Ever notice that being human seems kind of unbearable at times? What happens when you look for the one who's really running the show? Originally streamed LIVE to YouTube, a crazy discussion about the nature of reality, embodying duality within non-duality, post-realization motivation and so much more.

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And here's the video from my epic Alaska trip.

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This conversation originally aired in June 2022 and is definitely worth a second listen. Andrew Holecek is an author, teacher and renowned meditation expert who specializes in lucid dreaming and dream yoga. Basically, it's a meditation practice within a dream, and the twist is the dreamer knows they're dreaming. We explore how this practice of increasing awareness during sleep can have profound benefits for your life. In fact, it might just be the key to unlocking reality.

Check out Andrew's website with many resources including his podcast and books and his "Night Club" lucid dreaming and meditation community.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is hitting the media circuit big time, and after his Rogan appearance, I have a bit to say. We also talk about the Titan submersible and take YOUR comments LIVE (with zero f*cks given, cuz it's Friday) 🥳. Paul Offit's editorial on RFK's claims and here's his piece on that notorious convo with RFK.

Watch the video here.

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A revisit to a classic early 2021 interview on the nature of reality that has prompted many to question, well, EVERYTHING. Here's the full video, transcript, and more.

Bernardo Kastrup is the executive director of Essentia Foundation. His work has been leading the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, Bernardo has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the ‘Casimir Effect‘ of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured on Scientific American, the Institute of Art and Ideas, the Blog of the American Philosophical Association and Big Think, among others. Bernardo’s most recent book is The Idea of the World: A multi-disciplinary argument for the mental nature of reality. For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., please visit www.bernardokastrup.com.

Here’s my prior interview with Don Hoffman that we reference in the discussion.

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This episode from way back in May 2020 bolstered my sense that I've already expressed pretty much everything I want to say about COVID 😂. I think it holds up remarkably well as a discourse on WHY we were (and are) so divided as a people, including on topics as seemingly benign as masking. Here's a link to the original video along with a transcript and links to prior episodes on Jon Haidt's Moral Foundations theory. Have thought or comments? Email me directly at [email protected] and use "Podcast" in the subject line 🙏

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Author and storytelling expert Johnny B. Truant returns for a discussion on the nature of reality itself: is there an objective world out there that we can directly experience, or is everything we know to be "real" simply a construction...a story? We discuss how sense data is converted into a "world" complete with labels and beliefs, how we might modulate our story to see aspects that are more conducive to happiness and human flourishing, going on a news diet, the nature of the subject of our stories (i.e., no-self realization), why social media and NextDoor in particular can be poisonous to our story-world, and MUCH more.

Here's our earlier interview on his book The Story Solution. And here's a deep dive we did on creativity and flow states.

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How do you "wake up" when there's no you, it isn't an event, and everything needed is already here? Hmmm 🤓 a live discussion of the unspeakable 👍

Video here.

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It's pretty much impossible to change our systems without first changing ourselves. But what is our "self" anyways? Here's how to use a simple question to add rocket fuel to your meditation practice and wake up from the dream that we are separate, struggling beings apart from the rest of life. Video and transcript here.

Get Dr. Angelo DiLullo’s book on awakening, Awake: It’s Your Turn, here. Check out Angelo’s YouTube channel with excellent pointer videos here. Sign up for Angelo’s email list for future meditation retreats and updates here. And watch ALL of our videos on awakening with my fellow Dr. D here.

Topic List:

00:00 Intro

00:37 Meditation Vs. inquiry, what’s the purpose of inquiry

05:10 Who are you? 

08:41 Hitting the fear barrier, the doubt barrier, the thought trap

16:50 Inquiry and the identity shift of awakening, dissolution of ego

19:53 Resistance & shadow

24:27 Obstructing beliefs/thoughts common to the process

27:35 Self-inquiry vs. surrendered inquiry into the nature of reality post awakening, non-duality

32:10 Surrendering to unfiltered, self-less reality

36:12 Why the smartest people have the most trouble with this

38:20 Investigating the imagined self, the science of no-self

41:39 Can the experience of unfiltered reality be destabilizing, the goal of liberation

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"The cave you most fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." -Joseph Campbell

A conversation with Suzanne Chang (Suzanne Non-duality on YouTube) about awakening/realization and the dissolution of the sense of a separate self that could stand apart from life. This is an audio-only conversation. Check out our prior video interview here. SPOILERS AHEAD for the Netflix show BEEF 😉

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Netflix's season finale of BEEF shines a light on the dark places we're *most* afraid to look...and that may just be the key to awakening from the dream of shame and separation. Check out the video version here.

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