Bernardo Kastrup on a consciousness-only view of reality & psychedelic science | Living Mirrors #10 | Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke Podcast

Introducing Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke | Living Mirrors #1: Welcome to living mirrors with Dr. James Cooke. This is a new podcast in which neuroscientist Dr. James Cooke will be interviewing people on topics like consciousness, science, spirituality, meditation and the renaissance in psychedelic... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Brian Muraresku on whether the ancient Greeks and early Christians consumed a psychedelic sacrament | Living Mirrors #23: Brian Muraresku is the author of the new book The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name. Brian initially trained as a classicist gaining a degree in Latin, Greek and Sanskrit from Brown University and since then, as a member... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

67 min listen

John Horgan on mind-body problems, the limits of science, rational mysticism & psychedelics | LM#4: John Horgan is a renowned science journalist and author of several books including Rational Mysticism, The Undiscovered Mind, The End of Science, The End of War, and most recently Mind-Body problems which is available for free online at... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

84 min listen

The Living Mirror Theory of consciousness with Dr. James Cooke | Living Mirrors #2: In this episode of the podcast I outline my Living Mirror Theory of consciousness for the first time in public. Welcome to Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke. Living Mirrors is a new podcast in which neuroscientist Dr. James Cooke will be... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Erika Dyck on the origins and history of psychedelic psychiatry | Living Mirrors #15: Ericka Dyck is a Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. She is a leading expert on the wave of psychedelic research that occurs in the mid-twentieth century and the books she has written and edited include Psychedelic... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Robert Wright on understanding buddhist philosophy through evolutionary psychology | Living Mirrors #14: Robert Wright is a journalist, bestselling author and is currently a Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of Meaningoflife.tv and the co-founder and editor-in-chief... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

87 min listen

Christof Koch on the neuroscience of consciousness, Integrated Information Theory & mystical experiences | Living Mirrors #8: Christoph Koch is the neuroscientist who, along with Francis Crick, initiated modern scientific research into the neuroscience of consciousness in the 1990s. Much of this work was done while he was a professor at the California Institute of Technology... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

58 min listen

Donald Hoffman on reality, consciousness, meditation, DMT experiences & free will | Living Mirrors #6: Donald Hoffman is a Professor of Cognitive Science at UC Irvine and author of The Case Against Reality. We talk about his interface theory of perception and his worldview of conscious realism and its impressive implications. by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

88 min listen

Gail Bradbrook of Extinction Rebellion on the climate & ecological crisis + psychedelics | Living Mirrors #16: Gail Bradbrook is an environmental activist and co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, a global environmental movement that focuses on the use of nonviolent civil disobedience to create change in how governments are responding to the current climate and... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

53 min listen

Shamash Alidina on mindfulness meditation, enlightenment and self-compassion | Living Mirrors #12: Shamash Alidina is an internationally renowned mindfulness teacher and is the author of many books including Mindfulness For Dummies and The Mindful Way Through Stress. In today’s conversation we talk about many different aspects of mindfulness, its... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Dr. James Cooke on interdependence & separation | Living Mirrors #11: In this episode of the podcast I talk about the concepts of interdependence and separation and how they relate to life, the mind, the physical world, the natural world and the human community. by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Nested consciousnesses, proto-consciousness and ketamine induced brain death in sheep AMA | Living mirrors #5: In this Ask Me Anything episode I answer questions on nested consciousnesses, proto-consciousness, ketamine induced brain death in sheep and more. by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Hoffman & Koch’s takes on consciousness, intelligence & shared DMT experiences AMA | Living Mirrors #9: In this AMA I cover Christof Koch and Donald Hoffman’s views on consciousness, what happens to consciousness during sleep or anaesthesia, the possible evolution of consciousness, intelligence, self-awareness, shared DMT experiences and more. by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Key points of the Living Mirror Theory of consciousness with Dr. James Cooke | Living Mirrors #3: In this episode of the podcast I outline the key takeaways of the Living Mirror Theory of consciousness. Welcome to Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke. Living Mirrors is a new podcast in which neuroscientist Dr. James Cooke will be interviewing... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Rabbi Zac Kamenetz on Jewish mysticism & the value of psychedelics | Living Mirrors #27: Zac Kamenetz is a rabbi, community leader, and aspiring healer. He holds an MA in Biblical literature and languages from UC Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union and received rabbinic ordination in 2012. Zac is also the founder and CEO of Shefa,... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

81 min listen

Marcela Ot’alora on using MDMA to heal trauma | Living Mirrors #32: Marcela Ot’alora G. is a psychedelic psychotherapist and artist. Marcela has worked as a therapist in the clinical trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for PTSD, spearheaded by MAPS, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

56 min listen

Rupert Spira on Advaita Vedanta & the non-dual nature of mind and reality | Living Mirrors #25: Rupert Spira is an internationally renowned teacher of a direct method of spiritual self enquiry called Advaita or non-duality which has its roots in ancient Hinduism. He holds regular meetings and retreats in Europe and the US and is the author... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

85 min listen

The self, suffering, non-dual awareness, dissociation, tulpas & transpersonal love | Living Mirrors #7: In this AMA episode I answer questions on the self, suffering, non-dual awareness, dissociation, tulpas & transpersonal love. by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Bernardo Kastrup on a consciousness-only view of reality & psychedelic science | Living Mirrors #10: Bernardo Kastrup is a philosopher of mind with a background in computer science. He has PhDs in both disciplines and has written 9 books including rationalist spirituality, why materialism is baloney, the idea of the world and recent studies of... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

143 min listen

Bill Richards on psychedelic research, psilocybin & mystical experiences | Living Mirrors #17 by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Jerry B Brown on psychoactive mushrooms in Christian art | Living Mirrors #29: Jerry B Brown is an anthropologist, activist and author. He received his doctorate in Anthropology from Cornell University in 1972 and, until 2014, served as founding professor of anthropology at Florida International University in Miami. Here, in... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Dr. James Cooke on the place of consciousness in the natural world | Living Mirrors #19: Following the publication of the Living Mirror theory of consciousness I discuss my thoughts on the place of consciousness in the natural world and the unique difficulties our species has faced in thinking about consciousness. You can read the paper... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

28 min listen

Ex-police officer on his psychedelic therapy and the psychology of policing | Living Mirrors #13: This week’s episode is a conversation with an ex-police officer who recently underwent psilocybin therapy in the Netherlands. We discuss how insights from his experiences led him to gain a new perspective on his history in the police force. by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

114 min listen

Charles Eisenstein on human civilization & the story of separation | Living Mirrors #26: Charles Eisenstein is an author, activist and public speaker. His work relates to the intersection of spirituality, ecology, economics and the history of human civilisation. His books include The Ascent of Humanity, Sacred Economics, Climate—A New... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Rick Strassman on DMT: the spirit molecule | Living Mirrors #40: Rick Strassman a professor of psychiatry at the University of New Mexico. After 20 years of intermission in psychedelic research, he was the first person in the United States to undertake human research with a psychedelic. He performed groundbreaking... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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B. Alan Wallace on Dzogchen teachings & the contemplative science of the mind | Living Mirrors #22: B. Alan Wallace is a highly respected meditation teacher in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and is a leading voice in discussions on the relationship between science and Buddhist philosophy. In 1971, he moved to India to study Tibetan Buddhism,... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

88 min listen

Joseph Goldstein on vipassana & the experience of insight into the mind | Living Mirrors #28: Joseph Goldstein is a meditation teacher and author and was one of the key figures in introducing mindfulness meditation to the west. He is a co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society (IMS), with Jack Kornfield and Sharon Salzberg, where he... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Dennis McKenna on the place of psilocybin & DMT in nature | Living Mirrors #18: Dennis McKenna is an ethnopharmacologist with a special interest in naturally occurring psychedelic substances. He was a cofounder of the psychedelic research non-profit the Heffter Research Institute where he is director of... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

77 min listen

Fritjof Capra on the systems view of physics, life and the mind | Living Mirrors #21: Fritjof Capra is a world-renowned physicist, systems theorist, educator, activist, and best-selling author. He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Vienna in 1966 and spent 20 years doing research in theoretical high-energy... by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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Why isn't enlightenment easy? | Living Mirrors #51: In this episode I explore suffering and our intuitions around it by asking why enlightenment isn't something we can easily choose to achieve. by Living Mirrors with Dr. James Cooke

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