When the Buddha Needs Therapy with Keith Martin-Smith

A State of Mind

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Keith sits down with Julian to discuss his new book, 'When the Buddha Needs Therapy.'

Keith is a long time meditator, martial artist and author of several books, including A Heart Blown Open and The Heart of Zen.

Learn more about Keith at: https://www.keithmartinsmith.com

Partial List of Topics in Chronological Order:

How Keith is a Long time martial artist
Bringing together embodiment practice, Buddhist meditation, attachment theory &trauma
How premodern societies were more securely attached
Exploring how many of our psychological issues are a product of our contemporary world which premodern societies did not experience
Meditation as a way to dissolve ego identities
How your practice can only go as deep as the amount of safety you can access & how that is related to attachment wounding.
Anxious attachment style with cell phones
The way in which becoming awake or enlightened leads to much more effective activity in the world
Adyashanti said that 90% of the questions he received are basically a version of “How do I get away from the present moment?”
Looking at the attachment issues of putting young children into monasteries
The role of social status given to spiritual or meditation practice or practitioners
How every society has a role and value for a kind of shaman/yogi/monk figure
The psychedelic renaissance and how medicines are encouraging our evolution and to honor that practice again
Integrating Eastern and Western science
Spiritual emergencies and not having cultural contexts for spiritual experiences
How a long meditation retreat can disrupt the default mode network of the mind in a way that is similar to psychedelic use
The ways in which intensive meditation can bring about a traumatic response
How the meditation traditions aren’t equipped to handle trauma
Keith’s point that meditation cannot touch or transform psychological issues which are truly in the shadow or unconscious mind.
The teaching that no one has ever MADE you angry
Anger in its most simple terms is clarity
You can’t get angry if you don’t care
Tribalism and Conformity
Levels of Development

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