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Today we chat to Amir Freimann, author and philosophical-spiritual explorer.
Amir left medical school at the end of the 5th year of his studies to seek answers to life's questions. Yes, really.
He then spent 2 years in a Zen monastery in Japan and over 20 years in a spiritual community in the USA. Since moving back to Israel in 2009 he co-founded the Israeli Education Spirit Movement; co-published two books connecting education and philosophical-spiritual inquiry; and recently published Spiritual Transmission: Paradoxes and Dilemmas on the Spiritual Path. He’s currently writing a PhD dissertation on Living Transcendence: Phenomenological Study of Spiritual Exemplars.
In this episode we discuss:
Amir's existential crisis and why he left medical school for an unknown path of spiritual seeking
The challenge of living in "two worlds", (i.e. the unknowable mystery of existence and our lives here)
The beauty and challenges of the guru-disciple relationship
When spiritual teachers behave "badly"
The importance of staying open to life's big questions, even when there's paradox and contradiction, and what happens when we stick with it
Revelation vs. enlightenment
Living transcendence and how it relates to peak and plateau states
Grab a big cuppa, get cozy, and settle in for this wonderful conversation.