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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
!:49:50 - The distraction of visuals in psychedelics, and the healing power of different substances
Background art by jadewade.co.uk
For upcoming events find us adventuresinawareness.com
If you would like to support future content contributions are greatly appreciated.
Patreon: patreon.com/adventuresinawareness
One-off PayPal donations: 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
!:49:50 - The distraction of visuals in psychedelics, and the healing power of different substances
Background art by jadewade.co.uk
