The Spiritual Psychology of Acting Podcast
Know Yourself, Be Yourself
September 11, 20251h 17m · 13,532 words
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Send us a Message - let us know what you think of the episode One of the big themes of this podcast is how acting and life are completely intertwined – the craft of acting isn’t just about performance, it’s about understanding yourself, other people, and the world we live in. And that’s exactly what this conversation is about. In just a few weeks, John will be running a brand new course.
Highlighted moments
the biggest obstacle to good acting is unfinished thinking
“invisible mental sensations unconscious thoughts can only be brought back into the chamber of visible thinking that's the mind's eye that's the visible thoughts by finding the name it gave itself when it was first formed”
“enlightenment is disenburdenment yes that's it or disendarkenment and what's the burden what's the darkness is ignorance”
“the first quality of a great actor is awareness the ability to watch your own thoughts”
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