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Love & Understanding

Love & Understanding

Written by: John Driggs
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In Love & Understanding, the goal is wisdom. John Driggs, the show's host, is interested in building a personal and secular spiritual life - one that is grounded in honesty, humility, science, reason, meditation, reflection, contemplation, and compassion. John wants you to know yourself, to love yourself, to embody yourself fully. He wants you to learn to walk your own path in peace.

Topics covered in this podcast include ancient wisdom traditions, religion, moral philosophy, epistemology, reason and rationality, meditation and contemplative practices, consciousness, the life and physical sciences, art, poetry, literature, society, politics, law, communication, relationships, family, parenting, pedagogy, and many more topics.

For John's free meditations, please see The Space of Possibility.

https://spaceofpossibility.org

2022 Philosophy Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • A Practice of Conscious Living

    A Practice of Conscious Living
    Dec 30 2025

    In this episode, John explores how we can apply the Buddha's four foundations of mindfulness to our daily lives.
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Trust that You are It

    Trust that You are It
    Nov 26 2025

    In this episode, John speaks with Kat van Oudheusden about the nature of non-duality. Early in life, Kat was an attorney but then, after discovering her own non-dual nature, she moved into coaching professionals and business teams from a selfless leadership perspective. She is now a full-time writer. She is the author of four books and writes daily on Substack about her own direct non-dual experience. I really enjoyed our conversation and I hope you do too.

    Substack Profile:

    https://substack.com/@katoudheusden?

    Books:

    https://a.co/d/7aOE1dQ
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Understanding Effort

    Understanding Effort
    Nov 5 2025

    In this episode, John explores the mind-state of effort, which is the most common translation from the Pali word "virya." Virya is one of three mind-states, along with concentration and mindfulness, the Buddha singles out for us to cultivate in his Noble Eightfold Path, which is a kind of training program to bring peace of heart and mind not only to ourselves but to the world around us.
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    29 mins
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