I Love You Keep Going with George Haas
Episodes
The Path of Enlightenment - Stage One
30 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We dive into the difference between mental and physical phenomena and breakdown the raw sensing experience and the ways the mind acts to bring those s...
The Path to Enlightenment
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we cover parts of the history of Buddhism and discuss different paths to enlightenment including the old, the new, and the hybrid. Captur...
Attachment Conditioning
16 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we discuss the process of stabilizing your mind-state and how to identify when your experience of the world is being warped by a ...
Emotional Regulation as Preliminary Practice
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our conversation from the previous episode, we discuss how an honest inside practice can create emotional disruption and the practical ways...
The End Goal of Practice
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss the purpose of practice, what can get in the way of your practice, and strategies to avoid being pulled out of the present...
Organizing Your Practice
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our DYP series, we discuss the Mindfulness movement in the West and weigh its benefits and deficiencies in relation to Attachment Theory. &...
Compassion for All Sentient Beings
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we discuss climate change, population growth and density, immigration, and the ways our different global cultures engage with underst...
Compassion for Difficult People
10 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss inequality, systemic racism, and genocide and how to both express compassion and properly protect yourself in relation to the difficult peo...
Compassion for Neutral Person
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we speak about holding space with the Neutral People that we encounter in our lives and what the appropriate amount of energy required is for t...
Compassion for Friends and Family
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we go in depth into Compassion practice and how to build a working model for your relationships with Friends and Family. Captured live...
Compassion for All Sentient Beings
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We conclude our Compassion cycle with a discussion about expanding compassion outward towards all sentient beings and how to counteract the tendency t...
Compassion Practice for Difficult People
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our series on Compassion practice, we discuss what it is that can make an individual difficult to interact with and how to assess the macro...
Compassion Practice for Neutral Person
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing our series on Compassion practice, we discuss the varied levels of empathy that different types of people might exhibit, and how to build t...
Compassion Practice for Friends and Family
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We continue our discussion of Compassion practice, focusing on the different forms of relationships that we participate in and how to better recognize...
Compassion Practice for a Close Person
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our deep dive into Compassion Practice continues with developing compassion for a person who is close to you in your life. Captured live on 2/18...
Compassion Practice for Self
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
George expands upon the Compassion Practice skill set he began last week to focus on how to develop compassion for yourself - which is often one of th...
Compassion Practice
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Embark on a new cycle for the weekly Dharma talk with an exploration of Compassion practice, which is an empathetic practice. Different from classic M...
Checking Your Reality (Tajjapannatti) - Part 2
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
George continues his exploration of Tajjapannatti, which translates to "constantly going back" (tajji) and "conceptual reality" (pannatti). Captured l...
Checking Your Reality (Tajjapannatti)
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Pali word Tajjapannatti translates to "constantly going back" (tajji) and "conceptual reality" (pannatti). George traces how this concept helps ex...
Organizing Your Practice
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The new year is always a great time to set intentions and organize and commit to your practice. George offers some practical advice drawing from his o...
Home for the Holidays
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George shares some of his experiences growing up in regards to religion and the holidays, and offers some perspective for this particularly challengin...
Metta Vipassana Retreat Practice
12 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George explores the value of retreat practice and how it can be the cornerstone of developing a consistent meditation practice. Captured live on 12/10...
The History of Addiction Part 2
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George continues his discussion the history of addiction in the USA, and how it connects to meditation practice and attachment styles . Captured live ...
The History of Addiction
21 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George takes a detour from the Vipassana exploration to discuss the history of addiction in the USA, and how it connects to meditation practice. Captu...
Special Reading: "The Lower Manhattan Dormitory Effect"
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George reads from his new book "The Lower Manhattan Dormitory Effect" - a recollection of downtown life in New York City in the late 70s and early 198...
Examining the Self and the World
14 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George continues his deep dive into Vipassana meditation exploring what it means to examine the self and the world in practice. Captured live on 11/12...
The Three Marks of Existence
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George continues his exploration of Vipassana meditation with a deep dive into the three marks of existence: impermanence (aniccā), non-self (anattā...
Vipassana Meditation - Focus In/Focus Out
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George explains the technique of Vipassana meditation using see, hear, feel practice applying focus in and focus out. Captured live on 10/29/20. Learn...
Vipassana Meditation & The Sensory Experience
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This talk explores Vipassana meditation techniques and how touching into the sensory experience can tap into the nature of how we form self and world....
Compassion for All Sentient Beings
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this recording, George explores compassion practice for all sentient beings. Captured live on 10/15/20. Learn more about our offerings at mettagrou...
Compassion for Difficult People
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George breaks down compassion practice for "difficult people" and shares a story about how a teacher in Myanmar was more blunt and explained how Ameri...
Compassion fro Friends and Family
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Compassion practice, in the Buddhist sense, means turning toward the suffering experience of someone else and being willing to hold that experience. G...
The Dhammas
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George returns to the original text of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta to explain the dhammas, the original elements of the Buddhist teachings. Capt...
The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing the exploration of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, George delves into the fourth foundation of mindfulness: mindfulness of mental objects. C...
Mind: The Sixth Sense
21 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George continues exploring the Satipatthana Sutta delving into the Buddhist concept of the mind as a sixth sense and how it relates to the more tradit...
Deeper Meditation for Householders
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While in some traditions enlightenment was really only the goal for monastics, Mahasi Sayadaw’s revolutionary teachings brought the notion to househ...
The Ideal Parent Figure (IPF) Protocol
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Ideal Parent Figure (IPF) Protocol was developed by Daniel P. Brown and is a technique to help repair attachment disturbances by guiding practitio...
Feeling Tones Part 2
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing his deep dive into fe Satipatthana Sutta, George continues his deep dive into how feeling tones, or the sensing experiences, influence prac...
Feeling Tones
12 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing his deep dive into the Satipatthana Sutta, George explains how feeling tones, or the sensing experiences influence practice, and how they r...
The Satipatthana Sutta - Part 2
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George continues his exploration into Mahasi Sayadaw’s Satipatthana Sutta via his own teacher Shinzen Young. This is the Pali foundation of the prac...
The Satipatthana Sutta
28 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George shares his interpretation of Mahasi Sayadaw’s Satipatthana Sutta via his own teacher Shinzen Young. This is the Pali foundation of the practi...
Metta Practice for Difficult People
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Metta practice in general is intended to be for all beings. This particular practice for difficult people can be used an antidote to anger, which can ...
Sitting Into Sadness (Metta for Friends and Family)
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After reflecting on the recent violence and racism afflicting the United States, George gets into some apt and timely metta practice for friends and ...
Dissolution (The 5th Stage of Insight)
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George dives deep into the 5th Stage of Insight from Mahasi Sayadaw’s “Manual of Insight” with an exploration of the concept of dissolution. Cap...
Racism in America: A Buddhist Response
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded before our nation erupted in protest in nearly every city, George explored a Buddhist perspective on the murder of George Floyd and racism i...
Knowledge of Arising and Passing
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There are many Dharma maps that help organize one’s practice. George explores this concept, while talking about his own journey with Mahasi Sayadaw’...
Metta For Close People
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After two weeks of Vipassana practice, we explore some Metta (loving-kindness) practice this week, focusing on close people in our lives. Captured liv...
Can You See the Forest for the Trees?
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George breaks down how the experience of self emerges when you look within and gets into the Vipassana practice of knowledge by comprehension. Capture...
Three Marks of Existence
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George explains the Buddhist concept of the three marks of existence: anicca (impermanence), dukkha (unsatisfactoriness) and anatta (non-self). Captur...
Discerning Conditionality
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George continues the exploration into Vipassana meditation with a deep dive into the second stage of insight focusing on the concept of discerning con...
The Second Stage of Insight
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Captured live during Mettagroup’s new weekly online Dharma talk, George Haas discusses the second stage of Insight from Mahasi Sayadaw’s Manual of...
Metta Practice for Self
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A deep dive into loving-kindness practice for yourself - captured live during our new weekly virtual Dharma talk and sit. Read more about it at https:...
What Are We Looking For When We Meditate
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George breaks down the basic nature of meditation and why it is a valuable pursuit, focusing in on the three characteristics of existence.
Collaborative Relationships
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
George breaks down how collaborative relationships work and how early childhood attachment style can affect primary relationships later in life.
Early Care and Attachment Conditioning
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
George outlines how early care during infancy and early childhood has a profound effect on the attachment style that will emerge later in life for an ...
Cultivating Authentic Connections
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the modern world, it’s often more difficult than we think to cultivate meaningful, authentic personal relationships. This episode explores why th...
Metta Practice
15 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Captured live on retreat, George breaks down what metta (loving-kindness) meditation practice is, how to do it, and why it’s valuable. Along the way...
Developing Automatic Compassion
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Relationships are about balance - but it’s not always equal. When a partner cannot properly mentalize to self-regulate, responding with compassion a...
Mentalizing
27 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The ability to mentalize - being aware of your own mind state as well as that of another person - is one of the key components in being able to make m...
Navigating Attachment Style and Primary Relationships
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
George breaks down the common behaviors associated with each attachment style and how they can affect relationships.
Coupling for Single People
30 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Captured live in Los Angeles as a part of Mettagroup’s brand new Meditation x Attachment for Relationships series, this is an excerpt from a daylong...
Early Childhood Attachment and the Buddhist Path
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
George draws connections between the psychological attachment style established during early childhood and the components that make up the traditional...
Understanding Attachment Conditioning
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Finding true happiness can often seem insurmountable. The reason, in large part, is the attachment conditioning that happens during early life. George...
The Ideal Parent Figure Protocol Part Two
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
George delves deeper into The Ideal Parent Figure (IPF) protocol with a discussion about the five stages of developing secure relationships followed b...
The Ideal Parent Figure Protocol
09 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Captured on retreat, George Haas discusses the Ideal Parent Figure (IPF) Protocol. Through a guided meditation, this technique, developed by Daniel P...
Exploration! Meditation x Entrepreneurship
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
George is joined by long-time entrepreneur and meditation student Ben Smith for an in-depth discussion about the connections between meditation and fi...
Attachment and Enlightenment
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When most teachers discuss "attachment" in relation to meditation, they're talking about the Buddhist sense of the word. However, there's also many li...
The Mind-Body Connection
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
George discusses the body-mind and how attachment strategies are connected to our physiological experiences. Recorded live at our new weekly drop-in c...
Getting Started with The Meaningful Life
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Captured during the first class of The Meaningful Life Six-Month Intensive (now called Meditation x Attachment), this brief talk gives an overview o...
Meditation Interventions for Addiction
02 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode of the podcast offers a highly informative introduction to George’s signature course Meditation Interventions for the Addiction...
Mind States and Spiritual Development
20 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Recorded on day three of this past Winter Retreat in Central California, George explains how as your practice develops you can learn how to recognize ...
Metta-Vipassana Meditation and Psychological Attachment
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Meditation x Attachment with George Haas Podcast. Our new format will explore the connections between ancient Buddhist meditation techn...
Entering Metta Jhana
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Marking the end of our journey exploring Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, this podcast is from the final Deepening Your Practice class in Echo Par...
Keeping Your New Year's Resolutions
20 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
George takes a break from Mahasi Sayadaw’s Manual of Insight to acknowledge the role of New Year’s resolutions and how they affect practice. Jumpi...
The Ten Fetters
26 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Branching out from the traditional Theravada Buddhist view, George explains how his teacher, Shinzen Young, takes a more distinctly American view of t...
The Six Senses
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George explains how the arising and passing (appearance and disappearance) of physical phenomena occurs with the five senses: seeing, hearing, smellin...
The Five Aggregates
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Starting with a brief discussion of Burma's influence on Western meditation styles, George then delves into the text of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Ins...
The Five Hindrances
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
regret, and doubt, and delves into the context of how they unfold. This marks the beginning of the Contemplation of Mental Objects section of Mahasi ...
Worldly and Unworldly Pleasure/Displeasure
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Vedna, the Pali word for feeling tones, describes the capacity to sense, which can be pleasant, unpleasant or neutral. The experience breaks down furt...
Wise and Unwise Attention
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Delving deeper into the concept of awareness of awareness, George unpacks how the experience of the self is dependent on the conditions of the moment....
Realizing Mind
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George discusses the concept of realizing mind, or in more Western terms awareness of awareness, and describes the differences between sensing and awa...
Mind States
13 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Moving on to the "Contemplation of Mind" section of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, George discusses the eight mind states ranging from the ordina...
Pleasure and Displeasure
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George breaks down how the first milestone of spiritual maturity is the ability to recognize that you have a mind-state and that it can distort how yo...
Contemplation of Feeling
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Embarking on a new section of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, George explains why "mind" is considered the sixth sense in Buddhism and unpacks how...
Clear Comprehension
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
After a close reading of the text explaining how the sensing experience unfolds based on past experiences, George gets into how childhood experiences ...
How to Note General Activities
22 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Continuing his discussion of the Contemplation of the Body section of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, George gets into the sense of self vs. no-se...
How to Observe Thought
21 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George narrows in on what the "mind door" is and discusses how thought is related to the typical physical senses. This discussion continues Chapter Fo...
The Four Primary Material Elements
08 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Based on the traditional categorizations of earth, fire, water and air, this episode examines the somewhat pre-scientific point of view on the four en...
Contemplation of the Body
30 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This episode wraps up the section of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight that deals with the physical aspect of sensing as it relates to practice. Alon...
Sixfold Equanimity
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George reviews the paths to classical enlightenment and explains how it is indeed possible for ordinary householders to achieve insight, before gettin...
Sense Experience Without Implosion
17 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
With poignant contemporary observations, and a dose of humor of course, George explains how developing mindfulness leads to equanimity even in the fac...
The Arising and Nonarising of Mental Defilements
27 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Defilements, or impurities, naturally arise during practice. George describes how this relates to vipassana practice, breaking down how the meaning of...
Learning and Logical Thought
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A conversational look into the body-mind connection and how it relates the first five states of the 16 stages of insight. This continues George's expl...
The Case of Seeing
13 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George continues on Chapter Four of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, delving into the physical nature of seeing and how it connects to consciousne...
Five Kinds of Phenomena
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George discusses the five kinds of phenomena that arise during practice, describing how to explore them and how they relate to neuroscience. Along the...
The Development of Mindfulness
17 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
George unpacks the five kinds of phenomena that occur during meditation, describing how different mind states relate to metta (loving-kindness) and vi...
Lessons to Learn from Those Who Take the Vehicle of Tranquility to Enlightenment
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Delving into the techniques that are used to reach jhana, George and his students also discuss the challenge of moving from concentration to insigh...
Inferential Insight: Knowledge by Comprehension
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nearing the end of "Absolute and Conventional Realities," chapter three of Mahasi Sayadaw's Manual of Insight, George explains how inference relates ...
Should One Meditate on Past, Present or Future?
26 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Expanding upon the technique of focusing on internal vs. external phenomena, George explains how contemplation of the past, present and future relates...
Appropriate Objects for Meditation
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Drawing on some of the foundations of his Meaningful Life curriculum, George forges onward into the Two Kinds of Insight section of Mahasi Sayadaw's M...