In this interview I am once again joined by Dr Jay Sanguinetti, Research Professor at the University of Arizona, Assistant Director at the Center for Consciousness Studies, and co-director of the SEMA Lab with Shinzen Young.

In this episode, Dr Sanguinetti reveals his personal secrets for optimal brain function and cognitive high performance that enable him to perform at his intellectual best.

Jay also gives us deep dive phenomenological reports of accessing boundary-less states of meditation, experiencing the unraveling of his self identification, and how self-administered brain stimulation in tandem with Dr Jeffrey Martin’s Finder’s Course and close 1-1 coaching with Shinzen Young radically expedited these processes.

Jay also shares how his spiritual epiphanies have transformed his communication strategies with his staff and mentees, and explains the power of vulnerability in optimising decision making.

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Topics Include:

00:00 - Intro

01:44 - How Jay optimises his mental function

05:25 - Jay’s current meditation approach

08:59 - Working 1-1 with Shinzen

09:53 - A state without boundaries and Jay’s jhana practice

12:15 - Dr Jeffrey A Martin and the ‘Finder’s Course’

19:18 - Jay’s transformative experience on the Finder’s Course

20:33 - Falling into the void

23:11 - Using brain stimulation on himself

27:52 - Fear of dissolution

29:44 - Jay’s changing practice motivations from is 20s to 30s

31:40 - Identifying with enlightenment

38:06 - Unravelling the self-identification process

43:47 - The exponential happiness curve and further ultrasound

48:55 - Transformed relationships

49:54 - Shinzen’s ongoing coaching and correspondences to traditional maps

53:37 - Jay’s key spiritual insight

01:00:13 - Defining ‘equanimity’ and is ‘vulnerability’ a weakness?

01:06:50 - - Equanimity and optimised decision making

01:10:12 - Suffering is essential for growth

01:13:00 - Jay’s mentoring approach of vulnerability

01:18:03 - ‘Defining vulnerability’

01:30:37 - Vulnerability in conflict situations

01:31:46 - The emerging science of compassion

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Previous episodes with Dr Sanguinetti:

- https://www.guruviking.com/search?q=sanguinetti

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To find our more about Dr Sanguinetti, visit:

- https://www.jaysanguinetti.com/

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For more interviews, videos, and more visit:

- www.guruviking.com

Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James