Marcus Stansberry

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Buddhism | Philosophy | Music | Books | Movies

Buddhism: A way of life

Did you know Marcus went to a 10-day silent meditation retreat in February of 2026?
Podcast: Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein
Check out episode 23: Liberation Through Non-Clinging, here the transcript he created with AI.
Podcast: Secular Buddhism with Noah Rasheta
For example, check out episode 28: Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place?
Here are his notes called Studying Buddhism with AI.

Philosophy

8 min video on the false idea of who you are, by Alan Watts.
7 min video on love and ethics.
Article on a psychologically rich life.
College course philosophy videos from Jeffrey Kaplan.
Book, The Dead Emcee Scrolls by Saul Williams
Book, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Book, The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

🎵 Music

Tool. Lateralus - This album saved his life many times.
Tool. 10,000 days
Red Hot Chili Peppers. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Return to Forever. Returns
Snarky Puppy, Lingus
Charlie Parker
John Coltrane
What music did Marcus not like?

📚 Sci-fi Books

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein - He was reareading this series in 2026.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden

Movies & TV Shows

The Fifth Element - Did you know he knew the dialogues by heart?
Dune - Where do you think he got the name Gurney for his cat?
Steven Universe
Waking Life, here is the trailer.
Andor
The Shawshank Redemption
What Dreams May Come, here is the trailer.
(Other recommendations) Tropic Thunder.
Mortal Kombat, the movie
A Muppet Christmas Carol
A Goofy Movie

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