Jason Gregory: True freedom means "freedom from yourself"

“The Eastern interpretation of freedom is to be free from yourself; to be free from the conditioning that that has been impressed on you. So the socialization process that you’ve gone through, once you’ve liberated yourself from ego, that’s what ultimate freedom is because then nothing else, it doesn’t matter what you can experience in your life, it won’t imprison you.” — Jason Gregory

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Bestselling author/philosopher/documentarian Jason Gregory joined us to discuss the "Fasting the Mind" practice that he writes about in his incredible book, Fasting the Mind: Spiritual Exercises for Psychic Detox.

Jason's book:

Combines cognitive psychology with Zen, Taoist, and Vedic practices to empty the mind.

Explains how eliminating external stimulation can alleviate stress and anxiety for a calmer state of mind

Details meditation practices, such as open-awareness meditation, contemplation of Zen koans, and * Vipassana meditation, and explores methods of digital detox

Draws on classical yoga, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism as well as cognitive science to explain how and why to fast the mind

More about Jason: https://jasongregory.org/

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