Are You In There‪?‬ Alex Jurgensen

Look at yourself in the mirror and ask: "Are You In There?" ... Keep doing this until you come up with an answer... "Yes, I am here!..." The fact that you are there, that you exist, is so self-evident that we hardly take any time whatsoever to reflect on it, yet the answers to life's most important questions lie all there.

In the premiere episode of "Are You In There?", we explore the essential connection between inner peace and the present moment. We challenge the notion that fulfillment lies in external achievement and turn your focus inwards. Intended to be used as a tool for Alex's psychotherapy clients, this podcast can also help people that are not currently having therapy.

Alex introduces himself and shares the journey of how he managed to overcome depression by finding the transformative healing-force of The Power of Now, which unlocked a newfound inner depth within him, that he didn't know existed: a dimension of inner depth that you too can access.

Join us on this journey of self-realization, where we lead you to recognize your essential ignorance and embrace true faith by finding a solid place within yourself. Subscribe now for profound wisdom, timeless insights, and practical guidance for your journey to lasting fulfillment. Thank you for joining us! Until next time!

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Are we really living in the present? Or are we just too distracted by our minds... prisoners of our past, future, worries, anxieties, and anticipations? Join me, Alex, as we journey through an in-depth exploration of our relationship with the present moment. We'll uncover how we regularly fall prey to a pattern of 'present moment blindness', a psychological trap inherited from our collective mind.

The first part of the episode revolves around a poignant story of a beggar living by a river which illustrates how we often miss the beauty of the present moment, and how our present mental and emotional struggles are most of the time linked to our inability to live in the present moment. From this follows the idea that reconnecting to the present moment can lead to a profound transformation in our lives.

We start by recognizing that there is a voice in your head that won't stop talking. We encourage you to pay attention to how your thoughts keep constantly distracting your attention, bringing it to the past, future, imagination, etc. Understanding these collective mind patterns is the first step in our journey toward reuniting with the source of life itself.

You're encouraged to make it a habit to start observing your mind, and shown how to return to the present moment easily by simply paying attention.
Thank you for joining us! Until next time!

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A man called G.I. Gurdjieff once said: 'If you wish to get out of prison, the first thing you must do is realize that you are in prison. If you think you are free, you can't escape.'

In this episode, we'll explore the nature of the mind, the 'stickiness' of our thoughts, the urgent pull they have on our attention, and how they create some kind of mental prison in our consciousness. A prison whose bars are made of thought: verbal and visual thought. We'll explore the nature of thought and navigate the illusion that words and images create. We do this because of what Gurdjieff said: we need to familiarize ourselves with the mechanisms that imprison us before we can free ourselves from them.

We examine closely the two types of thoughts that your mind creates: verbal and visual, we'll guide you so that you can experience them yourself. The more we understand how our mind works, the easier it's going to be for us to see beyond it. What lies beyond it? We introduce the first element of the 'deeper dimension of consciousness' that we've been hinting at: the one who observes. That part of your consciousness who just observes the mind, the one who listens to the thoughts... the witness.

Lastly, we introduce the practice of meditation and mindfulness as an essential tool in this journey of self-realization.

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Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to learn how to meditate in a simple and engaging way. Thank you for joining us! Until next time!

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"How often do you actually pay attention inside? If you're like most people, the answer is never at all!"

In this episode, we talk about the Hindu Philosophy of the Four States of Consciousness, listed as follows: dreamless sleep, dreaming sleep, ordinary wakefulness, and lastly, the so-called 'turiya', simply translated as 'the fourth state of consciousness'. In this episode, we pay most of our attention to the latter two. We describe the ordinary waking state as one of mind dominance and full of unconscious mental activity, while the fourth state is a state of presence, of alertness... of mental quietude.

We investigate how the practice of self-observation, of looking inside, can serve as a doorway to access this state of presence. We also explore how the simple urge of needing to google an actress' name that you forgot can distance you from this state of peace, and how to break free through intense alertness. Lastly, we talk about the 'great liberation', which is the liberation from your mind, and encourage you to stop taking your thoughts so seriously.

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The Tao Te Ching has an interesting line in it, which says "First realize that you are sick, then you can move toward health."

Have you ever wondered, "Who am I, really?" In this episode, this question becomes a catalyst for a detailed exploration of the complex realm of the ego. We argue that in order to find who you are, you need to first know who you are not!

What is the ego? How does it operate? This is crucial information because, as we will explore in the episode, familiarizing yourself with the working mechanics behind the ego, gives us a much better chance of being able to observe it as it plays its game in our field of consciousness. The analogy of a football player is used, who plays as a defender: when he is familiar with the way in which the opposing striker plays, let's say he knows that the striker is left-footed, then the defender stands a much better chance of defending. In the same way, the more we are familiar with how the ego operates, the better chance we have of detaching ourselves... by observing it.

The practice of self-observation remains crucial in this, for the only way we can deal with the ego in ourselves is by observing it as it gets triggered inside of us. When the observing presence is there, that's when you have one foot out of ego and closer to who you really are, which in this episode we describe as 'formless consciousness'.

These, among others, are the ego mechanisms that we will explore in greater detail: identification with body and things, unsatiable desire, resistance to the present moment, a feeling of isolation, complaining, and self-aggrandizement.

So, are you ready to unmask the ego for the imposter that it really is and thus embark on a journey towards your true essence? Let's journey together, there's no time to lose.

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Ram Dass once said: "Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it." In this episode, we keep the focus of our attention on the ego and how it operates. We do this because we've learned that the most direct way of disidentifying with the ego is to observe it in operation. Where does it operate? In your field of consciousness: in your mind.

In the previous episode, we explored the nature of the ego and how it operates. In this episode, we'll explore how to deal with it. What can I do to free myself from ego? This is the question we'll try to answer. We'll use an excerpt from a Buddhist scripture called 'The Way of The Bodhisattva' to explore one simple practice for dealing with the ego.

We'll dive into how self-observation can help dissolve the ego, opening a deeper dimension within us. Our conversation extends to the transformative power of meditation and mindfulness, and how these practices can help us reconnect with our inner selves.

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