In this wide-ranging discussion Terry Brock examines both the promise and the dangers associated with technology. He also shares some exciting developments in the area of AI. The discussion also focuses on the question of consciousness.

David shares that everyone experiences stress and anxiety and are normal parts of being human. He suggests not running from anxiety, instead lean into it, and listen to what it has to say.

Here he focuses on the long history, within western science, of researchers exploring the effects and effectiveness of different drugs through self-experimentation.

Here he weaves a fascinating tapistry involving the ferment in the early twentieth century, including the emergence of depth psychology and a burgeoning esoteric culture including theosophy, anthroposophy, ritual magick, and – particularly – the Fourth Way movement of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky. Maurice Nicoll was in the center of this world.

Here Davis and Jeffrey look at the question of crucial moments that can define one’s character and set the arc of one’s life in a particular direction. The discussion touches on both psychological and parapsychological themes.

Chris shares his research into left and right-brain processing and the value of understanding these differences. He suggests we’ve gotten ourselves into a thinking problem and we’re under the illusion that we can think our way out using more thinking.