In this week’s episode of The Relationship School Podcast, we speak with my former spiritual teacher Dr. Reginald “Reggie” Ray. I was also his TA in an undergraduate course on Tibetan Buddhism. This guy completely changed my life.
Reggie is the @DharmaOceanFoundation’s co-founder and spiritual director, a university professor (retired) at Naropa University, and a highly respected meditation/dharma teacher.
Our conversation covers a lot of ground, including how being spiritually minded is not necessarily synonymous with being relationally developed or particularly skillful, and the importance of treating every human with respect, despite any issue or conflict.
Listen to the full episode to hear more about Reggie and his powerful journey.
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Great interview. Such a good point you made, “could we as students, could we be more responsible for what we are projecting on to these people and instead of seeing them as perfect beings that can’t step out of line and be neurotic…could we be get smarter instead of thinking or seeing the teacher as unflawed?” I think is important point and this translates to human interaction as a whole in power dynamics-lets ALL take responsibility for our own projections. The concept of “accountable spaces” Elise Ahenkorah. Accountability for our own emotions. Thanks Reggie for being honest with your experience.