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منذ 1 مارس، 2023
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Does technology enslave or empower us? If someone built a machine that made people happy, would you be tempted to use it? What might we lose in a quest for lasting happiness? Are other priorities more important? If so, which and why? Anastasia Shevchenko is the author of The Happiness Engine, a nov…

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What if the average yoga class started with instructions to swallow some cloth before pulling it out again? How about if that were followed by administering an enema? Or inserting a thread up one nostril and out of your mouth? This might have been more common until relatively recently. James Russel…
What does it mean to be free? One of the earliest overviews of yogic ideas is the Mahābhārata, whose epic stories include extensive teachings on philosophy and practice. These are detailed in a section called the Mokṣadharma-parvan, whose primary focus is liberating insight. James Fitzgerald has be…
To what extent is yoga compatible with drama? Performance is in some ways the opposite of inward focus, yet it might still be enhanced by yogic practices. Sergei Tcherkasski is a theatre director and teacher of acting at the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. He is also the author of Stani…
What distinguishes self-centredness from care for oneself? To what extent is emotional healing a spiritual practice? How might an inner sense of safety and connection fuel better relationships and more sustainable ways of living? Justin Michelson is a meditation teacher, author and wilderness guide…
What inspired the idea of being “spiritual but not religious”? Modern quests for experiential insight have diverse roots. Influences range from the work of Aldous Huxley – The Perennial Philosophy and The Doors of Perception – to the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and their references to “God as …
How might humans relate to other beings if we saw ourselves as animals? What if beastliness had positive qualities, instead of being seen as a defect to exorcise? Which natural tendencies might we embody if we paid more attention to ancestral insights? Elizabeth Sulis Kim is the author of the recen…
Practically speaking, what does it mean to wake up? It’s literally the opposite of falling asleep, so it involves being aware. But since the Buddha’s name means he awakened, the bar seems quite high. This conversation with my friend Matthew Green reflects on what we’ve learned from decades of pract…
How much has yoga changed over the past 2,000 years? 🤔 In one sense, very little – assuming yoga means a state beyond mental activity, as ancient texts teach. However, nowadays, it mostly refers to something else – the regular practice of sequences of postures that developed more recently. My new b…
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit ancientfutures.substack.com What if everything we think is a dream? Would nothing be real? Or might it reveal how to live in infinity, untroubled by suffering? 🤯 Tamara Cohen wrote her PhD about the Yogavāsiṣṭha – a text whose original n…
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