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Podcast: Audience of One
Episode: #006 - James Pierce on Sincerity & Enlightenment
Description: James Pierce is a writer and executive coach, and claims to have found enlightenment. We talk about sincerity, surrender, coaching, the ego, and truth.
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(02:10) Is enlightenment a binary event or gradual journey?
(3:23) The best metaphor for enlightenment
(04:24) The role of language
(05:22) Our conception of time
(06:44) Does the ego go away entirely?
(07:06) The greatest misconception about enlightenment
(09:04) What’s left of “you”?
(09:36) The role of sincerity
(10:56) Surrendering
(12:46) Intuition
(14:27) Enlightenment isn’t intellectual
(15:58) Can you force sinc...