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Teleseminar with Ed Bastian
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Teleseminar with Rassouli
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Teleseminar with Sylvia Boorstein
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Teleseminar with Monica Sharma
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"Animating the Compassionate Trickster" with Caroline Casey (interview)
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"Animating the Compassionate Trickster" with Caroline Casey (Q&A)
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"Reinventing the Sacred" with Stuart Kauffman
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"How To Live A More Peaceful and Liberated Life" with Genpo Roshi (interview and Q&A)
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"How To Live A More Peaceful and Liberated Life" with Genpo Roshi (extended Q&A)
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"Improvising Our Lives" with Patricia Ryan Madson (interview)
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"Improvising Our Lives" with Patricia Ryan Madson (Q&A)
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"Frontline Spirituality" with Starhawk
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"Quantum Change" with William Miller
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"Science of Spiritual Transformation" with Solomon Katz
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"Born to Be Good" with Dacher Keltner (sample with discussion questions)
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"Dreams and the Roots of Love, Violence, and Creativity" with Jeremy Taylor (sample)
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"Worldshift" with Ervin Laszlo (sample)
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"Bridging the Science of Emotion with Contemplative Traditions" with Margaret Kemeny (sample)
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"From Bystanders to Peacemakers" with Rick Phillips
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"Taking Heart in a Dark Time" with Joanna Macy (sample)
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"The Mind's Brain" with Sharon Begley (sample)
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Teleseminar with Shaykh Yassir Chadly (sample)
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Teleseminar with Stephen Post (sample)
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"Creating a Caring Economics" with Riane Eisler
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"Living Deeply" Teleseminar Series
Living Deeply connects you with the fruits of a decade of research in the form of a book, a teleseminar series and many other resources to help you live more deeply.
The book Living Deeply: The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life represents an unprecedented synthesis of the wisdom of more than 60 leaders, such as Stanislav Grof, Angeles Arrien and Peter Russell.
Below you will find recordings of live teleseminars in our Living Deeply series. The ones that are labeled (sample) are available as full length downloads in the IONS Media store.
You will also find excerpts which served IONS' Big Question for August 2010, "Do our thoughts have the power to heal?," and following these excerpts we have provided questions for guided discussion.
May these resources help you live more deeply!
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Teleseminar with Ed Bastian
In this teleseminar, host Tina Amorok talks with Ed Bastian, President and Founder of the Spiritual Paths Foundation. They explore various indigenous traditions and how their beliefs can effect our lives and how spiritual knowledge, values, and experiences can help solve the critical challenges of the 21st century.
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Teleseminar with Rassouli
Rassouli , a visionary artist, talks with host Angela Murphy about his inspirational work and process. He will often climb a mountain in the dark, usually on a Sunday before the sun rises, to watch the change from the darkness into light. This time of transformation is the essence of creativity for Rassouli.
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Teleseminar with Sylvia Boorstein
Host Cassandra Vieten talks with author, psychologist, and spiritual teacher Sylvia Boorstein, who shares ways to bring spiritual practices into every day life. From standing in line at the grocery store to driving in heavy traffic, she suggests we repeat: “May I (“you” or a specific name) be peaceful; May I be happy; May I be free from suffering.”
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Teleseminar with Monica Sharma
Monica Sharma, the Director of Leadership and Capacity Development at the United Nations-OHRLLS, talks with host Marilyn Schlitz about her large scale work and the systems used to make sustainable changes in developing countries.
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"Animating the Compassionate Trickster" with Caroline Casey (interview)
Summer Solstice Campaign Coverage
The witty, wise, and mischievous astrologer Caroline Casey shares her thoughts on the 2008 presidential election, focusing on "Inauguration Augury."
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"Animating the Compassionate Trickster" with Caroline Casey (Q&A)
Summer Solstice Campaign Coverage
The witty, wise, and mischievous astrologer Caroline Casey shares her thoughts on the 2008 presidential election, focusing on "Inauguration Augury."
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"Reinventing the Sacred" with Stuart Kauffman
Originally a medical doctor, author, and biology/physics/astronomy Professor at the University of Calgary, Stuart Kauffman guides us through an exploration of creativity in biology and human endeavors.
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"How To Live A More Peaceful and Liberated Life" with Genpo Roshi (interview and Q&A)
In this program Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi shares his groundbreaking “Big Mind Big Heart” teaching, a combination of Zen & Western psychology with host Tina Amorok. They discuss the “Buddha Mind” – the mind of clarity, transcendental wisdom, and unconditional compassion. And the need to examine the shadow side of ourselves.
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"How To Live A More Peaceful and Liberated Life" with Genpo Roshi (extended Q&A)
In this program Dennis Genpo Merzel Roshi shares his groundbreaking “Big Mind Big Heart” teaching, a combination of Zen & Western psychology with host Tina Amorok. They discuss the “Buddha Mind” – the mind of clarity, transcendental wisdom, and unconditional compassion. And the need to examine the shadow side of ourselves.
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"Improvising Our Lives" with Patricia Ryan Madson (interview)
In this teleseminar, Patricia discusses 12 improv maxims, which are applicable in everyday life, and very useful in healing. The principles used by professional improvisers provide a template that can be used to freshen and repurpose our daily life.
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"Improvising Our Lives" with Patricia Ryan Madson (Q&A)
In this teleseminar, Patricia discusses 12 improv maxims, which are applicable in everyday life, and very useful in healing. The principles used by professional improvisers provide a template that can be used to freshen and repurpose our daily life.
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"Frontline Spirituality" with Starhawk
Author and global justice activist, Starhawk, one of the most respected voices in modern earth-based spirituality, talks with host Stephen Dinan about permaculture, spiritual activism, and our sacred connection to the environment. She recommends taking at least five minutes each day to simply observe nature and deepen our sense of reverence for life around us.
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"Quantum Change" with William Miller
When Epiphanies and Sudden Insights Transform Ordinary Lives
Dr. William Miller talks with host Cassandra Vieten about motivational interviewing used to identify conflicting motivations and how to move forward into life changes. Dr. Miller has studied the phenomenon of transformational changes, those that usually occur within a matter of hours and result in enduring and sometimes dramatic change in one's life and personality.
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"Science of Spiritual Transformation" with Solomon Katz
In this teleseminar, host Cassandra Vieten talks with anthropologist, professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and former board president of Metanexus Institute, Dr. Solomon Katz. Their dialogue explores some of the findings from the Metanexus Institute's Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Program ...
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"Born to Be Good" with Dacher Keltner (sample with discussion questions)
The Science of a Meaningful Life
Author and professor of psychology Dacher Keltner talks with host Marilyn Schlitz about his research on the biological and evolutionary origins of human goodness, with a special concentration on compassion, love, and beauty. Following the presentation, we provide questions to guide discussion about the teleseminar.
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"Dreams and the Roots of Love, Violence, and Creativity" with Jeremy Taylor (sample)
Author, dream work innovator, and Unitarian Universalist minister Dr. Jeremy Taylor describes the importance of dreams and nightmares in revealing our shadow side. In his conversation with host Tina Amorok, he describes how the dream work process provides an opportunity to work through unconscious fears and release their effects in our lives.
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"Worldshift" with Ervin Laszlo (sample)
Evolution Or Extinction - Your Way To Evolution
Author Ervin Laszlo, PhD, discusses his theories of evolution and the tipping point which determines whether we head toward mass extinction or a sustainable world. Ervin emphasizes the importance of recognizing our connection to each other.
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"Bridging the Science of Emotion with Contemplative Traditions" with Margaret Kemeny (sample)
This teleseminar journeys to the frontiers of stress and healing with Dr. Margaret Kemeny, who is Professor of Psychiatry and director of a joint PhD program in Health Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience between the UCSF and UC Berkeley campuses. She talks with host Marilyn Schlitz, identifying the links between psychological factors, the immune system and health.
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"From Bystanders to Peacemakers" with Rick Phillips
Empowering Youth to Stop Bullying and Violence
Rick Phillips is the co-developer of Safe School Ambassadors®, a youth-centered, violence prevention program that has been implemented in more than 650 schools across the United States and Canada.
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"Taking Heart in a Dark Time" with Joanna Macy (sample)
Joanna engages Cassandra Vieten and IONS members in a thoughtful, interactive exploration of how fearlessly facing together the dangers and suffering in our world can help us break through to new vision and creativity.
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"The Mind's Brain" with Sharon Begley (sample)
In this teleseminar, host Cassandra Vieten discusses fascinating developments in neuroscience with author and Newsweek science columnist Sharon Begley. Many scientists believed the brain loses its plasticity with aging, but Sharon tells us that research now shows we can continue to learn throughout life.
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Teleseminar with Shaykh Yassir Chadly (sample)
Just as the surfer becomes one with the wave, so does the human heart become one with the Eternal through the Sufi practice of remembrance (Dhikr-Allah, or chanting). Shaykh Yassir Chadly is a native of Morocco and has been the imam (spiritual leader) of the Masjid Al-Iman, a multicultural Sufi mosque, since 1992.
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Teleseminar with Stephen Post (sample)
Stephen Post, author of Why Good Things Happen to Good People talks with Cassandra Vieten about the science of love, compassion, and forgiveness. He sites scientific studies which reveal the human need to live compassionately.
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"Creating a Caring Economics" with Riane Eisler
Combining Inner and Outer Work
We can no longer wait for the world's leaders to act at this critical time when the old approaches are simply not working. Riane shows how every one of us can be a leader in both inner and outer transformation and in building a caring economics for ourselves, our children, and generations to come.
