How to Tell What’s Real — Cultivation, Clarity, and the Way

In this episode, we talk about how to tell what’s real…and what that question actually asks of us. From the natural BS meter we’re all born with, to the Taoist value of being “useless,” to Zhuangzi’s vision of the true self beyond logic, we explore how clarity is cultivated, not achieved.

This one traces the Way through modern confusion, ancient wisdom, and what it means to be quietly awake.