The Dude not only has non-attachment but also non-attachment to non-attachment, unlike some Zen monks who teach this principle yet cannot let go of their Rakusu.  So, I briefly discuss the Dude and Dudeism, and how it's a kind of laid back thing, and very right for its time and place.

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Want to be a gold medal relaxer?  Then treat everything that you do like it is a yoga asana; take a deep breath, and feel your way into it.  I talk about how the Dude does this in whatever he does.

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A zen Dude, I think it was Dogen, once said "Mountains are mountains, rugs are rugs" - or something like that.  Cave-dwelling dudes trying to get away from society only to find that society goes to find them.  

Is the Dude a hermit?  Is the cave, the apartment?  Is the holy relic, rug?  Here we begin to look at the ego.  Are you employed, sir?

Join me for a short trip to the Chinese Taoist hermit caves, zen masters, and rug-appreciating Dudes. 

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We can wait for the big sign.  We can wait for life's direction, but this podcast is pointing us in a more subtle way.  

We can take life too seriously, man.  We can be tense about our day, and we can be tense about the direction that we think life has for us.  So, it is a short recording with a big point.

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Here, I discuss how what we do is an extension of what we are and feel.  And as practising Dudeists we may also recognise that what we do gives off an energy and that is our continuation.

I try to strip away the crap from religion and to ask whether Dudeism needs to do the same.  When we take it easy, it's far easier to abide.  And our inner Dude appears.

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In this podcast, I talk about how as Dudeists, we often think of uptightness as something very clear, and very obvious, but here I want to show you how it is also very subtle.

It's easy to go through your day reacting to resistance and tension unconsciously.  We fill our moment with should do, could do, and must do, for example.  

We've got to walk our talk and it might be easy to do that in the company of others, but when it is for ourselves, we can easily slip up.

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In this podcast, I talk about The Dude Way or Wu Wei in Daoism.   I use an example of family life that shows if we let Life do what it's doing without poking a finger in it, then it flows naturally and easily.

The Dude knows that he or she cannot be aware of everything and therefore decisions could be made on partial information.  The Dude lets life happen without a thought of it, but just naturally.

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When the Dude is squeezed by life when he or she has no time to call their own when they are too busy to sit quietly and recline with an air of ease, how do they stop themselves from becoming undude?

Life can be tough.  Despite your wanting for a relaxed day you might find yourself rushing at work to complete a project, stepping through the door at home to find you are instantly needed, that something only you can fix has gone wrong, that the kids need dinner on the table and only you can do it, there's washing to be done, there are plates to be put away... life, life, life.

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