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Live Free with Selena SagePeace During UncertaintyBe still and know. Sage advice from dear Oprah Winfrey and Lao Tzu is paired with a reflection on my trip last year to Switzerland as we explore uncertainty. “Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself?” — Lao Tzu. Namaste. Love to all, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2023-02-0420 minLive Free with Selena SageAdventure and FlowNamasté dear one. Inspired to share encouragement that letting go is beautiful. Allow the flow to carry you. May you release and be free. Love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-07-2510 minLive Free with Selena SageUnexpected Help ComesSending love from Munich, where I am sitting in deep gratitude for all of the unexpected help and kindness I continue to receive every moment, especially when I’m out adventuring. I hope that my life, and these small stories, help to fortify your faith. May you know that all is well and all will be well. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-07-1314 minLive Free with Selena SageI Calm MyselfNamasté dear one and love from Strasbourg, France. Inspired to share this 5am message and memory of the great Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. May you feel the truth of each of these small meditations, calm yourself, let go, and know that you are free. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-07-1006 minLive Free with Selena SageWe Hold Our SufferingNamasté dear one. Recording from here in Brussels, Belgium during my adventures around Europe. It’s been a full day so I hope this message is clear haha Inspired to share this idea that’s been arising today. If it is true that we are the ones holding our suffering, that also means that we have the power to let it go. May you let go and be free. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author // New TikTok: @livefreewithselenasage2022-07-0709 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about Letting Go 2This Zen story of the buffalo’s tail is an invitation to investigate what might be keeping us from freedom — It could be an idea, strongly held belief, or attachment to our own identity. When everything is truly dropped, only freedom remains. // Episode notes: I would change “what I came up with” to “this is what arose.” Also: Our greatest opportunity is to rest in and *as* Truth. // Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-06-1517 minLive Free with Selena SageRemember Why You StartedNamasté dear one. This episode is outside of the usual format of this season however there was inspiration to share this message with you. By exploring what I like to call our “vacation vibe,” we tap into the energy we want to feel and align with that energy. By doing so, we release, transform, or transcend all of the energies that are not what we want to experience. Very small changes can lead to greater clarity about larger ones. What feels right for your journey today? ;) Remember that freedom is your birthright. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena...2022-05-3113 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of RebirthStarting with a Zen story about what happens after death, we explore the concept of rebirth. The Phoenix is discussed as a representation of rebirth and the Zen state of No-Mind is recognized as the Awareness of all rising states, and our true nature itself. // Episode note: A minor correction, around the 6 minute mark, I confusingly said, “How can you see something that’s not what you are?” I meant: “You CAN see what you’re not. You CANNOT see what you are.”Therefore, you are not the body and you are not your thoughts because that which you truly are can see...2022-05-3119 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of Happiness 3Sharing two stories today that remind us to find happiness where we are and accept all that is with gratitude. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-3009 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about ImpermanenceA story to remind us that though good and bad experiences emerge, we are that which witnesses the change. Remain as that Witness and be free. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-2907 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of PeaceSharing “The Villager and the Happy Man” story by Remez Sassoon to explore the nature of Peace. When we recognize that we are that which Observes the changing states of the body-mind ego and the phenomenal world around, we come to know our true, Infinite, Unchanging nature. This is Freedom. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-2827 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about AngerThe story of the empty boat and wisdom from Chaung Tzu helps us to remember that anger can only arise from within us. That realization is also the answer. Wishing you peace and love always. Namasté, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-2808 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of Non-BeingA story from Zen Master Bankei involving a student wanting to control their temper is paired with wisdom from Lao Tzu and Sri Mooji. We discover that no agitated effort is necessary to be what you are. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-2615 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of Being PresentNamasté dear one. Sharing a favorite story of a man, a tiger, and a vine that could also be a story of peace. Combining wisdom from the great Lao Tzu (from “Hua hu Ching” by Brian Walker), we explore how we might experience be the peace that we seek. Namasté and love to all, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-2518 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about SalvationPairing a story of a monk who says his nature is to save a scorpion with the great Sage Sri Ramana Maharshi’s profound conversation with a disciple points us in the direction of true freedom. To begin with this final stage wisdom also resolves day-to-day concerns. // Episode note: Kannon-Sama is the Goddess of Mercy in Japan. // Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-05-2419 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about Being CorrectA Zen story about being correct is paired with wisdom from dear Byron Katie. Letting another be correct and questioning our own thoughts are two ways to live free. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-2306 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about Knowing ThyselfSharing “The Emperor and The Sage” story by Solala Towler from the book, “Tales from the Tao.” We explore what it means to know thyself, using relationships as mirrors (thanks to dear Kerra and Bliss Holistic Wellness Academy for a stellar coaching / meditation session that assisted with this insight! blissholisticwellnessacademy.com ) and journeying inward to discover our truest Self, free even from form. May you truly know your Self. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-2222 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of LoveSharing a story of a Saint describing why love whispers and anger shouts. Added wisdom from Rumi and an excerpt from Sri Mooji’s book, “White Fire” is also included. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-2110 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about MasteryThrough a story of a general pursuing archery and Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj’s teaching about the importance of earnestness, we explore the meaning of mastery, and life’s unexpected teachers. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-2020 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about HonestyCombining a children’s story and wisdom from Zen master Bankei, we explore the nature of truth and the beauty of honesty. May our lives be a reflection of truth. May we always choose to be honest. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-1916 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about FocusSharing a few stories to encourage you to keep your attention focused on what you WANT. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage— Author2022-05-1817 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about ThoughtsA Zen master describes every passing thought as birth and death, which invites us to explore the nature of thoughts, and what it means to be free of them. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-1711 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of ChangeSharing the butterfly story of Taoist master Chuang Tzu, which questions the nature of reality. This talk also includes the spiritual significance of the lunar eclipse happening at the time of this recording (3:33am). May you release all that no longer serves you. Namaste and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-1610 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about SuccessA beautiful Sufi story reminds us that prayer is active. It is an invitation to *be* what we seek. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-1507 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of FaithSharing the Parable of the Sower from the Bible, Matthew Chapter 13 and thoughts on my own feeling that Faith and fear cannot coexist. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-1419 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about DetachmentIn this episode, we explore detachment and the Zen State of No Mind with a story from Osho’s “The Sun Rises in the Evening.” May you remain as your Infinite Self. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-05-1313 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of Transformation 2The story shared today is an invitation to embody what we seek to be or experience. Being is an active principle that is born of Non-being. When we know that we are the Changeless, we are able to flow more seamlessly through the changing. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-1214 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about JudgmentIn this episode, I share my favorite Bible story from John 8. May we embody the love and compassion we wish to receive. A quote from “White Fire” by Sri Mooji is also shared. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-05-1114 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of Letting GoUsing a story of a monkey and a gourd full of sweetened rice, we explore the way our emotional state can signal areas in our life where we need to let go. May you let go and be free. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-05-1014 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story about ProblemsA story of Sage Sadat leads to wisdom from Sri Mooji (from his book, “White Fire”) to encourage us to investigate the nature of problems and that which is higher than our problems. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-0814 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of Perfection(ism)Sharing personal stories and one from Buddhist Monk Arjahn Brahm, we explore the quest for perfection and the beauty, peace, and freedom that can result from embracing what we perceive to be imperfection…knowing that we are that which witnesses both in the play of life. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-05-0719 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of AutonomyAutonomy (a sense of free will), connection, and competence are identified as the three innate innate and universal psychological needs in self-determination theory. Using the story of a butterfly, we explore the importance of autonomy in our growth and development as children and adults seeking liberation. Ultimately, we all must find our own way. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasags.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-05-0617 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of EquanimityEquanimity is calm and composure, especially in a difficult situation. Through the Taoist story of the farmer, we explore what this looks like in action and consider the wisdom of Greek philosopher Epictetus, “People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.” Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-05-0511 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of MandelaThe great Madiba, President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the father of the South African nation, is a shining example of freedom. This beautiful story touches on overcoming hate and anger to be free. Let go and be free. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-05-0415 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of PresenceSharing a favorite Zen story with reflections inspired by a profound quote from Sri Ramana Maharshi, “Find out whether there is such a thing as mind. If there is, describe it.” The talk notes that presence is the state of existing or being present, and encourages you to discover if you are living in the present moment experience or carrying over experiences due to thought / imagination. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-05-0314 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of Happiness 2This story of happiness is told from a Zen perspective to show that happiness is within. May you view your life with eyes of gratitude as it is now and live free. // Note: I actually read verse 44 (not verse 22) from the Tao te Ching, Stephen Mitchell translation. Reading also from verse 9 of the Hua Hu Ching, Brian Walker translation. // Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-05-0214 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of Happiness 1In this story, a young man seeks out the wisest woman in the world to learn the secret of happiness. The secret that’s shared is practical in nature and related to maintaining balance in life. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-05-0116 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of ContentmentSharing a story I wrote last year, we explore the nature of contentment and how that differs from comparison. May you dwell in gratitude, content with your life as it is right now. For truly, this moment of now is your entire life. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2022-04-3022 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of TransformationThe story of the stonecutter, shared on my website nine years ago, inspired reflections about my own journey and its transformations. As you sit with your story, I hope that you are able to appreciate the present-moment gifts of your experience and flow more easily through all of life’s various transformations. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com (if you scroll to the bottom of any page, you’ll find a button with three lines that reveals a hidden menu—you may click this to more easily view old content by date or tag) // You are welcome to send stories...2022-04-2937 minLive Free with Selena SageA Story of CompassionThrough a game of chess with a monk, a Zen master teaches a prince vital lessons about life and how we might learn from those situations or people who seem to be opposing us. The prince and monk can be substituted by a business master and intern, parent and child, two lovers, or two friends. When we recognize the lessons, we grow. Sometimes it also means that those connections come to a close after we have learned the intended lessons. As you meditate on this story, you might consider placing yourself in the position of the prince, the monk, and...2022-04-2819 minLive Free with Selena SageSeason 5 Intro + A Story of FateNamasté dear one! I’m so happy to be back with you here to share a new season of the show! Since I love an epic saga, this season will be dedicated to sharing stories :) The first, in this episode, is a Sufi Story of a girl named Fatima from the book, “Tales of the Dervishes” by Idries Shah. Following the story, I also share a few thoughts. I’m excited to share more stories with you, and I welcome you to email me short stories to read on the show this season, too! Thank you. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // se...2022-04-2719 minLive Free with Selena SageSeason 4 Finale: Enjoy The Adventure!Thank you for your kind support of the podcast! Delighted to have recorded this message as the 200th episode after the wonderful experience of road-tripping around the USA and Canada for 10 months. The body is still resting, but I hope you choose to enjoy your experiencing, whatever it might be, even when it feels challenging. May your victory add to your body of evidence to remind you that there is nothing that you cannot do, and there is nothing that you cannot overcome. Full love to you. Namasté, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage...2022-03-3122 minLive Free with Selena SageFear Is Imagination“All sorrow comes from fear.” — Ashtavakra Gita (*minor correction from the word “suffering” used in the episode). In this episode, the nature of fear is explored and a Zen story is shared to recognize that it is we who hold onto our suffering, not the other way around. In this way, we have the ability to release it, too, and remain as the freedom that we are. You are not your story, and you are not even your body. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-03-0317 minLive Free with Selena SageYou Are Already The BuddhaOn this special day of 22222, it is my pleasure to remind you that you are already the Buddha. Your true nature, beyond desires and doubts, and before thoughts and words, is the Buddha-nature itself—which is you. Drop all to realize this and BE the peace that you are. // Episode features quotes from “Remember Be Here Now” by Ram Dass and a selected verse from the “Yoga Vasishta Sara” // Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-02-2212 minLive Free with Selena SageThe Zen of ThayWith full love and gratitude to beloved Thay, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, as he transitions from one form to another. A cloud never dies. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-01-2314 minLive Free with Selena Sage222 - New BeginningsWith wisdom from Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj and the Ashtavakra Gita, I wish you a beautiful and wonderful New Year…with the freedom to play or withdraw into a cave, free from the mind and any agitating thoughts. This is our great opportunity at every moment, but especially in a year signifying new beginnings. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2022-01-0510 minLive Free with Selena SageFinding A TeacherIn a world of teachers and Gurus (meaning one who dispels darkness), how might you find the right teacher for you? This talk explores that topic and shares a reading from “White Fire,” by Sri Mooji — a beloved teacher of mine. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-12-0413 minLive Free with Selena SageDealing with DemotivationImmense gratitude to you for being part of this Underground Zen podcast family! I appreciate you so much. This episode sends you love and is also an open letter to one of my nieces (in college now!) that shares some ideas to overcome demotivating thoughts and dream instead of the experience desired + a discussion of the method I use to overcome stressful thoughts. Though I recorded with her in mind, it is a universal message that I share with much love. Hoping light touches your heart wherever you are. Love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG...2021-12-0216 minLive Free with Selena SageOn Thinking and OverthinkingWhen we think too much, we live in a world of illusion. Shifting to watching thoughts instead of analyzing them brings immediate freedom. Wisdom from the “Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu” by Brian Walker is also shared in this episode. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-11-3018 minLive Free with Selena SageGive FreelyAs you freely receive, may you also freely give. In the subtle operation of the universe, this is the way to be a blessing but also to be blessed. Wishing you a beautiful holiday! Namasté. Love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-11-2208 minLive Free with Selena SageBe FreeAfter a glorious sunrise in a hot air balloon in Temecula, California with a beautiful crew of people, the inspiration arose to record this message of freedom and love, quoting from Galatians 5 in the Bible. May we love and serve one another, and know that there is no other. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-11-0719 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: Verses on the Perfect MindNamasté dear one, and love from California! This episode is a reading of the Zen text Hsin-Hsin Ming, often translated as “Verses on the Perfect Mind,” and by the Third Patriarch of Zen, Seng’tsan (known as Sosan in Japan). This version is an interpretation by Eric Putkonen. // The text is an invitation to release distinctions, discriminations, and desires, and find that our true nature — Oneness, peace — exists beyond duality. The realization is simple when all is released. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-11-0415 minLive Free with Selena SageLove Everyone and Tell The TruthThankful to be in communion with truly grounded, beautiful, and powerful tribal elders here in Ottawa, Canada. The lessons from our encounter are direct reminders of lessons from Sri Neem Karoli Baba, Sri Mooji, and Zen masters. Love everyone and tell the truth is the message. The protection of the highest is the promise. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-09-1913 minLive Free with Selena Sage10,000 mile reflections4 Lessons and reflections from my 10,000 mile (so far!) roadtrip around the USA and Canada. Happy trails! Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-09-1714 minLive Free with Selena SageWhat to do when everything goes wrong?It’s easy to be happy when everything goes right. But what about when it is perceived that it’s all going wrong? Shift to that very Perceiver and know that you’re already, and always, free. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-09-1716 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: Give Up ThoughtsInspired to record a brief message from beautiful Halifax Public Gardens in Nova Scotia, Canada. Give up thoughts and find that the Infinite will naturally direct your steps. Being in flow is the greatest freedom. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-09-1108 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: Oneness and The MindLive recording from Savage Mill Trail to explore the nature of Self, and that of the Mind. Realization of Oneness is freedom; Heaven is a silent and empty mind. Namasté, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-08-2807 minLive Free with Selena SageAdvaita: The MasterA reading from The Ashtavakra Gita, translation by Thomas Byrom (book: “The Heart of Awareness”). I encourage you to sit with this wisdom and recognize that The Master is beyond all duality (“Advaita” means “not two”), and thus truly free. This freedom exists for all, for it is indeed our true nature. Namasté, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-08-2727 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: How To Be Free Of AnxietyZen Master Bodhidharma said, “Once you stop clinging and let things be, you’ll be free, even of birth and death.” Remaining unattached to arising thoughts is to remain as your true nature — Peace itself. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-08-2509 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: The Nature of ThoughtThis episode is dedicated to MM, with my thanks for your kind and loving support of this podcast! May this exploration further aid your discovery of the nature of thought, and your true nature as that which witnesses even thought. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // SelenaSage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author // episode recorded live at Wincopin Trail, MD2021-08-2406 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: Thoughts Are Not YouAn encounter with a snake on a hike in the USA served as a powerful reminder that thoughts are not what we are. Welcome the snake (or lion!) in your path and remain as Presence and Peace — your true nature. Namasté, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-08-2307 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: Leave ItSri Baba said, “When I’ve left, I’ve left.” When you’ve left a place, situation, or person, are you still carrying it around? It is like trying to drive forward by constantly looking in the rearview mirror. Quoting a couple of questions from my first book, “Meditative Questions,” ( available at zentaobooks.com ) we explore these ideas and the way to know that your true nature is Awareness itself. Namasté, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-08-1514 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: Disinterestedness LiberatesCease being interested and you are free. Message inspired by Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, recorded on the road at Indian River Park in Chesapeake, Virginia USA. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-08-0808 minLive Free with Selena SageVida é LindoLembre-se: você faz seu mundo com seus pensamentos. (Remember: You make your world with your thoughts.) After spending a lovely week with my beautiful Cabo Verdeana sister, the inspiration arose to create this short episode in my own version of Cape Verdean Kriolu. The language differs by island, and my mix of Kriolu and Portuguese is like it’s own island haha I share it with love to my Cape Verdean friends and family. I love you all and hope that you experience a beautiful life full of love, and empty of thoughts and stress. I am with you. Love, Sel...2021-07-3006 minLive Free with Selena SageZen Is Beyond WordsHow can we describe that which is beyond description? Though words and examples may help, they are not *it*. By examining a new age Zen story, we bring clarity to this concept as we move beyond practices and concepts. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-07-2914 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: The Art of Letting GoRelease all attachments and desires gracefully, and gratefully, and know that you are Freedom itself. // “unbreakable” is available at Zentaobooks.com //Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage Author2021-07-2307 minLive Free with Selena SageBut What About Peace During Chronic Pain?With thanks to a beloved brother for the question that inspired this episode, I humbly provide thoughts about enduring chronic pain and/or incurable illness, with my love to all who suffer. The masters say, “You are not the body; You are not the mind” to give us a key. We must unlock this meaning and become free of any attachment to body or mind. Sri Mooji reminds us that the Self doesn’t need healing and doesn’t need prayer (book: “Writing on Water”). // Rupert Spira shared the wisdom that, “Deep sleep is not the absence of awareness; it is awareness o...2021-07-2119 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: The False Makes You SufferSharing wisdom from Advaita Master Sri Nisargsdatta, Sufi Saint Rumi, and Ch’an / Zen Master Huang Po, we explore the idea that it is the false that makes you suffer…and then go beyond all ideas. Freedom is what you are. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-07-2010 minLive Free with Selena SageZen and Happiness“You don’t become happy, you become aware that that you already are.” — Frode // This lovely quote inspired this episode. Remember, Zen is not art or science…it is simply a realization. Know this and know that you are happiness itself. Namasté. Love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage — Author2021-07-1407 minLive Free with Selena SageZen Is LiberationInspired to share messages of freedom and peace from Zen Master Bodhidharma, Sri Papaji, and Sri Neem Karoli Baba. Remain unattached in the eternal now and flow like a moving river to be truly free. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author and Instantly Zen2021-06-2014 minLive Free with Selena SageZen and FearReading from the Ashtavakra Gita (“Heart of Awareness” by Thomas Byrom), the message is to recognize the nature of things and be still. When you know that all sorrow comes from fear, you become free of it, and desire melts away. Flow freely and ask, “What would I do if I felt most secure?” Drop your fear and know that Grace will carry you. So much love to you always, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-06-1214 minLive Free with Selena SageZen and FaithIn the Ramayana, Sri Hanuman said to Lord Rama, “Faith is the highest blessing,” and requested faith as his boon. Lao Tzu encouraged us to recognize the ego as a monkey catapulting through the jungle and to remain in the center watching, then forget you’re there. Ramakrishna advised that if one can’t release the ego, one should let it remain as a servant of God. // While Faith is most aligned with the path of devotion; recognizing that all is arising allows one to release the sense of doer-ship and remain as Peace. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // em...2021-05-2913 minLive Free with Selena SageZen Is AwarenessGratitude and love flood my being as I record this first podcast episode from my travels around America! Honored to share my adventures with you and thankful for your love and support. Zen IS the Awareness that is described so beautifully in the Ashtavakra Gita (“Heart of Awareness” by Thomas Byrom). Peace is your true nature. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-05-2521 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: You Are Not The Body“You are not the mind, you are not the body.” What does this mean? Meditating on the question, “Who Am I?” Is meant to guide you to your changeless, true nature. Discover this and be free! Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-05-0212 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: There Is No Other“Otherness” can only be from the state of the person. Awareness is Oneness. Also inspired to share a verse from “Hua Hu Ching” by Brian Walker as my original message was only two minutes haha ;) Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-05-0108 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: Wash Your BowlInspired by washing my own dishes, sharing a reminder from a Zen story and real life examples of transformation to remind that you have to release the lower to reach the higher. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-04-3016 minLive Free with Selena SageZen and SilenceInspired by a remembered dream, this short talk simply exposes our true nature as Silence....which is just another name for Peace. May you continue to rest in and as Silence. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-04-2909 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: You Are The DriverNamasté. Inspired to record this episode at 1:30am as I reflected on my beautiful conversation with Corrine and Sean on their Turning Points podcast (will share link when available). Recognizing your true nature as the driver, and the body-mind as the vehicle is total liberation. I hope this analogy might prove helpful to you. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2021-04-2112 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: Non-AttachmentThe great Taoist master Lao-Tzu said, “If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold onto.” This episode explores how these wise words are the key to transcending suffering. Namasté. Selena Sage // recording note: Thanks for overlooking my imperfect backup mic. Hope to travel again to replace it soon! Love to all. // selenasage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author and Instantly Zen2021-03-2907 minLive Free with Selena SageZen: OnenessRecognizing our connectedness with all things, and as the Source of all things is ultimate liberation. Stay tuned for future Instantly Zen donation-based events at instantlyzen.com Namasté and love, Selena Sage selenasage.com // selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author and Instantly Zen2021-03-2112 minLive Free with Selena SageZen and LoveYou are love itself! Happy Day of love today and everyday. Namasté and love, Selena Sage // selenasage.com // selena@selenasage.com // Fb+ IG: Selena Sage - Author + Instantly Zen2021-02-1407 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday: Season 2 Finale — Science + SpiritualityI’m in awe that this is episode 100 of the podcast! Wow! Thank you for your continued support of me, my books, and this show! As always, you are welcome to subscribe at zentaobooks.com for a *free ebook* of my fourth book, “HAIKU to be free.” // In this episode, I touch on the link between Quantum Physics and Spirituality to explore the concept of “Nothingness.” // Note: I would clarify in the example of pictures and light that Existence is light and the world is a picture arising within that. And all things are pictures with the light of Awareness shining wi...2020-07-1333 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 14: Motion Arises from StillnessIn this final week of Season 2, I will shine a light on many of the lessons and pointings that I feel get to the heart of the matter. This talk today is based on a Zen story called “Moving Mind” and two passages from “White Fire” by Sri Mooji. The encouragement is to reach the ultimate by truly recognizing ourselves as that Stillness from which Motion arises from. If you should have any thoughts or spiritually based questions for this last week of Season 2, I encourage you to email me at selena@selenasage.com Namasté. :) SelenaSage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Au2020-07-0520 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 13: Transient Nature of LifeThe one thing we know for sure about life is that it will one day end. Allow this to inspire you, rather than scare you, and encourage you to live your best life...right now! :) Namasté. SelenaSage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2020-06-2813 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 12: Happy Father’s Day!Happy Father’s Day to all fathers...and especially my own. Thank you, Dad, for being such a light in my life! I love you! // This episode is in celebration of the love and direction from fathers—both actual and spiritual—to believe in yourself and know that you are free. Jesus tells us that, “Whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be given to you.” Sri Mooji advises us, “Pray to be free of troubles...and then pray to be free of the one who is troubled.” I am so thankful for this love...2020-06-2120 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 11: Regarding evil in the worldHow do we reconcile with the evil that exists in the world? The masters all encourage us to go beyond, within. This talk elaborates on that. // Book quote from “Wake Up and Roar” by Papaji. // Namasté. SelenaSage.com // Email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2020-06-1417 minLive Free with Selena SageFreedom Friday 10: Let go of youDiscussion of poetry from my second book, “unbreakable” (on sale at zentaobooks.com ) led to a discussion of ultimate freedom, inspired by a talk from Sri Mooji (link: https://youtu.be/9Za9q1Zz6g8 ). Let go of you and recognize what you truly are to achieve endless peace and freedom. Namasté. // Shoutout to my Mom for always being amazing and MistaGoodBar for our awesome talk on The Remedy! You can hear that chat here: https://soundcloud.com/selenasage/sets/selena-sage-on-the-remedy-kpft-houston // SelenaSage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2020-06-1222 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 10: Let things come to youStarting with a quote from a tea bag, I share my spontaneous journey to create this podcast episode to illustrate the Taoist principle of “wu wei”—effortless action. I share readings from the books “Hua Hu Ching” by Brian Walker; “Tales from the Tao” by Solala Towler; and “White Fire” by Mooji during this talk. I also quote a parable from the NYTimes article, “A Meditation on the Art of Not Trying” by John Teirney (link: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/16/science/a-meditation-on-the-art-of-not-trying.html ). Namasté. SelenaSage.com // email: selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2020-06-0743 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 9: Spirituality and ActivismLike so many others, I have been deeply affected by the tragic murder of George Floyd. Examples like this shine a light on racism and injustice in society, and it is a call to action to stand against these forces of darkness with our own Light. The episode is dedicated to George Floyd, his family and friends, and all who have been affected by this tragedy—particularly those who have been called to action. I stand with you and I will continue to use this small platform to promote positivity and freedom to help you to recharge when you need it...2020-05-3121 minLive Free with Selena SageWisdom Wednesday 8: Selena SageSince today, May 27th, is my birthday, I was emboldened to put myself in the holy company of the sages I usually feature on this day to share three pieces of wisdom, starting with loving yourself exactly as you are ;) This morning, I recorded from my balcony to try to limit the construction noises around me, so thank you for forgiving the wind and other background noises haha // Also, a minor correction: The story of the woodcutter was from Monday’s episode (Ask for help, Change your life). // Thanks to you for sharing in my birthday with the gift of yo...2020-05-2717 min
Live Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 8: Season 2 IntroductionThank you so very much for your kind support for Season 1 on the show! I’m delighted to kick off a new season! In this episode, I share what I’ve been up-to—including building the new website for zentaobooks.com and releasing my fourth book, “HAIKU to be free” — available for FREE when you subscribe at zentaobooks.com :)! // I also share a bit of wisdom from “White Fire” by Mooji to center us in spiritual vibes for the new season! I will continue the daily format and welcome you to send me your thoughts and questions via email: selena@selenasage.com...2020-05-2515 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday: Season 1 Finale—Thank you!Thank you, thank you, thank you for your wonderful support of Season 1 of Live Free with Selena Sage! Your kind notes, questions, and plays powered me to the incredible feat of recording 50 episodes in a matter of weeks! Wow! I am amazed that this podcast has reached you in over 15 countries and I’m thankful for the many hundreds of plays the episodes have received!! As a thank you gift, I am putting together a FREE ebook full of haiku poetry that I’ve written this year! Please visit zentaobooks.com and scroll down to the bottom of the home page...2020-03-2218 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 7: AttachmentA discussion of attachment, and the ability to trace one’s attachments to whatever is causing suffering. Release yourself from toxic thoughts, memories, and situations and recognize yourself as the unchanging, beyond even the Observer of all of that—which will automatically release you from a state of suffering. By “dying before you die” you can become united with the eternally real—your truest Self. Namasté. selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2020-03-1512 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 6: The Gift of AUMA discussion of how an earnest seeker like Nachiketas (from the Katha Upanishad story), with only the desire for Truth is ultimately rewarded with the gift of the ultimate (AUM). A discussion of the meaning of AUM is also included (website reference: www.ananda.org/yogapedia/aum/ ) Namasté. selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2020-03-0816 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 5: The Unpredictability of CreativityA discussion of the unpredictability of creativity jumps to the spontaneous nature of life and our freedom as the observer of it all. This talk was heavily inspired by a quote of Sri Ramana and this talk by Sri Mooji: https://youtu.be/8p8113stahY // Namasté. selenasage.com // Fb+Instagram: Selena Sage - Author2020-03-0116 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 4: Being versus BecomingThis talk explores the process of “becoming” in relation to the state of “being.” The beautiful quote from St. Francis of Assisi, “The place you are looking for is already the place you are looking from” is discussed as we recognize the difference in perception when we operate from the place of the person and the place of the observer—while recognizing that we are both. Freedom is our nature, and the process of becoming free is simultaneously observed from that place of freedom—all within the Self. Namasté. selenasage.com // selena@selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2020-02-2319 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 3: FamilyAn exploration of the concept of existence and how our families play a part in our conditioning. Overcoming all experiences through understanding our true position as the witnessing presence is a direct path to peace. Perhaps it is appropriate that one part of the recording picked up the sound of children playing outside! haha Hopefully we, too, will be inspired to enjoy this phenomenal experience, despite any challenging situations we have faced. Life is but a dream ;) Namasté. selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2020-02-1611 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday 2: Energy HealingA discussion of my amazing experiences with Sound Healing, Reiki, and Acupuncture, and the way in which each of these sessions was unexpectedly spiritual. What is your favorite type of energy healing? :) Namasté. selenasage.com // Fb+IG: Selena Sage - Author2020-02-0920 minLive Free with Selena SageSelena Sage Sunday: IntroductionNamasté. This episode features a brief introduction to me and the podcast Live Free with Selena Sage. Thank you for joining the discussion as we explore life, freedom, and adventure! ;) selenasage.com // Facebook + Instagram: Selena Sage - Author2020-02-0310 minLive Free with Selena SageTrailer: Live Free with Selena SageWelcome to Live Free with Selena Sage! This short segment provides an overview of the purpose and content of this podcast to let you know if it is right for you—Spoiler alert: We think it is ;) Each day, content meant to inspire you to live free will be shared using different approaches with the following format: Motivation Monday, Timeout Tuesday (guided meditations), Wisdom Wednesday, Travel Thursday, Freedom Friday, Satsang Saturday (spiritual discourses), and Selena Sage Sunday. With a fresh take on timeless wisdom, each segment is created to support our collective liberation. Namasté.2020-02-0200 min