"Out of Our Minds"
The Podcast Archive
"Out of Our Minds" was a bi-weekly podcast that ran from September 2007 to August 2010 for a total of 77 15-minute episodes.
These are early talks by Eric Putkonen, about two years after enlightenment happened.
2007 Episodes
09/15/2007 Life is but a dream
09/29/2007 Reincarnation from a nondual perspective
10/13/2007 Be as a little child
10/27/2007 Renunciation and the householder yogi
11/09/2007 Effortless enlightenment
11/25/2007 The art of meditation
12/08/2007 The essence of mind is intrinsically pure
12/22/2007 No one ever becomes enlightened
2008 Episodes
01/06/2008 Everyday beginner's mind
01/19/2008 Nonduality and the möbius strip
02/02/2008 The world as play
02/17/2008 Being in the present moment
02/29/2008 No one to liberate
03/15/2008 Giving up the search
03/27/2008 Embracing vulnerability
04/13/2008 The eye can not see itself
04/27/2008 Understanding is all
05/13/2008 Mindfulness and the quiet mind
05/24/2008 Equinimity and dispassion for the world
06/07/2008 Who am I?
06/24/2008 The importance of satsang
07/04/2008 Thought and emotion have no basis in reality
07/21/2008 Beyond the three states is the Self
08/03/2008 Time is just a concept
08/17/2008 No doer, nothing done
08/30/2008 It's all about awareness and understanding
09/14/2008 Where does morality come in?
09/28/2008 Every person's middle name is 'Narcisus'
10/13/2008 The point is not what is said
10/28/2008 Why so few?
11/08/2008 Stilling the mind
11/25/2008 The teachings of the Unborn
12/10/2008 It's an attitude, not an individual action
12/23/2008 A time for new beginnings
2009 Episodes
01/07/2009 The end of suffering
01/19/2009 Is enlightenment the end?
02/01/2009 The fickleness of experiences
02/14/2009 Relationships and romance
03/03/2009 Ponderings
03/13/2009 The world is fundamentally play
03/31/2009 Appearances are deceiving
04/14/2009 Enlightenment is not a gain, but a loss
04/27/2009 Action without thought
05/12/2009 Living without purpose
05/26/2009 What is acceptance?
06/09/2009 Is the ego really bad?
06/23/2009 The moment you ask how...you are lost
07/06/2009 Gently down the steam
07/21/2009 Not knowing
08/04/2009 You chose this life
08/20/2009 Not wanting anymore
09/02/2009 No integration is necessary
09/17/2009 Are you ready?
09/29/2009 From unhappy to happy
10/12/2009 When 'my' and 'mine' end
10/24/2009 What if we stopped telling stories
11/10/2009 The illusion of enlightenment
11/21/2009 Letting go of voluntary and involuntary
12/08/2009 The ever-changing maya
12/22/2009 The two biggest obstacles to realization
2010 Episodes
01/05/2010 Enlightenment does not come and go
01/19/2010 True happiness lies within
02/03/2010 Why enlightenment?
02/16/2010 What is yoga?
02/28/2010 Abiding in the Unborn mind
03/15/2010 Living without expectation
03/28/2010 Understanding anger
04/11/2010 The yuga secret to our world
04/23/2010 Cease entertaining distraction
05/08/2010 Not the same, but not different
05/23/2010 The essence of ego
06/05/2010 Not turning away
06/20/2010 What is as it is
07/05/2010 Radical freedom
07/18/2010 No soul
07/31/2010 How do you realize the truth?
08/16/2010 This is the end