Josh Summers

Yin Yoga | Meditation | Path

Everyday Sublime: Shadow | Light | Unity

The Everyday Sublime podcast explores a full spectrum spirituality. Each week Josh will release a dharma talk, and each month Josh will publish a long-form conversation with a thought-leader from the field. As Stephen Batchelor says, "the mystical does not transcend the world, but saturates it."

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The Divine Algorithm Sutta | Robert Wright

Ultimately, happiness comes down to choosing between the discomfort of becoming aware of your mental afflictions and the discomfort of being ruled by them. – Robert Wright

Relaxing the Breathing | Dharma Talk

Buddhists, however, saw that karma acts in feedback loops, with the present moment being shaped by both past and by present actions; present actions shape not only the future but also the present. This constant opening for present input into the causal process makes free will possible. – Thanissaro Bhikkhu

The Karma of Breathing | Dharma Talk

Buddhists, however, saw that karma acts in feedback loops, with the present moment being shaped by both past and by present actions; present actions shape not only the future but also the present. This constant opening for present input into the causal process makes free will possible. – Thanissaro Bhikkhu

From Patience to Peace: Dharma Talk

If you sit and patiently endure, you find your mind going into a state of calm. That calm occurs because there’s no more trying to become something or trying to get rid of something. – Ajahn Sumedho

Peace Within Uncertainty (Part 2): Dharma Talk

Yet, along with sorrow, there is the backdrop of consciousness, the inner atmosphere that holds whatever arises, like the sky holds lightning… Through our practice of meditation, access to the backdrop becomes possible. – Narayan Liebenson

Peace Within Uncertainty (Part 1): Dharma Talk

Recognition of the Yin Will allows for the creation of the virtue of Wisdom. This Wisdom is not about knowing things. In fact, it is more about being deeply connected to the Unknown… Wisdom is a recognition of a deep knowing that infuses life. – Ted Kaptchuk

Vipassana on the Path: Dharma Talk

Within the process of Vipassana meditation, the meditator develops and rests within a capacity to remain calm and clear towards the entire display of visceral, cerebral and environmental content. – Josh Summers

Basic Vipassana Instructions (Part 2): Dharma Talk

Just as sounds arise and cease naturally within the field of awareness, when attending to their body, the meditator begins to perceive the same impersonal display of sensations arising and ceasing within the stillness of the mind. – Josh Summers

Basic Vipassana Instructions (Part 1): Dharma Talk

When we shift into a vipassana lens of practice, there are no distractions. Each experience the meditator encounters becomes the practice, itself – an experience to see clearly and relate to with compassion. – Josh Summers

The Key To Stillness (Part 2): Dharma Talk

“Meditation is not a matter of trying to achieve ecstasy, spiritual bliss or tranquility, nor is it attempting to become a better person. It is simply the creation of a space in which we are able to expose and undo our neurotic games, our self-deceptions, and our hidden fears and hopes.” – Chogyam Trungpa

A Still Forest Pool: Dharma Talk

“Try to be mindful, and let things take their natural course. Then your mind will become still in any surroundings, like a clear forest pool. All kinds of wonderful, rare animals will come to drink at the pool, and you will clearly see the nature of all things.” – Ajahn Chah

Metta, Vipassana, and Creativity: Dharma Talk

Just as a musician learns musical etudes to develop and refine their capacities for musical expression, a contemplative can learn meditative etudes – exercises that nurture the capacities of the Heart/Mind.