’s Facebook Livestream series, Enlighten Up, a monthly talk given on contemporary topics of awakening.
     
    To stay up to date on these teachings, like and subscribe to notifications for our Facebook page at Facebook.com/planetdharma. We also upload edited versions of the Enlighten Up episodes to our YouTube channel at YouTube.com/planetdharma 
     
     
    To learn more about Planet Dharma’s offerings visit planetdharma.com/podcast.
    23 min
  • Aligning Your Personal Vision with Absolute Truth
    Drawing on material from the first reflection in their book, Wasteland to Pureland, Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat explore the topic of personal vision and connect it to the concepts of absolute and relative truth. Today’s recording is a continuation of the material that you can hear in the Season 3 trailer entitled, Why Awaken?
     
    To explore these ideas further, purchase Wasteland to Pureland: Reflections on the Path to Awakening, available on Kindle and in paperback on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Indigo.
     
    Today’s episode features a recording from Planet Dharma’s first online course of 2019, The Pearl Without Price. Doug and Catherine run 3 or 4 online courses each year. Participants can attend live or watch the recording for one week after each of the 4 weekly sessions. The next online course takes place in September and covers the material in the final section of Wasteland to Pureland, entitled Crazy Wisdom. To learn more about Planet Dharma’s online courses visit planetdharma.com/events and click on “online courses”.
    15 min
  • Season 3 Trailer: A Birthday Podcast

    This week is Doug Duncan‘s 70th birthday. We thought this was the perfect time to launch Season 3 of the podcast with its new title, Dharma If You Dare. 

    The first episode of the new season will drop any day now, so stay tuned. Make sure to subscribe wherever you get your Podcasts to receive new episodes directly on your device as soon as they are published. We look forward to sharing a season of thought-provoking, insightful and practical teachings to help you to more fully integrate your spiritual practice into your daily life.
     
    In Season 3 you’ll hear content from Doug and Catherine’s best-selling book, Wasteland to Pureland, along with other teachings that translate traditional wisdom into modern paths of spiritual awakening.
     
    We’ll leave you today with a selection of recordings of birthday messages from some of Doug and Catherine‘s students, wishing Doug Sensei a wonderful birthday. In their messages they share reflections and stories about the impact Doug Sensei has had on their lives. We hope these messages resonate and inspire, reminding us all the value of prioritizing our spiritual development, and the importance of spiritual mentors to guide the way.
    Don’t forget to subscribe to receive new episodes directly on your device. You can learn more about Doug and Catherine‘s teachings at PlanetDharma.com. 
     
    Happy birthday, Sensei!
    14 min
  • Season 3 Trailer: Why Awaken?

    Why Awaken? Today's episode explores the idea of personal vision and how it relates to spiritual unfoldment. It's part of our celebration for the upcoming release of more podcast episodes from Planet Dharma.

    Season 3 will begin in mid-July to celebrate Doug Sensei’s 70th birthday!

    The Season 3 launch will include a new podcast name, theme music and format. It will be all-new content, but will still have the same focus on how to embrace a path of awakening in modern times by leveraging all that life has to offer.

    And to keep you engaged in the teachings between now and the launch of Season 3, Doug Sensei and Catherine Sensei will be hosting a 4-part online course entitled Riding the Dragon: Spiritual Awakening in Modern Life. To learn more about this course, which can be viewed live or via recordings, visit planetdharma.com/events.

    We hope you enjoy today’s episode and stay tuned for the launch of Season 3 in July.

    For more content from the cutting edge of spiritual awakening, including books, blogs, videos and a free minicourse, visit planetdharma.com/podcast.

    9 min
  • Living the Spiritual Life in a Modern World

    Join Deborah Price, founder of The Money Coaching Institute, in a conversation with dharma teachers Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat as they address the challenges of living a spiritual life in the modern world. Together they discuss community, time management and consumerism and how it impacts our ability to live a full life.

    This interview highlights the launch of Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat’s best selling book Wasteland to Pureland. You can find out more about the Wasteland to Pureland book at planetdharma.com/pureland. To learn more about Planet Dharma's teachings and programs, visit planetdharma.com/podcast.

    38 min
  • The Curious Case of the Comfort Zone

    We all have boundaries that help us feel safe and comfortable. But what happens when we cling to the comfort? 

    In this episode, Duncan and Catherine explore the comfort zones of their students at Clear Sky Retreat Center. They encourage these students to step out of their comfort zones and discover the ultimate place of learning: their growth edges.

    This episode comes from a class given during Planet Dharma’s retreat, Buddhas in Action at Clear Sky Retreat Center. To learn more about Planet Dharma's teachings and programs, visit planetdharma.com/podcast.

    13 min

About Dharma If You Dare

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Talks by Doug Duncan and Catherine Pawasarat of Planet Dharma