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The Zen Gateway's Podcast
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Welcome to Zen Bites, a series of discussions on Zen Buddhism, mindfulness, comparative spirituality and psychology. Zen Bites features Zen Buddhist teacher Martin Goodson and mindfulness-based psychotherapist Jamie Shavdia.
Episodes
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Transcending Mindfulness 11: Objects of Meditation
In this podcast: What are the different subjects that we can meditate upon? Developing the skill of one-pointed meditation. Moving onto different types of meditation subjects. Martin and Jamie discuss their own experiences of different types of meditations they have used. Breath based meditation...
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The Digital Ego
How do we as conscious beings best interact with new technology? In this episode: Outsourcing labout is a major benefit of technology but what do human beings lose in this transfer? The difference between the meditating mind and the scrolling mind. How can meditation/Zazen rescue attention away...
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Transcending Mindfulness 9: Daily Grind Mindfulness
In this podcast: How do we take mindfulness off the cushion and into the Monday morning commute? How might we transition from a retreat environment back into our daily life with its demands and distractions? Exploding a few myths around life in a Buddhist temple and a retreat environment. Retreat...
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Transcending Mindfulness #8: Crisis, Chaos & Uncertainty
In this podcast: What is the role of Chaos in spiritual development. The reaction against rationalism & chaos as a creative force - Dadaism The challenge of a crisis is to bring forth personal creativity to get out of it. Initiation can be a deliberate attempt to create a crisis for the novice or...
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Transcending Mindfulness #7: Trauma & Healing
In this podcast: What is trauma? The link between trauma and psychological dissociation as a defence mechanism. Symptoms of trauma & alienation and its causes in personal and collective psychology. Encountering trauma in meditation practice. The history of studying trauma in psychology. The...
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Transcending Mindfulness #6: Deeper Down into the Shadow
Jamie and Martin return to discuss 'shadow work' a term now popular referring to the need for genuine transformation of consciousness through integration of the hidden or repressed contents of the unconscious in order to bring about wholeness of the personality. This podcast looks at correlations...
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Transcending Mindfulness #5: Reviewing The Awakened Ape by Jevan Pradas
In this episode Psychotherapist and musician, Jamie Shavdia and Zen teacher Martin Goodson review Jevan Pradas's book - The Awakened Ape: A Biohacker's Guide To Evolutionary Fitness, Natural Ecstasy, and Stress-Free Living Jevan Pradas is a 'brain trainer and 'bio-hacker' who specialises in...
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Transcending Mindfulness : Self-Esteem v. No-Self
Modern psychology talks about the importance of self-esteem and yet the Buddha talked taught about No-Self. Are these two approaches reconcilable? Martin Goodson, co-founder of The Zen Gateway is joined by Jamie Shavdia, psychotherpist and musician (his latest album 'Truth Lamp' can be found now…
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Transcending Mindfulness 3: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Jamie Shavdia (www.jamieshavdia.co.uk) and Martin Goodson (www.thezengateway.com) discuss the hugely popular book 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle. In this podcast they discuss where this book sits in the development of contemporary spirituality and psychotherapeutic treatments by introducing...
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Transcending Mindfulness #2: Emotional Intelligence
What is emotional intelligence and how does it work in a therapeutic practice? Is there an overlap with Buddhist practice and understanding of the human condition? What are the factors that aid its development and what are the obstacles that prevent it arising? Jamie and Martin return to discuss...
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Transcending Mindfulness #1: Sacred Places & Conscious Transformation
A podcast exploring the depths of consciousness ,spirituality and psychology. This episode explores how places affect consciousness and ranges from a discussions around psychogeograpy to holy and sacred sites and how these can have a transformative effect on experience and psychology. Jamie…
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Soko Morinaga - A commemoration talk at Kettering Buddhist Society 17th June 2024
This talk was given at the Kettering Buddhist Society on Monday 17th June 2024 to commemorate the memorial anniversary of Soko Morinaga Roshi.
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Zen Bites No.20 - Mapping the Mind
In this final episode Jamie & Martin discuss how the infinitely complex nature of the mind is often modelled in both Buddhism and psychology. The models offer us a map in order to give structure to an otherwise chaotic terrain however in the end this map must be laid down after the arising of the...
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Zen Bites x19 - Change & Impermanence - Living with Uncertainty
In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the inevitability of change and impermanence, both core concepts in Buddhism and Mindfulness practice. Topics range from the Buddha's life story to Brexit, the end of cycles to intrapsychic momentary change.
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Zen Bites 18 - The Shadow, Repression and Acceptance
In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the unconditional acceptance of the shadow self, those unfavourable parts of "I' the ego that are often repressed and not allowed in. The case is made for the acknowledging, allowing and accepting of these aspects of the fallible self, before one can truly...
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Zen Bites 17 - Gratitude
In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the role of 'gratitude' as an attitude that can help condition and humble our small selves, expand consciousness, with recognition of our interdependent reality. Discussion includes looking at what gratitude is, and why it is so important within the context…
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Zen Bites 16 - Body Wisdom
In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the body's innate wisdom arising from a bottom-up rather than a top-down more cognitive approach to spiritual practice. They discuss the difference between knowledge and wisdom, insight experiences and a gradual training approach. They also look at…
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Zen Bites 15 - Bereavement, Loss & Dying
In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the difficult topic of bereavement, loss and dying. Discussion ranges from how loss is worked with and experienced in the therapy room as well as the role of death as providing a sense of mystery within religion.
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Zen Bites 14
In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the spiritual potential of transcending the individual ego and therefore the limited confines of our own cognitive prisons which limit our potential as human beings. Topics range from relative/absolute truth, group dynamics, crowd psychology and the Buddhist...
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Zen Bites #13 - Use of Sound, Chanting and Mantra
In this episode Martin and Jamie take a different stance by looking at the use of sound, mantras and chanting. How do mantras work? How does sound affect conciousness? Why has chanting always been integral in religious practice? All shall be explored!
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Zen Bites No.12
In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the importance of mindfulness within relationships. The changes that mindfulness can bring about in the individual in both the spiritual and psychotherapeutic sense are discussed, specifically in relation to the interpersonal dynamic between…
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Zen BItes 11 - Sitting Meditation
In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss sitting meditation, otherwise known as 'Zazen' in the Zen Buddhist tradition. They take in the history of meditation, why it is used as a central practice, the effect on the mind and tips to setting up a Zen practice. This includes the environment, posture...
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Zen Bites #10 : Body & Breath (March 2015)
In this episode Jamie Shavdia & Martin Goodson discuss the importance of the body in the practice of mindfulness and Buddhist practice, as well as the pivotal role of following the breath. Along the way they also discuss the feeling of an existing 'I' that develops through habitual patterns of...
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Zen Bites 9 - Mindfulness of Eating and Drinking
In this podcast Jamie and Martin discuss the mindfulness of eating and drinking, and how a meditational way of being in this inevitable act, helps us to connect with the present moment. Eating and drinking is discussed as an important part of meditational daily life practice in both the secular...
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Zen Bites No.8
In this podcast Jamie and Martin discuss the importance of working with the emotions, not only as a way to better emotional health but also as a training vehicle to a greater transformation beyond the confines of a limited version of the self.
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Zen Bites No.7
In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the act of walking in meditation, and how movement helps us to connect with the body and in turn the present moment. Walking is discussed as a practice in several of the Buddhost schools, as well as other religions and spiritual ways of life. Other aspects...
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Zen Bites - Episode 6 - Mindfulness in Daily Living
In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the important topic of practicing mindfulness in everyday life. Topics range from using mindfulness in everyday tasks, to interpersonal mindfulness and working with the emotions.
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Zen Bites - No.5
In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the emergence of the compassionate heart in Buddhist training, uncovering what is intrinsic to every sentient being and fundamental our Buddhanature. Discussion also covers the recent adoption of compassion training in western psychotherapy.
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Zen Bites #4
In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the construct of a meditational retreat, both in general terms as well as from their own personal experience. Discussion includes; what a retreat is, why one would attend, the importance of silence, keeping to a time schedule and the transformational…
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Zen Bites x3
In this episode Jamie Shavdia and Martin Goodson discuss what mindfulness is actually for, and how the context for Mindfulness varies considerably depending on whether it is cultivated towards religious or therapeutic ends. They also discuss the effects on perception which can result when…
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Zen Bites #2: What is Mindfulness... really?
This time Jamie and Martin discuss whether Mindfulness is a technique or a way of life? What defines the state of mindful awareness? How is this state attained? In between they take in a short history of Mindfulnes- based-therapy in recent times, the Buddha's teaching of 'No-I' and ask where next...
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Zen Bites #1
In this wide ranging discussion therapist Jamie Shavdia & Zen Gateway co-founder Martin Goodson discuss the nature of consciousness, realisation of one's own mortality, compassion, Zen Buddhism, therapy and Alan Partridge. You can read Jamie's article on realisation of mortality, around which the...
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Welcome to Zen Bites, a series of discussions on Zen Buddhism, mindfulness, comparative spirituality and psychology. Zen Bites features Zen Buddhist teacher Martin Goodson and mindfulness-based psychotherapist Jamie Shavdia.
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