Mark Gober is a best-selling author, a Partner at Sherpa Technology Group in Silicon Valley, a former investment banker with UBS in New York, and former captain of the Princeton tennis team. His worldview was turned upside down in late 2016 when he was exposed to world-changing science which suggested that, contrary to mainstream assumptions, consciousness is not produced by the brain. After researching extensively, he wrote An End to Upside Down Thinking: Dispelling the Myth That the Brain Produces Consciousness, and the Implications for Everyday Life to introduce the general public to these cutting-edge ideas -- all in an effort to encourage a much-needed global shift in scientific and existential thinking.

Mark's book has been endorsed by leading thinkers such as former Harvard neurosurgeon Eben Alexander, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Ervin Laszlo, Pixar founder Loren Carpenter, Institute of Noetic Sciences Chief Scientist Dr. Dean Radin, University of Virginia professor of neurobehavioral sciences Dr. Ed Kelly, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, Guru Singh, Chicken Soup for the Soul author Jack Canfield, actress Goldie Hawn, and many others.

Website: markgober.com

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Interview recorded February 16, 2019

YouTube Video Chapters:

00:00:00 - Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump

00:04:30 - Background and Transition into Writing

00:08:09 - A Shift in Worldview

00:11:50 - Paradigm Shifts and Anomalies

00:15:15 - Anomalies in Science

00:18:58 - The Fundamental Nature of Consciousness

00:22:42 - Understanding the Limits of Our Perceptual Systems

00:26:22 - Studies on Psychic Spies during the Cold War

00:29:55 - Repression in the Scientific Community

00:33:29 - The Importance of Publishing Studies on Psychic Phenomena

00:37:08 - Assumptions about Reality and their Impact

00:40:35 - The Illusion of Materialism

00:43:45 - The Connection between Materialism and Spiritual Practice

00:47:10 - The Consciousness of the Brain

00:50:37 - Reflection and Settled Mind

00:54:19 - Anomalous Occurrences and Spiritual Practices

00:57:53 - Humility and Open-Mindedness

01:01:36 - The Qualities of Consciousness

01:04:56 - Modulations of Consciousness

01:08:32 - Awareness independent of biology

01:12:20 - The Play of Consciousness

01:16:16 - Evaluating Anomalies and Questioning the Paradigm

01:19:56 - Free Will and Consciousness

01:23:58 - Research on Reincarnation at the University of Virginia

01:27:30 - Reincarnation and the Continuity of Consciousness

01:30:52 - Reincarnation and Continuity

01:34:32 - The Nature of Altruism

01:37:56 - Is Time Linear?

01:41:25 - Discussing Predicting the Future and Psychic Phenomena

01:45:02 - Nonlinear Effects and Shifting Consciousness