Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasno. How many of you may receive my weekly

Sunday commusing article where I address a breadth of issues from the spiritual to the physiological

to the sociopolitical.

And on occasion, I will also record an audio version of these articles and release it here

as a bonus episode.

So over the past four years, I have listened endlessly to the British philosopher, Alanads unpack eastern mysticism as I have

perambulated through the hiking trails of the Santa Monica Mountains. And across the same period of time,

I have also interviewed hundreds of doctors in the quest to understand the nature of well-being.

Now over and over, I found that these two separate inquests have converged.

The metaphysical was patterned in the physical.

As I peered into the microcosm of my organism, macrocosmic truths

were everywhere to be found. My Eastern religions understand the universe as emergent,

spontaneous, and interdependent, governed by an intelligence that seeks balance, or the middle.

As I learned more about my physiology, I witnessed these exact same characteristics.

My organism is the delegated adaptability of a greater intelligence. It is impermanent, changing endlessly in relation

to its environment and always seeking the middle. Or homeostasis. In fact, it's engineered for

balance. Today's episode is a ridiculously brief primer on Eastern philosophy. While these

traditions all possess their own stories and nuances, they all share a basic view of the universe

as organic, underwritten by an intelligence that seeks a middle way.

Okay, before we dive in, I want to encourage everyone to sign up for my new course,

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