Explore every episode of the podcast I Love You Keep Going with George Haas
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| When 'having it all' feels empty. What gives? Pt. 1 | 29 Aug 2024 | 00:41:43 | |
We unpack this phenomenon and define primary vs. secondary exploration. We discuss different types of attachment strategies that lean more toward secondary exploration, and how this can impact your fulfillment and other areas of life. Half-Day Virtual Retreat: Exploration A Deep Dive into Primary and Secondary Exploration + Live a More Meaningful Life Saturday, September 21st In this half-day retreat, you’ll walk away with…
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| The Dangers Of Rushing Into A Relationship | 22 Aug 2024 | 00:52:39 | |
What does it mean to wait to commit? What are you looking for during that time? What are the normal tendencies of rushing in and why are they detrimental?
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| Stress, Anger & Sadness in the Addiction Process | 06 Jun 2024 | 01:19:03 | |
Sign up for the Meditation x Addiction Workshop on June 21st - click here. You’ll learn about the Meditation x Addiction approach to substance use disorders. It’s an effective strategy for relapse prevention and we’ll introduce you to how students address addiction through the attachment lens. You’ll learn about the four modules that are the next step in this journey: craving and urging; stress, anger and depression; persistent negative emotions; and difficult interpersonal relationships. You’ll understand how this evidence-based system combines ongoing meditation practice, the relapse pattern theory of G. Alan Marlatt, PhD and John Bowlby’s psychological model of Attachment Theory. | |||
| The Entry into the Insight Way of Practicing | 28 Jan 2022 | 00:44:33 | |
We continue our conversation on the organization of practice and begin to discuss how that can evolve into the insight way of practicing using the Theravāda map. Recorded 1/27/2022 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Metta Vipassana and the Organization of Practice | 17 Jan 2022 | 00:43:54 | |
Our first podcast of the year! On this episode we continue a discussion of Metta Vipassana and trace the history of meditation in the West beginning with the first generation of teachers during the Original Hippie Times (OHT). Recorded 1/13/2022 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Metta for Friends and Family | 22 Dec 2021 | 00:36:54 | |
In this last podcast of the year, we discuss relationships with family and friends and the difficulties that can arise during this holiday time. Recorded 12/16/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Metta Favorite: Compassion for Self | 29 Nov 2021 | 00:53:36 | |
As we take a short break from our Thursday Dharma Talk + Extended Sit sessions and , we are reposting some of our favorite Deepening Your Practice with George Haas podcast recordings. Take the time to relisten today's episode or enjoy for the first time. On this episode from early 2021 George expands upon the Compassion Practice skill set to focus on how to develop compassion for yourself - which is often one of the hardest things to do. Captured live on 2/11/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Metta Favorite: The Dhammas | 22 Nov 2021 | 00:54:32 | |
As we take a short break from our Thursday Dharma Talk + Extended Sit sessions and , we are reposting some of our favorite Deepening Your Practice with George Haas podcast recordings. Take the time to relisten today's episode or enjoy for the first time. On this episode from 2020 George returns to the original text of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta to explain the dhammas, the original elements of the Buddhist teachings. Captured live on 8/27/20 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Metta Favorite: Navigating Attachment Style and Primary Relationships | 15 Nov 2021 | 01:11:54 | |
As we take a short break from our Thursday Dharma Talk + Extended Sit sessions and , we are reposting some of our favorite Deepening Your Practice with George Haas podcast recordings. Take the time to relisten today's episode or enjoy for the first time. On this episode from 2019 George breaks down the common behaviors associated with each attachment style and how they can affect relationships. Originally recorded 08/12/2019 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Why We Practice | 01 Nov 2021 | 00:54:28 | |
We discuss what Practice is and the different reasons (suffering, mindfulness, meaning) that people come to it. Recorded 10/28/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Ordanariness | 27 Oct 2021 | 00:57:53 | |
There's an old Zen saying: "After the ecstasy, the laundry." On this episode we discuss ordinariness, stability, practice, and the freedom to explore. Recorded 10/21/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Metta Vipassana | 18 Oct 2021 | 00:45:06 | |
Today we venture into a discussion on Metta Vipassana and how to be aware of what our minds are prioritizing and bringing to the forefront of our consciousnesses. Recorded 10/14/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| View | 11 Oct 2021 | 00:48:53 | |
We speak about View as the basis of practice and how it is infused in our perception of reality and how it forms intent and action. Recorded 9/30/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Craving & Urge in the Addiction Process | 31 May 2024 | 00:45:33 | |
Addiction can strain or damage relationships with loved ones, and repairing trust and communication can be a long and difficult process. What can one expect on that path?
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| Conditions | 04 Oct 2021 | 00:39:02 | |
Today we shift topics from Meaningfulness to Attachment and Conditioning. Recorded 9/30/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Exploring for Meaningfulness Part Three | 29 Sep 2021 | 00:33:20 | |
What's meaningful? What is the nature of the human experience and what is the nature of this lifetime that you are in? In today's episode we analyze these questions and the types of answers they receive. Recorded 9/23/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Exploration for Meaningfulness Part 2 | 20 Sep 2021 | 00:53:15 | |
We go deeper into the impact of care and attachment on the child and the ways exploration grow and reflect wellbeing. Recorded 9/16/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Exploration for Meaningfulness | 13 Sep 2021 | 01:02:28 | |
We discuss the meaningful life and how much of it is formed by the types of exploration allowed to us while we form our attachments. Recorded 9/9/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Brahma Viharas: All Together | 08 Sep 2021 | 00:59:33 | |
We round off our conversations on the Brahma Viharas by discussing all of them together and discuss their utility as a strategy. Recorded 9/2/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Brahma Vihara: Equanimity Practice | 01 Sep 2021 | 00:47:19 | |
We continue our conversation about the Brahma Viharas and focus on their version of Equanimity, which relates to Karma and your stance within the world. Recorded 8/26/2021 Our Meditation X Attachment Level Two Virtual Six Month Intensive is filling up! Find more information and secure your spot today by registering here: https://www.mettagroup.org/mxa-level-2-sept-2021-registration | |||
| Brahma Vihara: Sympathetic Joy | 23 Aug 2021 | 00:41:35 | |
On this episode we continue to delve into the Brahma Viharas and in particular focus on the the Sympathetic Joy practice from a Compassion point of view. Recorded 8/12/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Brahma Vihara: Compassion Practice | 16 Aug 2021 | 00:55:06 | |
On today's episode of Meditation X Attachment with George Haas we continue our conversation on Brahma Vihara and discuss the integration of Buddhist script into practice and the potential friction that occurs with the self experience. Recorded 8/12/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Brahma Vihara | 09 Aug 2021 | 00:47:13 | |
As we exit our series on the Progress of Insight, we spend the day talking about the Brahma Viharas (the Divine Abodes) which is used as a tool for developing concentration and building mind-states as opposed to feelings. Recorded 8/5/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Path of Enlightenment: Stages Eleven through Sixteen | 03 Aug 2021 | 00:49:46 | |
Today we conclude our series on the Path of Enlightenment by discussing the final six stages. These stages are beyond where most people's practices are, but are still useful in building a theoretical understanding of the process of enlightenment. Recorded 7/29/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your practice! | |||
| Beyond Harm Reduction and Abstinence: How to Access the Next Level of Addiction Recovery | 23 May 2024 | 00:41:11 | |
Share about this phenomenon and specific phase of addiction recovery journey. Address other approaches to recovery and how your approach is different. Offer hope and possibility: What dream outcomes are they holding out for, that haven't yet been realized at this phase of recovery? What is possible with your approach? | |||
| Path of Enlightenment - Stage 9 and Stage 10 | 26 Jul 2021 | 00:53:32 | |
We continue our series on the progress of insight and analyze stage 9 and 10, respectively the desire to be delivered from suffering and reobservation. Recorded 7/22/2021 Sign up now for our Meditation X Attachment Level Two course six-month intensive beginning September 16th! Level Two is open to students who have completed Level One as well as students have taken any previous iterations of our intensive courses or extended retreats. The course includes one-on-one mentoring and offers a more in-depth exploration of the connections between attachment and regular meditation practice to shift your existing relationships into secure functioning ones, drawing deeply on Dr. Daniel P. Brown’s Idealized Parent Figure (IPF) protocol. Classes are live-streamed on Zoom, and are recorded and archived with video and/or audio files available for students who miss any sessions or wish to review the material again. Register now: https://www.mettagroup.org/mxa-level-2-sept-2021-registration | |||
| Path of Enlightenment - Stage Six, Seven, Eight - The Miseries | 19 Jul 2021 | 00:59:24 | |
Today we discuss the Buddhist concept of the Miseries (in a fun way!). This is a stage on the path of enlightenment in which you understand the impermanence of life, the inevitability of aging and death, and that the sense of self is a sensing experience that is based on life conditions. Recorded 7/15/2021 Registration is available for the last two sessions of our signature Meditation x Attachment course! Open to all students, this intensive offers instruction in Buddhist theory, Attachment Theory, and in-depth meditation techniques. It focuses on developing secure relationships, uprooting past attachment conditioning and working through conflict resolution strategies to learn how to be completely yourself in your relationships with others and with your work. In other words, this course helps you learn how to live a meaningful life. Sign up now at https://www.mettagroup.org/mxa-level-one-july-21-register. | |||
| Path of Enlightenment - Stage Five - Dissolution | 12 Jul 2021 | 00:47:20 | |
Today we center our conversation on Dissolution, the fifth stage on the Path of Enlightenment, which is the breakdown of the experience of the barrier between inside and outside and the beginning of a profound flow state. Recorded 7/8/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Path of Enlightenment - Stage Four - Arising and Passing | 04 Jul 2021 | 00:55:05 | |
On this episode of Deepening Your Practice, we talk about the fourth stage of the progress of insight, the knowledge of arising and passing. Discussed as a "point of no return" this knowledge changes your perception of the fluidity and continuity and marks a before and after moment in your experience of the self and the world. Recorded 7/1/2021 Registration for our signature Meditation x Attachment course is now open! Recommended for all students, this intensive offers instruction in Buddhist theory, Attachment Theory, and in-depth meditation techniques. It focuses on developing secure relationships, uprooting past attachment conditioning and working through conflict resolution strategies to learn how to be completely yourself in your relationships with others and with your work. In other words, this course helps you learn how to live a meaningful life. Sign up now at https://www.mettagroup.org/mxa-level-one-july-21-register. | |||
| Path of Enlightenment - Stage Three - Part 1 | 28 Jun 2021 | 01:02:50 | |
In this episode, we continue our discussion on the Path of Enlightenment and, in particular, focus on the third stage, which is development of the knowledge of impermanence and the comprehension of satisfaction. Recorded 6/24/2021 We have opened registration for our signature Meditation x Attachment course. Open to all students, this intensive offers instruction in Buddhist theory, Attachment Theory, and in-depth meditation techniques. It focuses on developing secure relationships, uprooting past attachment conditioning and working through conflict resolution strategies to learn how to be completely yourself in your relationships with others and with your work. In other words, this course helps you learn how to live a meaningful life. Sign up now at https://www.mettagroup.org/mxa-level-one-july-21-register. | |||
| The Path of Enlightenment - Stage Two - Part Two | 14 Jun 2021 | 01:01:45 | |
On today’s episode we discuss the sensory world and its basis in conditionality, which allows us to infer that patterns of arising and passing rooted in karma will be repeated and therefore allows the world to be recognized. Recorded 6/10/2021 Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| The Path of Enlightenment - Stage Two - Part One | 04 Jun 2021 | 00:48:54 | |
Today we discuss enlightenment as a goal, the desire to end the experience of suffering from both Buddhist and secular perspectives, and the usefulness of different spiritual contexts on meditation and practice. Recorded 6/3/2021 Registration is now available for our Virtual Summer Retreat! Sign up now here. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| The Path of Enlightenment - Stage One | 30 May 2021 | 00:46:24 | |
We dive into the difference between mental and physical phenomena and breakdown the raw sensing experience and the ways the mind acts to bring those senses into a comprehendible experience. Recorded 5/27/2021 Registration is now available for our Virtual Summer Retreat! Sign up now here. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| The Path to Enlightenment | 25 May 2021 | 00:59:20 | |
Today we cover parts of the history of Buddhism and discuss different paths to enlightenment including the old, the new, and the hybrid. Captured live on 5/20/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Attachment Conditioning | 16 May 2021 | 00:44:00 | |
In today’s episode we discuss the process of stabilizing your mind-state and how to identify when your experience of the world is being warped by a filter of self. Captured live on 5/13/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Addiction and Relapse Prevention | 16 May 2024 | 00:50:24 | |
How to Get off the Relapse Wheel: Where Addiction, Attachment Repair and Meditation Meet We're very happy to offer a new free online video resource "The Main Signs of Attachment Disturbance".In this two-part video course, you'll learn how to identify the core disturbances, and how combining meditation and attachment work can help you move beyond the challenges and live a truly meaningful life.Begin your journey today! | |||
| Emotional Regulation as Preliminary Practice | 07 May 2021 | 00:41:57 | |
Continuing our conversation from the previous episode, we discuss how an honest inside practice can create emotional disruption and the practical ways to manage that disruption Captured live on 5/6/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| The End Goal of Practice | 02 May 2021 | 00:42:22 | |
In this episode, we discuss the purpose of practice, what can get in the way of your practice, and strategies to avoid being pulled out of the present moment. Captured live on 4/29/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Organizing Your Practice | 23 Apr 2021 | 00:42:24 | |
Continuing our DYP series, we discuss the Mindfulness movement in the West and weigh its benefits and deficiencies in relation to Attachment Theory. Captured live on 4/22/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Compassion for All Sentient Beings | 16 Apr 2021 | 00:49:29 | |
In this episode, we discuss climate change, population growth and density, immigration, and the ways our different global cultures engage with understandings of karma and the cycle of reincarnation. Captured live on 4/15/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Compassion for Difficult People | 10 Apr 2021 | 00:46:27 | |
We discuss inequality, systemic racism, and genocide and how to both express compassion and properly protect yourself in relation to the difficult people that are perpetrators and exacerbators of harm. Captured live on 4/8/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Compassion for Neutral Person | 02 Apr 2021 | 00:41:49 | |
Today, we speak about holding space with the Neutral People that we encounter in our lives and what the appropriate amount of energy required is for these peripheral relations. Captured live on 4/1/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Compassion for Friends and Family | 26 Mar 2021 | 00:48:07 | |
In this episode we go in depth into Compassion practice and how to build a working model for your relationships with Friends and Family. Captured live on 3/25/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Compassion for All Sentient Beings | 19 Mar 2021 | 00:50:13 | |
We conclude our Compassion cycle with a discussion about expanding compassion outward towards all sentient beings and how to counteract the tendency to exclude individuals. Captured live on 3/18/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Compassion Practice for Difficult People | 15 Mar 2021 | 00:53:09 | |
Continuing our series on Compassion practice, we discuss what it is that can make an individual difficult to interact with and how to assess the macro-values of yourself and others to identify conflict. Captured live on 3/11/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Compassion Practice for Neutral Person | 05 Mar 2021 | 00:59:59 | |
Continuing our series on Compassion practice, we discuss the varied levels of empathy that different types of people might exhibit, and how to build the compassion skills to understand and navigate them. Captured live on 3/4/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Exploration | 09 May 2024 | 00:56:01 | |
3 Things that Support Your Exploration (and 3 Things that Corrode It) Based on Your Attachment Strategy. We're very happy to offer a new free online video resource "The Main Signs of Attachment Disturbance".In this two-part video course, you'll learn how to identify the core disturbances, and how combining meditation and attachment work can help you move beyond the challenges and live a truly meaningful life.Begin your journey today! | |||
| Compassion Practice for Friends and Family | 01 Mar 2021 | 00:48:43 | |
We continue our discussion of Compassion practice, focusing on the different forms of relationships that we participate in and how to better recognize their characteristics. Captured live on 2/25/21. Join our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Compassion Practice for a Close Person | 22 Feb 2021 | 00:56:51 | |
Our deep dive into Compassion Practice continues with developing compassion for a person who is close to you in your life. Captured live on 2/18/21. Joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||
| Compassion Practice for Self | 16 Feb 2021 | 00:53:36 | |
George expands upon the Compassion Practice skill set he began last week to focus on how to develop compassion for yourself - which is often one of the hardest things to do. Captured live on 2/11/21. Joining our daily Morning Meditation at patreon.com/mettagroup to help commit to your daily practice! | |||