The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

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June 17, 2014 Lama Kathy Wesley
[powerpress]
This week on The One You Feed we have Lama Kathy Wesley.
Wow...episode #30. Thanks to all of you listening out there.
Chris setting up at KTC
This interview was the 2nd interview we ever conducted and our longest episode we have ever aired. We conducted the interview at Lama Kathy's meditation center. It is a beautiful facility and a great room to record in.
Early on we thought it would be a good idea to talk as long as we could and then edit it down to our usual ~30 minute time frame. We learned the hard way that editing that much material is very time consuming and painful. It's painful because there are so many great insights that it hurts to limit it. I think we talked with Lama Kathy for over 90 minutes. We were simply unable to get much below an hour for the total because it was such a great interview.
We conducted it at the Columbus meditation center where Lama Kathy is the resident teacher. It is called Karma Thegsum Choling (KTC) and is a Tibetan meditation center. It is part of the Kagyu lineage which stretches back in an unbroken line of teachers to the 10th century.
Lama Kathy is the resident teacher at KTC and is in frequent demand, teaching at centers throughout the US. She has been a student of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche since 1977. She participated in the first three-year retreat led by Khenpo Rinpoche at Karme Ling Retreat Center in upstate New York, and thus earned the title of “retreat lama.” She is a graduate of Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and lives in Newark, Ohio with her husband, Michael.
In This Interview Lama Kathy and I Discuss...

Her spiritual path.
How she became a Buddhist lama.
The one teaching that is most important.
How her life no longer belongs to her, but to everyone.
The reason to pursue spiritual teachings.
How spirituality is evolutionary.
That people come to spiritual path out of pain or confusion.
The importance of a spiritual method or technique.
How our stories in our mind change as we quiet the mind.
How some relief from our own pain and suffering makes it easier to help others.
Approaching the spiritual path.
The value of a good teacher.
The different approaches to meditation.
The one you feed parable.
How happiness and suffering arrive from the inside.
The universality of truth.
The importance of picking a path and sticking to it.
How egotism can co-opt anything.
Spiritual materialism.
The obstacles we face on the path of spirituality.
Doubt.
The beer commercial approach to spirituality.
The danger of expectations.
The difference between effort and struggle.
How love and compassion are always the answer.
Relative vs universal compassion.

Lama Kathy Links
Lama Kathy Homepage
Columbus Karma Thegsum Choling
The Karma Kagyu Lineage
Dharma Paths book recommended by Kathy
Lama Kathy on Twitter
The 17th Karmapa on Twitter

Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:
Mike Scott of the Waterboys
Rich Roll
Todd Henry- author of Die Empty
Randy Scott Hyde
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1 hr 2 min
June 17, 2014 30: Lama Kathy Wesley
[powerpress]
This week on The One You Feed we have Lama Kathy Wesley.
Wow...episode #30. Thanks to all of you listening out there.
Chris setting up at KTC
This interview was the 2nd interview we ever conducted and our longest episode we have ever aired. We conducted the interview at Lama Kathy's meditation center. It is a beautiful facility and a great room to record in.
Early on we thought it would be a good idea to talk as long as we could and then edit it down to our usual ~30 minute time frame. We learned the hard way that editing that much material is very time consuming and painful. It's painful because there are so many great insights that it hurts to limit it. I think we talked with Lama Kathy for over 90 minutes. We were simply unable to get much below an hour for the total because it was such a great interview.
We conducted it at the Columbus meditation center where Lama Kathy is the resident teacher. It is called Karma Thegsum Choling (KTC) and is a Tibetan meditation center. It is part of the Kagyu lineage which stretches back in an unbroken line of teachers to the 10th century.
Lama Kathy is the resident teacher at KTC and is in frequent demand, teaching at centers throughout the US. She has been a student of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche since 1977. She participated in the first three-year retreat led by Khenpo Rinpoche at Karme Ling Retreat Center in upstate New York, and thus earned the title of “retreat lama.” She is a graduate of Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and lives in Newark, Ohio with her husband, Michael.
In This Interview Lama Kathy and I Discuss...
Her spiritual path.
How she became a Buddhist lama.
The one teaching that is most important.
How her life no longer belongs to her, but to everyone.
The reason to pursue spiritual teachings.
How spirituality is evolutionary.
That people come to spiritual path out of pain or confusion.
The importance of a spiritual method or technique.
How our stories in our mind change as we quiet the mind.
How some relief from our own pain and suffering makes it easier to help others.
Approaching the spiritual path.
The value of a good teacher.
The different approaches to meditation.
The one you feed parable.
How happiness and suffering arrive from the inside.
The universality of truth.
The importance of picking a path and sticking to it.
How egotism can co-opt anything.
Spiritual materialism.
The obstacles we face on the path of spirituality.
Doubt.
The beer commercial approach to spirituality.
The danger of expectations.
The difference between effort and struggle.
How love and compassion are always the answer.
Relative vs universal compassion.
Lama Kathy Links
Lama Kathy Homepage
Columbus Karma Thegsum Choling
The Karma Kagyu Lineage
Dharma Paths book recommended by Kathy
Lama Kathy on Twitter
The 17th Karmapa on Twitter
Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:
Mike Scott of the Waterboys
Rich Roll
Todd Henry- author of Die Empty
Randy Scott Hyde
56 min
June 17, 2014030: Lama Kathy Wesley
[powerpress]
This week on The One You Feed we have Lama Kathy Wesley.
Wow...episode #30. Thanks to all of you listening out there.
Chris setting up at KTC
This interview was the 2nd interview we ever conducted and our longest episode we have ever aired. We conducted the interview at Lama Kathy's meditation center. It is a beautiful facility and a great room to record in.
Early on we thought it would be a good idea to talk as long as we could and then edit it down to our usual ~30 minute time frame. We learned the hard way that editing that much material is very time consuming and painful. It's painful because there are so many great insights that it hurts to limit it. I think we talked with Lama Kathy for over 90 minutes. We were simply unable to get much below an hour for the total because it was such a great interview.
We conducted it at the Columbus meditation center where Lama Kathy is the resident teacher. It is called Karma Thegsum Choling (KTC) and is a Tibetan meditation center. It is part of the Kagyu lineage which stretches back in an unbroken line of teachers to the 10th century.
Lama Kathy is the resident teacher at KTC and is in frequent demand, teaching at centers throughout the US. She has been a student of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche since 1977. She participated in the first three-year retreat led by Khenpo Rinpoche at Karme Ling Retreat Center in upstate New York, and thus earned the title of “retreat lama.” She is a graduate of Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree in journalism and lives in Newark, Ohio with her husband, Michael.
In This Interview Lama Kathy and I Discuss...
Her spiritual path.
How she became a Buddhist lama.
The one teaching that is most important.
How her life no longer belongs to her, but to everyone.
The reason to pursue spiritual teachings.
How spirituality is evolutionary.
That people come to spiritual path out of pain or confusion.
The importance of a spiritual method or technique.
How our stories in our mind change as we quiet the mind.
How some relief from our own pain and suffering makes it easier to help others.
Approaching the spiritual path.
The value of a good teacher.
The different approaches to meditation.
The one you feed parable.
How happiness and suffering arrive from the inside.
The universality of truth.
The importance of picking a path and sticking to it.
How egotism can co-opt anything.
Spiritual materialism.
The obstacles we face on the path of spirituality.
Doubt.
The beer commercial approach to spirituality.
The danger of expectations.
The difference between effort and struggle.
How love and compassion are always the answer.
Relative vs universal compassion.
Lama Kathy Links
Lama Kathy Homepage
Columbus Karma Thegsum Choling
The Karma Kagyu Lineage
Dharma Paths book recommended by Kathy
Lama Kathy on Twitter
The 17th Karmapa on Twitter
Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:
Mike Scott of the Waterboys
Rich Roll
Todd Henry- author of Die Empty
Randy Scott Hyde
56 min
June 10, 2014 Jon Wurster
This week on The One You Feed we have Jon Wurster.
Jon Wurster is an American musician and humorist best known as the drummer for indie rockers Superchunk, The Mountain Goats and Bob Mould as well for his comedic work with radio host Tom Scharpling on the The Best Show on WFMU.
Wurster has recorded and/or performed live with artists such as Bob Mould, Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard, Robert Pollard, Katy Perry, The New Pornographers, Rocket from the Crypt, Ryan Adams, R.E.M., Guided by Voices, Marah, Alejandro Escovedo,A.C. Newman, Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple, Inspiral Carpets, The Minus 5, and Charlie Daniels.
Wurster is one half of the radio comedy team Scharpling and Wurster. Tom Scharpling is the longtime host of The Best Show on WFMU radio program. The duo have been releasing CDs on their Stereolaffs label since 1999. Their most recent album is 2007's The Art of The Slap. Scharpling and Wurster have collaborated in music videos written and directed by Tom Scharpling and starring Wurster. The videos were created for The New Pornographers, Aimee Mann, and The Postal Service.
Wurster has written for television shows such as Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, Monk, Squidbillies, Tim and Eric Awesome Show and Tom Goes to the Mayor.
In This Interview Jon and I Discuss...

The One You Feed parable.
The importance of acknowledging the bad wolf.
Some of his favorite personal development books.
Learning to take what you like from books and leaving the rest.
His early depression.
WordHate™
His dislike of the ukulele music trend.
Not trusting people from different social circles.
His comedy with Tom Scharpling on The Best Show on WFMU.
His favorite character from The Best Show.
His touring schedule.
His decision to stop drinking.
The negative downward cycle of drinking.
The enjoyment of playing sober.
The music he turns to for inspiration.
Getting started in music.
Playing rock music with Stephen Dubner.
Remembering that we are all "works in progress".
The importance of self-awareness.
Learning to guide our behavior by how it makes us feel.

Jon Wurster Links
Jon Wurster on Twitter
Sterolaffs-The home of Wurster and Schaprling
The Best Show on WFMU Archives
Best Show Gems- Almost exclusively Jon's phone calls.
Superchunk Homepage
The Mountain Goats homepage
Bob Mould homepage

Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:
Mike Scott of the Waterboys
Rich Roll
Todd Henry- author of Die Empty
Randy Scott Hyde
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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39 min
June 10, 2014 29: Jon Wurster
This week on The One You Feed we have Jon Wurster.
Jon Wurster is an American musician and humorist best known as the drummer for indie rockers Superchunk, The Mountain Goats and Bob Mould as well for his comedic work with radio host Tom Scharpling on the The Best Show on WFMU.
Wurster has recorded and/or performed live with artists such as Bob Mould, Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard, Robert Pollard, Katy Perry, The New Pornographers, Rocket from the Crypt, Ryan Adams, R.E.M., Guided by Voices, Marah, Alejandro Escovedo,A.C. Newman, Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple, Inspiral Carpets, The Minus 5, and Charlie Daniels.
Wurster is one half of the radio comedy team Scharpling and Wurster. Tom Scharpling is the longtime host of The Best Show on WFMU radio program. The duo have been releasing CDs on their Stereolaffs label since 1999. Their most recent album is 2007's The Art of The Slap. Scharpling and Wurster have collaborated in music videos written and directed by Tom Scharpling and starring Wurster. The videos were created for The New Pornographers, Aimee Mann, and The Postal Service.
Wurster has written for television shows such as Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, Monk, Squidbillies, Tim and Eric Awesome Show and Tom Goes to the Mayor.
In This Interview Jon and I Discuss...
The One You Feed parable.
The importance of acknowledging the bad wolf.
Some of his favorite personal development books.
Learning to take what you like from books and leaving the rest.
His early depression.
WordHate™
His dislike of the ukulele music trend.
Not trusting people from different social circles.
His comedy with Tom Scharpling on The Best Show on WFMU.
His favorite character from The Best Show.
His touring schedule.
His decision to stop drinking.
The negative downward cycle of drinking.
The enjoyment of playing sober.
The music he turns to for inspiration.
Getting started in music.
Playing rock music with Stephen Dubner.
Remembering that we are all "works in progress".
The importance of self-awareness.
Learning to guide our behavior by how it makes us feel.

Jon Wurster Links
Jon Wurster on Twitter
Sterolaffs-The home of Wurster and Schaprling
The Best Show on WFMU Archives
Best Show Gems- Almost exclusively Jon's phone calls.
Superchunk Homepage
The Mountain Goats homepage
Bob Mould homepage

Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:
Mike Scott of the Waterboys
Rich Roll
Todd Henry- author of Die Empty
Randy Scott Hyde
34 min
June 10, 2014029: Jon Wurster
This week on The One You Feed we have Jon Wurster.
Jon Wurster is an American musician and humorist best known as the drummer for indie rockers Superchunk, The Mountain Goats and Bob Mould as well for his comedic work with radio host Tom Scharpling on the The Best Show on WFMU.
Wurster has recorded and/or performed live with artists such as Bob Mould, Jay Farrar, Ben Gibbard, Robert Pollard, Katy Perry, The New Pornographers, Rocket from the Crypt, Ryan Adams, R.E.M., Guided by Voices, Marah, Alejandro Escovedo,A.C. Newman, Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple, Inspiral Carpets, The Minus 5, and Charlie Daniels.
Wurster is one half of the radio comedy team Scharpling and Wurster. Tom Scharpling is the longtime host of The Best Show on WFMU radio program. The duo have been releasing CDs on their Stereolaffs label since 1999. Their most recent album is 2007's The Art of The Slap. Scharpling and Wurster have collaborated in music videos written and directed by Tom Scharpling and starring Wurster. The videos were created for The New Pornographers, Aimee Mann, and The Postal Service.
Wurster has written for television shows such as Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, Monk, Squidbillies, Tim and Eric Awesome Show and Tom Goes to the Mayor.
In This Interview Jon and I Discuss...
The One You Feed parable.
The importance of acknowledging the bad wolf.
Some of his favorite personal development books.
Learning to take what you like from books and leaving the rest.
His early depression.
WordHate™
His dislike of the ukulele music trend.
Not trusting people from different social circles.
His comedy with Tom Scharpling on The Best Show on WFMU.
His favorite character from The Best Show.
His touring schedule.
His decision to stop drinking.
The negative downward cycle of drinking.
The enjoyment of playing sober.
The music he turns to for inspiration.
Getting started in music.
Playing rock music with Stephen Dubner.
Remembering that we are all "works in progress".
The importance of self-awareness.
Learning to guide our behavior by how it makes us feel.

Jon Wurster Links
Jon Wurster on Twitter
Sterolaffs-The home of Wurster and Schaprling
The Best Show on WFMU Archives
Best Show Gems- Almost exclusively Jon's phone calls.
Superchunk Homepage
The Mountain Goats homepage
Bob Mould homepage

Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:
Mike Scott of the Waterboys
Rich Roll
Todd Henry- author of Die Empty
Randy Scott Hyde
34 min
June 03, 2014 Anna David
This week on The One You Feed we have Anna David.
I met Anna at her studio in Los Angeles where she records the AfterParty Pod. If I didn't insist on trying to keep the conversation close to 30 minutes we might still be talking.
Anna David is the New York Times-bestselling author of the novels Party Girl and Bought, the non-fiction books Reality Matters, Falling for Me, By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There and True Tales of Lust and Love and the Kindle Singles Animal Attraction and They Like Me, They Really Like Me.
She was the sex and relationship expert on G4’s Attack of the Show for over three years and is a regular guest on The Today Show, Fox News’ Hannity and Red Eye, The CBS Morning Show, Dr. Drew, The Talk, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Inside Edition and various other programs on Fox News, NBC, MSNBC, CTV, MTV News, VH1 and E. Her Sirius radio show was the network’s number-one specialty show and she’s written for The New York Times, The LA Times, Details, Playboy, People, Cosmo, Us Weekly, Redbook, Maxim, Movieline, Women’s Health, Vice, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post,Buzzfeed, xojane and Salon, among many others. She has been an editor at the websites Styleclick, Dipdive and The Fix, an assistant editor at Parenting and a staff writer for Premiere. In 2011, she created the storytelling show True Tales of Lust and Love (now a web series for Ish Entertainment and soon to be a comedy pilot), which she hosted until it closed in 2014.
In 2013, Anna created TheAfterPartyGroup, which is made up of articles and a podcast focused on de-stigmatizing addiction. She sold the company in 2014 but continues to run the site and podcast. She speaks on television and at colleges across the country on addiction and is on the board of The Peggy Albrecht Friendly House, the oldest women’s recovery house in the US.
In This Interview Anna and I Discuss...

The One You Feed parable.
Not knowing that we have a choice in how we feel and think.
Understanding that we have some control in our happiness.
How self obsession was making her so unhappy.
The difference between sadness and self-pity.
When to accept feelings and when to change them.
How hard it is to tell what we can change and what we need to accept.
How our default position tends to be negative.
Feeling bad about feeling bad.
The emptiness of acquisition.
The different paths to addiction.
Feeling that we need to take care of others emotions.
Not settling.
Always thinking that life is somewhere else in the future.
Fear of looking vulnerable.
Fostering cooperation instead of competition.
Despair and Compare.
Deciding to embrace the life we have.
Comparing our insides to other people's outsides.
How no one's life is perfect.

Anna David Links
Anna David Homepage
Anna's Podcast- AfterParty Pod
AfterParty Chat
Anna David Author page on Amazon

Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:
Mike Scott of the Waterboys
Rich Roll
Todd Henry- author of Die Empty
Randy Scott Hyde
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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49 min
June 03, 2014 28: Anna David
This week on The One You Feed we have Anna David.
I met Anna at her studio in Los Angeles where she records the AfterParty Pod. If I didn't insist on trying to keep the conversation close to 30 minutes we might still be talking.
Anna David is the New York Times-bestselling author of the novels Party Girl and Bought, the non-fiction books Reality Matters, Falling for Me, By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There and True Tales of Lust and Love and the Kindle Singles Animal Attraction and They Like Me, They Really Like Me.
She was the sex and relationship expert on G4’s Attack of the Show for over three years and is a regular guest on The Today Show, Fox News’ Hannity and Red Eye, The CBS Morning Show, Dr. Drew, The Talk, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Inside Edition and various other programs on Fox News, NBC, MSNBC, CTV, MTV News, VH1 and E. Her Sirius radio show was the network’s number-one specialty show and she’s written for The New York Times, The LA Times, Details, Playboy, People, Cosmo, Us Weekly, Redbook, Maxim, Movieline, Women’s Health, Vice, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post,Buzzfeed, xojane and Salon, among many others. She has been an editor at the websites Styleclick, Dipdive and The Fix, an assistant editor at Parenting and a staff writer for Premiere. In 2011, she created the storytelling show True Tales of Lust and Love (now a web series for Ish Entertainment and soon to be a comedy pilot), which she hosted until it closed in 2014.
In 2013, Anna created TheAfterPartyGroup, which is made up of articles and a podcast focused on de-stigmatizing addiction. She sold the company in 2014 but continues to run the site and podcast. She speaks on television and at colleges across the country on addiction and is on the board of The Peggy Albrecht Friendly House, the oldest women’s recovery house in the US.
In This Interview Anna and I Discuss...
The One You Feed parable.
Not knowing that we have a choice in how we feel and think.
Understanding that we have some control in our happiness.
How self obsession was making her so unhappy.
The difference between sadness and self-pity.
When to accept feelings and when to change them.
How hard it is to tell what we can change and what we need to accept.
How our default position tends to be negative.
Feeling bad about feeling bad.
The emptiness of acquisition.
The different paths to addiction.
Feeling that we need to take care of others emotions.
Not settling.
Always thinking that life is somewhere else in the future.
Fear of looking vulnerable.
Fostering cooperation instead of competition.
Despair and Compare.
Deciding to embrace the life we have.
Comparing our insides to other people's outsides.
How no one's life is perfect.

Anna David Links
Anna David Homepage
Anna's Podcast- AfterParty Pod
AfterParty Chat
Anna David Author page on Amazon

Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:
Mike Scott of the Waterboys
Rich Roll
Todd Henry- author of Die Empty
Randy Scott Hyde
44 min
June 03, 2014028: Anna David
This week on The One You Feed we have Anna David.
I met Anna at her studio in Los Angeles where she records the AfterParty Pod. If I didn't insist on trying to keep the conversation close to 30 minutes we might still be talking.
Anna David is the New York Times-bestselling author of the novels Party Girl and Bought, the non-fiction books Reality Matters, Falling for Me, By Some Miracle I Made It Out of There and True Tales of Lust and Love and the Kindle Singles Animal Attraction and They Like Me, They Really Like Me.
She was the sex and relationship expert on G4’s Attack of the Show for over three years and is a regular guest on The Today Show, Fox News’ Hannity and Red Eye, The CBS Morning Show, Dr. Drew, The Talk, Jane Velez-Mitchell, Inside Edition and various other programs on Fox News, NBC, MSNBC, CTV, MTV News, VH1 and E. Her Sirius radio show was the network’s number-one specialty show and she’s written for The New York Times, The LA Times, Details, Playboy, People, Cosmo, Us Weekly, Redbook, Maxim, Movieline, Women’s Health, Vice, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post,Buzzfeed, xojane and Salon, among many others. She has been an editor at the websites Styleclick, Dipdive and The Fix, an assistant editor at Parenting and a staff writer for Premiere. In 2011, she created the storytelling show True Tales of Lust and Love (now a web series for Ish Entertainment and soon to be a comedy pilot), which she hosted until it closed in 2014.
In 2013, Anna created TheAfterPartyGroup, which is made up of articles and a podcast focused on de-stigmatizing addiction. She sold the company in 2014 but continues to run the site and podcast. She speaks on television and at colleges across the country on addiction and is on the board of The Peggy Albrecht Friendly House, the oldest women’s recovery house in the US.
In This Interview Anna and I Discuss...
The One You Feed parable.
Not knowing that we have a choice in how we feel and think.
Understanding that we have some control in our happiness.
How self obsession was making her so unhappy.
The difference between sadness and self-pity.
When to accept feelings and when to change them.
How hard it is to tell what we can change and what we need to accept.
How our default position tends to be negative.
Feeling bad about feeling bad.
The emptiness of acquisition.
The different paths to addiction.
Feeling that we need to take care of others emotions.
Not settling.
Always thinking that life is somewhere else in the future.
Fear of looking vulnerable.
Fostering cooperation instead of competition.
Despair and Compare.
Deciding to embrace the life we have.
Comparing our insides to other people's outsides.
How no one's life is perfect.

Anna David Links
Anna David Homepage
Anna's Podcast- AfterParty Pod
AfterParty Chat
Anna David Author page on Amazon

Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:
Mike Scott of the Waterboys
Rich Roll
Todd Henry- author of Die Empty
Randy Scott Hyde
44 min
May 28, 2014 Noah Levine
This week on The One You Feed we have Noah Levine.
We were lucky enough to sit down with Noah in the Against the Stream headquarters in Los Angeles. Noah's teachings are core to everything that I have come to believe over the years. I'm really excited to present this interview.
Noah Levine (born 1971) is an American Buddhist teacher and the author of the books Dharma Punx: A Memoir , Against the Stream, and The Heart of The Revolution. As a counselor known for his philosophical alignment with Buddhism and punk ideology, he founded Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society.
As a youth, Levine was incarcerated several times. His first book, Dharma Punx, details teenage years filled with drugs, violence, and multiple suicide attempts—choices fuelled by disillusionment with American mainstream culture. His substance abuse started early in life—at age six he began smoking marijuana—and finally ended in a padded detoxification cell in juvenile prison 11 years later. It was in this cell where he hit "an emotional rock bottom" and began his Buddhist practice "out of a place of extreme drug addiction and violence".
He recently started Refuge Recovery which is a community of people who are using the practices of mindfulness, compassion, forgiveness and generosity to heal the pain and suffering that addiction has caused. His new book is titled Refuge Recovery: A Buddhist Path to Recovery from Addiction.
In This Interview Noah and I Discuss...

The One You Feed parable.
How he found Buddhism through his life failures.
What "going against the stream" means.
That the bad wolf has a stronger tendency in us and wins by default.
How our capacity for kindness, generosity, and love have to be cultivated.
Why the path of the Buddha is revolutionary.
Going against the status quo.
How to be in the world but not of it.
The distinction between suffering and pain.
The difference between craving and desire.
Why suffering is not your fault.
How the 1st Noble Truth normalizes the experience of suffering.
The impermanent nature of all things.
How we can never satisfy happiness through sense pleasure.
How we layer suffering on top of our pain.
Not asking "why" but instead asking "how do I respond"
Meeting pain with compassion and kindness.
Learning to include ourselves in our circle of compassion.
The crippling power of doubt in our growth.
The gradual nature of spiritual growth.
How sometimes the first things we find in our spiritual practice is the bad stuff.
His new program, Refuge Recovery.

Noah Levine Links
Against the Stream homepage
Against the Stream audio archives
Noah Levine Homepage
Noah Levine Amazon Author Page

Some of our most popular interviews you might also enjoy:
Mike Scott of the Waterboys
Rich Roll
Todd Henry- author of Die Empty
Randy Scott Hyde
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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46 min

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