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Calm your mind, gain clarity, and help others do the same

Apotheosis episode 50: I don't know (and that's ok). Hand-drawn image of a brain, with the folds of the brain depicted as roots. At the top two seedlings are sprouting.

Episode 50: I don’t know (and that’s ok)

Apotheosis episode 48: The Buddha's antidote for misinformation. Hand-drawn illustration of three glass jars, labeled "fake news," "click bait," and "the kool aid."

Episode 48: The Buddha’s antidote for misinformation

Apotheosis, episode 47: Right view, right decision. Hand-drawn illustration with silhouette of a person meditating on the edge of a cliff, which overlooks a landscape. There is a path winding into the distance.

Episode 47: Right view, right decision

Apotheosis episode 39: The muddy diamond. Drawing of a silhouetted person meditating. A line drawing of a diamond is superimposed over the person, with a larger diamond behind and lines radiating outwards from the person.

Episode 39: The muddy diamond

Apotheosis episode 34: the wisdom of compassion. "Don't let your calm be disturbed and do not respond to anger with anger." ~Palden Gyatso

Episode 34: The wisdom of compassion

Apotheosis episode 25: Be the flagpole, not the flag. When the storm rages all around, you can either get tossed around like the flag – or stand tall and steady like the flagpole.

Episode 25: Be the flagpole, not the flag

Episode 16: Power up with compassion. "My religion is kindness." - His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Episode 16: Power up with compassion

Episode 9: Indra's net and wicked problems. Quote: "...there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. Without a cloud, there will be no rain; without rain, the trees cannot grow; and without trees, we cannot make paper."

Episode 9: Indra’s Net and wicked problems

Podcast episode 2: The second arrow of suffering. Pain is inevitable, but suffering is not. Build resilience by reducing resistance.

Episode 2: The second arrow of suffering

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