Inspiration Session IV. Sharon Lebell on Meaning Making, Sacred Poetry, and The Walled Garden Experiment

Inspiration Session III. Kai Whiting on Proving our Claims, The Stoic God, and How We Aim to Develop Virtue: In the third episode of our Inspiration Sessions we hear from Kai Whiting. Kai is the author of "Being Better: Stoicism for a World Worth Living in", a postdoctoral researcher in Stoicism and sustainability, and a current contributor the The Walled Garden. Kai gives an example of what he seeks to offer to The Walled Garden community through a dialiectic discussion on a variety of claims that are made among people today, in regards to the Stoic belief that "virtue is the only good", whether there exists a need for the Stoic God, and what is driving the polarization of beliefs and ideologies within modern society. Through this discussion Kai demonstrates the type of debate and introspection he will be bringing to the community and the different beliefs we hold, and how this can assist us to better aim ourselves toward virtue. by The Walled Garden

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Michael Tremblay | Philosophical Training with Epictetus: In this episode Simon Drew speaks to Michael Tremblay (PhD) - philosopher and contributor to the Stoa Meditation app. Website: <a href="https://www.tremblaymichael.com/">https://www.tremblaymichael.com/</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/_MikeTremblay">https://twitter.com/_MikeTremblay</a> Academia: <a href="https://www.queensu.ca/philosophy/people/michael-tremblay">https://www.queensu.ca/philosophy/people/michael-tremblay</a> Stoa Meditation App: <a href="https://stoameditation.com/">https://stoameditation.com/</a> To join The Walled Garden community, use the promo code PRACTICALSTOIC to get over 20% off he caretaker membership. Go to thewalledgarden.com. by The Walled Garden

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It's Time to Aim Higher | Emerson's Call for Us to Experience the Divine: In this episode, Simon sets the scene for our upcoming Walled Garden meetup on Emerson’s call for us to experience the enlightenment that our ancestors felt. The passage read comes from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays on nature.  The poem read was from Simon’s own storehouse.  You can read the rest of the poems in that collection and listen to the album, Pairidaēza Suite, here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbU9HcjhLRzFwMzBRWkluR3BCc2M5SmV2M1RkUXxBQ3Jtc0tuelp4eF8talhZRjlUT2tsbnNMYXB5anJrVTVkMUZCODVDMG5CdHdOSFRCdEQwVkFvejMtUDhBUDJmUmdpY19JcXNjcGJKZGUzWjJzVTlub2lVdi13eTRDczVnZnJSeW42OUtiU3JLQlYzX013cmQ4dw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fthewalledgarden.com%2Fpost%2Fpairidaeza-suite" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thewalledgarden.com/post/pair...</a>  You can register for the meetup mentioned via this link: <a href="https://www.youtu by The Walled Garden

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On Seeking First the Goods of the Soul: In this episode, Simon reads a letter regarding Seneca's wisdom, seeking the goods of the soul, perfecting our aims, and seeking the most important knowledge.  To join this week's meetup (launch of The Poet & The Sage), register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlduCupj8tHN3cj1HuTcbYgS6wo6rqomPC  To join The Walled Garden, go to thewalledgarden.com and use the promo code PRACTICALSTOIC to get a discount on the Caretaker membership. by The Walled Garden

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Ashley McCole | Dealing with Polarisation During the Holidays: In this episode, Simon is joined by Western Australia based facilitator Ashley McCole to talk about how to deal with polarisation during the holiday period. Merry Christmas everyone!   To join The Walled Garden, go to thewalledgarden.com.  Use the promo code PRACTICALSTOIC to get a discount on the Caretaker membership. by The Walled Garden

82 min listen

Inspiration Session IV. Sharon Lebell on Meaning Making, Sacred Poetry, and The Walled Garden Experiment: In this last episode of our Inspiration Sessions, we hear from another contributor Sharon Lebell. Sharon is the author of "The Art of Living: The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness" as well as an accomplished musician. Sharon shares her thoughts on what she envisions The Walled Garden being--a place of refuge where we can explore new ideas, find peace and meaning in our lives, and try out the experiment of forging deep authentic connections with different people within the digital space. Sharon also shares a spontaneous interlude on her one of a kind instrument, and discusses how she hopes that The Walled Garden can be a place where people can experience what she calls "The Big Amazing".  by The Walled Garden

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Sharon Lebell, Kai Whiting, Jacob Bush, and Simon Drew Introduce The Walled Garden: This is the first episode of the revamped Practical Stoic Podcast, now The Walled Garden Podcast. In this episode, Simon Drew, Sharon Lebell, Kai Whiting, and Jacob Bush discuss their new collaboration - <a href='http://thewalledgarden.com'>thewalledgarden.com</a>. They discuss the vision and mission of The Walled Garden, as well as the symbolism behind the name. ----more---- Discount for all listeners of the Practical Stoic Podcast: PRACTICALSTOIC Use this discount code to get over 20% off your Caretaker membership on thewalledgarden.com. Plus, you won't pay anything for the first month. Go here to join: thewalledgarden.com/membership-levels/ ----more---- About Sharon Lebell: Sharon Lebell has been an inspiring writer and speaker about philosophy, spirituality, and religion for thirty years. She is best known as the author of the interna by The Walled Garden

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9/11 and American Diplomacy with Dr. Joseph Siracusa: Join the Walled Garden community at thewalledgarden.com. Use the promotional code PRACTICALSTOIC to get a special discount on a Caretaker membership for the first 100 members. In this episode, Simon speaks with Prof. Joseph Siracusa about the history and event of 911.Prof. Joseph Siracusa is the professor of Political History and International Diplomacy at Curtin University.Born and raised in Chicago and a long time resident of Australia, Joseph studied at the University of Denver and the University of Vienna and received his PhD at the University of Colorado (Boulder). He has worked at Merrill Lynch in Boston and New York; the University of Queensland; and for three years served as a senior visiting fellow in the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University.He has authored and co-authored 310 refereed publications including 75 books, monographs and chapters, 115 journ by The Walled Garden

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Social Media and The Walled Garden: In this episode, we discuss ideas for social media engagement and The Walled Garden. Wrestling with moral and practical issues with social media, we come to a consensus regarding our strategy, which we hope will allow us to communicate effectively with our global audience. To register for this week's meetup, featuring a conversation between Sharon Lebell and Simon Drew on his new book, The Poet & The Sage, <a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlduCupj8tHN3cj1HuTcbYgS6wo6rqomPC">CLICK HERE</a>. by The Walled Garden

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Meghan Sullivan and Paul Blaschko | The Good Life Method: About our guests: Meghan Sullivan is the Wilsey Family College Chair in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, director of the God and the Good Life Program, and director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. She has published works in many leading philosophy journals. Her first book, Time Biases, was published by Oxford University Press. Her work has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation. Sullivan has degrees from the University of Virginia, Oxford University, and Rutgers University, where she earned a PhD in philosophy. She studied at Balliol College, Oxford University, as a Rhodes Scholar. Paul Blaschko is an assistant teaching professor in philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He heads up curriculum design and digital pedag by The Walled Garden

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Inspiration Session II. Jake Bush on Nature, Humanism, and Finding Purpose: Continuing our series on our vision for The Walled Garden, this week we hear from another contributor, Jake Bush. Jake shares his experiences growing up in rural Idaho and how spending time in nature contributed toward his philosophies on life. He discusses growing up in, and subsequently separating from the Mormon faith, traveling the world and learning of diverse belief systems and ways of living, and his thoughts on Humanism and how The Walled Garden could help instill a larger sense of unity among diverse members of one human family. by The Walled Garden

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The Coming War with China with Dr. Joseph Siracusa: Join the Walled Garden community at thewalledgarden.com. Use the promotional code PRACTICALSTOIC to get a special discount on a Caretaker membership for the first 100 members.In this episode, Simon speaks with Prof. Joseph Siracusa about the potential threat of a war with China.Prof. Joseph Siracusa is the professor of Political History and International Diplomacy at Curtin University.Born and raised in Chicago and a long time resident of Australia, Joseph studied at the University of Denver and the University of Vienna and received his PhD at the University of Colorado (Boulder). He has worked at Merrill Lynch in Boston and New York; the University of Queensland; and for three years served as a senior visiting fellow in the Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance at Griffith University.He has authored and co-authored 310 refereed publications including 75 books, monographs an by The Walled Garden

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What We've Learned So Far (Sharon Lebell, Kai Whiting, Jake Bush, Simon Drew, and Walled Garden Members): In this conversation between Walled Garden contributors and members, we discuss what we've learned throughout the past few weeks of inspiration sessions, and together we set the tone for future interactions and aims within the community.  Use the links below to register for our upcoming meetups in December. Social Media Strategy Meetup: <a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqc-6rpjstGdNk2p8-jOXvSA3DgG76--Sd">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqc-6rpjstGdNk2p8-jOXvSA3DgG76--Sd</a> The Poet & The Sage Book Launch: <a href="https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlduCupj8tHN3cj1HuTcbYgS6wo6rqomPC">https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlduCupj8tHN3cj1HuTcbYgS6wo6rqomPC</a> When joining The Walled Garden community (thewalledgarden.com), don't forget to use the promo code PRACTICALSTOIC to get over 20% off your membership for lif by The Walled Garden

45 min listen

Joe Tucker | The Modern Search for Wisdom: In this episode, Simon Drew speaks with friend and co-seeker Joe Tucker about  Stoic philosophy, sacred texts, and the modern search for wisdom.    To join The Walled Garden, go to thewalledgarden.com and use the promo code PRACTICALSTOIC to get over 20% off a caretaker membership. by The Walled Garden

160 min listen

Stoicism & Free Speech | Jonathan Church & Kai Whiting: Stoicism, Philosophy, and Free Speech by The Walled Garden

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Inspiration Session I. Simon Drew, On Radical Claims of Enlightenment: This episode is the first of what will be four inspiration sessions within The Walled Garden. These sessions are designed to allow each contributing founder of The Walled Garden (Simon Drew, Sharon Lebell, Kai Whiting, and Jacob Bush) to share what it is that they'd like to contribute to The Walled Garden community.  Today, we're hearing Simon Drew read his epistle: On Radical Claims of Enlightenment. This episode only covers the first 30 minutes of our inspiration session, and if you'd like to hear the discussion and Q&A which followed this section then you can sign up at thewalledgarden.com. Please use the promotional code PRACTICALSTOIC if you'd like over 20% off the Caretaker membership. This offer is only valid for the first 100 members of The Walled Garden.  by The Walled Garden

33 min listen

Erich Hatala Matthes | Art And Morality: About our guest: Erich Hatala Matthes is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Faculty Director of the Frost Center for the Environment at Wellesley College. His teaching and research focus on the ethics, politics, and aesthetics of art, cultural heritage, and the environment. He majored in English and Philosophy at Yale and earned his PhD in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley. His work has appeared in Ethics, Philosophical Studies, Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, Public Affairs Quarterly, Social Theory and Practice, Ergo, Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy, Analysis, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, Philosophy Compass, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and various edited collections. He has also written for popular outlets such as Aeon and Apollo Magazine. Buy Drawing the Line: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/drawing-the-line-9780197537572?cc=us&lang=en& Twitt by The Walled Garden

61 min listen

Rediscovering the Divine with Simon, Sharon, and Kai: In this episode, Simon, Sharon and Kai discuss Emerson's passage on rediscovering our own connection with the divine in our age. Link to music from the beginning of the meetup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3jSct9cO_s by The Walled Garden

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Discerning the Universal Way with Rocco Jarman: Hermetics, Poetry, & the Seeker's Path by The Walled Garden

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The Poet & The Sage: In this episode Simon Drew introduces his first published book, The Poet & The Sage, which is now available for pre-order at <a href="https://thewalledgarden.store/products/copy-of-the-poet-the-sage" target="_blank">thewalledgarden.store/products/copy-of-the-poet-the-sage</a>.  About the book: The Poet & The Sage is an esoteric work of deep symbolism and archetypal metaphor. Delivered through the time-tested language of poetry and prose, The Poet & The Sage merges the worlds of philosophy, theology, mysticism, art, mythology, and narrative to convey deep truths about human nature, and about our common aim of being reunited with that which is most divine about us. The careful student will do well not to simply read this book, but to sit with it, and to allow the ideas therein to play gracefully within the heights and depths of their soul. The Poet & The Sage can be purchased in a hardcover format via <a href="https://thewalledga by The Walled Garden

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Paul O'Brien | Divination & The I Ching: About our guest: Paul O’Brien is an entrepreneurial strategist, philosopher, and raconteur who invented divination software and created the world’s largest astrology and divination eCommerce business, Tarot.com. He is a sought-after advisor, interview subject, and speaker, as well as author of The Visionary I Ching: A Book of Changes for the 21st Century, Intuitive Intelligence, and the Visionary I Ching app for smartphones (available on <a href="https://bit.ly/oraclecard">Indie Goes</a>). His latest release is the Visionary I Chingcard deck (available by Beyond Words Publishing, free sample reading at:  <a href="http://visionaryichingcards.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://visionaryichingcards.com/</a> ). Executive director of the Divination Foundation, for 30 years Paul has hosted Pathways radio in Portland, Oregon, an interview program focused on personal a by The Walled Garden

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Sharon Lebell Interviews Simon Drew About The Poet & The Sage: In this episode, Simon is interviewed by Sharon Lebell about his newly published book, The Poet & The Sage.  About The Poet & The Sage: The Poet & The Sage is an esoteric work of deep symbolism and archetypal metaphor. Delivered through the time-tested language of poetry and prose, The Poet & The Sage merges the worlds of philosophy, theology, mysticism, mythology, and narrative to convey deep truths about human nature, and about our common aim of being reunited with that which is most divine about us. The careful student will do well not to simply read this book, but to sit with it, and to allow the ideas therein to play gracefully within the heights and depths of their soul. You can purchase The Poet & The Sage here: <a href="https://thewalledgarden.store/products/copy-of-the-poet-the-sage" target="_blank">https://thewalledgarden.store/products/copy-of-the-poet-the-sage</a> < by The Walled Garden

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Inspiration Session IV. Sharon Lebell on Meaning Making, Sacred Poetry, and The Walled Garden Experiment

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