"Politically Incorrect Monk Talks about Karma, Enlightenment, Ultimate Reality, and Meditation"

Another interview with Jason Manu Rheaume, founder of a new more or less traditionalist spiritual "movement" or organization (at least a website and some channels on the Internet) called Humble Stature. I suppose I should come clean here and confess, more than I already eventually did in the video, that I am not nearly as fanatically strict in following Vinaya as I used to be. This situation has me thinking, though, that being an orthodox bhikkhu in the modern west may not be the best possible route to take, at least not for me, since a non-strictly practicing monk is a non-conscientious one.

0:50 Why follow the Vinaya so strictly?
5:00 Which rules in the Vinaya should be followed?
7:00 What should be our understanding of rules.
12:12 How should we think about Karma?
17:20 Transcending good and bad karma
20:00 Is it possible to fully understand Karma?
22:40 Rebirth and reincarnation
25:00 Subtle bodies in Buddhism
27:45 What flows over from lifetime to lifetime?
29:00 Out of body experiences and subtle bodies
31:50 One Mind, Ultimate reality, Ultimate truth
34:50 Knowing Truth
37:30 What roles does intuition play in spirituality?
39:50 What is enlightenment?
44:52 What is real? Higher Gods creating reality?
48:00 Is the ultimate reality just nothing or empty?
51:10 Meditation and having an overly active mind
53:10 Mushrooms and LSD vs Meditation
56:25 Does meditation work if it’s not hard?

His statement:
Humble Stature is an alternative Buddhist community set on creating authentic connection, depth, and real-world insights into what it takes to live a spiritual life in the modern world.
My hope now is to find like-minded individuals so that we can build a community not based on gurus and trendy philosophies but on deep wisdom teachings that can be directly experienced. This is not meant to be a community of perfect people; it is a community of flawed individuals who are committed to uplifting those around them and doing good deeds.

My URL links:
current blog (mostly philosophy and caustic critiques of Marxism): https://politicallyincorrectdharma.blogspot.com/
old website: https://nippapanca.org
Minds page: https://www.minds.com/Pannobhasa_Bhikkhu/
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChQJMvdH3Is-fw7rVhYd4uA/videos
SubscribeStar support page: https://www.subscribestar.com/philosophical-dharma
my old, more Buddhist blog: https://thebahiyablog.blogspot.com/
Parler: https://parler.com/profile/PoliticallyIncorrectDharma/posts

Manu's links:
For more visit https://www.humblestature.com/
FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humblestature
IG: https://www.instagram.com/humble_stature/