In this episode 12 chapters
- Love Has No Opposite
Davis introduces his audio diary as a self-indulgent 'self-realization nova' full of mystical codes.
- Clash of the Quadrants
A long comic story about drinking too much and always needing to pee, ending in a failed 4:30 a.m. attempt to pee through a window screen.
- Mouse Karma
Davis admits to killing mice caught in sticky traps and remembers a kind catch-and-release that ended with a mouse accidentally guillotined.
- The Backward Step
The story of 'me' gets rebuilt every morning and falls apart in dreams and sleep.
- Sex Robots and Seasons
A dream about returning a broken sex robot turns into a public scandal in a library, and Davis refuses to be shamed.
- Autumn and Death Day
Autumn's bittersweetness leads into impermanence, the relative and the absolute, and the realization that we are unborn and so already dead.
- Raped by Angels
After a satirical bit about his wife waking him with a punch or a shot to his creative temple, Davis wakes up bruised and argues with a divine 'executioner.' The voice explains that overwhelming…
- Ranking the Esoteric Films
Davis sets out four criteria for his top five mystical films, then mocks the films that didn't make the list.
- Beauty, Bjork, and War
He praises American Beauty as a Western-born dharma, Dancer in the Dark for Bjork's surrender to the music of the spheres, and The Thin Red Line for showing what can't be killed, even in war.
- Bardo to Huckabees
Davis reads Mulholland Drive as a self coming apart in the bardo, which shows why meditation matters for staying aware through death.
- Marcy's Offer
An Oprah episode about open marriages leads Davis to imagine seven levels of relationship.
- Pervert, Master, and FOL Words
Big Mind–style, his inner Pervert and Spiritual Master argue over whether an open marriage is post-conventional ethics or hedonism, until the Controller steps in and the couple lets the idea sit.
Stuart Davis offers a hysterical sit-down comedy routine, anchored deep in the heart of the Integral Tantra. Integral enlightentainment at its finest!
Nothing is too taboo for Stu. As with his music, blog, books, and videos, he puts it all on the line, offering an incredibly frank, exposed treatment of everything from deviant sexuality to contemplative spirituality. The man who invented his own langauge (Is) gives us the inside scoop on life as a struggling Zen student, touring musician, and the kaleidoscopic tornado that is life in the Mystery. Stu dives into the human condition, knowing each bruise, every punch line is the one that has the power to release us into our own awakened awareness. The pain and pleasure of our human paradox is not a problem to be solved, but an Enigma to be lived. We are that limitless Mystery; Love. And Love has no opposite….
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About Stuart Davis
Stuart Davis is a longtime friend of Integral Life and Ken Wilber, and has acted as guest host for many Integral Life dialogues over the last decade. With fifteen full-length albums to his credit, Stuart has carved out a unique wavelength in the musical spectrum. Taking the topics of God, sex and death, and crafting them into inimitable pop songs with lyrical flair and unforgettable hooks, Stuart also works in television, film, painting, and books.
