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Natural Contemplative Podcast

by John L Crockett

The Natural Contemplative explores our essential nature, as revealed through contemplative practice and immersion in the natural world. John L Crockett is an educator and musician who has worked with The Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, the Whale Conservation Institute/Ocean Alliance, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. He has been studying whales for ten years, and practicing and writing about meditation for more than 25 years.

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Episodes

  1. The One Essential Thing

    One essential thing is needed to restore balance to our world. Impossible to name, easily ignored, it lives at the heart of our lives. Recorded live in the midst of springtime in Vermont. 23 min. Download This Episode

  2. Waves of Silence

    Recorded on the shores of the Bay of Fundy in New Brunswick, Canada, this episode of The Natural Contemplative explores the roots of the environmental crisis from a contemplative perspective. Complete with foghorns. 38 mins. Download this Episode

  3. On Silence

    Silence is our constant friend and companion. It gives us rest when we are tired. It listens when we need to talk. It receives us when we are anxious or confused. It humbly steps out of the way when we think we have something better to do. But it never leaves us. It is here before we are born. It...

  4. Natural Meditation, Part Four

    Most of us live our entire lives in devotion to that which is not true. Natural meditation is an encounter with the truth that can not be known or described, only lived. 19 min. Download This Episode

  5. Natural Meditation, Part Three

    Natural meditation welcomes whatever is, without judgment, including the entire range of thought. 16 min. Download This Episode

  6. Natural Meditation, Part Two

    Bringing awareness to every aspect of life, natural meditation is both simple and powerful. 17 min. Download This Episode

  7. Natural Meditation, Part One

    Natural meditation does not involve trying to attain an extraordinary state of consciousness or quietness, nor does it take extraordinary concentration or training. It is a natural way of being that is inherent in every person. 7 min. Download This Episode

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

The Natural Contemplative explores our essential nature, as revealed through contemplative practice and immersion in the natural world. John L Crockett is an educator and musician who has worked with The Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, the Whale Conservation Institute/Ocean Alliance, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. He has been studying whales for ten years, and practicing and writing about meditation for more than 25 years.

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The Natural Contemplative explores our essential nature, as revealed through contemplative practice and immersion in the natural world. John L Crockett is an educator and musician who has worked with The Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, the Whale Conservation Institute/Ocean Alliance,...

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Natural Contemplative Podcast is created and hosted by John L Crockett.
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