Enlightenment by Trial and Error (Robert Wright & Jay Michaelson)

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4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Jay's new book, Enlightenment by Trial and Error ... Why Jay embarked on a path of mysticism ... Ayahuasca, unitive experiences, and bad trips ... Jews who are "religious but not spiritual" ... Finding “real happiness” through meditation ... Varieties of enlightening experience ... What’s distinctive about Jewish mysticism? ... The things Jay still takes from Judaism ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast from Meaning of Life TV.
0:09.8	Hi, Jay.
0:11.1	Hi, Bob.
0:11.9	How are you doing?
0:12.9	I am well.
0:14.1	How are you?
0:15.3	I can't complain.
0:16.9	It's getting cold.
0:17.7	It's starting to feel like winter here.
0:19.1	You just complained.
0:21.6	That depends on how I feel about winter.
0:24.3	I love winter.
0:25.3	I embrace winter.
0:26.2	I do, too.
0:27.1	We noted we're both wearing sweaters.
0:29.2	We're ready for sweater weather.
0:30.5	Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:32.6	So let me introduce this.
0:34.9	I'm Robert Wright.
0:35.5	This is the right show available on both streaming video and via audio podcast. You are Jay Michelson. And you are a, well, you have been a seeker. And we're going to talk about your seeking. You've been on a spiritual path a long time. You've written a book about that that's called Enlightenment by trial and error. Subtitle is 10 years on the slippery slopes of Jewish spirituality,
0:58.5	postmodern Buddhism, and other heresies. You've also written other books, evolving
1:06.4	Dharma. Then a book on sadness and spirituality that I think we actually talked about in this platform.
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