He was once a teacher of non-duality interviewed on Buddha at the Gas Pump, giving talks in the Netherlands, and deeply immersed in the world of non-dual awakening. Now, he's one of its most articulate critics.

Dr. Michael Damian is a clinical psychologist working in the Jungian tradition and the author of The Art of Freedom: A Guide to Awakening (2017).

In this conversation, we explore his personal awakening experience, what drew him to non-dual teaching, and what ultimately disillusioned him. From the self-denying logic of Neo-Advaita to the dogmatism he encountered in teachers like Rupert Spira, Dr. Damian speaks candidly about the psychological harm he has witnessed when people use spiritual frameworks to bypass inner work.

We also discuss Jungian psychology, the puer aeternus archetype (Peter Pan Syndrome) , near-death experiences, God, self-actualization, and what it means to do the work.

Topics covered: Dr. Damian's awakening experience — nirvikalpa samadhi, kriyas, and what came after.

How he became a non-dual teacher and why he walked away.

The difference between Advaita, Neo-Advaita, and qualified non-dualism (Vishishtadvaita).

Why "awareness cures suffering" is, in his words, absolute BS.

The puer aeternus pattern and spiritual bypassing.

Near-death experiences and what they reveal about God and the soul.

Jungian self-actualization — shadow, persona, and psychological wholeness.

How belief systems help or harm us.

What real one-on-one therapeutic work looks like.

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In this episode, I sit down with Markham, a trained Onaya in the Shipibo tradition, for a conversation about plant intelligence, consciousness, ceremony, ego, darkness, healing, and what its like to walk the path of an Ayahuasquero in the modern world.

Markham breaks down:

→ What plant medicine ceremonies actually look like from the inside

→ The rigorous training process of a Shipibo medicine doctor

→ Why the healer matters as much as the medicine

→ How ego destruction and shadow work connect to genuine healing

→ His personal journey from hedonism to purpose

→ What it's like when your life becomes the ceremony

This is a conversation about consciousness, responsibility, and what happens when a human being commits fully to serving something greater than themselves.

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What happens when the very teachings meant to free you become the cage?

In this episode of the Minds Eye Morning Show, we examine the premise of non-duality — what it got right, where it went sideways, and why the spiritual search itself can become the problem it's promising to solve.

We explore:

- Why non-duality frameworks can create more mental fragmentation than peace

- The difference between an intellectual understanding and actual lived experience

- How belief systems — spiritual and material — become invisible prisons

- What "inner guidance" actually looks like in practice vs. theory

- The psychology behind why we chase enlightenment the same way we chase cars and careers

- What it means to be formless — and why that doesn't mean you're nothing

Plus: a live chat discussion on spirituality vs. psychology, intuitive knowing, the Polynesian wayfinders, consciousness, individuality, and what the show Pluribus gets right about awareness.

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One of my clips went viral on TikTok and pulled in 47,000 views, 200+ comments, and hundreds of new followers. I share how I went viral, what it felt like, and what I've learned. I also break down my process for farming short clips from long-form content and publishing them across all of the social media platforms: TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, Facebook, and X.

This is part of an ongoing series documenting how I'm building a channel around consciousness, awareness, and philosophy while working a full-time job, being a father, and figuring it out as I go.

What I cover:

-How I identify clip-worthy moments while editing long-form content

-The tools I use (Wondershare Filmora + CapCut)

-How I format, caption, and export clips for each platform

-My scheduling system — 3 clips a day, staggered times

-How I use AI as a thinking tool, not a decision maker

-What going viral actually felt like in real time

If you're a small creator trying to grow without a big team or budget, this one's for you.

📺 Watch the first video in this playlist: https://youtu.be/CXO8CbpEQqo?si=tBLKfEzwPcVzd28_

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Adam and Reed are joined by their first-ever guest , listener DoubleSpy (Joe), for a conversation on consciousness, ego, suffering, and whether philosophy actually gets anyone closer to freedom.

Topics include: the "headless observer" experiment, intellectual jiu jitsu vs. genuine insight, why meditation stops working once you expect it to, recovery and addiction as a path to awakening, the problem with the word "my," and why the Buddhist temple might be the last place you'd find someone enlightened.

Joe brings a perspective shaped by personal adversity, illness, loss, and rebuilding, which grounds what could be abstract philosophy in lived experience.

🎙️ Minds Eye Morning Show is a long-form conversation exploring consciousness, awareness, and what it means to be awake.

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Today's episode is about rewiring old habits, finishing what I start, and examining why discomfort is the way.

Also, while asleep and dreaming I created a scene in OBS and I've never seen any tutorials or anything about how to do it...I just woke up and did it. Wild right?

In this video I talk about:

→ Why I'm pushing through a WoW Let's Play I don't even want to finish anymore

→ The difference between playing for fun vs. playing for growth

→ Life as the "main quest" — and gaming as the auxiliary

→ What games I actually want to make videos about next (CS2, Fallout, WoW Midnight, and more)

→ That dream where I manifested OBS knowledge out of thin air

This channel is about what happens inside the mind's eye and today that means sitting at level 47 in the Hinterlands at 5am in the morning asking yourself why.

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Do you actually like the things you like, or are you just chasing a projection of how you think you'll feel?

This week, we dig into one of the most destabilizing questions you can ask yourself: what do you really want?

In this episode we talk about:

Why strong resistance is often the clearest signal about where your ego lives.

The "second arrow" — how we take one moment of pain and manufacture a second one.

Do you actually like or dislike anything, or are your preferences just nostalgia and mental movies?

The concept of "OKness" and why trying to get there is exactly what keeps you from it.

Why violence in nature disturbs us even though we are nature.

What animals might understand about consciousness that we've overthought our way out of.

The universe experiencing itself and why complexity might just be experience looking for more of itself.

Featuring live chat contributions from DoubleSpy and Ionutaune (Romania), references to Jung, Anthony DeMello, Nisargadatta, Jim Newman, Flatland, and the Holger Group.

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📌 Mentioned in this episode:

Rediscovering Life — Anthony DeMello

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism — Chögyam Trungpa

Flatland — Edwin Abbott

Jim Newman (non-duality)

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This is Episode 1 of "How I'm Making It as a Content Creator" — a monthly series documenting the real, unfiltered journey of building a YouTube channel from scratch while working a full time job, raising a kid, and navigating life.

In this episode, I cover the first 3 months, my current analytics, burning out after month one, merging gaming and philosophy into one channel, and why I'm still going despite the low numbers.

I'll be posting one of these monthly.

📌 Inspired by @Renfail "How to Make a Living as a Content Creator and Streamer" series — shoutout to Ren: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZZ6iXOxUbMeW3iCeGAzrSIERHTbspC7d&si=11l2cpUEaVnU49MZ

Shouts out to @FacelessZaide and his Dramaquest Series: https://youtu.be/Q8J-MEWWj80?si=uBPBvo64ICWfsT3y

🎮 MMOs covered: World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, Dark Age of Camelot, Everquest, and more

🧘 Topics: Non-duality, self-inquiry, mindfulness, awareness, philosophy

💬 DMs always open — drop a comment or reach out if you're on this same journey.

Reed and I explore what freedom actually is and why you'll never find it in the material world.

We go deep on one of the most misunderstood ideas in philosophy and mindfulness: freedom.

We explore:

Why changing your job, your city, or your relationships never solves the underlying feeling of "not okay-ness".

How our emotions and reactions are shaped entirely by belief systems we don't chose.

The difference between freedom from external circumstances vs. the freedom found in pure awareness.

Why letting go of the ego feels like death, and why that's the point.

The Starbucks line metaphor: how a stranger can "ruin your day" and what that really means about your inner state.

Krishnamurti, Anthony de Mello, and the idea that true freedom lives in seeing, not doing.

If you've ever felt like you're still solving the same problems no matter how much your life changes, this one's for you.

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What if the feeling of making a choice is itself just another conditioned response?

In this conversation, Adam and Reed explore two of the most penetrating voices in non-dual philosophy — Nisargadatta Maharaj and J. Krishnamurti — and what they point to about the nature of freedom, conditioning, and the self that believes it is choosing.

We unpack Nisargadatta's radical claim that he is neither the painter nor the painting, and Krishnamurti's unsettling observation that where there is choice, there is no freedom. What emerges is a conversation about whether the "sense of me" is anything more than a protective contraction...and what remains when you stop believing you are the one doing any of this.

Topics explored:

Nisargadatta Maharaj's "I Am That" and the nature of pure awareness.

Krishnamurti's choiceless awareness and the prison of conditioning.

The illusion of free will and what freedom actually looks like.

The "sense of me" as a felt contraction rather than a solid self.

Competing belief systems as the root of suffering.

What it means to trust something beyond the thinking mind.

If you found this through gaming ,or just stumbled in, welcome!

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