Experts On: Addiction and Enlightenment

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Aug 14, 2023

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INSIGHT

Neurological Roots of Addiction

Addiction is the compulsive use of substances or behaviors despite harm and often involves living a secret double life.
Our brains evolved to seek pleasure and avoid pain, but modern abundance makes this mechanism a vulnerability.

INSIGHT

Dopamine Balance Drives Addiction

The brain balances pleasure and pain through dopamine, creating a cycle where repeated drug use leads to a pain-dominated state.
This state causes withdrawal symptoms and drives continued use just to feel normal.

ADVICE

Try a 24-Hour Phone Break

To understand addictive urges, try putting your smartphone away for 24 hours and observe preoccupations and cravings.
This simple experiment offers insight into the compulsions faced by people with severe addictions.

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Talking points: addiction, culture, history, enlightenment, Zen, purpose, non-duality

The ManTalks Podcast has grown exponentially over the last couple years, so for all you newcomers, I like to release a sort of cross-section or "best of" episode to showcase what the podcast is all about—after all, I have talked to some brilliant and varied experts over the years!

This time, the themes are the widest ever: addiction and enlightenment. I chose this to demonstrate my love of the scientific and the spiritual—and my constant goal to balance the two. As Albert Einstein said, science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind. I hope you enjoy.

(00:00:00) - Dr. Anne Lembke on defining addiction and the addictive aspects of our modern world
(00:17:19) - Dr. Carl Erik Fisher on addiction through history and across cultures, and how society divides addicted people
(00:36:53) - Zen Henry Shukman on enlightenment as defined by Zen, his childhood, and his own story of kenshō
(00:58:45) - The acclaimed non-duality teacher Rupert Spira discusses the necessity of moving past the myth of separation

Full episodes:

-Dr. Anna Lembke: https://link.chtbl.com/9IfZ8XzU
-Dr. Carl Erik Fisher: https://link.chtbl.com/a53WmGq9
-Henry Shukman: https://link.chtbl.com/F7Kdo_05
-Rupert Spira: https://link.chtbl.com/F7Kdo_05

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