Steve Interviewed by Susan Guner of ‘Fireside Chats’
Susan Guner recently interviewed me again for her ‘Fireside Chats’, a series of conversations for her 21 Day Meditation Challenge Community.
0:00 – Intro
1:00 – Why livestream meditation?
5:30 – Steve’s meditation biography
11:55 – What kind of meditation does Steve practice?
14:47 – Susan’s meditation journey
17:37 – How plant medicine transformed Susan’s meditation practice
20:10 – 3am meditation, night sitting, and lucid dreaming
26:35 – Gradual vs sudden awakening
27:31 – Why does Steve meditate?
31:23 – How to get more people to meditate?
35:16 – How our culture validates meditation
37:03 – Trauma and the limits of meditation
39:46 – Different reasons people meditate
42:37 – Teaching at Esalen
44:36 – Did Esalen run secret plant medicine ceremonies?
46:30 – Meditation myths and ‘Stealth Buddhism’
50:31 – Bias and unaware meditation teachers
54:38 – The courtship phase and advice for beginning meditators
1:00:14 – What has Steve noticed about meditation in the pandemic?
1:04:08 – Closing comments
To find out more about Susan, visit:
– https://www.facebook.com/groups/susanguner/