The Apprenticing Jedi

The Apprenticing Jedi

By Matt HaneyReligion & SpiritualitySpirituality
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The Apprenticing Jedi episodes

  • Brian Andrews, Master of CX - Episode 9
    A longtime friend of mine who worked with me at Intuit (thought we didn't know it at the time) and Medallia.
    In this very personal conversation we reminisce about what makes truly great companies just that, and how an act of grace by his parents in the death of his younger brother gave a roadmap for how to lead with love.
    1 hr 52 min
  • Harry Moraga the Catalyst - Episode 8

    Harry was the inspiration for this podcast after many long conversations he and I had about the nature of the human experience, the inescapable nature of suffering and what to actually do about all of it.  

    n this episode we talk a lot about the benefits of surrender, jiu jitsu, mourning and of course - psychedelics 🙃

    1 hr 48 min
  • The Wizard's Origin Story - Episode 7

    Sat with my longtime friend Phil Powis and he shares his journey from corporate America to earning 6 figures a month to facing his mortality in a very real way


    Another beautiful journey of healing <3 

    1 hr 46 min
  • Beat Up by Anthony Soto - Episode 6

    This episode I was visited by a longtime friend Anthony Soto who I met in the most ceremonious of circumstances - when we beat each other up in a cage in front of hundreds of people :)  This episode explores a lot of Anthony's history including: 

    • Getting run over by a car at 3 
    • Getting jumped and stabbed as a 389 lb teenager 
    • The challenges of being a foster child then adopted and navigating the complicated dynamics of a multi-state family 
    • What it's like being a in a crime-scene cleanup crew  
    • The power of a hug   

      • Unfortunately this session was cut short at 2hr just as Anthony was sharing the story of his mom passing (truly unfortunate timing) - we'll be sure to have a follow up episode

      1 hr 53 min
    • A date with Kissy - Episode 5

      A longtime (15 years!) friend of mine Kissy Rakhlin joins me to discuss:

      • her experience with "The Untethered Soul" by Michael Singer
      • our both turning 40 this year 
      • what is preventing folks from "waking up"?
      • growing up Jewish and finding what spirituality meant
      • reclaiming the word "special"
      • gender and identity (seriously)
        • 1 hr 17 min
      • Special Guest Rose Kozar - Episode 4

        Huge thanks to my friend Rose Elizabeth for being the first brave soul to join me on the podcast! 

        We talked about anxiety & depression, what it means to feel truly "safe", what it's like to move from NYC back home, witness consciousness, "Man's search for meaning", hitting rock bottom and some excellent advice from Rose on ways to get started on a journey if you're suffering but unsure of where to begin

        1 hr 24 min
      • I am not my mind - Episode 3

        In this short episode, I cover how I discovered that I'm not my mind, body or emotions and more practically - what that lets me do in terms of conquering the overwhelm of day to day life.

        19 min
      • Everything is Energy - Episode 2

        1:08 -  human hair, cells, atoms, protons...

        6:10 - I don't have a mind's eye (Aphantasia) - I never did get back to why I believe this happened
        8:32 - dimensions: height, width, depth, time, gravity...
        9:37 - mathematical proof demonstrating "The Monster" over 190,000 dimensions...
        11:39 - Qi, Holy Spirit, The Force...it's all the same thing
        14:15 - somatic release description
        16:19 - what's a trigger?
        18:06 - when the weight of the mind is lifted
        23:27 - getting over the "fear of death"
        25:00 - cracked samskaras
        25:49 - it's all the same shit - somatics, tuning forks, reiki, massage, acupuncture - releasing stored energy
        26:48 - Original Sin
        32:20 - you are a Child of God
        35:25 - Fall from grace in the Garden of Eden
        36:00 - "Never being able to make a mistake is what Heaven is"
        36:38 - "It's all the same..." Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism...
        39:56 - Stoned Ape Theory
        40:59 - "there is so much data in a human being..."
        43:08 - don't eat tortoises
        44:33 - I'm a baby, I'm a fetus, I have infinite power and I have no clue
        45:50 - Monarch butterflies - we know nothing Jon Snow...
        48:59 - our senses are completely arbitrary
        54:14 - coming of age ceremonies
        55:37 - Christopher Columbus is a scumbag POS
        57:06 - Christ was a mystic
        57:52 - the extinction of femininity and the rise of "toxic masculinity"
        59:00 - be a Warrior Poet, be like Christ, be a Jedi
        1:03:33 - Flow state, a utility of the universe & Nirvana
        1:05:12 - triangles are strong and arbitrary
        1:06:39 - DNA as soul "primary key" for lookup
        1:08:19 - don't call DSS (FFS)
        1:08:48 - do nothing, not Cheetos & Shark Week
        1:10:31 - I think we can all become Christ and maybe even Jedis
        1:12:41 - your level of focus is arbitrary - cosmic to quantum
        1:15:17 - it's all energy, the background noise of the vibration of the universe is Ohm
        1:16:15 - Metaverse & the journey to Hell
        1:20:30 - what if Christ was just level 1?
        1:21:48 - it's all a math problem
        1:24:41 - of course you're going to suck at things when you first try them, give yourself some grace
        1:25:37 - focus on getting rid of what's in you, what flows from there is the most beautiful thing in the entire universe...nothing but pure love

        1 hr 28 min
      • Why am I doing this? - Episode 1

        In this inaugural episode, I cover why I started this podcast including how I went from a devout atheist to a profoundly spiritual person in less than a year.  

        The 5 conclusions: 

        1. Everything is energy 
        2. I am not my body, mind or emotions 
        3. There are no problems outside the human mind 
        4. Everything is God 
        5. We are here to love & learn ❤️
          6. 23 min

        About The Apprenticing Jedi

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        A middle aged white guy transforming from Atheist to Jedi