Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

By Dr. James Cooke

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Join neuroscientist Dr. James Cooke as he explores consciousness, science and spirituality with scientists, philosophers, spiritual practitioners and key figures in the psychedelic renaissance.

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Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke episodes:

05.09.2024
AMA: Thoughts on the future, Mental causes of illness, Body-based psychotherapy, What happens after death?
The Mystery of Out of Body, Near Death, and DMT Experiences Differentiating DMT and Near-Death Experiences Dr Gabor Mate - The real reason women smokers are at greater risk
03.02.2024
Willoughby Britton on when meditation causes harm | Living Mirrors #126
Willoughby Britton is a clinical psychologist, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University Medical School, and the director of the Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory there. Her lab researches the psychophysiological and neurocognitive effects of meditation and...
02.17.2024
Trauma Release Exercises for Awakening and Nondual Realization with Christina Guimond | Living Mirrors #125
Chris Guimond is an awakening and nondual realization guide who works with the Trauma Release Exercises that I’ve previously spoken about on the podcast. You can listen to my interview with the creator of the TRE approach, David Bercelli (episode...
02.02.2024
AMA: Fear of Death, Sources of Wisdom, Experiencing Fear in the Body
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01.30.2024
Michael Levin on the intelligence of life| Living Mirrors #124
Michael Levin is a developmental and synthetic biologist and a professor at Tufts University. He is known for co-discovering Xenobots which are living robots made from frog skin cells but his research is wide ranging, contributing to fields such as...
12.31.2023
The Genocide in Gaza & the Psychology of Denial | Living Mirrors #122
The Genocide in Gaza & the Psychology of Denial
12.22.2023
AMA: Retribution, Climate Anxiety, the Freedom of No Free Will
AMA: Retribution, Climate Anxiety, the Freedom of No Free Will
12.15.2023
Alicia Juarrero on emergence & causality as constraint | Living Mirrors #121
Alicia Juarrero is President and co-founder of VectorAnalytica, Inc., a data collection and analysis platform. She is also a research associate at the University of Miami and is the author for influential complexity theory text Dynamics in Action. Her new...
12.01.2023
Uncompromising Nonduality with Jim Newman | Living Mirrors #120
Jim Newman holds meetings about nonduality, in a style that has come to be known as uncompromising or radical nonduality. This style began with the book The Open Secret by Tony Parsons, and along with Tony, Jim is the arguably...
11.27.2023
AMA: The nature of thought, shadow work, love, & nonduality
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11.18.2023
Indy Johar on Technological Animism: Societal infrastructure for living beyond separation | Living Mirrors #119
Indy Johar is an architect and a co-founder of Dark Matter Labs, an organisation focused on building the novel institutional infrastructures necessary to make societies centred on interdependence, equality, and justice a reality. He has lectured at various institutions including...
11.03.2023
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Dawn of Mind: How Matter Became Conscious & Alive | Living mirrors #118
I'm excited to announce that I just signed a book deal with Prometheus Books. The title is The Dawn of Mind: How Matter Became Conscious and Alive. In it I lay out a synthesis of physicalism, panpsychism, and idealism, culminating...
10.27.2023
AMA: Nondual Mindfulness & Body Scan Meditations for Emotion Work and Integration
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10.20.2023
A Neuropsychologist’s Exploration of Psychedelics with Andy Mitchell | Living Mirrors #117
Andy Mitchell is a neuropsychologist and therapist. He has specialized in treating patients with rare brain conditions, head injuries and epilepsy, and in the application of mindfulness for neurological patients. As a therapist he has worked with people with a...
09.08.2023
AMA: The nature of the self, Top 3 books, Culture as Software
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07.14.2023
Rachel Nuwer on MDMA | Living Mirrors #116
Rachel Nuwer is a journalist who has reported on science, travel, food, and adventure for the New York Times, National Geographic, Scientific American and many other publications. She is the author of Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking...
07.07.2023
AMA: Music & psychedelics + Consciousness, evolution, & technology
Topics addressed (in order): Consciousness, causal power, & evolution Is consciousness binary? Technology & consciousness Music & psychedelics Homestead landscaping
06.30.2023
Neil Theise on connecting science and spirituality through complexity science | Living Mirrors #115
Neil Theise is a professor of pathology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Through his scientific research, he has been a pioneer of adult stem cell plasticity which led him to an interest in complexity theory. This interest has...
06.16.2023
Jared Seide on reweaving the social fabric through the practice of Council| Living Mirrors #114
Jared Seide is the Executive Director of the Center for Council, a talking circle practice that we discuss today. He has designed, piloted and coordinated council-based programs in prisons, assisted living facilities, youth groups, schools, non-profits, faith-based organisations, and social...
06.02.2023
Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes on integrating philosophy and metaphysics into psychedelic therapy | Living Mirrors #113
Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes is a philosopher of mind who specializes in the thought of Whitehead, Nietzsche, and Spinoza, and in fields pertaining to panpsychism and altered states of mind. Following his degree in Continental Philosophy at the University of Warwick, he...
05.19.2023
Psilocybin Access Rights campaign's Tara Austin and Timmy Davis | Living mirrors #112
Timmy Davis and Tara Austin run the Psilocybin Access Rights campaign in the United Kingdom where they are seeking to get psilocybin rescheduled. Today we discuss the campaign and the rescheduling of psychedelics more broadly.
05.05.2023
Bobby Azarian on the evolution of cosmic complexity | Living Mirrors #111
Bobby Azarian is a science journalist and a cognitive neuroscientist who received his PhD from George Mason University. He has written for publications such as The Atlantic, The New York Times, BBC, Scientific American, Slate, HuffPost, Quartz, and Aeon, and...
04.21.2023
Angelo Dilullo on awakening | Living Mirrors #110
Angelo Dilullo is an anaesthesiologist and teacher of nonduality who had a life-altering spiritual awakening at the age of 24. He is the author of the book, Awake: It’s Your Turn, which contains a practical set of tools and investigations...
04.14.2023
AMA: My metaphysics, Is the mind naturally enlightened & is reality made of love? + Terrence Deacon
Metaphysics, Is the mind naturally enlightened & is reality made of love? + thoughts on Terrence Deacon's work
04.07.2023
Daniel Ingram on how enlightenment changed his brain | Living Mirrors #109
Daniel Ingram is a physician, meditator and the author of the book Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddhaas well as the bookThe Fire Kasina, co-authored with Shannon Stein. He is the co-founder of the Dharma Overground, an online community...
03.24.2023
Malin Vedøy Uthaug on 5-MeO-DMT | Living Mirrors #108
Malin Vedøy Uthaug is a researcher specialising in altered states of consciousness with a particular focus on 5-MeO-DMT. Her PhD work in Psychopharmacology involved conducting observational studies of Ayahuasca and 5-MeO-DMT use outside of a lab setting. She moved to...
03.17.2023
AMA: The mathematics of separation and unity
AMA: The mathematics of separation and unity
03.10.2023
Staci Haines on the politics of trauma | Living Mirrors #107
Staci Haines is a leader in the fields of somatics and trauma healing. She is the author of “The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing and Social Justice” and “Healing Sex: A Mind Body Approach to Healing Sexual Trauma”. In 1999...
02.24.2023
Shamil Chandaria on awakening & the Bayesian brain | Living Mirrors #106
Shamil Chandaria is an expert in artificial intelligence and computational neuroscience as well as an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and meditator, and is also a good friend. He was a founder of the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London, the...
02.10.2023
Innerspace Institute | Living Mirrors #105
I’m very pleased to announce the creation of the Innerspace Institute. The institute will have both an online presence at innerspaceinstitute.org and a physical base at The Surrender Homestead in the mountains of southern Portugal. We conduct scientific...
02.09.2023
AMA: Somatics & talking publicly about traumatic events
Ask questions for the next AMA via patreon or the channel membership community: youtube.com/drjamescooke
01.27.2023
Paco Calvo on plant intelligence & consciousness | Living Mirrors #104
Paco Calvo is a Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Murcia in Spain where he runs the Minimal Intelligence Lab, also known as MINTlab. He is a leading figure in the philosophy of plant behaviour and signalling,...
01.11.2023
Duncan Trussell on DMT, ketamine, and the Bhakti yoga path of love | Living Mirrors #103
Duncan Trussell is a comedian best known for his podcast The Duncan Trussell Family Hour and the Netflix series The Midnight Gospel. He routinely explores topics relating to spirituality in his comedy, particularly the work of teachers such as ram...
01.06.2023
AMA: fatherhood, wu wei, nondual intimacy, conscious subjects, & process philosophy
Apologies for the audio issues in this episode, I've attempted to filter out the noise. The tech issue will be fixed for the next episode. topics in order addressed: wu wei, nondual intimacy, how to keep one's heart open in...
11.25.2022
AMA: Love, Nonduality, Top-Down Causality, Ideas & Social Change, Podcasting Highlights, Fasting
In this AMA I share thoughts on Love, nonduality, Fasting, top-down causality, free will, ideas & social change, panexperientialism, and Highlights from my time podcasting.
08.29.2022
Podcast hiatus and schedule update
08.05.2022
Dr. Rosalind Watts on mechanisms of psychedelic therapy: acceptance, connection, and embodiment | Living Mirrors #102
Rosalind Watts is a clinical psychologist working on psychedelic therapy. She has worked as the Clinical Lead for Imperial College London’s pioneering trial of psilocybin for depression and now works as the Clinical Director at Synthesis Institute, a psilocybin retreat...
08.04.2022
AMA: Fear of death, wearables, healing in traumatic environments, bitcoin, & procrastination
In this AMA I answer questions on fear of death, wearables, healing in traumatic environments, bitcoin, & procrastination
07.22.2022
Tony Nader on Transcendental Meditation and Vedic philosophy | Living Mirrors #101
Tony Nader is a neuroscientist and leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement, one of the most influential spiritual organisations in the world. Founded by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the movement has had many prominent members, from the The Beatles, the Beach...
07.15.2022
My entire worldview | Living Mirrors #100
For the 100th episode of the podcast, I attempt to lay out the broad strokes of my worldview from start to finish. I address why there is something rather than nothing, my opinion on the nature of existence, the place...
07.08.2022
David Nichols - the pharmacologist behind the psychedelic renaissance | Living Mirrors #99
David Nichols is a legendary psychopharmacologist and world-renowned expert in psychedelics. HIs research career began in 1969 and he was a professor at Purdue University until his retirement in 2012. Today we discuss the psychopharmacology of substances like LSD, psilocybin,...
07.05.2022
AMA: Marxism, Ayahuasca & Anxiety around trying psychedelics
AMA: Marxism, Ayahuasca & Anxiety around trying psychedelics
07.02.2022
Is Google's LaMDA AI conscious? | Living Mirrors #98
This week I share some thoughts on whether Google's LaMDA AI conscious.
06.23.2022
Suspended engineer on why Google’s LaMDA AI is conscious with Blake Lemoine | Living Mirrors #97
Blake Lemoine is a software developer and AI researcher at Google who has been working on their artificial intelligence system called LaMDA. He was recently placed on administrative leave for stating his belief that the AI has become conscious and...
06.10.2022
Integrating nondual insight into one’s life | Living Mirrors #96
This week I share some thoughts on integrating nondual insight into everyday life.
05.28.2022
Second dialogue with Richard Doyle on nonduality and personal & societal transformation | Living Mirrors #95
My guest this week, once again, is Richard Doyle. Rich is the first guest to appear on the podcast twice, which should be an indication of how much we enjoyed speaking the first time. Rich is an author and Professor...
05.24.2022
AMA: Wonder & Curiosity vs. Guilt & Shame
In this AMA I share thoughts on wonder and curiosity as well as guilt and shame.
05.20.2022
Loch Kelly on Effortless Mindfulness, nonduality & Mahamudra | Living Mirrors #94
Loch Kelly is a meditation teacher and author. He teaches a nondual approach to relieving suffering that he calls Effortless Mindfulness. This approach is based in the Mahamudra teachings of Tibetan Buddhism, and Loch has studied with two great teachers...
05.06.2022
Evan Thompson on the philosophy of biopsychism | Living Mirrors #93
Evan Thompson is a philosopher and professor at the University of British Columbia. He specialises in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science, as well as in cross-cultural philosophy, with a particular interest in Chinese and Indian philosophy and the...
05.04.2022
AMA: The neurobiology of trauma & the ethics of obtaining illegal drugs
In this AMA I discuss the the neurobiology of trauma & the ethics of obtaining illegal drugs.

What's Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke about?

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Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke episodes:

AMA: Thoughts on the future, Mental causes of illness, Body-based psychotherapy, What happens after death?

Willoughby Britton on when meditation causes harm | Living Mirrors #126

Trauma Release Exercises for Awakening and Nondual Realization with Christina Guimond | Living Mirrors #125

AMA: Fear of Death, Sources of Wisdom, Experiencing Fear in the Body

Michael Levin on the intelligence of life| Living Mirrors #124

The Genocide in Gaza & the Psychology of Denial | Living Mirrors #122

AMA: Retribution, Climate Anxiety, the Freedom of No Free Will

Alicia Juarrero on emergence & causality as constraint | Living Mirrors #121

Uncompromising Nonduality with Jim Newman | Living Mirrors #120

AMA: The nature of thought, shadow work, love, & nonduality

Indy Johar on Technological Animism: Societal infrastructure for living beyond separation | Living Mirrors #119

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Dawn of Mind: How Matter Became Conscious & Alive | Living mirrors #118

AMA: Nondual Mindfulness & Body Scan Meditations for Emotion Work and Integration

A Neuropsychologist’s Exploration of Psychedelics with Andy Mitchell | Living Mirrors #117

AMA: The nature of the self, Top 3 books, Culture as Software

Rachel Nuwer on MDMA | Living Mirrors #116

AMA: Music & psychedelics + Consciousness, evolution, & technology

Neil Theise on connecting science and spirituality through complexity science | Living Mirrors #115

Jared Seide on reweaving the social fabric through the practice of Council| Living Mirrors #114

Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes on integrating philosophy and metaphysics into psychedelic therapy | Living Mirrors #113

Psilocybin Access Rights campaign's Tara Austin and Timmy Davis | Living mirrors #112

Bobby Azarian on the evolution of cosmic complexity | Living Mirrors #111

Angelo Dilullo on awakening | Living Mirrors #110

AMA: My metaphysics, Is the mind naturally enlightened & is reality made of love? + Terrence Deacon

Daniel Ingram on how enlightenment changed his brain | Living Mirrors #109

Malin Vedøy Uthaug on 5-MeO-DMT | Living Mirrors #108

AMA: The mathematics of separation and unity

Staci Haines on the politics of trauma | Living Mirrors #107

Shamil Chandaria on awakening & the Bayesian brain | Living Mirrors #106

Innerspace Institute | Living Mirrors #105

AMA: Somatics & talking publicly about traumatic events

Paco Calvo on plant intelligence & consciousness | Living Mirrors #104

Duncan Trussell on DMT, ketamine, and the Bhakti yoga path of love | Living Mirrors #103

AMA: fatherhood, wu wei, nondual intimacy, conscious subjects, & process philosophy

AMA: Love, Nonduality, Top-Down Causality, Ideas & Social Change, Podcasting Highlights, Fasting

Podcast hiatus and schedule update

Dr. Rosalind Watts on mechanisms of psychedelic therapy: acceptance, connection, and embodiment | Living Mirrors #102

AMA: Fear of death, wearables, healing in traumatic environments, bitcoin, & procrastination

Tony Nader on Transcendental Meditation and Vedic philosophy | Living Mirrors #101

My entire worldview | Living Mirrors #100

David Nichols - the pharmacologist behind the psychedelic renaissance | Living Mirrors #99

AMA: Marxism, Ayahuasca & Anxiety around trying psychedelics

Is Google's LaMDA AI conscious? | Living Mirrors #98

Suspended engineer on why Google’s LaMDA AI is conscious with Blake Lemoine | Living Mirrors #97

Integrating nondual insight into one’s life | Living Mirrors #96

Second dialogue with Richard Doyle on nonduality and personal & societal transformation | Living Mirrors #95

AMA: Wonder & Curiosity vs. Guilt & Shame

Loch Kelly on Effortless Mindfulness, nonduality & Mahamudra | Living Mirrors #94

Evan Thompson on the philosophy of biopsychism | Living Mirrors #93

AMA: The neurobiology of trauma & the ethics of obtaining illegal drugs