THIRD EYE DROPS

Neuroscientist and author of The Romance of Reality, Bobby Azarian enters the mind meld!

Musings in this one include --

• Is the universe destined to build the mind of god?
• The problem with a reductive, mechanistic explanation of reality
• Is it possible for AI to wake up?
• Adaptive complexity (why the universe continuously evolves and bends toward complexity)
• What is consciousness? Where does it come from?
• Simulation theory
• The problem with the multiverse
• Do human beings have a function/purpose?

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The wise and whimsical, Sarah Zucker returns!

Sarah is a mythopoetic, psychedelically-inspired artist and writer who's been featured in the New York Times Magazine, and CNBC. She's also a Jeopardy! champion.

In this one, we muse about the importance of reconnecting with wonder, the puzzle that is the so-called mystery initiations of the ancient world, whether or not human beings have an essential spiritual purpose, how Sarah stays connected with creative inspiration, and more!

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World record-setting adventurer and best-selling author, Colin O'Brady enters the mind meld! His new book, The 12 Hour Walk is available now.

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In this one, we riff on the lost art of initiation, why most people get trapped in mediocre lives, the counter-intuitive path to reaching greatness, the mystical experience Colin had during his most grueling trial, and more!

Colin O'Brady holds 10 world records. He's the first person to cross Antarctica on foot. He rowed across Drake Passage, one of the world's most treacherous stretches of ocean. He also summited some of the world's tallest peaks in record time (among other things).

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Master Shaman, Hamilton Souther returns to the mind meld! We muse about the mind of the planet, the modern perspective versus the shamanic mind, the beauty and heartbreak that comes with following your dreams, and more!

Hamilton has lived in the rainforests of Peru for decades practicing the way of the shaman. He’s also the founder of Blue Morpho, a Peruvian plant medicine retreat center. Hamilton is holding in-person retreats for the first time in years. Click the link above for more information.

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Shane Mauss returns to the mind meld to surf the weirdness of reality. We riff on the importance of recognizing your biases, why nature is beautiful, and more!

Shane is a comedian, and host of the Here We Are podcast. He also co-hosts Mind Under Matter with our friend, Ramin Nazer.

For info on all of the above, as well as Shane and Ramin's Mind Under Matter Festival, go here

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Author, meditation facilitator, host of The Astral Hustle podcast, and friend, Cory Allen returns to the mind meld! 

Why is it so hard to find a path worth following? How do you spot the wrong one before wasting your time on it? What do all philosophies worth exploring have in common? What is everyone missing about meditation? We riff on all of the above and more!

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James McCrae returns! James (also known by his Instagram handle, wordsarevibrations) is a poet, meme artist, and the author of How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis, which is available now.

In this one, we riff on the magical weirdness of language, the link between a meditative practice and creative epiphanies, why Plato and his ideas are still massively important, whether or not we should still use the word God, and more!

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Artist, podcaster, and novelty-wielder, Michael Garfield, returns to the mind meld to muse about AI consciousness, the nature of the soul, sentient ideas, hyper objects, and more. 

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Author, podcast host, and consciousness adventurer, Jennifer Sodini returns to the mind meld! In this one, we muse about becoming fluent in the language of your own psyche, why there both is and isn't an ultimate answer, open-ended destiny, why spirituality, for all its problems, is still immensely valuable, why we should always be skeptical of 'enlightened' teachers, and more! 

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Sonic wizard and inner-space conductor, East Forest returns to the mind meld!

In this mind meld, we riff on 'growing down' into the person you're meant to be, the importance of trusting yourself, where knowledge comes from, whether or not conventional success brings lasting satisfaction, mushroom sentience, psychedelic breakthroughs, and more

Check out East Forest's latest endeavor for remote events, Journey Space

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