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Psychologist, author, and long-time Tibetan Buddhist, Dr. Miles Neale returns!

In this one, we muse about lost ancient knowledge, whether or not we're heading toward mass awakening or delusion, and Miles' painful decision to put his spiritual life first (which involved moving his family to the other side of the world). We also riff on the importance of Carl Jung, Tibetan Buddhism, trusting psyche, and much more.

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UFOs, Consciousness and Spiritual Simplicity with East Forest | Mind Meld 358 Aug 16, 2023

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Sonic wizard and seeker, East Forest returns to the mind meld!

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In this one, we muse about the UFOs / UAP phenomenon from a number of angles and how it greatly complicates our efforts to make sense of the human condition. We also riff on AI, spiritual awakening, the importance of simplicity, and more.

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Karma, Reincarnation, Seeing Through the Mind Matrix with Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Mordy Levine | Mind Meld 357 Aug 11, 2023

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Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, and Mordy Levine enter the mind meld! We muse about seeing through the illusion of self, karma, the power of compassion, reincarnation, and their new book, the Tibetan Book of the Dead For Beginners.

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Lama Lhanang Rinpoche is a teacher of Vajrayana Buddhism of the Nyingma lineage of Tibetan Buddhism. Born in Tibet, he currently directs the Jigme Lingpa Center in San Diego. Mordy Levine is president of the Jigme Lingpa Center and creator of the Meditation Pro Series which has taught meditation to more than 250,000 people.

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Dreams and the Hidden Realm of Soul with James Hillman and Carl Jung Aug 04, 2023

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What are dreams? Where do they come from? Do they hold deep hidden meaning or are they neurological nonsense? Whatever your opinion, we've collectively struggled to make sense of dreams since time immemorial.

In this transmission, we'll investigate the phenomenon of dreams. We'll primarily look through the lens of mythopoetic psychologists like Carl Jung, and especially, James Hillman.

Hillman was a post-jungian depth psychologist, author, and founder of what he called archetypal psychology-- A philosophy that seeks to re-ensoul the psyche through a combination of mythology and psychology. If you're interested in exploring this one further, check out Hillman's The Dream and the Underworld and his A Blue Fire lecture series.

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Unlocking the Secrets In Your Shadow with Psychologist, Ido Cohen | Mind Meld 356 Jul 27, 2023

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Depth psychologist, Dr. Ido Cohen returns to the mind meld!

In this one, we muse about the ever-interesting and elusive shadow archetype. What is your shadow? What is shadow work, really?

We also discuss Jungian archetypes, the ups and downs of psycho-spiritual individuation, spiritual bypassing, what Ido has learned from losing nearly all of his possessions in a house fire, and much more.

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The Meaning Crisis, Shadow Work, and Extended-State DMT with Alexander Beiner | Mind Meld 355 Jul 20, 2023

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Author of The Bigger Picture and co-founder of Rebel Wisdom, Alexander Beiner enters the mind meld!

Making sense of the human condition is, at best, a juggling act. Making sense of the human condition within a hyper-connected info-sphere that panders to your bias and base instincts… that’s an emergent, unsolvable sense-making puzzle that we’re all left to cope with.

Luckily, there are existential balms in the form of human beings like Alexander Beiner. He commands a wide breadth of knowledge across many disciplines — philosophy, psychology, sociology, and spirituality, to name a few. He blends them all together beautifully in this mind meld and throughout his new book, The Bigger Picture. Alexander also participated in a groundbreaking study at Imperial College London, in which, participants were given extended-state, high-dose, intravenous DMT. His experiences, as you’ll hear, were profound.

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Carl Jung on God, the Mystery of Existence and the God Above God Jul 13, 2023

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https://youtu.be/jTJJ3b0ZZ3s How did the great mythopoetic psychiatrist, Carl Jung, view God? When Jung was asked whether or not he believed in God in a now-famous 1959 BBC interview near the end of his life, he mused, “I don’t believe, I know.”

But what did he mean by that? What view of God does a lifetime of inquiry into medicine, the psyche, and the esoteric lead to?

As we’ll see in In this transmission, Jung’s view on the great mystery existence is both compelling and cryptic. A way of seeing that opens a door to massive philosophical questions.

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Jung's Full letter to The Listener:

https://thirdeyedrops.com/carl-jung-god/

The Posthumous Good Housekeeping Article:

https://shorturl.at/ftBCT

Another article on Jung's views:

https://shorturl.at/bNQ69

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Soul Sickness, Meaning-Making and the Shadow with Alex Ebert | Mind Meld 354 Jul 06, 2023

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Musician, and philosopher, Alex Ebert enters the mind meld! You may know Alex from his massively popular band, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, his solo releases, his recent New York Times feature, or his written musings.

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In this mind meld we riff on the spiritual catharsis creativity provides, and why Alex aims to become a creative vessel for forces beyond our understanding. We also muse about the forces driving the toxic discourse, soul sickness, making sense of the meaning crisis, the relationship between the shadow and art, and much more!

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Visualizing Your Way To a Better Life with Joanna Grover | Mind Meld 353 Jun 29, 2023

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Therapist, author, and visualization expert, Joanna Grover enters the mind meld!

I’m always looking for ways to expand our agency and change the channel on our minds, particularly if they’re techniques that are backed by research. A new visualization practice, Functional Image Training checks all of the above boxes.

Joanna Grover's new book, The Choice Point, outlines how we can use the technique to overcome obstacles and make choices that lead us to our goals. Joanna has trained Olympians, executives, and elite military operators to hack their autopilot systems and break records in their respective fields.

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Psychological Alchemy, the Hermes Archetype and Carl Jung Jun 24, 2023

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What if we have “the gods” all wrong? What if they’re not bygone superstitions of ancient cultures, but living archetypes that are endemic to the human psyche?

Mythopoetic thinkers like psychiatrist, Carl Jung argued just that. But there’s one archetype that Jung and many others were (and are) particularly interested in. The Greeks called him Hermes, the Romans, Mercury.

What is about this figure that captivates the curiosity of so many great minds? What does the archetype really symbolize? Why does Hermes stay in the zeitgeist? Why is he associated with the phenomenon of synchronicity? Why did Jung place him at the center of both the alchemical process and individuation? In this transmission, we’ll explore all of the above and more!

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