The Zen Gateway's Podcast

Transcending Mindfulness 11: Objects of Meditation

In this podcast:   What are the different subjects that we can meditate upon? Developing the skill of one-pointed meditation. Moving onto different types of meditatio

The Digital Ego

How do we as conscious beings best interact with new technology? In this episode: Outsourcing labout is a major benefit of technology but what do human beings lose in

Transcending Mindfulness 9: Daily Grind Mindfulness

In this podcast:   How do we take mindfulness off the cushion and into the Monday morning commute? How might we transition from a retreat environment back into our da

Transcending Mindfulness #8: Crisis, Chaos & Uncertainty

  In this podcast:   What is the role of Chaos in spiritual development. The reaction against rationalism & chaos as a creative force - Dadaism The challenge of a c

Transcending Mindfulness #7: Trauma & Healing

In this podcast: What is trauma? The link between trauma and psychological dissociation as a defence mechanism. Symptoms of trauma & alienation and its causes in person

Transcending Mindfulness #6: Deeper Down into the Shadow

Jamie and Martin return to discuss 'shadow work' a term now popular referring to the need for genuine transformation of consciousness through integration of the hidden or

Transcending Mindfulness #5: Reviewing The Awakened Ape by Jevan Pradas

In this episode Psychotherapist and musician, Jamie Shavdia and Zen teacher Martin Goodson review Jevan Pradas's book - The Awakened Ape: A Biohacker's Guide To Evoluti

Transcending Mindfulness : Self-Esteem v. No-Self

Modern psychology talks about the importance of self-esteem and yet the Buddha talked taught about No-Self.  Are these two approaches reconcilable? Martin Goodson, co

Transcending Mindfulness 3: The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Jamie Shavdia (www.jamieshavdia.co.uk) and Martin Goodson (www.thezengateway.com)   discuss the hugely popular book 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle.  In this podcas

Transcending Mindfulness #2: Emotional Intelligence

What is emotional intelligence and how does it work in a therapeutic practice? Is there an overlap with Buddhist practice and understanding of the human condition? What a

Transcending Mindfulness #1: Sacred Places & Conscious Transformation

A podcast exploring the depths of consciousness ,spirituality and psychology.  This episode explores how places affect consciousness and ranges from a discussions aroun

Soko Morinaga - A commemoration talk at Kettering Buddhist Society 17th June 2024

This talk was given at the Kettering Buddhist Society on Monday 17th June 2024 to commemorate the memorial anniversary of Soko Morinaga Roshi.

Zen Bites No.20 - Mapping the Mind

In this final episode Jamie & Martin discuss how the infinitely complex nature of the mind is often modelled in both Buddhism and psychology.  The models offer us a map i

Zen Bites x19 - Change & Impermanence - Living with Uncertainty

In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the inevitability of change and impermanence, both core concepts in Buddhism and Mindfulness practice.  Topics range from the Bud

Zen Bites 18 - The Shadow, Repression and Acceptance

In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the unconditional acceptance of the shadow self, those unfavourable parts of "I' the ego that are often repressed and not allowed

Zen Bites 17 - Gratitude

In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the role of 'gratitude' as an attitude that can help condition and humble our small selves, expand consciousness, with recognition

Zen Bites 16 - Body Wisdom

In this episode Jamie and Martin discuss the body's innate wisdom arising from a bottom-up rather than a top-down more cognitive approach to spiritual practice.  They dis

Zen Bites 15 - Bereavement, Loss & Dying

In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the difficult topic of bereavement, loss and dying. Discussion ranges from how loss is worked with and experienced in the therapy r

Zen Bites 14

In this episode Jamie & Martin discuss the spiritual potential of transcending the individual ego and therefore the limited confines of our own cognitive prisons which li

Zen Bites #13 - Use of Sound, Chanting and Mantra

In this episode Martin and Jamie take a different stance by looking at the use of sound, mantras and chanting. How do mantras work? How does sound affect conciousness? Wh