In the previous episode we noted that merely focusing on practicing the mutually beneficial win-win situations will not fulfil our longing for meaning and connection. Thus it may not be sufficient to move us out of an increasingly addictive world, where all we have are fast pleasure hits provided by addictively designed food or social media. What is more satisfying than the currently addictive model of society? The key to this question has been presented to us for thousands of years in all sorts...
Feb 25, 2024•15 min•Season 1Ep. 70
Narratives are stories that we give power when we believe in them. They may originate in traumas, developmental traumas and this form our personalities, telling us who we are. They may come from our society and be partially factual or fictional. By moving beyond our current identity we can loosen the grip they have on us. This move will also tend to move us beyond just mutually beneficial exchanges, where we exchange one thing for another, into deeply meaningful and satisfying interactions. If y...
Sep 07, 2023•22 min•Season 1Ep. 69
Beauty with capital B is like God with capital G - inexplicable. And yet, there is so much to say. It is our essence. It is one part of the trinity of our essence: Beauty, Consciousness, Love. Beauty is related to one of the fundamental ways in which we experience, in particular through perception. It is tied to Being. Moving away from our wholeness we move into separation, and it becomes more and more difficult to find beauty in all form, though it is its essence. We also talk about Consciousne...
May 15, 2023•14 min•Season 1Ep. 68
The idea of moving from Beauty can be accessed through all we do but is perhaps easier to find through dance. When we move from Beauty we act from an expanded sense of self and a larger perspective. We act from love, instead of acting from fear. By letting go, opening up, becoming present, receiving and inviting in the moment we can let Beauty build up in us until it becomes almost inevitable for us to move from it. Then we move in service to it and it becomes of benefit to all. Practicing movin...
May 05, 2023•17 min•Season 1Ep. 67
The astrologer Michael Lennox once said, in passing: "The world is not happening to you, not even for you, or through you, but as you." I found these perspectives thought-worthy and decided to think about them out loud. It is interesting how each step along this process of going from the first, to the second, to the third and to the fourth perspective is automatically achieved by letting go of identification. In the end, de-identifying with everything cannot be distinguished from being all. If y...
Jan 30, 2023•21 min•Season 1Ep. 66
Is it possible to keep our faith in spite of all the dark moments we experience? What is faith? What can we base it on an how can we use it to have a beautiful life? We start off by listening to a part of the tango “ Tormenta ” ( Storm , in English), arranged by Carlos di Sarli featuring Mario Pomar, as a poetic expression for the lack of faith in life. "... Yo siento que mi fe se tambalea, que la gente mala, vive ¡Dios! mejor que yo… " In English: "... I feel that my faith falters, that bad peo...
Jul 24, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Why is life so difficult? Why do we have to struggle so much and yet often gain so little? Why are millions starving? Why is there so much lack and why is abundance so difficult to come by? Even though most would agree that abundance and love are what we value, the systems around our material world are not set up that way. Instead our systems are set up to value scarcity. We protect it and manufacture it. And we use fear to make sure that we can keep whatever scarce goods we can gain. Is it poss...
Jul 01, 2022•20 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Inspired by the movement called "Effective Altruism", I asked myself the question as I have seen it posed: "How can I do the most good, given my limited resources?" As I asked it, I wondered if the second part of the question, "...given my limited resources", was not tripping me up in finding the most natural answer. To show how the second part is problematic I start out by one of the suggestions from the Effective Altruism community members, which proposes that we end greed. Thus we explore the...
Jun 09, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 63
" The Devil is in the Structure ", and it is the structure, or the system, that provides a slanting floor and makes it easier for us to become, identify as, and live as agents for the system. Systems ultimately lend us their eyes and we end up seeing the world through their perspective, losing other sight. We talk about this in the context of the system of "Capitalism". If this is so, what type of system or structure would we be interested in? How would we like to see the world? We mention that ...
May 01, 2022•18 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Do you feel the urge to help others? Do you know where it comes from? Sometimes it comes from love, and sometimes, like those times when you feel the need to give others advice and solutions, it might come from another place. Learning to recognise where it comes from for you can help you become more free and loving. In this episode we investigate where it often comes from for the schizoid structure (based on Lowen's Bioenergetics). In this case it may be based on past trauma and come from fear. ...
Jan 27, 2022•22 min•Season 1Ep. 61
In this final episode of 2021 I discuss the following picture: http://basiapiechocinska.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/EP60Crossroads-scaled.jpg It represents a crossroads that we currently find ourselves at as humans on Earth. We see the hand of technology pushing us into a place of choice and two main roads being presented to us. One road is represented by a caterpillar and invites us to continue living as we have, with a tribe-like identity and attitude. It leads to slavery or destruction. Th...
Dec 31, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 60
In times of great polarity we talk about two ways of stepping out of it and gaining insight and perspective. The first method is related to ancient battle tactics, where the opponent wishes to distract you and create an internal fight, so that they may have the upper hand and be able to achieve their goal. Here is the picture of the King and his Adviser I was referring to in the episode https://labourheartlands.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/pitchforks-.jpg . The second method is related to goin...
Dec 29, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 59
We are currently finding ourselves in situations we would not have seen as justifiable only two years ago, and yet we are there. The situation is continuing to escalate as a totalitarian-like movement sweeps across the many countries. In this episode we talk about some of the things we could have thought unthinkable, such as medical mandates, talks of lifetime prison for non-compliant persons, concentration camps and them being used as pure punishment for lying, without any recourse to law. If y...
Dec 03, 2021•12 min•Season 1Ep. 58
When we become aware that we are an actor we get the freedom of being able to choose what roles we play. By relaxing and dwelling in the unknown present, we train our mind in a way that transcends and translates into all our experiences. It is like strength training, which automatically makes us stronger in all situations where muscles are involved. By mindfully staying present for as little as 15 minutes a day we start being presented by opportunities to respond to situations, as opposed to aut...
Nov 21, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Understanding how and why judgement is problematic for us may be helpful in directing our attention towards alternative ways of being. In our society we have been trained away from our natural way of being into a way that is based around praise and punishment, judgement, and consequently violence. We employ this when interacting with others as well as with ourselves. It takes away our ability of being present to the beauty of the moment and reduces our ability to solve problems. On a level of so...
Nov 07, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 56
In this short, short episode we connect some of the ideas we have spoken about. In particular we see how The Art of Silence, of practicing silence, is the origin of the language of the giraffe. This is Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication. It is also the language of win-win games. It is what is needed if we wish to physically stay on Earth, and not extinguish ourselves. By dwelling in silence and letting go of identification with our roles, we awaken love and can speak directly from it....
Oct 15, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 55
In this episode we primarily look at Hannah Arendt's 1951 book "The Origins of Totalitarianism" and try to see if we can recognise some of the dynamics she writes about, in our current covid-world. The prerequisites for the beginnings of a totalitarian dynamics, of rootlessness, unattached anxiety, and meaninglessness have been escalated by covid-lockdowns. A central narrative is being presented to the masses. Should we worry about the next step? What did the next steps look like in past totalit...
Oct 03, 2021•34 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Marshall Rosenberg´s "Nonviolent Communication", or "the language of the giraffe" is a heart centered all-win type of interaction. In this episode we discuss it as a possible future language of a civilisation that is based around win-win solutions for all, including the planet. We talk about money and how it is difficult to fit such a concept into the language of a giraffe as it creates incentive and is a key feature of the hierarchical power system we are currently in. We also look at how Rosen...
Sep 21, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 53
This episode is actually inspired by a Disney song. We all probably know that what we focus on we tend to notice more of and who/what we identify as provides a perspective for our life. These are almost cliché, and yet when used wisely can prove life changing. Many of our globally most impactful problems can be traced back to an "we - they" outlook on life. It is the ancient win-lose game of tribes that is currently no longer possible to uphold and have humanity and most of the species on Earth ...
Aug 25, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Sometimes it may be difficult to see how steeped in judgement we are and what it leads to. So, we start out by looking at the violence inherent in common compliments. We talk about how not only compliments but all sorts of rewards and payments rob us of our joy and creativity. We mention how our global, interconnected civilisation has interdependent and exponentially growing risks that increase our probability of extinction and how their interconnectedness requires an approach beyond that of one...
Jul 18, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Can we bring more magic and miracles into our life? What are some essential aspects of a magical life? Can we do anything to encourage the expression of miracles? We find that awe, an open and expansive sense of surprise, appears to be an aspect of magic. For it to be deeply satisfying we would like it to also have meaning that ties all thing together, making it almost inevitable. Such is the nature of art that is able to reach and touch us. To experience it we need to be open. Thus we talk abou...
Jul 13, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 50
A friend recommended I listen to a podcast on stupidity, where the question was posed: "Why are we acting in ways that hurt ourselves and others? Are we stupid?" (The podcast was from Dystopia and it is in Swedish. You can download it from here https://sverigesradio.se/topsy/ljudfil/srse/7878377.mp3 ) I find that when we act in myopic ways that are counterproductive to ourselves and possibly others it is often related to an addiction. And it can be argued that our current systems, such as capita...
Jun 27, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Today we talk about two thieves of joy that are interweaved. They are expectations and judgements. In societies where things work well and our expectations are met we are often accompanied by these joy thieves. They rob us of the present moment. In societies where things rarely go the way we would expect them to we eventually have to learn to let go of our expectations. And when we do that, we embark on a more present, joyous and liberating journey in life. We may still have inspired intentions ...
Jun 13, 2021•18 min0
We talk about the importance of learning to look for what is positive. We mention that perhaps as a survival mechanism we have developed certain biases that are helpful when we are young but make thriving more difficult over time. In particular, we mention senescence and the negativity bias. Then, we ask how one may go about solving problems and see that we often tend to use optimisation for that purpose. Indeed, much of our society uses it calling it rhetoric, public relations, advertisement, e...
Jun 07, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Stress in complex systems leads to an adaptive response, if it does not terminate the system. In this episode we look at hermetic stress for our body and how it may provide health hacks. Then we look at how stress to our "adversaries" may lead to, for us, unpleasant reactions. We look at the current pandemic situation and at the types of immune stresses being put on the virus. I mention my article on this http://basiapiechocinska.com/the-dark-side-of-vaccines/ . Then we talk about how our though...
May 23, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 46
How can we have a more deeply satisfying life? Perhaps if we gain clarity around why we are here we will be able to see our purpose and then possibly move in a direction of fulfilling it, and that might be satisfying. We all seem to want to move in the direction that makes us feel better. If we follow this we might end up with greater satisfaction but the more limitations we identify with, the more limited our satisfaction will be. This is because we will attempt to defend those limitations to m...
May 16, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 45
In this explorative episode we ask the material universe might be created as a type of Fourier Transform and how that could relate to more "New Age" types of ideas. We also ask about the atemporal types of experiences that people who experience near death circumstances go through and how they might be connected to the ideas of a frequency space. If the material universe is based on something like a Fourier Transformation, then all that is is created from a sort of primordial "sound". It would be...
Apr 29, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 44
We talk about the pervasiveness of the Holographic Order and how by aligning with it we may be served. This is equally important and useful for what is perhaps seen as most fundamental science, such as physics, as for social constructions, and what may seem to be spiritual or religious. We start by talking about how physicists look for un underlying order, beyond space-time, and how the physicist David Bohm looked for the Generative Order , that would also bring a direction into the dynamics and...
Apr 18, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 43
As some of you may know, 42 is the answer to the ultimate question on Life, the Universe, and Everything. :) We honour Douglas Adams' idea from his book, "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" , and explore its depth by noting that meaning, connection, and transcendence are found by focusing in on the questions, rather than the answers. We look at how this applies to practical human interactions, and how by asking questions around values we are brought into a more open space of potentialities, al...
Apr 12, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 42
This is an invitation to spend more time with yourself, your purest version of you. By doing that you can actually impact your life profoundly. This is because it will start changing who you see yourself as. A de-identification with any and all of the roles you play will make you less prone to fight, to want to win over others, to be defensive, to focus on appearance, to act from who you think that others think you are, to move into a growth mindset, to loosen your grip on knowledge and to not t...
Mar 27, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 41
