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The Soulspace Podcast
#26: From Crisis to Meaning with Shinzen Young
Jul 21, 2019
Renowned meditation teacher and neuroscience research consultant, Shinzen Young, discusses mindfulness in the modern meaning crisis. Topics include happiness, enlightenment, and his new project involving brain stimulating technology to accelerate meditation gains. The podcast explores the dimensions of human happiness, levels of self understanding, and the importance of finding a broader path to happiness in old belief systems. They also touch on the power of coaching, the relevance of enlightenment, and finding technology to accelerate proven methodologies.
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- Modern mindfulness can optimize happiness by providing relief from suffering, increasing fulfillment, understanding oneself, mastering behavior, and engaging in meaningful service.
- Establishing and maintaining a psychospiritual health regimen and seeking the guidance of a competent mindfulness coach are crucial for achieving happiness goals.
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The relevance of modern mindfulness in the context of the meaning crisis
The podcast episode delves into the modern meaning crisis and the role of mindfulness within it. Shinzen Young, a renowned meditation teacher, discusses how modern mindfulness can address the unfulfillment, fear, and breakdown of old ways that characterize the modern era. He highlights the broad concept of happiness and the potential for mindfulness to optimize happiness across different dimensions: relief from suffering, increase in fulfillment, understanding oneself at all levels, mastering behavior, and engaging in meaningful service. Shinzen emphasizes the need for a psychospiritual health regimen, and the importance of having a competent mindfulness coach to guide individuals towards their happiness goals.
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