Adventures in Awareness Amir Giles

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We discussed:

Self Enquiry as a direct way to know reality

Experiential vs. philosophical approach to understanding reality & reducing suffering

Why the universe dissociates

How idealism increases empathy

What psychedelics imply about death

Language as a model

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In both Buddhism and modern neuro-science, you may hear the notion that there is no “Self.” No central entity that is separate, makes decisions or is continuous through time. That however real the “Self” might seem, it is merely an illusion.

It is one of the most misunderstood, ignored and confronting propositions to come out of philosophy or science, so I spoke with Dr Daniel Ingram who says he experiences an embedded perception of there being no "Self" on an ongoing basis, following several years of careful meditation.

We chat about what it means, how it is noticed, what it feels like and why anyone should care! If this sound intriguing at all, have a listen...

You'll thank your Self for it 🙂

This episode is supported by The Psychedelic Society, as part of a series of conversations on meditation, consciousness & enlightenment.
For upcoming events check out https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/events​
https://www.adventuresinawareness.com​

Listening is free, but your support is appreciated! If you would like to contribute to this initiative, donations are gratefully accepted. You can support via Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/adventuresinawareness
​or make one-off PayPal donations here:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/adventuresin

Podcast #5: Daniel Ingram - Experiencing No-Self Part 3

Daniel is an emergency room physician, author of ‘Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha,’ founder of Dharma Overground and holds an M.D., M.S.P.H. in Epidemiology, and B.A. in English Literature all from UNC Chapel Hill.

In both Buddhism and modern neuro-science, you may hear the notion that there is no “Self.” No central entity that is separate, makes decisions or is continuous through time. That however real the “Self” might seem, it is merely an illusion.

It is one of the most misunderstood, ignored and confronting propositions to come out of philosophy or science, so I spoke with Dr Daniel Ingram who says he experiences an embedded perception of there being no "Self" on an ongoing basis, following several years of careful meditation.

We chat about what it means, how it is noticed, what it feels like and why anyone should care! If this sound intriguing at all, have a listen...

You'll thank your Self for it 🙂

This episode is sponsored by The Psychedelic Society, as part of a series of conversations on meditation, consciousness & enlightenment.
For upcoming events check out https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/events​
https://www.adventuresinawareness.com​

Listening is free, but your support is appreciated! If you would like to contribute to this initiative, donations are gratefully accepted. You can support via Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/adventuresinawareness
​or make one-off PayPal donations here:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/adventuresin

Podcast #5: Daniel Ingram - Experiencing No-Self Part 2  

Daniel is an emergency room physician, author of ‘Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha,’ founder of Dharma Overground and holds an M.D., M.S.P.H. in Epidemiology, and B.A. in English Literature all from UNC Chapel Hill.

This episode is sponsored by The Psychedelic Society, as part of a series of conversations on meditation, consciousness & enlightenment. For upcoming events click here.

Listening is free, but your support is appreciated! If you would like to contribute to this initiative, donations are gratefully accepted. You can support via Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/adventuresina...​
or make one-off PayPal donations here:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/adven...​

Podcast #5: Daniel Ingram - Experiencing No-Self Part 1  

Daniel discusses his personal experience of realising the truth of there not being a 'Self'  Daniel is an emergency room physician, author of ‘Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha,’ founder of Dharma Overground and holds an M.D., M.S.P.H. in Epidemiology, and B.A. in English Literature all from UNC Chapel Hill.

This episode is sponsored by The Psychedelic Society, as we continue a series of conversations on meditation, consciousness & enlightenment. For upcoming events with Psychedelic Society check out https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/events
https://www.adventuresinawareness.com

Listening is free, but your support is appreciated!
If you would like to contribute this initiative, donations are gratefully accepted. You can support via Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/adventuresina...
or make one off PayPal donations here:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/adven...

Podcast #4: Richard Lang - Headless Way Community & Culture  

Headless Way is not only a unique form of self enquiry, but a community that has successfully maintained an open, non-hierarchical and non-dogmatic culture which many spiritual communities could take inspiration from. Richard Lang discusses what makes this approach unique amongst the many ways humans have sought to discover answers to life's most fundamental questions.

In collaboration with The Psychedelic Society, Amir Giles is hosting a series of conversations on Psychedelics, Meditation & Enlightenment. For upcoming events find us at https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/events https://www.adventuresinawareness.com

Listening is free, but your support is appreciated!
If you would like to contribute this initiative, donations are gratefully accepted. You can support via Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/adventuresinawareness
or make one off PayPal donations here:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/adventuresin

Podcast #3: Dr James Cooke   

Oxford trained Neuro-scientist, James Cooke shares his early life awakening experiences, his healing and embodiment journey through psychedelics, and his recently published theory on how consciousness and life are two co-emergent properties of the universe and what that means for living an enlightened life.   

00:52 - Necker Cube
3:00 - Religious crisis to awakening to the present moment
8:20 - Tibetan Dzogchen  
10:00 - Unintegrated enlightenment, and choosing academia over the monastery
14:00 - Experimental psychology at Oxford and choosing science over philosophy
17:00 -  Science, nonduality and democratisation of psychedelics
19:00 - The collapse of all thought into the present moment
20:00 -  Psychedelic experiences as genuine mystical experience  
22:00 - James Cook’s understanding of Enlightenment                    
 Consciousness as a co-emergent property with life - and to exist is to strive
29:00 -  Different from idealism  
30:00 -  Enlightenment as being close to death, enlightenment not the goal
35.30 -  Balancing enlightenment with life
41:40 -  Many centres of experience
49:23 -  Nondual states including being and striving
56:55 - The value of science as a gateway and grounding to the mystical
1:07:40 - Views on metaphysical idealism  
1:16:30 - Islands don’t exist
1:21:00 - Distinction with pan-psychism
1:23:00 - Organisms made out of many organisms  1:30:00 - All life is conscious  
1:34:00 - Psychedelics, mysticism, embodiment and healing
1:40:00 - The power of redemptive love and psychedelics as party of healthy human culture
1:49:50 - The distraction of visuals in psychedelics, and the healing power of different substances