Third Dreamer Meditation

Today David talks about the differences he’s experienced in his life at times he chose to follow his dharma as compared to times he’s followed his drama. Please enjoy. Any questions or comments, please connect to wanderingwisdom@gmail.com or ig:third_dreamer

The Third Dreamer Podcast returns! Listen to David talk about the return, meditation, spiritual texts all while literally crouching down in a nature preserve. Added siren, airplane, wind and animal background included for no extra charge!

Recorded on a cold and rainy night (well California cold, which isn’t really that cold comparatively but feels colder and colder the longer you live here), David talks about getting back into his body, and how that oooks different now than before. Weight loss/gain, winter, yoga, meditation - it all gets touched on here.

Recorded at MDitate, this is a meditation episode. After a brief intro a guided visualization gratitude meditation is offered for your enjoyment.  

Recorded and released on Thanksgiving, this is a short episode where David talks about some of what he’s grateful for.

David starts of an occasional series of episodes looking into his take on the Isha Upanishad. This material has helped solidify his worldview and he has been lecturing on this for the past five years and is excited to share it here.   as always, contact: david@thirddreamer.com

This episode was recorded while sitting near the Huntington Beach pier for maximum background noise enjoyment! David talks about personal history a bit and then relates the wave and the ocean metaphor and how it applies to his own view on meditation.   as always contact: david@thirddreamer.com with questions or comments

a very short episode recorded in the BLM dispersed camping area around Joshua Tree. David talks about waking up grouchy and not being able to think his way out of it and then, like a wave the emotion subsided. Also, camping thoughts.

David is back in Irvine and this brief episode he talks about the process of return. Please enjoy soft meanderings the sort that can only happen at those times when we come back from a longish trip.

Recorded on the Highway from hometown Eau Claire, WI en route to the Minneapolis airport, this episode David talks about memories and the way interact with present reality. As always, reach out to david@thirddreamer.com for questions or comments

David checks about his last day in Kathmandu. Talks about witnessing a cremation at a Shiva Temple, meditating at a Kali temple and getting lost while riding a bicycle at night two days back in a little village near Chitwan.

David records this episode while sitting in a rice paddy and talks a bit about his time in Nepal and also about the relationship we share with time. 

a short episode David checks in while on the first day of the Annapurna loop trek. He talks a little about the meaning of the name Annapurna which ties into his love of the Upanishads.

Recorded in Nepal David talks about the flights there and meditation on the go. Mentions also the value of having multiple techniques that can be used at different stages of meditation practice.

This is a short follow-up episode to episode 020. Your host David Miller delineates what he was talking about when he spoke about spiritual struggle and how sometimes the struggle itself becomes fetishized and loses track of the original purpose. Please note, this episode is extra noisy in the background. Please bear with it! Normally it would have been re-recorded but with limited time before the Nepal trip it was decided just to pop it out as is.

In this episode David examines the idea of controlling thought and offers an alternative to this “hard way”. This further developed into an exploration of does the spiritual life have to be a struggle.   as always feel free to connect: david@thirddreamer.com

Welcome to another Episode of the Third Dreamer Meditation Podcast. This episode David talks about how recently he has been experiencing regular moments of intoxication and bliss states despite being sober from intoxicating substances for 12+ years. He compares and contrasts these states. as always contact: david@thirddreamer.com

Welcome to another special Camping Episode of the Third Dreamer Meditation Podcast. Today David talks about hiking and letting go of heavy burdens to get to the higher peaks in life. as always, feel free to contact: david@thirddreamer.com

Welcome back! This episode we undergo a slight format change. Through October 2018 the episodes will be recorded on an iPhone and also the meditations won’t be every episode, instead the focus will be regular conversation with monthly meditations as special episodes. In this episode David examines the Fallout Equinox as a time to extrovert evolution.  As always, please contact david@thirddreamer.com for questions and comments 

Welcome to an episode recorded on the trail. David talks about meditation, camping, hiking, spiders and mountain lions. A short light hearted episode that still ties into the value of meditation.