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Aug 19, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Douglas Osto
- Doug’s book Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America
- Psychedelics as gateway drugs to Buddhism
- Common ground between Buddhism and psychedelic spirituality
- What is Psychedelic Buddhism?
- When are psychedelics unhealthy?
- Compare and contrast between Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism
TAGS Buddhism | consciousness | drugs | enlightenment | happiness | meditation | mental health | mindfulness | religion | spirituality | Zen
Jul 10, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Kenneth Folk
TAGS altruism | Buddhism | consciousness | drugs | enlightenment | ethics | happiness | meditation | mindfulness | perception | psychology | religion | sadness | self | spirituality
Jun 25, 2016 —
Robert Wright & David Bryce Yaden
TAGS Buddhism | consciousness | meditation | mind-body problem | psychology | science | self | spirituality
Jun 20, 2016 —
Robert Wright
TAGS Buddhism | Christianity | consciousness | game theory | Islam | meditation | religion | spirituality
Mar 6, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Daniel Ingram
- What is it like to be an arhat?
- Perspectives on the self: It’s nothing, it’s everything
- What enlightenment is, and what’s so great about it
- Dwelling in enlightenment is easy, but getting there can be hard
- Does enlightenment entail moral improvement?
- Can meditation save—or impede salvation of—the world?
TAGS Buddhism | Christianity | consciousness | enlightenment | happiness | Hinduism | meditation | mysticism | psychology | religion | self | spirituality
Feb 28, 2016 —
Nikita Petrov & Daniele Bolelli
- Daniele’s new book Not Afraid and the practice of cage fighting
- In martial arts, you want to play it safe—but not too safe
- Raising a baby girl: the greater battle
- Other practices: meditation, psychedelics, and life in general
- The changing face and functions of online media
- Daniele’s mix-and-match approach to philosophy and religion
Feb 7, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Paul Froese
- What do we mean by a meaningful life?
- Finding purpose in being a part of something bigger
- How social context determines our understanding of meaning
- Fantasies about uniting humanity: one cause, one God, one reality
- Are we making moral progress?
- Is it empowering or terrifying to think we create our own meaning?
TAGS atheism | happiness | human nature | mindfulness | philosophy | psychology | religion | spirituality
Feb 4, 2016 —
Robert Wright & Heather Hurlburt
TAGS Christianity | Donald Trump | family | Judaism | Paul Tillich | politics | religion | spirituality | tribalism
Nov 15, 2015 —
David Bryce Yaden & David Vago
TAGS Buddhism | cognitive science | meditation | mindfulness | psychology | religion | self | spirituality
Oct 20, 2015 —
Robert Wright & Jay Michaelson
- Jay’s new book on sadness, The Gate of Tears
- The most common mistake we make in dealing with sadness
- Examining the contours of your negative emotions
- Connections between Jewish and Buddhist teachings
- Jay: Pushing away the difficult is 90% of the difficult
- Spirituality and the power of negative thinking
TAGS Buddhism | foreign policy | happiness | Judaism | meditation | psychology | sadness | spirituality
Oct 19, 2015 —
Robert Wright & Jorge Ferrer
- Do all religions have the same “esoteric core?”
- The psychedelic origins of transpersonal psychology
- Aligning your instincts, consciousness, and heart through “participatory spirituality”
- Constructing reality through “embodied cognition”
- Why Jorge would object to making participatory spirituality a religion
- The complicated morality of “enlightened” spiritual teachers
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