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Standing Nowhere

Standing Nowhere

Released: 2025-12-25
© 2025 Standing Nowhere
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27 Episodes
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27 Episodes
Audio
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Released: 2025-12-25
© 2025 Standing Nowhere
Most Recent Episode
Two True Stories of Christmas Compassion [Holiday Special]

Two True Stories of Christmas Compassion [Holiday Special]

What does compassion look like in action? In this Christmas Day special, I share two powerful true stories that changed how I think about seeing people differently. The first is "A Soft Answer" by Terry Dobson—an American aikido student in 1960s Japan
Time: 22:06
What does compassion look like in action?
In this Christmas Day special, I share two powerful true stories that changed how I think about seeing people differently.
The first is "A Soft Answer" by Terry Dobson—an American aikido student in 1960s Japan who learns what his martial art really means when an elderly man transforms a violent encounter on a Tokyo train with nothing but kind words and curiosity.
The second is a story from 1952 about a father who can't drive past a family standing in the rain on Christmas morning—and makes a split-second decision that teaches his children the true joy of making others happy.
Both stories ask the same question: Can we see the humanity in people when they appear to be resisting our help? Can we turn around when we see suffering?
I also share how The Chronicles of Narnia became my gateway into reading as a contemplative practice, and why powerful stories have the ability to transform us.
A shorter episode for Christmas Day. Thank you for listening, and happy holidays to you and yours.
Episode Length: ~20 minutes
Stories Featured: "A Soft Answer" by Terry Dobson | 1952 Christmas Story from the National Story Project
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Release Date: 25/12/2025, 12:00:00

Description

A podcast about waking up — not to new beliefs, but beyond them.
What happens when we stop standing on any fixed idea of who we are or what life means?
Standing Nowhere explores spirituality, mindfulness, and the mystery of being human through honest conversation and reflection.
Host Jacob Buehler blends story, humor, and real-life experience as a working father and seeker, drawing from mysticism and contemplative traditions to point toward what can’t be captured in words — presence itself.
No dogma. No certainty. Just curiosity, compassion, and the ongoing discovery of what remains when there’s nowhere left to stand.
If you’ve ever questioned everything and found peace in not knowing — welcome home.

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