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Is loneliness good or bad? Social anxiety. Could you survive on a desert island? Should white people be singing spirituals? Finding flow in your speaking (like Rush Limbaugh). Amplifying your singing and speaking voices.
When you get sufficiently advanced, spiritually speaking, you’re likely to view blame as a problem. As in, you shouldn’t do it. But, this is a misunderstanding. In this episode, I revisit the Drama Triangle and the Empowerment Dynamic, as well as Nonviolent Communication. The key phrase here is “it’s about function, not form.”
Cancel culture in the world of collaborative piano! David Servias sat down to interview me about trouble brewing in some of the Facebook piano groups.
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0:02:16 – What’s the deal with Michael Korman? He seems to have a gift for offending people.
0:04:26 – Michael’s post in the Collaborative Piano group.
0:07:29 – Did Michael know it would piss people off? Does he think it stops them from hearing?
0:10:47 – Getting kicked out of other groups.
0:14:55 – Is it bad to get kicked out?
0:18:00 – When is it weird to kick people out of groups?
0:20:13 – Are you intentionally pissing people off for fun?
0:22:25 – What separates Michael from other piano teachers?
0:30:43 – When people misunderstand and change the subject.
0:36:52 – Having disagreements in good faith.
0:46:19 – Should people be getting along? Is conflict good or bad?
0:55:41 – When the mob constructs its own narrative. How and when to defend yourself.
Why I deleted all my Instagram followers. Why responsibility is a good thing. The 3 stages in learning any kind of skill.
Blake Shields Abramovitz is a meditation teacher and an actor, and this is a followup to our conversation from October of 2020, which you can hear in Episode 7: When Meditators Get Cancelled.
In this episode, we talk about piano playing, awakening, multiple selves, what happens as you go down the path of insight, psychedelics, and acting.
I hope you enjoy it.
0:01:50 – Cancel culture at meditation centers, freedom of speech
0:11:50 – Piano teachers giving Michael a hard time (again), mob mentality
0:16:25 – Michael’s piano playing ability, what role piano plays in Blake’s life
0:19:51 – Breaking the rules in piano playing, how Michael developed his way of playing
0:23:36 – Why singing is hard to learn
0:29:10 – How singing leads to awakening
0:35:07 – How to talk about awakening with people who haven’t had experiences like that
0:38:16 – The wisdom function
0:41:54 – Michael’s nostalgia for a creative period of time
0:47:08 – What intentions do piano teachers have?
0:54:04 – What if you just mess around on the piano? Multiple selves
0:56:47 – The Karate Kid
0:58:58 – Technical meditation vs. intellectual meditation
1:07:11 – Going down the road of insight, getting less attached
1:10:10 – Moments when things shifted for Blake
1:13:38 – What’s the deal with psychedelics?
1:45:48 – Acting
1:54:47 – Meditation for actors
Why it’s easier to perform well in real life than when you’re practicing. Anti-perfectionism. Different types of personalities. Sometimes adrenaline is what makes you do a good job. It’s just conservation of energy.
