Rick Rubin
8 things Rick uses or recommends, from 2 episodes.
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What Rick uses or recommends most, ranked by how often and how strongly. Paid ads are left out.
Uses and recommends it · 1 episode
"I learned to meditate when I was 14. And I think having TM as a grounding element in my life — transcendental meditation — that was the first type of meditation I learned when I was 14. It changed me. It's probably the most profound thing I can mention. That's one that's a learnable, practicable action that really changed who I am."
Uses and recommends it · 1 episode
"There's also something called the surgical series from the Monroe Institute, which I used when I had a surgery. You listen to this recording and it both allows your body to heal much faster and removes some of the trauma that goes on when you're getting cut open. Just through listening to certain things, you can have a really powerful effect, heal much faster."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"I first read The Dao when I had just moved to California, probably 30 years ago. And I read it and I felt like this is different than anything I read before. It speaks to me on so many levels. And then I remember reading it something like 6 months later and it was an entirely different book. It's the kind of book that every time you read it at different points in your life, you'll read an entirely different book."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"I think you need to find some practices that ground you in yourself. Meditation is a great one. I'm sure there are others, but you have to get in touch with you. And I never looked inward. Even with all the years of meditation, I never looked inward."
Recommends it · 1 episode
"I would say start going to museums. Go to museums, look at the art, take the walking tour with the headphones, listen to the stories, read the great literature."
All 8 of Rick's picks
- Transcendental Meditation Uses and recommends it "I learned to meditate when I was 14. And I think having TM as a grounding element in my life — transcendental meditation — that was the first type of meditation I learned when I was 14. It changed me. It's probably the most profound thing I can mention. That's one that's a learnable, practicable action that really changed who I am." +4 others
- Monroe Institute Surgical Series Uses and recommends it "There's also something called the surgical series from the Monroe Institute, which I used when I had a surgery. You listen to this recording and it both allows your body to heal much faster and removes some of the trauma that goes on when you're getting cut open. Just through listening to certain things, you can have a really powerful effect, heal much faster." Only Rick
- Antidepressants Uses it "I went to therapy and ended up using an anti-depressant drug, which I tend not to be a drug person, but it was bad enough for long enough that that was the final — it was the last thing. I was seeing a different therapist, probably a therapist or a healer, at least one, 5 days a week." Only Rick
- Talk Therapy Uses it "I remember the first time I ever was in a talk therapy session. I remember not knowing how to talk. I didn't know how I felt about anything. I didn't know about my inner state at all. And only through repetition and doing it over time you start understanding. So it's just another skill set to develop." Only Rick
- Tao Te Ching Recommends it "I first read The Dao when I had just moved to California, probably 30 years ago. And I read it and I felt like this is different than anything I read before. It speaks to me on so many levels. And then I remember reading it something like 6 months later and it was an entirely different book. It's the kind of book that every time you read it at different points in your life, you'll read an entirely different book." +1 other
- Awareness Meditation Uses it "The other version is an awareness meditation where you're closing your eyes and you're being with whatever is. There's no story, there's no 'this means this.' Just like an inventory almost of everything that comes up when it comes up." Only Rick
- Meditation Recommends it "I think you need to find some practices that ground you in yourself. Meditation is a great one. I'm sure there are others, but you have to get in touch with you. And I never looked inward. Even with all the years of meditation, I never looked inward." +18 others
- Museums Recommends it "I would say start going to museums. Go to museums, look at the art, take the walking tour with the headphones, listen to the stories, read the great literature." Only Rick