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This week on the podcast previous guest Shamil Chandaria is returning to discuss his recent paper "A beautiful loop: An active inference theory of consciousness", co-authored with Ruben Laukkonen. Shamil Chandaria is an expert in artificial intelligence and computational neuroscience. He was a founder of the Centre for Psychedelic Research at Imperial College London where he is a Research Fellow, as well as at The School of Advanced Study's Institute of Philosophy, which is part of the University of London. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Eudaimonia and Human Flourishing at Oxford University, and, most recently, he became a fellow of Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge university. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/daf5n

My appearance on the Mastering Thought podcast with Mark Waller and Kristina Black

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Wystan Bryant-Scott is a Buddhist meditation teacher who has spent roughly two and half years of his life practising in an intensive residential monastic setting. He has studied under teachers in multiple Buddhist traditions, including Theravada, Vajrayana, Zen, and Dzogchen, and is a certified teacher of previous podcast guest Shinzen Young's Unified Mindfulness system. Wystan is also on the Board of Advisors of the Qualia Research Institute. I've been continually impressed by the depth and clarity of Wystan's realisation so I'm glad to share my recent conversation with him with you today.

James Cooke discusses awakening on the Conscious Perspective podcast with Gary Lee Haskins

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Access the full free course here, along with grounding guidance and a guide on how to use these resources: https://members.innerspaceinstitute.org/courses/essentials Disclaimer - Read Before Continuing The practices provided here are intended as guidance for navigating one's experience. They should not be understood as medical advice or as a treatment for specific mental or physical conditions. Dr. James Cooke is trained as a research scientist and as a mindfulness teacher, not as a clinician, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, or any other clinical speciality. It is highly recommended that you get support from a counselor or psychotherapist trained in a modality such as Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) as you navigate this terrain. Participants agree to take full personal responsibility for the effects of exploring their minds using these materials. It is not possible to predict the precise effects for any given individual, and so no guarantees are offered as to the nature of the resulting effects. You alone are responsible for keeping yourself safe. Ensure you have appropriate support as you engage in this work.

Access the full free course here, along with grounding guidance and a guide on how to use these resources: https://members.innerspaceinstitute.org/courses/essentials Disclaimer - Read Before Continuing The practices provided here are intended as guidance for navigating one's experience. They should not be understood as medical advice or as a treatment for specific mental or physical conditions. Dr. James Cooke is trained as a research scientist and as a mindfulness teacher, not as a clinician, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, or any other clinical speciality. It is highly recommended that you get support from a counselor or psychotherapist trained in a modality such as Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) as you navigate this terrain. Participants agree to take full personal responsibility for the effects of exploring their minds using these materials. It is not possible to predict the precise effects for any given individual, and so no guarantees are offered as to the nature of the resulting effects. You alone are responsible for keeping yourself safe. Ensure you have appropriate support as you engage in this work.

Access the full free course here, along with grounding guidance and a guide on how to use these resources: https://members.innerspaceinstitute.org/courses/essentials Disclaimer - Read Before Continuing The practices provided here are intended as guidance for navigating one's experience. They should not be understood as medical advice or as a treatment for specific mental or physical conditions. Dr. James Cooke is trained as a research scientist and as a mindfulness teacher, not as a clinician, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, or any other clinical speciality. It is highly recommended that you get support from a counselor or psychotherapist trained in a modality such as Internal Family Systems therapy (IFS) as you navigate this terrain. Participants agree to take full personal responsibility for the effects of exploring their minds using these materials. It is not possible to predict the precise effects for any given individual, and so no guarantees are offered as to the nature of the resulting effects. You alone are responsible for keeping yourself safe. Ensure you have appropriate support as you engage in this work.