@SantMat

Thanks for the episodes, James. I was feeling desperate tonight because everywhere I turned (online, on TV), all I found was ego and oppressive negativity. It wasn't meditation time yet and I wasn't in the mood to dive into deep literature. Your podcast hit the spot.

@SantMat

I listened to this again and came to comment, only to realize that I already did!

I find that, often, when I listen to your podcasts, I think of so many things to say about them that all I end up commenting is some version of "great episode!"

One thing that struck me about this one is where you mentioned that some people go looking for a spiritual experience and find it, whereas for some people, it finds them. This latter situation was more or less how it happened for me. I was at the time reading some eastern texts and absorbing the spiritual ideas, but didn't really realize it was something I could directly connect with... let alone that it would not necessarily be me who initiated the connection!