{"podcast":{"title":"The ZDoggMD Show","slug":"the-zdoggmd-show-743248","podcast_index_feed_id":743248,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ZDOGG2168038429","website_url":"https://zdoggmd.com/z-blogg","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9f53a8da-7101-11ed-bfe5-9300ca818b6f/image/avatars-TuLy9ywmk0qFdXuE-Fg5bNQ-original.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"ZDoggMD LLC","episode_count":598,"summary":"Interviews and live rants on healthcare, depolarizing our divided society, and the non-dual nature of reality. Hosted by UCSF/Stanford-trained physician Dr. Zubin Damania (AKA ZDoggMD).","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zdoggmd-show-743248"},"episode":{"title":"The Kingdom of Heaven is Spread Upon the Earth (Christmas Eve Live)","slug":"the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-spread-upon-the-earth-christmas-eve-live","published_at":"2025-12-27T23:25:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zdoggmd-show-743248/the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-spread-upon-the-earth-christmas-eve-live","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zdoggmd-show-743248","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/chtbl.com/track/11G791/traffic.megaphone.fm/ZDOGG8428517602.mp3?updated=1766878516","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/chtbl.com/track/11G791/traffic.megaphone.fm/ZDOGG8428517602.mp3?updated=1766878516","summary":"An intimate Christmas Eve morning livestream exploring what we're really celebrating: heart-based amazement and love as the pervasive fabric of reality, not some Hallmark conception. We discuss sitting in the unknown without the constant churn of thought creating expectation, how an itch evolved from meditative deconstruction to just allowing what is, and why all religions—Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sufism—point at the same unsayable thing through different words. Includes reflections on Jesus's teachings about unconditional love and kingdom of heaven, Adyashanti's \"Resurrecting Jesus,\" my grandfather's journey from atheism to experiencing God as absolute magic, and why free will versus determinism is neither/both/doesn't ultimately matter when you're here now. Video show archive, audio podcasts, music parodies, Supporter Tribe membership options, merch, social media, and email contact form: ⁠⁠https://lnk.bio/zdoggmd⁠⁠ Support us with a 1-time donation and get a personal email response from me: ⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zdoggmd⁠⁠ More about Dr. Z: ⁠⁠https://zdoggmd.com/about-z/ Timecodes and topics: 00:00 - Introduction: Christmas Eve Live 00:36 - What We're Celebrating: Heart-Based Amazement 01:31 - Love: Human Conception vs. Pervasive Fabric of Reality 03:05 - Working Holidays as a Hospital Doctor 05:44 - Sitting in the Unknown Without Expectation 11:24 - How Do You Stay in the Unknown? 14:16 - Being Itchy: From Deconstruction to Just Allowing 17:04 - Societal Constructs: Taking Sincerely, Not Seriously 19:04 - Religions Pointing at the Same Thing 22:43 - Jesus: Unconditional Love and Kingdom of Heaven 25:49 - Resurrecting Jesus by Adyashanti 27:18 - My Grandfather in India: From Atheist to \"God is Real\" 29:43 - Free Will, Determinism, or Neither and B…","meta_description":"An intimate Christmas Eve morning livestream exploring what we're really celebrating: heart-based amazement and love as the pervasive fabric of reality, n…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2262,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-zdoggmd-show-743248/episodes/the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-spread-upon-the-earth-christmas-eve-live/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-zdoggmd-show-743248/the-kingdom-of-heaven-is-spread-upon-the-earth-christmas-eve-live.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}