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"A Story of Enlightenment" with Deepak Chopra (sample)
In this interview, IONS President Marilyn Schlitz and her guest Deepak Chopra discuss his new book, Buddha:A Story of Enlightenment. He tells of his inspiration to write the book when he went to India to bury his father.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2007-05-16
- 00:08:31
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"The Buddha's Brain" with Rick Hanson
The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and other great teachers were all born with a brain built essentially like anyone else’s. Then they used their minds to change their brains in ...
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2010-07-14
- 01:06:50
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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.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-07-15
- 00:57:54
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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.
- Audio Teleseminars
- 2008-07-15
- 00:31:01
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"Zen and Business" with Marc Lesser (excerpt)
Matthew Gilbert and Marc Lesser, an ordained Zen priest and successful entrepreneur with a multimillion dollar business, explore the potential for combining spiritual practice and business. Marc has utilized his Zen studies in every aspect of the development of his company, Brush Dance, which he built from a small recycled-paper venture in his garage into a thriving greeting card and calendar publishing business.
- Audio Shorts
- 2006-11-08
- 00:04:49
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The End of Suffering
Fearless Living in Troubled Times . . . or, How to Get Out of Hell Free
In an effort to overcome the polarity of opposites and the accompanying suffering, Targ and Hurtak combine the wisdom of the East with the finding of quantum physics and uncover a middle ground that shows opposing sides are really the same.
- Publications Books
- March 1, 2006
- 208 pages
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Taking in the Good course (class 1 of 8)
The Enchanted Loom
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Week 1 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This first class addresses brain basics, including how the mind changes the brain, getting on your own side, and self-compassion.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-03-14
- 01:15:44
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Taking in the Good course (class 2 of 8)
The Power of Mindfulness
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Week 2 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class looks at the critical role of attention in changing the brain, neurological diversity: from “turtles” to “jackrabbits,” and brain-savvy ways to deepen mindfulness.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-03-21
- 01:36:02
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Taking in the Good course (class 4 of 8)
Resourcing Yourself
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Week 4 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class focuses on the importance of inner resources, and turning toward the good facts in the world, relationships, and yourself. Working with methods of clearing obstructions to taking in the good.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-04-04
- 01:23:35
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Taking in the Good course (class 5 of 8)
Filling the Hole in Your Heart
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Week 5 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class deals with how losses and wounds affect us. Key “antidote experiences” for disturbances in the brain’s avoiding, approaching, and attaching systems. How to pair positive and negative experiences to heal distress and dysfunction.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-04-11
- 01:37:18
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Taking in the Good course (class 6 of 8)
From "Hatred" to Peace
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Week 6 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class, guest-taught by Cassandra Vieten, PhD, focuses on activating the calming, soothing parasympathetic nervous system, building inner strength, feeling safer, managing aversion to what’s unpleasant, and giving no one cause to fear you.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-04-18
- 01:24:42
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Taking in the Good course (class 7 of 8)
From "Greed" to Happiness
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Week 7 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class deals with neural nodes of liking and wanting, managing grasping for what’s pleasant, taking in goal attainment, and feeling glad, grateful, and fulfilled.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-04-25
- 01:26:59
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Taking in the Good course (class 8 of 8)
From Heartache to Love
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Week 8 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This final class of this series focuses on healthy narcissistic supplies, managing longing for what’s intimate, feeling seen, included, valued, and loved, and why a healthy brain is a benevolent one.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-05-02
- 01:36:21
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Taking in the Good course (class 3 of 8)
The Good Brain
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Week 3 of the course Taking in the Good: Weaving Peace, Happiness, and Love into Your Brain and Yourself.
This class deals with the reptile, mammal, and primate/human layers of the brain that evolved to meet our three fundamental needs: avoiding harms, approaching rewards, and attaching to others.
- Audio Taking in the Good
- 2012-03-28
- 01:31:08
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"Neuroscience of Well-being Panel" with Cassandra Vieten, Rick Hanson, and Michael Spezio
IONS Research Director Cassandra Vieten leads a panel on the Neuroscience of Well-being with Rick Hanson and Michael Spezio for the Next Evolution of Health Summit.
- Audio Lectures
- 2010-12-12
- 01:31:43
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Consciousness and Healing Forum: Deepak Chopra (part 1 of 2)
Deepak argues that consciousness is the phenomenon, and all else is the epiphenomenon. Just as our DNA differentiates skin, bone, and organs, our consciousness differentiates perceptions, cognition, moods, behavior, biology, social interaction, personal relations, the environment, and forces of nature.
- Audio Lectures
- 2005-03-23
- 00:40:14
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Essential Shifts Interview: Brian Johnson
From discussions of Greek arete and the necessity for "both/and" thinking to practical advice on creating organizations that unleash our full potential, Brian ranges freely across myriad domains in his reflections on the keys to creating an outstanding life that makes a difference.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-05-17
- 00:29:23
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Intention Downloads Interview: Charles Tart
Join the distinguished academic psychologist Charles Tart for an insightful and humorous exploration of intention and its relationship with mindfulness, will, and enlightenment.
- Audio Interviews
- 2006-06-01
- 00:35:21