George Poulos Podcast

0:00 My clip on unconditional love went viral on TikTok 1:53 QUESTION: Should you love someone even if they disrespect you? 2:55 How setting boundaries is a fundamental way in which we love & accept ourselves AND others 11:23 Reading my notes dump (final thoughts on question of unconditional love) 12:25 QUESTION: ex disrespected me in the past, says they’ve changed 18:20 Final thoughts on love for this episode (synthesis) 22:33 Outro and meta notes --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/support

sharing what I've come to know about love & dating --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/support

0:00 Warming up 0:31 Life update 1:30 a note about winter turning to spring 2:32 Life update (cont) period of forgetfulness 3:28 Comparing forgetfulness to getting lost in thought during meditation 6:10 [meta] talking about shifting the podcast to public & how it feels, freaking about branding 12:52 [meta cont.] wisdom for artists/creatives 14:20 MARCH MINDFULNESS CHALLENGE: No social media Saturdays/Sundays (1) 22:18 [meta] Talking about making money, my artists journey, drawing on iPad 24:35 Reading update (Awareness by OSHO, my upcoming book stack, & the my “shrine” bookshelf) 28:47 [meta] do you like the name of this podcast? & what’s important to me when I record this podcast 33:45 Answering a question about getting sleepy during meditation 38:52 Walking meditation, and how meditation is a mirror to life 43:17 Patreon guided meditations, merch, etc 44:53 More on the No Social Media Mindfulness challenge – Benefits to the challenge --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/support

TOPICS: 0:00 [Beginning my discussing of Osho’s controversies] 3:04 My experience and take on cancel culture and defining people as “good” or “bad” 11:25 Releasing the concepts of “good” and “bad” 14:01 My experience watching Wild Wild Country 21:58 How I read Osho (or anyone for that matter), and how this ties to spiritual awakening in general (trust in your own heart and see for yourself, as opposed to relying on what the culture has said) 24:44 Don’t listen to me. Listen to yourself 27:05 More commentary on cancel culture 27:50 Pretty much every spiritual teacher who has opened my heart has controversy 32:11 More on cancel culture: cancelling doesn’t exist without ego, cancelling can prevent you from hearing the truth 34:48 My way is to take bits and pieces from various teachers 36:05 More on how to read Osho & how Osho has helped me 38:51 Sadhguru’s take on OSHO 45:11 Answering a question about meditation & pain, realizing that the body is not you 56:58 quick reading update, life update & wind down --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/support

TOPICS 0:00 Warming Up 1:41 I have been struggling with intuition lately (making plans & indecision) 4:52 Reading update (Osho, Freedom & Osho, Intuition) 16:00 learning the skill of saying uncomfortable things, & serving yourself to serve others 22:59 New merch 27:18 pickles says hi 28:24 I love you all. Please keep asking questions and sharing your perspectives 29:26 my revelation about turning off comments on social media posts 39:45 I bought a coffee and I’m eating a pickle 41:17 framing things as for fun takes the pressure off 42:34 what if intuition calls for something unethical (my take ) 50:13 is following your intuition scary? (My take) 52:34 a way to visualize present vs future 53:49 reading Trungpa quotes which speak to the questions on intuition & fin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/support

TOPICS: 0:00 Warming up, I am in the process of becoming a flower, reflecting on my creative progress 3:53 Reading my vision of letting go & surrender for 2023 5:51 Acting out of accordance with my truth is becoming painful & absurd 7:18 I’m developing a radical faith in the universe 12:42 reflecting on the patreon community 16:11 Addressing the question: What is true? How can we know our inner voice? 23:48 What happens if you surrender? 28:48 Reading Update (True Perception by Trungpa & Freedom by Osho) 34:48 [meta] new merch update 36:20 more reflections on my creative progress --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/support

TOPICS: 0:00 Warming Up 2:20 Quitting coffee, weed, and alcohol with no effort 3:56 You don’t need to get drunk to dance 7:03 Why alter the present moment with a substance? 10:35 benefits of alcohol, coffee, weed 12:22 Questioning my alcohol usage 12:48 Alcohol can be used to force yourself to enjoy something 17:34 Psychedelics are not party drugs 19:15 I’m very close to the light, but sometimes it flickers 20:37 Alcohol as a coping mechanism for living in the shadows 22:34 the spiritual journey calls engrained ways of being into question --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/support

TOPICS: 0:00 - I’m done with the name “stoicgeorge,” & how I first got into stoicism 3:04 - my new relationship with CHANGE 4:21 - Dharma Art 6:57 - Why do we rush? 9:02 - Why I have spiritual reminders in my room 15:22 - I love you guys 17:24 [META] - Podcast format? 19:32 - Patreon Question: what to do about people who aren’t aligned? 34:34 - in the age of social media, how do we balance capturing vs experiencing moments 37:03 - reading update; quick review of Creativity by Osho, and starting True Perception by Trungpa 44:47 - outro/meta rambles/talking about time 46:42 - treating plans like suggestions (lol) BOOK LINKS: OSHO Creativity https://amzn.to/3H5bazf TRUNGPA True Perception https://amzn.to/3wjGUul --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/support

TOPICS: 0:00 – my new perspective on psychedelics: LSD, connection to spiritual practice, “elsewhere” experience vs “here” experience 7:28 – my theory on visual hallucinations on psychedelics 12:48 – psychedelic re-integration can be challenging 16:01 – what we call “reality” is not really reality; this is unsettling 17:37 – accepting re-integration 21:21 – talking about art & how it connects to spiritual truths 24:29 – [meta] should this podcast have a format? 24:44 – [meta] first official reading update! 25:40 – what I’m currently reading (OSHO - Creativity) BOOK LINKS: OSHO Intimacy https://amzn.to/3iHYPaU OSHO Creativity https://amzn.to/3H5bazf --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/support

TOPICS & TIMESTAMPS 0:00 – awakening is about letting go of rigid models 0:44 – time & days of the week as a rigid model 1:45 – creativity as an overflow [brief] 2:50 – phone addiction is a poison that takes away presence 9:20 – smashing my phone with a hammer 12:22 – why I unfollowed everyone on instagram 19:55 – why does tiktok feel so much freer than ig? 21:18 – back to unfollowing on ig --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/georgepoulos/support