Today, we are delighted to host Josh Dippold, a seasoned traveler deeply rooted in meditation and Buddhist teachings. In this enriching conversation, we delve into the heart of creating a life filled with love, compassion, and authenticity.
Josh Dippold kicks off with powerful insights on using heart energy to enrich our experiences and create a space painted with love. Josh shares his expertise and offers a meditative exploration into the inner dimensions of consciousness. He guides us through a thoughtful 3-breath exercise, inspired by Gil Fronsdal, to anchor us in the present moment.
Our discussion navigates the thin line between judgment and discernment, observing thoughts without ego attachment, and the importance of an open heart in meditation. We also touch on the Brahma Viharas, embracing qualities like loving-kindness, compassion, and equanimity as pathways to fulfillment.
Together, we explore how mindfulness, meditation, and the power of thoughts shape our reality, offering practices and insights to find deeper meaning and purpose in our lives. Join us for a transformative journey to discovering how heart energy and inner reflection pave the way to a more coherent and compassionate life.
This episode is a deep dive into:
- Generosity and Giving: Josh emphasized the significance of generosity and giving from the heart in all relationships. This selfless approach enriches personal connections and fosters a sense of fulfillment and purpose.
- Boundaries and Compassion: Learning to set and enforce boundaries, particularly in cases of abuse, is crucial. However, it's also essential to navigate these boundaries with compassion, ensuring actions taken are in service to healing and addressing suffering.
- Mindfulness Techniques: Josh shared valuable mindfulness techniques, such as breathing exercises and visual thinking, to help manage thoughts and improve focus. These practices can aid in creating a space for self-reflection and observing one's internal and external experiences without judgment.
- Explore the paths to fulfillment, compassion, and mindfulness with us and learn to harness the power of your thoughts to shape your reality.
About the guest:
Since 2012, Josh Dippold has maintained a daily formal practice, pursued self-study, and regularly attended retreats and training sessions. He is currently writing and speaking about meditation and related topics. His past collaborations include working with fellow Insight Timer teachers Denny K Miu and Lydia Grace. Additionally, he facilitates generosity and donation-based meditations both in person and online. Josh values truth, wisdom, kindness, compassion, courage, empowerment, realizing awakening, and being free.
Connect with Josh Dippold:
Website: https://integratingpresence.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/integratingpresence/
About Alan:
Alan Carroll is an Educational Psychologist who specializes in Transpersonal Psychology. He founded Alan Carroll & Associates 30 years ago and before that, he was a Senior Sales Training Consultant for 10 years at Digital Equipment Corporation. He has dedicated his life in search of mindfulness tools that can be used by everyone (young and old) to transform their ability to speak at a professional level, as well as, to reduce the psychological suffering caused by the misidentification with our ego and reconnect to the vast transcendent dimension of consciousness that lies just on the other side of the thoughts we think and in between the words we speak.
Personal: https://www.facebook.com/alan.carroll.7359
Business: https://www.facebook.com/AlanCarrolltrains
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aca-mindful-you/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mindfulnesseminar/
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