114 - Jamie Seed | Shadows of Light - Ethics & Healthy Ego
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The festival sage and freelance photographer Jamie Seed returns to InnerVerse for a third visit, this time recounting sychronicities from Burning Man and beyond as we recap a busy year for this prolific artist. Hero worship, the positive shadow and balancing the ego are some of the topics on the table for this one.

**See Jamie's work at **JamieSeed.com)

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Things we discussed

• Replacing negative thought patterns with positive podcasts
• Transmuting mental blocks by releasing tension in the body
• Energy as consciousness and how food alters our self image
• Why producing our own food could help save the environment
• Rethinking our Faustian relationship with convenience and "disposable" items
• Burning Man Ethics and ego dissolving sychronicities
• Healthy hero admiration vs. "blinded by the light" hero worship
• What Jamie has learned from teaching photography classes, strategies for inspiring students

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• Crossing from festival culture into permaculture
• Following passion instead of money but also paying the bills
• Ideas about what living outside the box looks like
• Elaborate discussion on ecstatic dance and how it connects us to authentic & spiritual self expression
• Jamie turns the tables on me and instigates a conversation about my rock climbing hobby
• Jamie reflects on some of the mindsets and evolution he's faced as a full time freelancer over the last year living life without a financial safety net
• Tips for replacing depression thoughts with gratitude practices
• The story of how sychronicities with a black tourmaline stone helped Jamie during a time of massive loss and open up to be less cynical 
• A great conversation about the metaphysical power of belief and why leaving room for the unknown is better than assuming things are impossible

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