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Transcending Mindfulness 9: Daily Grind Mindfulness

Season 2 · Episode 9

Tuesday, February 17, 2026 • Duration 46:20

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How do we take mindfulness off the cushion and into the Monday morning commute?
How might we transition from a retreat environment back into our daily life with its demands and distractions?
Exploding a few myths around life in a Buddhist temple and a retreat environment.
Retreat environments are a microcosm of daily life.
Emotions can be amplified after a silent retreat due to pressure cooker environment and release.
Do you need to have a temple or retreat environment to do Zen training?
Creating anchors to remember to practice in the hurly-burly of the working day.
Routine as a container for chaotic impulses.

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Transcending Mindfulness #8: Crisis, Chaos & Uncertainty

Season 2 · Episode 8

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 • Duration 48:45

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What is the role of Chaos in spiritual development.
The reaction against rationalism & chaos as a creative force - Dadaism
The challenge of a crisis is to bring forth personal creativity to get out of it.
Initiation can be a deliberate attempt to create a crisis for the novice or neophyte.
Anxiety: the loss of control of ourselves and the environment.
How fictional narratives resist change & uncertainty.
Archetypal stories of crisis and the hand of providence.
What happens when we open up to chance and uncertainty?

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Zen Bites No.20 - Mapping the Mind

Wednesday, November 16, 2016 • Duration 51:06

In this final episode Jamie & Martin discuss how the infinitely complex nature of the mind is often modelled in both Buddhism and psychology. The models offer us a map in order to give structure to an otherwise chaotic terrain however in the end this map must be laid down after the arising of the awakened mind.

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Zen Bites x19 - Change & Impermanence - Living with Uncertainty

Tuesday, October 4, 2016 • Duration 38:24

In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the inevitability of change and impermanence, both core concepts in Buddhism and Mindfulness practice. Topics range from the Buddha's life story to Brexit, the end of cycles to intrapsychic momentary change.

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Zen Bites 18 - The Shadow, Repression and Acceptance

Tuesday, August 16, 2016 • Duration 45:08

In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the unconditional acceptance of the shadow self, those unfavourable parts of "I' the ego that are often repressed and not allowed in. The case is made for the acknowledging, allowing and accepting of these aspects of the fallible self, before one can truly find peace of heart.

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Zen Bites 17 - Gratitude

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 • Duration 45:29

In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the role of 'gratitude' as an attitude that can help condition and humble our small selves, expand consciousness, with recognition of our interdependent reality. Discussion includes looking at what gratitude is, and why it is so important within the context of mindful daily life practice. What does it mean for the egoic state condition and how should one practice it?

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Zen Bites 16 - Body Wisdom

Tuesday, May 3, 2016 • Duration 36:24

In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the body's innate wisdom arising from a bottom-up rather than a top-down more cognitive approach to spiritual practice. They discuss the difference between knowledge and wisdom, insight experiences and a gradual training approach. They also look at practices that can be used to access this wisdom of the body.

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Zen Bites 15 - Bereavement, Loss & Dying

Friday, February 12, 2016 • Duration 44:04

In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the difficult topic of bereavement, loss and dying. Discussion ranges from how loss is worked with and experienced in the therapy room as well as the role of death as providing a sense of mystery within religion.

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Zen Bites 14

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 • Duration 45:41

In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the spiritual potential of transcending the individual ego and therefore the limited confines of our own cognitive prisons which limit our potential as human beings. Topics range from relative/absolute truth, group dynamics, crowd psychology and the Buddhist doctrine of emptiness.

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Zen Bites #13 - Use of Sound, Chanting and Mantra

Tuesday, July 14, 2015 • Duration 31:26

In this episode Martin and Jamie take a different stance by looking at the use of sound, mantras and chanting. How do mantras work? How does sound affect conciousness? Why has chanting always been integral in religious practice? All shall be explored!

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