E35: Jared Janes

My guest today is Jared Janes, a coach, podcaster, community builder, and meditator. From an early age, Jared has had a deep interest in human development, and has been willing to endure quite a lot to learn about and experience that development for himself. Jared spent six years exploring a handful of popular meditation methods and spiritual traditions, but still sensed that something was missing. With the guidance of his friend & teacher Charlie Awbery, he moved from a renunciative practice to the life-affirming path of a yogi. And in 2020, the two of them co-founded a contemporary community of practice called Evolving Ground. I found Jared to be open, warm, and full of helpful knowledge based on personal experience. I truly enjoyed our conversation and I hope you do as well. In our conversation we discussed facing mortality, Jared’s personal experience facing adversity from a young age and how it shaped his behavior growing up, religion, adversity, privilege, pain, morality, good and evil, Buddhism, stoicism, differences between East and West, non-duality, humility, vulnerability, finding truth, distance from oneself, equanimity, individual stories, detachment, mythology, the bible, the garden of Eden, the two trees, symbolism, reincarnation, meditation, the endless pursuit of ‘something’ and the evolution of our own stories. Episode Details: Guest Name: Jared Janes Website: https://www.jaredjanes.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaredJanes LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredjanes/ Gong Sound: 68261__juskiddink__bell4.wav Where to find The EXPLORER POET Podcast: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explorerpoet/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ExplorerPoetPod Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIQxs0F0mGoEJYNNJx4ph5g Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Explorer-Poet-105087492172066 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Z9WKzUIWbq5qOJE1zmRJQ Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-explorer-poet-podcast/id1621189025 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy85MmM5ZTY5NC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAMQ4aUDahcKEwjA6v_KhPn3AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLA To hear more, visit theexplorerpoet.substack.com