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A Quiet Mind
by Robert Jackson
A Quiet Mind - Spirituality, Peace, Awareness and Well Being
Episodes
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How to Achieve Self-Love
In this podcast, I talk about how to achieve self-love through the process of self-awareness. I delve into Shadow Side work and how to embrace our suffering and pain while acknowledging our compassion and empathy. We take the pathless path to awaken by embracing our so-called differences and...
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The Void of No Return
Thousands of years ago our ancestor's curiosity about the afterlife led them to discover the process we call meditation...maybe? This is my theory about the origins of meditation and our exploration into the unknown forces that generate our reality. Through the method of self Inquiry can we…
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The Great Pause
Do you have an inner voice that makes you feel lousy or anxious? Learn to catch yourself before reacting to preprogrammed, unconscious reactions spurred on by invasive, destructive thoughts. In this podcast, I relate some concepts I’ve uncovered to help recognize and combat the unconscious mind’s...
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How to deal with anxiety and suffering using compassion and empathy.
This podcast is about Tonglen (Tong lin) meditation. I talk about how I use the practice to relieve anxiety, stress, anger, and frustration. This isn’t about by-passing reality or having wishy thinking, this is about inviting in the pain and suffering of all beings and seeing it transformed into...
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Four Things I Wish I Knew Sooner
After almost thirty years of meditation I talk about the four things that I wished I knew sooner about meditation. What to expect when practicing zazen. What kind of changes I may experience during my spiritual journey. How mindfulness isn’t just about becoming a more productive cog in the wheel....
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The Groundless Ground of Being
A talk about the ground of being, emptiness and the primordial state of being. Kicking ourselves out of any nest of supposed understanding we may have reached. Exiting the zero space of the non dual abiding. Compassion and empathy can pull us out of the bliss bunny ride. The perfect present is a...
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What a Wonderful World
This podcast is about the amazing, beautiful, and mysterious world we live in and how we're a part of it. My Patreon page My TikTok
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There's an Octopus in my Head
This podcast talks about walking meditation, zazen, mindfulness and nature as teacher and guide. One of the best ways to support the podcast is to give us a five star review on iTunes. My Patreon Page
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Tales of The Headless Buddha
This podcast talks about practices that open the heart and promote compassion and empathy. One of the best ways to support the podcast is to give us a five star review on iTunes. My Patreon Page
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Meditation is Nothing Special
In this podcast, I give a few tips and tricks on how to tighten up your practice and focus on your posture.
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Why is it so hard to meditate?
In the podcast I'm reviewing problems and stumbling blocks that come up before and during meditation practice.
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It Doesn't Matter What Other People Think
In this podcast, we look at how an inner dialog can create suffering and pain by imagining what other people may be thinking about us.
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No Thoughts, No Thinking, No Me?
In this podcast we ponder the question, If I stop thinking will there still be a “me?”
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Don't Worry It's All Just an Illusion
In this podcast we go further into how to quiet the mind by watching our thoughts during daily activities and embracing feelings and emotions.
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How Do I Quiet My Mind?
In this podcast we take a look at how to quiet the mind by watching our thoughts during daily activities.
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Dealing with Fear
In this episode we look into ways to overcome fear in the time of covid-19
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Breaking Through the Illusion of Separateness
Some tools for breaking through the veil of separateness.
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Am I Awake?
A podcast that challenges what it means to be "awake"
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Embracing the Chaotic, Crazy, Weirdness
Embracing the wacky, craziness that is our world.
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A Podcast About No One
A podcast about nothing and no one.
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The Buddha Never Charged $29.95
This podcast talks about the perennial wisdom and how it remains free to everyone.
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No One Gets Out of Here Enlightened
In this podcast I take a look at the big questions yet again. Who am I? What am I? Can I become enlightened? Will I ever be happy, whole and complete? How do I get rind of discontent, desire and confusion. It's easy really, just lose yourself.
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Wow! This spiritual stuff is really great but...
In this episode of A Quiet Mind I will be smashing some paradigms of spirituality, enlightenment and do-goodery.
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A Walk in the Woods
Take a walk in the woods.
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Just Be. Just be yourself.
There's no "doing" necessary to be YOU.
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A guided meditation.
A guided meditation using the sounds of nature to calm the mind
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Failure, the Other F Word
Life is difficult. There is pain and suffering and at times there is a deep misery or depression beyond our control. Sometimes we fail and sometimes the world just kicks our ass. It's ok to fail, forget, blow it, lose it and fall. To move forward we must allow ourselves to look the fool, to trip…
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Everythings gonna be ok
Don't worry so much.Just relax.You're only doing the best you can.Fully embrace every aspect of who you are right now.Rest in being here right now.
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So you want a quiet mind eh?
Once upon a time there was a thought, and the thought was, "a quiet mind is all you need." A quiet mind is all anyone needs to feel happy, peaceful, whole and complete. If your mind just stops and becomes still, what remains? It’s simple really and anyone can see this. What remains is quiet and...
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Lizard Brain is Behind the Wheel
Do you have lizard brain behind the wheel? Scared? Fearful? Angry? Defensive? This podcast addresses our survival instinct we may have while driving and how we can evolve beyond a scared reptile into a calm, kind and compassionate traveler. Know the warning signs of lizard brain driving:
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The Highway 101 Blues
It's Monday morning and you're late again. You're stuck in bumper to bumper traffic and losing it. That jerk in the convertible just cut you off and that crazy person behind you is ridding your ass.
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Heart Mind
When the attachment to thoughts subsides our mind naturally gets quiet and we begin to experience gaps between thoughts. In these gaps we can hear the soft -spoken voice of the heart.
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Happiness Now
In every moment there is the opportunity to see that your true nature is happiness. There is no need to seek for what is already yours. The treasure is within you.
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How to Wake Up
If you want to know the truth about who you really are and what this is really all about you have to be willing to give up the old methods, to reach beyond thought and thinking mind and to take the dive into the unknown.
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Returning to Intimacy
Return to the one that is not touched by the circumstances of the world. The one that lives in this world but not of this world. Drop the meditator, drop the form and just sit without any rigid model. There is no reconnection or creation of an experience or paradigm, it's ordinary and easy to do.
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Barking Dog Mind
Do you have a barking dog mind?
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Ego schmego!
When we use our breath to come home and check in we can catch ourselves before we use a tactic, habit or substance to escape the rat mind. When we catch ourselves before we engage in that habit we can instill this practice, the practice or activity just observing. Observing silently, without...
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Fire your ego and call off the search. You are home and you have arrived.
There is nothing to discover. There is nothing to remove. There is nothing to add.There is nothing to see.
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Learning to breathe.
If you think about it we were never taught to breath, isn’t that strange? We have been living out our whole lives without the basic instructions on how to breathe properly. Isn’t that shocking? Most of us breathe like little chipmunks that are being chased by Mr. Twinkles the neighborhood cat.…
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What is your heart's desire? With Mallika Chopra
Here are the four questions we asked Mallika Chopra.
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Who or what am I?
Be curious, be daring, be open. Empty your cup and see what happens.
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Where I become a test subject for following your heart's desire.
I'm jumping in and taking you with me! Join me on the journey of following your heart's desire. Let's step into the unknown together and take the leap of faith. In this podcast we talk about; Embracing your own inner teacher/guide and waking up to your full potential. We create an experiment to…
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Heart's desire or just more mind stuff?
Are you following your heart's desire? How do you know that it's you heart that is speaking to you? Is it just more mind stuff, or is there something driving you beside your ego and your desires. This podcast features an interview with Jonathan Mead from Illuminated Mind.
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Bow in gratitude
The practice of gratitude is honed over time with patience and humility at its’ core. A good way to experience this practice is bowing in gratitude. This doesn’t have to be the physical act of bowing (but that helps); you can just bow in your mind. When you see something arising in the mind where...
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Success is in the eye of the beholder
I had always seen success as money, cars, big houses and fame.I lived most of my life in pursuit of all of these material things and it wasn't until I had many life changing experiences that my opinions on what success was dramatically altered.One of these life changing experiences happened while...
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Tweet my Facebook status on MySpace
>Have you noticed yourself Tweet-ing and Facebook-ing in social situations to avoid talking and interacting with people? I'm constantly observing people in line at the store, at the airport, on a plane and in the elevator engaged with their device. We are immersing ourselves in a medium that is...
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Peace can't be obtained
How can we obtain that which we already have? Should we drop the goal of obtaining peace as a result of our meditation practice? Can we just sit without wanting something to happen and just be with what is? Having a gaining idea can lead us into a circle of suffering, pain and confusion. Nothing…
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The true essence of mind
Don't be fooled by the carrot life is dangling before you. That which you seek is inside of you waiting to be discovered. There is no need to look outside yourself for happiness, love, bliss or completeness; everything that you seek, you already possess. Look no further than your next breath.
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Are you a spiritual seeker?
Are you a spiritual seeker? Do you want to control your own destiny, the universe or just your dog? This podcast may have the answers that you seek.
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What to do with pain, heartache and loss.
In our daily lives we have so much distraction and stimulation that we barely have the time to feel. What do I mean by feel? Feeling our pain, loss heartache, frustration anger etc. Our society is built up in a way that we don't have the time that we need to get in touch with our emotions.
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A Quiet Mind - Spirituality, Peace, Awareness and Well Being
HOSTED BY
Robert Jackson
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