Christian Fanli Ramsey walks us through the myth of the good life and how we are constantly try to secure ourselves by imbuing material goods with intrinsic values that we really believe will save us from our problems.

#14 — Truth Beyond the Crowds

Aug 10th, 2020 34m 30s

A satsang from the Art of Discrimination Podcast about how we sometimes mistake truth as being equal to intersubjective agreement. Drawing on non-dual traditions and neurobiology to understand how we can touch into truth that doesn't require th

#15 — Narrative and the Strange Nature of Reality

Aug 10th, 2020 25m 18s

Reality is even stranger than it seems for most of us. Why does reality come preprocessed or prepackaged? Is reality empty?Can we know what the world is by someone's story of it? Why do two people experience the same situation differently? Chri

#13 — Illusion, Race, and Tasty Food

Aug 7th, 2020 1h

Compassion & Discrimination Poem

Jun 9th, 2020 1m 24s

When we find ourselves feeling discriminated against by others, our first instinct is often to retaliate. We say that we cannot understand how such people can do such heinous and shameless acts and so we see the good in us and the bad in them,

Imagine a World Where We All Belong - A Guided Meditation

Jun 3rd, 2020 2m 22s

With the recent events of discrimination and cruelty, we feel many emotions. We might even feel helpless. In this meditation, we check-in with how we are feeling, taking in the pain in the world and transforming into a vision of the world where

A Call for Unity - A Future Without Discrimination

Jun 3rd, 2020 2m 22s

Christian Fanli 0:01 And you may be feeling angry, you may be feeling filled with despair, you may be feeling deeplysad you may be feeling as ifthere's nothing youcan do hopeless, as to current events.And you may also see that we are at thecr

Meditation as Non-Discrimination ( Lightly Guided )

Jun 2nd, 2020 19m 47s

We can think about meditation as the practice of non-discrimination. Not discriminating against anything that arises in consciousness. The instruction is to regard your mind as the screen and the contents or objects of cognition as a film. As

Meditation on Looking Deeply - Interconnectedness Meditation

Jun 2nd, 2020 24m 7s

When we can look deeply, we can see that we are unconditionally connected to everything else and that separation is a result of taking our shallow perception as objective reality. This is the root of so much of our suffering. This meditation te

Guided Meditation on Overcoming Duality and Discrimination (George Floyd and Recent Events)

Jun 2nd, 2020 17m 45s

Guided Meditation on Overcoming Duality and Discrimination (George Floyd and Recent Events)Christian Fanli 0:02 can we can we taking a few deep breathsbreathing in up to our capacity and when we breathe out, as soon as we feel we've emptied a

On Privilege and Non-Discrimination

Jun 1st, 2020 14m 53s

What is privilege? White privilege, black privilege, asian privilege, female privilege, male privilege. What is it? In this satsang, I break down the issues inherent within privilege despite having a good basis for existence. Privilege like man

Overcoming Emotional Triggers - Guided Meditation

Jun 1st, 2020 21m 7s

Often we find ourselves triggered by our perception of a situation. Whether it's racism, sexism, or feeling violated or inferior, we often find ourselves biting the hook. These situations usually have just the right conditions to fully consume

George Floyd Has Never Left - Poem

May 31st, 2020 2m 4s

Because my mind is not conditioned to see racism as a single cause, I cannot reasonably decide it’s racism.Because I cannot know the minds of those humans dressed in cop uniforms or the situation, I cannot hold anyone completely responsible, y

Compassion in the Time of Losing George Floyd - Guided Tonglen Meditation Practice

May 30th, 2020 15m 28s

In a time of pain, loss, grieving, anger, confusion, and ignorance, we need to find ways to cultivate our compassion so we can act from a place of wisdom and not fight discrimination with discrimination but nourishing mental factors that can he

Meditating on George Floyd - guided compassion meditation

May 29th, 2020 13m 53s

I thought it would be worthwhile to hold space with this. meditation for anyone who may or may not be dealing with feelings of helplessness, confusion, anger, sadness, or otherwise around the loss of George Floyd. I hope this meditation offers

Ramadan, Fasting, and Phantoms

May 24th, 2020 19m 55s

This year I tried Ramadan and in this talk I cover how fasting can deepen our spiritual process and better understand our mind. I also talk about the phantoms that surface when we renounce things in the world and how if we can sit with those fe

The Art of Non Discrimination

May 22nd, 2020 28m 23s

The root of discrimination is embedded within our ego formation. In order to have a self, we must create an other and this is where discrimination again. Our intellect is trained to discriminate, primarily between what it should move towards, p

Finding Your True Home

May 20th, 2020 45m 9s

How do we find our true home within? A place of unconditional love and trust? We first have to transform our minds, letting go into original mind. Part autobiography, part dharma talk, Christian Fanli walks you through their life experiences an

Being at Home in the World - Satsang

May 18th, 2020 49m 54s

At Home in the WorldBy Christian 郑梵力 RamseyHow might we live with a sense of fearlessness?We can transform our minds and instead of running from the things that scare us, we can face them unconditionally. So how do we do it?Stories, insights,

Emotions - 5 Minute Satsang

May 13th, 2020 5m 58s

What happens when we begin to understand our emotions deeply?Christian Fanli talks about emotion and how we can begin to train ourselves to not be stirred or controlled by our emotions by meditating with emotions.

From Fear to Fearlessness - A Guided Meditation

Apr 24th, 2020 12m 43s

How can we make friends with our fear? This guided meditation takes us into the depths of our fear and gently guides us to invite fear in while we abide in awareness. By being aware of fear we begin to sow the seeds of fearlessness.

Coming to Peace with Anger - Guided Meditation

Apr 20th, 2020 24m 21s

Often we don’t know how to deal with intense emotions like anger. When we carry around anger in our heart and act on it, it often causes more harm than good. Whether we have been angry with someone for a moment or decades, we always have to th

Dwelling in the Heart Cave - Visualization Meditation

Apr 17th, 2020 23m 10s

A heart opening visual meditation for dealing with a lack of inner peace. Realizing that we always have access to unconditional tranquility and peace within awareness. This guided visualization meditation allows you to come back to your center