Forrest Hanson and author/meditator Diego Perez (Yung Pueblo) discuss right effort as a middle path between forcing and flowing. Diego shares lessons from a recent 60-day silent retreat, exploring attachment, craving, resistance, and the danger of outsourcing decisions. The conversation pivots to the erosion of nuance in social media, the limits of therapy-speak, and simple practices for those not ready for intensive meditation.
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Right Effort as the middle path8:17
Yung Pueblo describes right effort as the balance between forcing your life and going with the flow, drawing from his recent silent meditation retreat.
Resistance can be a sign of misalignment, not just something to overcome25:19
Pueblo and Forrest discuss whether resistance signals something is wrong or an invitation to push through, complicating the common self-help narrative.