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Half Awakened

8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -

Quick, raw insights about psychology, metaphysics, and whatever God is

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Episodes

The isolation of education...creates childish adults?

September 02, 2022 03:31 - 16 minutes - 22.3 MB

“Childish” is a touchy term. I don’t mean to be judgmental. I’m pointing toward the way we carry a child’s needs into our adult lives under certain traumatic conditions. This one’s an edgy post. My thoughts are even more raw than usual, and I really spoke off the cuff about broad topics involving trauma, personality, and maturing into adulthood. It might not land well. I might be over-generalizing. Or it might hit too close to an unsolvable social problem? I’m gonna share it anyway. Becau...

Following my nose

August 28, 2022 01:19 - 13 minutes - 19 MB

I touched my intuition in a totally new way today. Well, new for me. Who else works with intuition as a guiding signal in your life? Why aren’t you and I talking about it?! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidsblog.substack.com

The Ravens in Sedona

December 12, 2021 02:45 - 7 minutes

Do I post this? I recorded it as a personal note, not meant for an audience. But trying to re-record it would lose its soul. Screw it. Here’s a bit of the “me” that isn’t trying to be smart in public. I traveled to Northern Arizona this week to do some hiking with my friend Joseph. On the day we drove to Sedona, I had a synchronistic experience—some things happened in the world around me that caught my attention for no particular reason, and they tied together into a personal revelation. W...

I found the Tao Te Ching by accident

October 23, 2021 19:15 - 16 minutes

(I got a new high-end microphone yay! But I didn't set the levels right and my voice is clipping in this ep, boo! Bear with me as I learn how to podcast.) I've been stressing about how I'm going to write an impressive book of philosophy. While getting out of my head by working with the dirt in the back yard, I realized the truth of flow, inter-relatedness, and the Middle Path. Here's a summary of how I got there, moving through the language of Kant and Jung. This is a public episode. If yo...

Minipod 4: Apologies are Reflexive

October 12, 2021 23:42 - 12 minutes

In this mini-pod: * Self-sufficiency vs. needing repair * Apologizing as output of personal evolution * Gauging relational development by the repair process This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidsblog.substack.com

Minipod 3: How We (don't) Trust

October 04, 2021 16:51 - 15 minutes

In this mini-pod: * The difference between trust and faith? * How credentialing stands in for authenticity * A simple way to define mindfulness This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidsblog.substack.com

Minipod 2: Dentistry and Duality

September 29, 2021 19:25 - 13 minutes

In this mini-pod: * Objects and Duality * Conscious Awareness and Attention * Desire and Aversion * Trauma healing techiniques that play with metaphysics This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit davidsblog.substack.com

Gaslighting is actually transference

September 25, 2021 19:54 - 18 minutes

A podcast? WHAAAAAAAT?? Yeah. Starting this blog was a big step for me. Before that, I only published essays that took weeks to write and edit. Blogs are teaching me to just let my words flow. This is another step in that direction. What if I just, like, say it? Without editing anything. Just show up with my real self and open the gate. Like I do on phone calls with close friends. These mini-pods will be digestible bites: about 15 min each. They’ll be unedited and raw. Just me, the spi...