Experts On: Addiction and Enlightenment

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Mental Health, Self-improvement

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2023

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Talking points: addiction, culture, history, enlightenment, Zen, purpose, non-duality The ManTalks Podcast has grown exponentially over the last couple years, so for all you newcomers, I like to release a sort of cross-section or "best of" episode to showcase what the podcast is all about—after all, I have talked to some brilliant and varied experts over the years! This time, the themes are the widest ever: addiction and enlightenment. I chose this to demonstrate my love of the scientific and the spiritual—and my constant goal to balance the two. As Albert Einstein said, science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind. I hope you enjoy. (00:00:00) - Dr. Anne Lembke on defining addiction and the addictive aspects of our modern world(00:17:19) - Dr. Carl Erik Fisher on addiction through history and across cultures, and how society divides addicted people(00:36:53) - Zen Henry Shukman on enlightenment as defined by Zen, his childhood, and his own story of kenshō(00:58:45) - The acclaimed non-duality teacher Rupert Spira discusses the necessity of moving past the myth of separation Full episodes: -Dr. Anna Lembke: https://link.chtbl.com/9IfZ8XzU-Dr. Carl Erik Fisher: https://link.chtbl.com/a53WmGq9-Henry Shukman: https://link.chtbl.com/F7Kdo_05-Rupert Spira: https://link.chtbl.com/F7Kdo_05 Men, join me for an intense, depth-oriented training regimen called the Men's Self-Leadership Program. Customized curriculum, direct work with me, and limited to just 8 men: https://mantalks.com/mslp/ Pick up my book, Men's Work: A Practical Guide To Face Your Darkness, End Self-Sabotage, And Find Freedom: https://mantalks.com/mens-work-book/ Check out some free resources: How To Quit Porn | Anger Meditation | How To Lead In Your Relationship Build brotherhood with a powerful group of like-minded men from around the world. Check out The Alliance and join me today. Enjoy the podcast? If so, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or Podchaser. It helps us get into the ears of new listeners, expand the ManTalks Community, and help others find the tools and training they’re looking for. And don't forget to subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify For more episodes, visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So when it comes to something like addiction, you know, there's many different forms of how we define that.
0:12.2	There's many different forms of how we look at something like addiction, whether it's substance,
0:17.8	whether it's social media, whether it's pornography.
0:20.6	And we have a lot of men that come
0:21.7	into our space that are struggling with exactly that with porn addictions of various forms.
0:27.1	And I'm curious to get your take on how you define addiction. And is there a difference necessarily
0:33.4	between something like substance abuse or social media or, you know, porn or sex addiction
0:40.6	when it comes to what's happening neurologically or within the body?
0:45.3	Yeah, so there are lots of different definitions of addiction, but they all come down to
0:50.1	basically the same thing, which is the continued compulsive use of a substance or behavior
0:56.1	despite harm to self and or others. Shorthand way to remember the DSM criteria for that is
1:04.7	the three C's control, compulsion, and consequences. Another definition of addiction that I like, though,
1:13.6	that's a little unorthodox, but as relevant for the book is addiction is the things we do that we
1:19.3	lie about. Uh-huh. Okay. Can you say more about that? I feel like that almost like here my audience being
1:24.6	like, woof. It's one of those oof moments. Yeah, the things we lie about.
1:28.9	Yeah. Yeah. Well, I mean, you know, one of the cardinal features of addiction is this, what we call
1:35.1	the double life, where we're living our regular lives, but then on the side, we have this other
1:40.6	life that is not known to the important people in our lives. And on some level, even
1:47.6	hidden from ourselves through this process we call denial, which one of my patients said is an
1:53.5	acronym that stands for don't even know I am lying. And I love that because it really does represent
2:00.6	the ways in which we can have this divided
2:02.7	brain where we're living out certain behaviors, but not even acknowledging to ourselves
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