The Medical Model: A Paradigm of Beauty and Mystery

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"I think where it's going to take it was, I think where you're going to go," he says. "It touches the being so deeply in the sense of beauty and sacredness and mystery that being touched by those elements comes to mean sometimes more than this" He adds: "We're not often supported by the kind of teachings that actually bring that up."

In this conversation with meditation teacher and author Rob Burbea we discuss the role of fantasy in meditation, the purpose of what Rob calls the 'Soulmaking Dharma' and some common traps that can obstruct our connection with beauty on the contemplative path. This was the first conversation I had with Rob (there are two more you can listen to in the Emerge podcast stream). For various reasons I decided not to release it immediately after we recorded it, feeling that the subsequent conversations did a better job of communicating what I wanted to communicate. There were also some nasty recording problems that made it difficult at times for the conversation to be fluid and flowing. In any case this is a lovely coversation and I hope you enjoy! 🙏