Mindsprings Podcast with Alistair Appleton Podcast
1) Dissociated Love
Following one of the live sessions, Alistair talks about the experience of dissociation. This is a natural function of our minds, but it can also erase our natural kindness - especially towards oursel...Show More
2) Mud on the Buddha
An excerpt from the Holy Island Retreat October 2022. Alistair is talking about the theory of Buddha nature, that we are already enlightened at our core. And even it's not true - is it beneficial? Doe...Show More
3) Forgettery
This is an excerpt from the Holy island Retreat in October 2023 which was focusing on the wisdom aspect of compassion. Alistair sketches out the way compassion is seen within the various yanas of Bud...Show More
4) Other People's Anxiety
Discussing with Mindsprings member, Dameon, about the issue of other people's anxiety. Our anxiety work often - rightly- focuses on getting our own nervous systems under control. But what about the pe...Show More
5) Narcissism vs. Love
Following a meditation exploring self-love, we were talking about the nuttiness of hating your experience. After all, it's the only one we're going to have. I then went on to flag up the social prohi...Show More
6) The Negative News Industry
The negative news industry. Responding to a student’s comment on the distractions of the news media, Alistair speaks about the nature of news as an industry and the myth of ‘being informed’ that driv...Show More
7) The eight conciousnesses and the 45th
Jane asked: "Is awareness the same as consciousness? And how do you deal with someone with a lot of shame or someone with no shame, like Donald Trump?" Alistair discusses how the definitions of aware...Show More
8) Thoughts are like Toothpaste
In this podcast, Alistair, (after being interrupted by Ben the dog 😀) discusses distractions with the Mindsprings students. He says tension is the motor of distraction. The tenser you make the mind t...Show More
9) The Infernal Waltz
Alistair talks about the three things that dance the waltz of Samsara - Delusion, Wanting & Hatred .
10) Is the word 'self' meaningless?
From a Mindsprings meditation Zoom class discussion. Buddhists take aim at the fixed nature of our sense of selves. They believe suffering is caused when we try to keep ourselves in a fixed state. Ali...Show More