In this Q&A session from 1989, Ram Dass answers questions about addiction, greed, and lust, and talks about the chain of reactivity that fuels our deepest attachments.
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Jun 3
Ep. 305 – Using A Relationship to Awaken
In the conclusion of this classic talk, Ram Dass explores giving up our rushes, working with death, not judging the trip, using a relationship to awaken, and much more.Help us celebrate 10 years of Be Here Now Network and support the next chapter of Ram Dass Here and Now. Gifts a ... Show More
57m 10s
May 2025
209. The Addiction No One Talks About
What if you're not addicted to pain, but to the identity it gave you? In this raw solo episode of The Leela Show, we unravel the hidden ways identity becomes a drug, how the ego clings to what's familiar (even when it hurts), and how Tantra + psychology can help you rewrite the s ... Show More
48m 6s
Jan 2020
5: Choose Your Addictions Carefully
Raghunath & Kaustubha discuss how the mind is going to get addicted to something - so choose the addictions that lead to getting grounded, connected, and liberated, through Bhakti Yoga. Plus the appearance of the young sage Sukadeva Goswami the six symptoms of the soul found in a ... Show More
57m 6s
Apr 2021
Ep. 97 – Longing, Letting Go & The Lineage of Hanuman
Krishna Das explores longing, letting go, being here now, and the uniqueness of the Hanuman lineage for liberating us while satisfying our beneficial desires and fulfilling our karmas.In this fun and directed question and answer session, Krishna Das illuminates longing as the bas ... Show More
41m 39s
Dec 2019
#179 — The Unquiet Mind
Sam Harris speaks with Judson Brewer about addiction, craving, and mindfulness. They discuss the nature of reward-based learning, the role of subjective bias in addiction, the neuroscience of craving, the neural correlates of the sense of self, real-time neuroimaging, effort and ... Show More
34m 1s