A Pressure Cooker for Insight | Bart van Melik

Published: March 31, 2021, 7 a.m.

b'The great meditation teacher Ram Dass once said, \\u201cIf you think you\\u2019re enlightened, go spend a week with your family.\\u201d My guest today comes with tools to help you keep your cool when interacting with family -- or anyone else. We\\u2019re going to talk about a kind of meditation practice known as \\u201crelational dharma,\\u201d or \\u201cinsight dialogue.\\u201d It\\u2019s a way of taking meditation off the cushion and into the crucible of conversation.\\xa0\\nMy guest is Bart van Melik, who teaches veterans and children in juvenile detention centers. He\\u2019s co-author of a book called Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos. He graduated from the Spirit Rock/IMS Teacher Training and Community Dharma Leader Program. He\\u2019s based in New York City, but he\\u2019s currently in his country of birth, The Netherlands. In this conversation, you will hear lots of tips about how to actually practice relational meditation and insight dialogue, which Bart calls a \\u201cpressure cooker for insight.\\u201d\\nFull Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/bart-van-melik-335\\n\\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.'