The ZDoggMD Show

Originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, we rap about retreat realities, reactivity management, Zcatt's dental saga and more! Watch the video version here.PS if you're into this stuff, join our Supporter Tribe and get access to supporter-only livestreams, online retreats (NEW for 2024) and connect with others on this pathless path 🙏 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awakening to no-self in the comedy of existence with my guest Eshwar Segobind. Listen to our prior episode here. Watch the video version here.Eshwar is an emergency electrical contractor and tradesman whose realization and awakening journey began during a several week stay in an addiction recovery center. We riff in our native immigrant accents for a while on subjects not safe for anyone, and tie all that into realizing the nature of no-self, identity, emotion, and the integration into "real life" of all of this.Learn more and sign up for a personal session with Eshwar here on his website and peep his YouTube channel.Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Simon Brown returns for a master class on compassion and how it can never be separated from the deepest insights into the non-dual nature of reality itself. We talk about how compassion and suffering could matter if this world is a kind of illusion, the distinction between empathy and compassion as it relates to burnout, dorsal and ventral vagal mechanisms related to deep trauma conditioning, the true meaning of Christmas and the holiday season and MUCH more.Please listen to our previous conversation on awakening and trauma here. Check out Simon's YouTube channel here.Here's that book by Ally Wise that Simon referenced, Embodied Healing.Topics and Timecodes:0:00 Intro4:05 Trust. Does life NEED planning? 13:07 Non-dual teachers’ absolutism, nature of fixation post-awakening20:00 Working with reactivity and separation25:30 Adyashanti’s resonance and retirement, spiritual perfectionism33:26 Recent retreat insights, feeling everything with compassion37:30 Learning the language of the heart41:43 Dzogchen, emptiness and form, manifesting as awake presence49:27 Nagarjuna, the Middle Way, compassion and acceptance59:30 The work of unfolding is never finished1:03:35 Awareness of thought/consciousness as the 6th sense1:07:15 Why the self is not an enemy, self as a tool to see suffering of others1:12:59 The true meaning of the Heart Sutra, Avalokiteshvara1:20:35 Why suffering and compassion MATTER, when unconditional love meets suffering1:24:05 Compassion vs. Empathy, healthcare professionals, burnout1:31:28 Simon’s Cat!1:32:15 Self-compassion, early wounding, the traumatized nervous system1:43:15 Elephant and rider model of conscious and unconscious mind, trauma1:44:50 Embodied Health by Ally Wise, ventral and dorsal vagal responses1:48:50 When child’s basic needs aren’t met, degrees of trauma, co-regulation1:54:12 Feeling into the primary emotions that trigger thought cascades, the Golden Thread1:58:44 Compassion and the meaning of Christmas and the holiday seasonVideo show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I take YOUR questions on non-duality, silent retreats, the illusion of identity, the nature of reality and more! Originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, watch the video here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join 'pair-o-docs' Dr. Z and Dr. Angelo DiLullo as they discuss taints, anger, identity, awakening, consciousness, specialness, emptiness, and non-duality. Dive into deep topics like self-emptying, spiritual awakening, and the power of being truly seen. Explore the illusion of control, no-separation, and the transformational journey towards letting go of the self.

Waking up to your true nature is all about realizing there’s no separate “you” suffering. And knowing just that transforms how you show up in the world. Spoiler alert: Compassion just flows. Video originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, watch here.Side note: This episode contains intentional stretches of silence, so when things get quiet, rest assured it's not a problem with your podcast app 🙏 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Explore the impact of trauma on the spiritual journey with insights from Simon Brown. Discuss breaking free from conditioned patterns, navigating validation on YouTube, embracing deep emotional experiences, and healing through self-compassion. Dive into the complexities of spirituality and human emotions, journey towards healing and advocacy, and expressing gratitude for self-care.

Strip away all the story and identity and spiritual mumbo-jumbo and you're left with what's right in front of your face, always here and only now. My guest Eshwar Segobind is an emergency electrical contractor and tradesman whose realization and awakening journey began during a several week stay in an addiction recovery center. We dive into how investigating YOUR experience in this moment is the key to seeing past the fundamental misperception that there is a "me" looking in the first place. This is an audio-only episode & exclusive for our podcast listeners so strap in and listen with full presence ❤️Learn more and sign up for a personal session with Eshwar here on his website and peep his YouTube channel. And here's an even deeper video dive with Eshwar and my friend Josh Putnam. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deep dive into how the body stores trauma, surrendering to these hidden sensations and the paradox of free will - originally streamed LIVE to Instagram. And here's Tara Brach's video I mentioned. Join our Supporter Tribe to connect with others on this journey and to access private Zoom meetings. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Schanilec, an expert in breaking the chains of suffering, joins the speaker in this live podcast. They explore the unfolding process of awakening, recognizing triggers, sitting with uncomfortable feelings, reflections on fear and authenticity, faith in the true nature of reality, the illusion of control, surrendering to triggers, and reflections on the future and gratitude.