When the threads of awakening drop and spirituality itself falls away, what's left? Peep our earlier introduction interview on the Multidharma Threads model here on YouTube or here on Apple Podcasts. And a deeper dive into each thread here. Dr. Pierce Salguero has studied spirituality through decades of practice and scholarship, specializing in hathayoga, meditation, shamanic rituals, spirit healing, Thai medicine, and Buddhist philosophy. He is now a professor researching Asian history,...
Jul 03, 2025•2 hr 48 min
Kogen is a Zen priest in the Soto tradition, in the lineage of Tangen Harada Roshi. Find his books, retreats, and more here and follow him on YouTube here. In this conversation we talk about Kogen's Japanese Zen monastic background, the intersection of traditional monasticism and modern spiritual practices, the differences between early Chinese and later Japanese Zen, the format of the student-teacher relationship in Zen, monk life in a Japanese monastery, interpersonal dynamics among monks, the...
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 46 min
A deep dive into the core experiential threads that might arise during spiritual awakening, ultimately unique to each human. Peep our earlier introduction interview on the Multidharma Threads model here on YouTube or here on Apple Podcasts. Dr. Pierce Salguero has studied spirituality through decades of practice and scholarship, specializing in hathayoga, meditation, shamanic rituals, spirit healing, Thai medicine, and Buddhist philosophy. He is now a professor researching Asian history, relig...
May 29, 2025•3 hr 17 min
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May 25, 2025•1 hr 6 min
When our cherished beliefs painfully fall away, we're left squarely in the unknown and the unknowable...which is pure freedom itself 🔥 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...
May 16, 2025•28 min
In this live episode of Sunday Zen, we dive deep into the themes of trust, surrender, and the Threads of Awakening model introduced by Dr. Pierce Salguero. I've been reflecting on how traditional spiritual models can leave us feeling lost, stuck, or even scared, and how Pierce's approach offers a more inclusive framework that resonates with my own experiences. We share insights on the different threads—emptiness, energy, unity, and psyche—and how they manifest in our lives. We discuss the challe...
May 12, 2025•1 hr 30 min
For many, traditional spiritual frameworks leave us feeling alienated and invalidated, firing up the engine of fear and seeking when our own experiences don't fit their mold. Multidharma is a new map that drops "stages of awakening" and instead recognizes multiple threads that might unfold—such as emptiness, oneness, energy, and psyche—providing a more inclusive space for the vast diversity of human experience. Dr. Pierce Salguero has studied spirituality through decades of practice and scholars...
May 08, 2025•2 hr 37 min
Humans are gonna human, bro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 15, 2025•16 min
Chop wood, carry water 😉 Full video here. Contact form, videos, Supporter Tribe and more here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 30, 2025•44 min
At what point does spirituality eat its own tail? Full video here. Contact form, videos, Supporter Tribe and more here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 27, 2025•46 min
Never underestimate the forces of delusion (on ALL sides). Vaccine co-inventor Paul Offit returns to spit some fire on RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz, pandemic mistakes, public health messaging, Nobel delusions, COVID vaccine science, and much more. Watch the video here. Video archive, audio podcast, music, Supporter Tribe membership, email & more: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email thank you from me: https://paypal.me/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdo...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Powerful medicines like 5-MeO DMT, N,N-DMT, and salvia divinorum can be used not simply to bypass our current experience, but rather to help us un-journey right back here and now...to the non-dual realization of JUST this infinite moment. Psychotherapist and psychedelic guide Mira Funk shows us how. Video version here. This video may be a bit intimidating, but luckily I decided to use these medicines myself under Mira's guidance so you might want to start with my post-journey integration session...
Oct 25, 2024•4 hr 22 min
I tried 3 of the most powerful psychedelics known: 5-MeO DMT, N,N-DMT, and salvia divinorum via vaporized, oral, and (*cough*) other routes...all over 3 days. We then filmed this one-of-a-kind post journey integration session with my guide Mira Funk. It's an epic unjourney right back to here, and now 🙏. Video version here. Here's our pre-journey 4 hour deep dive into these medicines and how they might point back to the non-dual nature of THIS. Here's a meditation Mira used with me to prepare fo...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 48 min
Everything was always here, waiting. Now that you see it, you can really live in the dream. Originally streamed LIVE to YouTube. Join our Supporter Tribe by clicking the Join button on my YouTube channel 🙏 or sign up on Facebook, Instagram or Locals here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://w...
Oct 11, 2024•48 min
Is it possible to synthesize & integrate opposing views while avoiding both-sides-ism or an anemic middle that is dependent on the extremes to define itself? Award winning producer and storyteller Stephanie Lepp shows us how to heal our most pernicious social divides. Watch the video version here. She's the former Executive Producer at the Center for Humane Technology, the organization at the heart of the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, which I analyzed in this video. Today, she lead...
Sep 11, 2024•2 hr 5 min
Awakening isn’t just about meditating on emptiness—it's about peeling back the layers and facing the ugly, unconscious patterns we pretend aren’t there. Originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, watch the video here. And here's my earlier video on Pierce Salguero's Threads of Awakening model. Join our Supporter Tribe by clicking the Join button on my YouTube channel 🙏 or sign up on Facebook, Instagram or Locals here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership opti...
Sep 08, 2024•1 hr 5 min
What happens when you think less and feel more? Here’s how we might drop from our headspace into the infinity of sensation we call “body” and how that simple shift of attention just might change how we relate to everything. And here’s a video from my friend Simon Brown with more tips on this. Join our Supporter Tribe by clicking the Join button on my YouTube channel 🙏 or sign up on Facebook, Instagram or Locals here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership...
Aug 26, 2024•1 hr 17 min
We chat about palliative care, psychedelics, my recent COVID experience, and all things alt-middle. Originally streamed to Instagram Live. Drop a like, comment (or both!) on the video version, it helps the algorithm spread the word 🙏 Also, check these previous episodes: I finally got COVID and The day my COVID got worse. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1...
Aug 15, 2024•38 min
I've talked about COVID for years, but FINALLY caught it and NEVER expected this twist. Video version here. And the OG "I Finally Got COVID" episode here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about your ad...
Aug 09, 2024•29 min
I dodged COVID for 4 years and then BOOM, hit by the 'rona train. Here’s my story, my symptoms, and what I've learned (so far). Plus check out the video with Dr. Paul Offit discussing fever's (important) role in fighting an infection in Don't Fight a Fever and why your body's immune response feels so terrible in That Second Shot. Video version here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio...
Jul 12, 2024•26 min
Does management teach "mindfulness" to create compliance with a broken system that continues to inflict moral injury on frontline workers? Ron Purser is a professor of management at San Francisco State University and a student of Buddhism since 1981. He's an ordained Zen priest and a faculty member at Dharma College (check out their Illuminate TSK app with exercises). Learn more about Ron on his website, check out his book McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality, hi...
Jun 01, 2024•1 hr 44 min
Frustrated that your experience doesn't align with what the books and gurus keep saying? Listen to this. Video version here. More from Dr. Pierce Salguero here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Learn more about y...
May 26, 2024•30 min
The most epic medical bromance in history is BACK and we've brought our A-game 🔥 Video version including timecodes here. Topics covered: Zubin's Dad's Passing Physician Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Chat GPT and Medicine Letting DOJ Know About MOC Monopoly Colon Cancer Screening Whole Body MRI Scans GI Jokes Masking In Hospitals Doctors' Attire and Behavior (Professionalism) What's Up With Braces? 👉 Ain't The Way To Die, including resources on end-of-life planning. 👉 Link to let DOJ know...
May 05, 2024•1 hr 39 min
What happens when organized religion falls away but atheism feels like a long dark night of the nihilistic soul? Video version with topics & timecodes here. Brittney Hartley has a Masters Degree in Theology with a focus on the future of American religion. She works as an atheist Spiritual Director at No Nonsense Spirituality after a 2 year program at the Center for Non Religious Spirituality. Britt is an ordained Sufi, plant medicine guide, nihilist recovery coach, author, religious scholar,...
May 02, 2024•2 hr 7 min
The world-renowned physician/author returns to share some hard-won wisdom. Video version including topics & timecodes here. And check out our previous episodes together. Book References: The Covenant of Water The Road Back To You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery The Wisdom of the Enneagram The Master and His Emissary Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us wi...
Apr 06, 2024•1 hr 18 min
We rap about Health 3.0, my advice to medical residents, collecting beliefs and MORE! Plus an unmasked cameo from the one and only Doc Vader 🔥 Originally streamed LIVE to Instagram. Full topic list: Will I make more music videos? What is health 3.0 and why waking up to our true nature is the only way to bring it about? Advice for entering medical residents What’s looking through your eyes? Doc Vader’s psychedelic journey What happens when we stop collecting beliefs? The shame and identity loss ...
Mar 22, 2024•52 min
Originally streamed to Facebook live back in February and released for supporters-only on YouTube, now viewable by everyone 🙏 Join our Supporter Tribe: https://zdoggmd.com/supporters Watch the video version here. If you're "into" this kind of content, subscribe & leave a review, it really helps spread the word 🙏 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-tim...
Mar 18, 2024•58 min
I took a month break from creating videos, and guess what? It wasn't just about finding peace. There were some serene moments, but anger stole the spotlight. Here's why. #SundayZen. Originally streamed live to YouTube, watch the video here. If you're "into" this kind of content, subscribe & leave a review, it really helps spread the word 🙏 Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdog...
Mar 04, 2024•1 hr
In a galaxy not so far away, you asked, and Vader delivered. The Dark Lord of Medicine enlightens us on vaping, tight scrubs, and the untold secrets of space cancer. Video version here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https://zdoggmd.com/ab...
Feb 04, 2024•53 min
I take your questions on everything from transforming healthcare to identity shifts to practical decision making strategies and more. Originally streamed LIVE to Instagram, watch the video version here. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd More about Dr. Z: https...
Jan 31, 2024•49 min
