Anthony Guilbert | Surfing The Universal Drift: Esoteric Daoism & Qi Gong

 

Find Your Wu Wei In The Wide World

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Explore the paradoxical pleroma with Professor Anthony Guilbert, author of Notes From The Drift, a collection of poetic observations infused with the philosophy of Esoteric Daoism. In this episode we peruse a plethora of cosmo-psychological perspectives, which is a fancy way of saying we try to take a glance into the inner workings of the universal mind. Tune in to hear the original purpose behind practicing Qi Gong, yin & yang, connecting heaven and earth, and plenty of encouragement to keep doing the work on yourself--no shortcuts!

In the Plus+ Extension expect to hear about legitimate transcendental experience, building a healthy persona after shattering your ego, creativity and finding your Wu Wei in this wide world, and a lot more!

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WE TALKED ABOUT...

  • Inspiration and intention behind Notes From The Drift

  • Wandering for the sake of it, finding unexpected synchronicity 

  • The philosophy of Daoism, and describing the infinite as a verb

  • Four types of Daoism in the US (pros and cons)

  • The original purpose of Daoist practices like Qi Gong

  • Learning authenticity by observing nature and animals

  • Transitioning from learning how to fight people to learning how to help them

  • Qi Gong as an access practice to energy healing modalities

  • The body follows the Qi, the Qi follows the mind

  • The meaning behind the metaphor of "connecting heaven and earth"

  • Navigating this time of heightened novelty

  • I Ching, divination, and learning to trust your own intuition

  • Qi Gong learning resources:

                    - The Global Qi Project

                    - The Institute For Integral Qigong and Tai Chi

                    - Ken Cohen (QigongHealing.com)

                    - Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

                    - Teapot Monk (Tai Chi Online)

  • No shortcuts, no secrets--you have to do the work on yourself

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  • A generous description of a legitimate transcendental experience

  • Continuing our practice even after a permanently illuminating and challenging temporary ego dissolution

  • Why awareness practices may grant more lasting changes than psychedelics in the long run

  • Not seeking to find oneself, but seeking to create oneself

  • Creativity, finding our authenticity, and the Wu Wei (effective non-action)

  • Walt Whitman, and anthropologist author Wade Davis, and the incalculable value of diversity

  • David Cooper: Convergence With Nature

  • Anthony's native New Yorker perspective on some occult aspects of the Trump presidency

  • Examining opportunistic behavior of corrupt authority figures

  • The rapidly shattering illusion that our governmental system creates freedom or harmony

  • Reawakening wonder and excitement in our worldview and flexibility in our minds


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