Show Notes

Today's guest Andras Lenart works in health policy in the BC government. He also helps support compassionate access to psychedelic medicine through his work with TheraPsil. https://www.linkedin.com/in/andras-lenart/?originalSubdomain=ca

The Psychedelic Society Online Meetup, on Feb 27th, 2021. Registration is free https://www.meetup.com/the-psychedelic-society-meetup/events/275977939/?action=rsvp&response=yes

Resources Mentioned:

• 5:00 Already Free, by Bruce Tift. An absolute must read for anyone interested in the intersection between Buddhism and Western Psychology or therapy. https://tinyurl.com/Already-Free-Goodreads
• 9:25 Stanford professor of Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman on Neural Plasticity, including a section at the beginning on how early childhood experiences have profound effects. https://tinyurl.com/Andrew-Huberman-Podcast
• 15:55 Be Like Water, Bruce Lee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJMwBwFj5nQ
• 20:00 Gil Fronsdal, Audio Dharma, amazing online buddhist teacher. I'd recommend starting with the following introduction serieshttps://audiodharma.org/series/1/talk/1762/
• 20:30 Theravada Buddhism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theravada
• 20:45 Thoughts Without A Thinker, by Mark Epstein. One of the first attempts by a modern Westerner to explain what Buddhism is (that's the first part and the part I got the most value out of) and also to explore the similarities and differences of buddhism and freudian psychology. That later half I think is a bit dated and filled with faulty assumptions or assertions about how the brain or souls work.
• 21:56 Main Claim of Buddhism: Desire is the source of all suffering. If you wish to end suffering, practice bare (simple) attention and mindfulness. See Thoughts Without A Thinker for more
• 40:22 Andrew Feldmar on Entheogens & Radical Psychotherapy. We're referring to his "anti-intention" approach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seLZYIpqEw0
• 42:30 Gabor mate intention setting https://tim.blog/2018/06/04/the-tim-ferriss-show-transcripts-dr-gabor-mate/
• 49:43 How do psychedelics help buddhist practice? "Drugs And The Meaning Of Life", by Sam Harris https://samharris.org/podcasts/drugs-and-the-meaning-of-life/
• 49:55 Sasquatch Music Festival https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasquatch!_Music_Festival
• 56:24 Aren't Buddhist supposed to avoid drugs?
• 59:20 Connected wisdom teachings of buddhism, aka the eightfold path wiki article https://tinyurl.com/Wiki8FoldPath
• 1:03:42 Right vs. Wrong, is there good and bad? See Doing What's Beautiful, by Gil Fronsdal. https://www.audiodharma.org/talks/audio_player/10681.html
• 1:04:07 10 points to Gryffindor, on the arbitrary scoring of moral actions. Know your memes https://tinyurl.com/19mjhs95
• 1:10:25 Somatic or Embodied Experiencing, https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/types/somatic-psychotherapy
• 1:23:40 Buddhism as the 3rd Path or Middle Way, between aversion or craving

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