Category: Mental Health

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The Meditative Life Then | Sobriety, AA, and Enlightenment

Inside the Minds Eye

In this episode, I share what my life was like before, during, and after a spiritual awakening that occurred while I was sober and active in Alcoholics Anonymous. Continue reading The Meditative Life Then | Sobriety, AA, and Enlightenment

12 Steps, AA, advaita, Awareness, Consciousness, Drug Addiction, Dzogchen, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, non duality, non-duality, Philosophy, Recovery, self discovery, Self-Awareness, Self-Discovery, Sobriety, Spiritual Awakening, Spirituality, Storytelling, Video, ZenLeave a comment

The Meditative Life Now | Choiceless Awareness

Inside the Minds Eye

This conversation centers on choiceless awareness: the recognition that there is no personal will or control, and that everything—thoughts, emotions, actions, reactions—is arising spontaneously on its own. Continue reading The Meditative Life Now | Choiceless Awareness

12 Steps, AA, Awareness, Life Lessons, Meditation, Mental Health, Mindfulness, non duality, non-duality, Philosophy, Recovery, self discovery, Self-Awareness, Self-Discovery, Spiritual Awakening, Spirituality, Storytelling, VideoLeave a comment

Your Life is None of Your Business | Step 3 and Non-Duality

Inside the Minds Eye

During a prolonged state of existential despair, I heard something that helped re-frame my life and my recovery:

“From this moment forward, your life is none of your business.” Continue reading Your Life is None of Your Business | Step 3 and Non-Duality

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I Was Chasing a High – I Just Didn’t Know It | Football, Identity, and Fear

Inside the Minds Eye

I thought I was pushing through fear and pursuing my dreams, but I was really just chasing a high. Continue reading I Was Chasing a High – I Just Didn’t Know It | Football, Identity, and Fear

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Does Thought Create Reality? | My Experience With the Law of Attraction

Inside the Minds Eye

I practiced positive thinking, daily affirmations, and creative visualization to get everything I thought I wanted. It worked. Then, it completely crushed me from the inside out. Continue reading Does Thought Create Reality? | My Experience With the Law of Attraction

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w/ Drew Elliot (LCSW & Psychotherapist)

Inside the Minds Eye

Drew Elliot joins to talk about his experience with childhood trauma, heroin addiction, and recovery as he has pursued a path of spirituality through 12 steps, Kriya Yoga, and Plant Medicines Continue reading w/ Drew Elliot (LCSW & Psychotherapist)

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Ego, Identification, and Meditation

Inside the Minds Eye

Adam talks about how the ego forms in response to the systems and conditioning of the world. He also examines the nature of mind and how it identifies with the ego as a means of protection.

Plus a little bit of meditation and some “Sleeping Lessons” w/ The Shins Continue reading Ego, Identification, and Meditation