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Proactive Mindfulness · Nov 12, 2025 · 51 min

Stephen Batchelor: Mindfulness Beyond Dogma & Rigid Rules

Stephen Batchelor joins therapist Serge Prengel to discuss how meaning emerges through encounters, practice, and real-time engagement rather than rigid doctrine. They explore moving past blind traditionalism to embrace an active, inquiry-based middle way, refining our capacity to respond to life's uncertainties with presence, balance, and autonomy. Key Topics Moving from dogmatic morality to active ethical judgment The original, non-doctrinal understanding of self and presence Mindfulness as dynamic responsiveness instead of passive habit Navigating life through a moving, balanced middle way Resource: ProactiveMindfulness.com

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Stephen Batchelor joins therapist Serge Prengel to discuss how meaning emerges through encounters, practice, and real-time engagement rather than rigid doctrine. They explore moving past blind traditionalism to embrace an active, inquiry-based middle way, refining our capacity to respond to life's uncertainties with presence, balance, and autonomy.

Key Topics
Moving from dogmatic morality to active ethical judgment
The original, non-doctrinal understanding of self and presence
Mindfulness as dynamic responsiveness instead of passive habit
Navigating life through a moving, balanced middle way

Resource: ProactiveMindfulness.com