Ep. 216 – Real Life Series with Duncan Trussell

Metta Hour with Sharon Salzberg

Be Here Now Network

Beherenow, Religion & Spirituality, Beherenownetwork, Buddhism, Meditation, Society & Culture, Sharonsalzberg, Metta, Salzberg, Compassion

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

For episode 216 of the Metta Hour Podcast, we are continuing the Real Life Series celebrating Sharon’s new book by the same name, “Real Life.” In this conversation, Duncan and Sharon speak about states of contraction. How we get stuck there and how to find our way back to a place of openness and curiosity.

This interview features a conversation between Sharon and Duncan Trussell, recorded for the Living An Authentic Life Summit.

Duncan Trussell is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, and actor. His popular podcast, The Duncan Trussell Family Hour, has been downloaded over 25 million times and is known for its blend of humor, fringe ideas, eclectic guests, and great interviews. The DTFH is the foundation for Duncan’s Netflix animated series,

The Midnight Gospel, which he co-created with Pendleton Ward in 2020. To learn more about Duncan’s work, visit his website at duncantrussell.com. This is Duncan’s first appearance on the Metta Hour Podcast.

Sharon's newest book, Real Life, is now available from Flatiron Books in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook formats. To learn more about the book or get a copy, you can visit Sharon’s website here.

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0:00.0	To be enlightened is to be intimate with all things, Dogan Zenji.
0:05.0	What if every relationship, whether with a friend, a partner, a stranger, or even nature, was an opportunity for awakening?
0:14.0	Join us for intimacy with all things, cultivating conscious relationships in daily life.
0:20.0	A 10-day virtual immersion with
0:22.5	Ram Dass and friends, starting April 21st. In a world that often feels isolating, this course
0:29.1	offers daily Dharma talks, guided teachings, and wisdom from Ram Dass, Sharon Salzburg,
0:35.2	Krishnodos, Frank Ostayesky, David Nichtern, and Gary Zukoff.
0:40.2	Learn to break down the walls of separation and experience life through love and connection.
0:47.0	Discover how to see the divine in yourself and others.
0:50.8	Deep in intimacy beyond surface-level relationships.
0:58.4	Navigate family, friendship, and work through a spiritual lens step out of loneliness and into the heart of love and compassion
1:03.4	sign up now to begin your journey of connection
1:06.4	visit romdos.org forward slash today intimacy.
1:19.8	Spirituality is having some relationship with your heart or the, you know, the heart chakra or some sense of,
1:27.2	it doesn't mean you're always floating around in there,
1:30.1	you know, in some radiant state of ecstatic emptiness or something like that, but it means that,
1:35.4	you know, you've had some glimpse of that maybe. And you know that that's a possibility
1:39.4	that you don't always have to be up in your head. So I think spirituality might be an awareness
1:43.7	of the relationship between your up in your head. So I think spirituality might be an awareness of the relationship
1:44.6	between your head and your heart.
2:06.8	Hello and welcome to the Metta Hour podcast with Sharon Salzberg.
2:10.1	I'm Lily Cushman and I produce this podcast.
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