Ascend Podcast

Ascend Podcast

By Dan HarrisonReligion & SpiritualitySpirituality
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Ascend Podcast episodes

  • AP 50: Seasons of Life • Spirituality • Part 4

    Topics We Covered in this Podcast:

    What Spirituality means to us

  • What makes us Spiritual   

  • Start of our Spiritual Journey 

  • What made us take Spirituality Seriously 

  • Societal condition 

  • Create our Own Religion 

  • Connection to Ancients

  • Human Evolution  

  • Future

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    In this episode of the Ascend Podcast we look at Spirituality, this is our 4th installment of our 5 part of the seasons of life. Spirituality certainty means something different for anyone and As you guys may know by now we like to mix it up a little bit get out into nature and go into some of our most favorite places and record some epic podcasts with a blend of the natural sounds in the background adding to the ambiance.

    So this podcast is know different we decided to head to the place I call home, deep withing the heart of the woods. We both really felt that the woods was such a perfect match to record a podcast about spirituality, as we really feel the two really do Intertwine well.

    1 hr 35 min
  • AP 49: The Conversation NO One Wants To Have • Kevin Kunze

    Topics We Covered in this Podcast:

    Suppression  

  • Big Company Corruption  

  • Cell phone radiation 

  • Power of Technology  

  • Natural World vs Technology  

  • The Future 

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    This is a bit of a contradictory subject as I know all of us on many occasions can over indulge in our technology. We are all constantly face booking or reading other people face booking this podcast would not even exist in the first place. Technology Is right in the mind of this human experience and the human desire to keep improving our technological advances is certain.

    We are at a point in time where theirs no doubt that we are in the middle of a huge change on this planet and one of the biggest reasons is we all carrying around and have accesses to all of the current human knowledge from the past to the now, from academic studies, to books to podcasts.  However, a huge scary gorilla In the corner of the room to add to this equation we’ve yet to mention– billions and billions of dollars

    When you put together our innate drive to improve our technological advances and the need to continue creating more money, technology changes from just being an organic creation of our humanity to a commodity. Now, this does not always have to be a bad thing, but greed and corruption weird way of slipping back into the human ethos when money and especially when major money can be made from a important area. On top of that, when a corporation’s main goal is to squeeze as much money as they possibly can, the well-being of humans just doesn’t always blend with that. So when certain people hold a piece of paper over there fellow human and corruption get its way into systems, we need a real oversight into what is really going on to create another change

    This is why Kevin Kunze is on the show. Kevin is the filmmaker behind Mobilize, an investigative documentary exploring the negative long-term health effects of cell phone radiation. The film examines recent scientific research, follows national legislative efforts, and exposes the influence that technology companies have on public health

    1 hr 14 min
  • AP 48: DMT Gateway For The Soul • Dr Rick Strassman
    Topics We Covered in this Podcast:

    Powerful reminder we know nothing 

  • Why does DMT exist  

  • Connection to all Species on the Planet 

  • Stripping away the Brains filter on reality 

  • Unlocking DNA 

  • Dreaming 

  • Death

  • Human Evolution 

  • Spiritual Exploration 

  • The Future 

    Living in the information age, it’s easy to develop a false sense of how much we really know when the answers to all our questions are just few clicks or a google search away. But with all this information at the tip of our fingers that can be accessed at any time, is it possible that it has it become harder to accept not knowing?

    In this Podcast with Dr Rick Strassman we discusses his thoughts on consciousness, the universe and ultimately, how DMT can serve as a powerful reminder that we know nothing at all. Rick Strassman is most known for the DMT studies that where featured in the amazingdocumentary DMT The Spirt molecule.

    1 hr 26 min
  • AP 47: Bridge Between Two Worlds • Robert Waggoner

    Topics We Covered in this Podcast:

    The Reality inside the Dream

  • Why Nature produces Wild dreams 

  • Lucid Dreaming / Becoming Consciously aware 

  • Greatest Minds in History 

  • Albert Eisenstein Dreams 

  • Nicola Tesla  

  • Dream Figures 

  • Healing 

  • Placebo Effect 


    In this episode we are joined by researcher and author Robert Waggoner for his second appearance on the podcast to talk about the Bridge between two worlds the Dream state. in this conversation we really wanted to look at the aspect of becoming consciously aware within the dream world.
    1 hr 22 min
  • AP 46: It's Just A Dream? • Robert Waggoner
    Topics We Covered in this Podcast:

    Why Culture devalues dreams 

  • Ancient Cultures 

  • Junk of the mind? 

  • Mystery 

  • We dream 2 hours a night 

  • William Dement sleep research 

  • Dream Temples (Ancient Egyptian) 

  • Wonders of the soul 

  • Yoga, Mediation effects on Dreams  

  • Stimulation Effect 

  • DMT 

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    In this episode we are joined by researcher and author Robert Waggoner to talk about the Dream state. This was such a really fascinating conversation and we have both been wanting to delve into this important topic for a while now. How many times have we encountered many conversations with people where they will tell you about a dream they have had and they don’t really question what it is and they shrug it off as if it were nothing. “It’s just a dream,” they say “Oh is it’s just a dream!!  Maybe a lot of people are quick to just dismiss a dream because they think this reality is different, maybe its not ? How do we really know we are not sleeping right now?
    1 hr 12 min
  • AP 46: It’s Just A Dream? • Robert Waggoner
    Topics We Covered in this Podcast:


    Why Culture devalues dreams 




    • Ancient Cultures 




    • Junk of the mind? 




    • Mystery 




    • We dream 2 hours a night 




    • William Dement sleep research 




    • Dream Temples (Ancient Egyptian) 




    • Wonders of the soul 




    • Yoga, Mediation effects on Dreams  




    • Stimulation Effect 




    • DMT 



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    In this episode we are joined by researcher and author Robert Waggoner to talk about the Dream state. This was such a really fascinating conversation and we have both been wanting to delve into this important topic for a while now. How many times have we encountered many conversations with people where they will tell you about a dream they have had and they don’t really question what it is and they shrug it off as if it were nothing. “It’s just a dream,” they say “Oh is it’s just a dream!!  Maybe a lot of people are quick to just dismiss a dream because they think this reality is different, maybe its not ? How do we really know we are not sleeping right now? 
    1 hr 12 min
  • AP 45: Seasons of Life • Part 3 • Mindset

    Topics We Covered in this Podcast:

    Why we chose the Ocean 

  • The Power of the Mind  

  • What Triggered our Minds 

  • Education of the Mind 

  • Developing a relationship between the Body & Mind  

  • Tools to help the Mind

  • Attachment 

  • Wonders of the Mind 

  • Placebo Affect 

  • Complete Freedom 


     
    In this episode of the Ascend Podcast we look at Mindset, this is our 3rd installment of our 5 part of the seasons of life. The Mind is a amazing Beast , A complex science, a firm friend. Your mind can wander to destinations unknown and yet be back to the present in a fraction of a second. It keeps you hoping, dreaming, thinking. It is in essence a part of what makes you, you. Be grateful for your mind’s ability to contribute to making you who you are.
    1 hr 30 min
  • AP 44: Conscious Comedy • Joycamp • Benny Wills & Kevin Kostelnik


    Topics We Covered in this Podcast:

    The Truth Telling Comedians

  • Reaching Humanity 

  • Man vs Youtube

  • Bill Hicks

  • The state of Comedy 

  • Seeking the Truth 

  • Planting seeds

     

    We are Joined by the co-creators of the sketch comedy troop, Joy Camp,Benny Wills and Kevin Kostelnik. We talk about conscious comedy and the motivation to speak truth through comedy both within comedy and the “alternative media. ”We cover a lot of ground during our conversation, with topics ranging from audience reactions and criticisms, state of comedy the future of comedy, we asked them has there been any topics they have been scared to touch on in there videos. We discuss our mutual love and respect of Bill Hicks and we even got into discussing how YouTube has been tampering with there videos on YouTube and even in some cases YouTube has even been taken there videos down completely.
    1 hr 25 min
  • AP 43: Uncaged Human • Mike Fitch
    • The Journey into Movement 

  • Unlocking the mind 

  • The connection to Animals via Movement

  • Unlocking the animal spirit 

  • Connection between Consciousness and Movement 

  • Ancient Wisdom and Taping into our DNA


    We are Joined by Movement expert Mike Fitch, he is the Creator of Animal Flow and is an innovative fitness educator focused on body weight training. Mike is all about moving the human body in many different ways incorporating animal movements to tap into and increase the flow of the human body. In previous episodes we have touched on the benefits of natural movement, however in this episode we really wanted to go deeper and discuss and look at the Communication of the human body and talk about the intelligence that is present everywhere in our bodies. We talked about the neuromuscular communication and how the human body Isn’t just a physical matter it’s a spiritual practice. We even went very deep and touched on expanding consciousness and the mind via movement,Do they even belong together or coincide very interesting stuff to even just think about. Does the inner world open itself through movement and the deep connection with the body it develops? Maybe it does.
    1 hr 16 min
  • AP 42: Blue Soul • Laird Hamilton

    -What drew Laird to the ocean


    - Connection with the water 

    - Transnational properties to water.

    - What the ocean represented in ancient times 

    - Blue mind

    - Healing mind and body

    - State of meditation 

    - Flow state
     
    - Experience feelings of awe to connection to something beyond oneself 

    - Connecting to something greater than ourselves
      
    - Ridding the biggest waves in the world 

    - Fear, what is his relationship with fear and how to stop it from overcoming you

    - Difference between fear and been scared

    - How does Laird prepare himself physically and emotionally and how does he prepare his heart to get on and ride it

     - Conquering the wave or were you conquering yourself?

     - Visualization 

     - Why he never competed professionally

     - Live in the present moment
     
     - Biggest lesson surfing has ever taught him about life?

     - How to engage in life, how does somebody look at throwing caution to the wind and live life as an adventure.

    Laird Hamilton is considered the greatest big wave surfers of all-time. We have both been huge admires of what he does and what Laird stands for. We have both really wanted to talk with him for while now and Really dig into and look at what the ocean represents, engaging it and preparing yourself physically and emotionally and preparing your heart to get on and ride it and what you learn from that.
    1 hr 1 min

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