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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.
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Tolerance & The Open Society with Jeremy Shearmer
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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The Problem with Certainty with Jeremy Shearmur
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Ritual in Secular Spirituality with Britt Hartley
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Intelligence, Agency, & Consciousness with Shiv Sengupta
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Healing through Understanding
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Love & Taoism
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Putting Down the Self Weight
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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A Practice of Conscious Living
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Trust that You are It
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Understanding Effort
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Love's Divine Abodes
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Transformation: Spirituality Without Dogma or Superstition
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Frameworks & Storytelling
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Jun 21, 2025 |
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Nihilism & Tantric Philosophy
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Classical Paganism & the Power of Ritual
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Growing Up in Russia
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Falling in Love with Your Self
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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Meeting the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict with Compassion
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Harmonizing Self and No-Self
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Love & Understanding Trailer
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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My Posture To Humanity
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Mindfulness in Schools: A Conversation With Ben Painter
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Moral Tyranny
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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Who Decides What is Good & Evil?
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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On Friendship
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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The Art of Self-Inquiry
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Concepts, Words, & Things
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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The Critical Art of Understanding
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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The Creative Art of Understanding
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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How Do You Know?
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Dukkha & Mindfulness
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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The Most Important Question
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Identity & Finding Compassion for Our Abusers
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Recapping the Eightfold Path
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Jul 28, 2023 |
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Our Livelihoods & The Eightfold Path
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Jul 07, 2023 |
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Concentration
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Mindfulness & The Eightfold Path
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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The Art of Balanced Effort
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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Sudden & Gradual Awakening
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Mar 17, 2023 |
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(Bonus) Death Knocked At My Door
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Taking What is Not Given
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Acting for Freedom
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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Speaking Harmony Into Being
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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The Morality of Harmony
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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When the Heart Touches Suffering
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Stepping Into Wholeness
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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The Tranquility of Non-Addiction
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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Thinking the World Into Being
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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The 4 Great Hallucinations of Perception
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Building a Lens of Freedom | Perception
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Worldview | The Noble Eightfold Path
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Ayahuasca | The Humble Mother & Servant
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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The Four Noble Truths
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Loving Attention
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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The Divine Connection
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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The Faceless Seer
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Everything Changes
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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What is Mindfulness?
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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We Can Wonder!
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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What is Vipassana?
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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The Power of Belief
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Nov 29, 2022 |