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!
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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 Institute For Integral Qigong and Tai Chi
- Ken Cohen (QigongHealing.com)
- 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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MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE
- Intro: "Foggy Dreams" by Wisdom Traders 
- Outro: "We'll Be Able To Fly" by Soohan 
 
                        