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Focused AF

411 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 187 ratings

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July 18, 2020: Real Education

July 18, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.28 MB

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July 17, 2020: Perverted Pleasure

July 17, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.26 MB

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July 16, 2020: Self Image Leads To Pain

July 16, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.64 MB

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July 15, 2020: Hurt Feelings

July 15, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.22 MB

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July 14, 2020: Conscious Sorrow And Unconscious Sorrow

July 14, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.43 MB

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July 13, 2020: Is Suffering Essential?

July 13, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.8 MB

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July 12, 2020: You Are The Suffering

July 12, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.36 MB

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July 11, 2020: Integrated Understanding

July 11, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.85 MB

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July 10, 2020: Acquiring Beliefs To Ward Off Pain

July 10, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.72 MB

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July 9, 2020: Understand Suffering

July 09, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.89 MB

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July 8, 2020: Suffering Is Suffering, Not Yours Or Mine

July 08, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.15 MB

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July 7, 2020: Understanding Suffering

July 07, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.29 MB

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July 6, 2020: Happiness Is Not Of The Mind

July 06, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.01 MB

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July 5, 2020: Can Happiness Be Found Through Anything

July 05, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.01 MB

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July 4, 2020: Happiness Is Not Sensation

July 04, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MB

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July 3, 2020: Happiness Cannot Be Pursued

July 03, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.78 MB

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July 2, 2020: One Must Go Deep To Know Joy

July 02, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.05 MB

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July 1, 2020: Happiness Vs. Gratification

July 01, 2020 12:00 - 4 minutes - 4.5 MB

You are invited this Sunday, July 5th to two events I'll be hosting: The first is #SelfCareSunday Live from 3PM to 4PM-ish ET on YouTube. It's a passive viewing experience with an optional text-based community chat. In case you hadn't heard, the 1st Sunday of every month, I host #SelfCareSunday Live on my YouTube Channel to make some music, share personal updates, offer a sounding-board, and pay forward anything I've learned that might be relevant to self-care or creativity. May start a few ...

June 30, 2020: That Thing Which You Fight, You Become

June 30, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.45 MB

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June 29, 2020: To Destroy Hate

June 29, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.37 MB

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June 28, 2020: The Fact Is We Are Violent

June 28, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.01 MB

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June 27, 2020: The Major Cause Of Violence

June 27, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.88 MB

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June 26, 2020: Freedom From Violence

June 26, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.95 MB

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June 25, 2020: Realize You Are Violent

June 25, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.15 MB

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June 24, 2020: The Central Cause Of Conflict

June 24, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MB

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June 23, 2020: Is It Possible To End Violence?

June 23, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.89 MB

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June 22, 2020: Violence

June 22, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.69 MB

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June 21, 2020: What Is Thoroughly Understood Will Not Repeat Itself

June 22, 2020 03:46 - 3 minutes - 2.78 MB

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June 20, 2020: Passive Awareness

June 20, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.93 MB

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June 19, 2020: Let A Thought Flower

June 19, 2020 14:19 - 3 minutes - 3.3 MB

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June 18, 2020: Awareness Cannot Be Disciplined

June 18, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.53 MB

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June 17, 2020: Seeing The Whole

June 17, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.78 MB

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June 16, 2020: Introspection Is Incomplete

June 16, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.85 MB

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June 15, 2020: Knowledge Is Not Awareness

June 15, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.62 MB

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June 14, 2020: There Is No Place At Which To Arrive

June 14, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.64 MB

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June 13, 2020: Elimination Of Fear Is The Beginning Of Attention

June 13, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.08 MB

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June 12, 2020: Complete Attention

June 12, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.84 MB

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June 11, 2020: Attention Is Limitless, Without Frontiers

June 11, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.98 MB

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June 10, 2020: An Attention That Is Not Exclusive

June 10, 2020 12:00 - 1 minute - 1.74 MB

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June 9, 2020: Attention Free Of Effort

June 10, 2020 03:27 - 2 minutes - 1.87 MB

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June 8, 2020: Attention Without Resistance

June 08, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.7 MB

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June 7, 2020: The Art Of Listening Is The Art Of Release

June 07, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.72 MB

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June 6, 2020: The Highest Form Of Energy

June 06, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.72 MB

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June 5, 2020: Creative Energy

June 06, 2020 06:20 - 3 minutes - 2.88 MB

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June 4, 2020: Where There Is Contradiction, There Is Conflict

June 05, 2020 19:02 - 3 minutes - 2.82 MB

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June 3, 2020: The Pattern Of An Idea

June 03, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 1.98 MB

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June 2, 2020: Duality Creates Conflict

June 02, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.01 MB

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June 1, 2020: Energy Creates Its Own Discipline

June 01, 2020 12:00 - 2 minutes - 2.59 MB

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May 31, 2020: Observe How Habits Are Formed

May 31, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.38 MB

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May 30, 2020: The Interval Between Thoughts

May 30, 2020 12:00 - 3 minutes - 2.99 MB

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