Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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John Vervaeke outlines the important difference between two modes of being (the having mode and the being mode), and their conditions of fulfilment. An understanding that is jeopardised in modern culture.

Watch the full conversation @ youtu.be/h87p1eZBb5M
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John Vervaeke PhD is an award-winning lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science and Buddhist psychology. He has published articles on relevance realization, general intelligence, mindfulness, metaphor, and wisdom. His abiding passion is to address the meaning crisis that besets western culture.

Watch John’s excellent ‘Awakening From The Meaning Crisis’ YouTube lecture series here: youtu.be/54l8_ewcOlY

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