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Podcast #2: Stephen Reid
Stephen Reid shares his personal journey through quantum field theory, complexity science, meditation and psychedelics.
Stephen is a cultural change-maker, co-operative technologist and founder of the Psychedelic Society. He completed a Masters in Complexity Science at the University of Bristol as well as a Masters in Physics specialising quantum field theory at the University Oxford University.
He was also the youngest ever board member of Greenpeace UK, and selected as the Green Party parliamentary candidate for Totnes. As well as quantum field theory and Complexity Science, Stephen has training in software development, meditation, plant medicine, and political activism.
Discussion points include:
0:40 Mystical Experiences and Quantum Field Theory at Oxford University
4:00 David Bohm - Physics may be infinite
7.30 Physics, metaphysics and mystical experience - the limits of understanding
9:30 Complexity sciences - self-organisation & emergence as a bridge to psychedelics
8:30 Science as a platform and context for useful psychedelic experiences
14:00 From Bohm to Krishnamurti - from physics to meditation
15:30 Tao Te Ching as a resonance with complexity sciences
16:20 Zig Zag zen and vipassana
18:00 The right age or moment to try psychedelics: the ability to enquire
20:00 The value of scepticism around psychedelic trips
22:30 Meditation on Tao te Ching, Seeing that Frees, Reger Rey
24:30 The value of meditation as a support for psychedelic trips, a buffer against bad trips
26:50 The motivations to meditate and to take psychedelics: there is only enlightened action
Balancing insight & compassion
29:50 Importance of intention for meditation and psychedelics
31.40 The agency to decide what we do these practices for - and substances to choose
35:00 The experience of everything being in flow
38.20 The Tao of Physics
40:20 Translating insight into daily life - finding the right practice
42:50 Countering the culture of personal development
43:30 Equanimity in activism and climate change
46.50 Seeing reality supports growing compassion
48.50 Personal narrative, loosening sense of self, nature and social media
53:39 Spiritual materialism and self work as a badge
55:50 Lasting perceptual change from the psychedelics, impermanence & interconnectedness
59:45 Ecological interconnectedness & fundamental interconnectedness and anatta - not self
1:02 DMT & 5MeO DMT and meditative insight
1:06:49 Growing your own
Magical thinking, Scientific thinking and plant intelligence
1:10:50 Recommendations to the novice
Links:
stephenreid.net
Banner art by Jade Wade jadewade.co.uk
In collaboration with The Psychedelic Society, Amir Giles is hosting a series of conversations on Psychedelics, Meditation & Enlightenment. For upcoming events find us at psychedelicsociety.org.uk/events
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 #2: Stephen Reid
Stephen Reid shares his personal journey through quantum field theory, complexity science, meditation and psychedelics.
Stephen is a cultural change-maker, co-operative technologist and founder of the Psychedelic Society. He completed a Masters in Complexity Science at the University of Bristol as well as a Masters in Physics specialising quantum field theory at the University Oxford University.
He was also the youngest ever board member of Greenpeace UK, and selected as the Green Party parliamentary candidate for Totnes. As well as quantum field theory and Complexity Science, Stephen has training in software development, meditation, plant medicine, and political activism.
Discussion points include:
0:40 Mystical Experiences and Quantum Field Theory at Oxford University
4:00 David Bohm - Physics may be infinite
7.30 Physics, metaphysics and mystical experience - the limits of understanding
9:30 Complexity sciences - self-organisation & emergence as a bridge to psychedelics
8:30 Science as a platform and context for useful psychedelic experiences
14:00 From Bohm to Krishnamurti - from physics to meditation
15:30 Tao Te Ching as a resonance with complexity sciences
16:20 Zig Zag zen and vipassana
18:00 The right age or moment to try psychedelics: the ability to enquire
20:00 The value of scepticism around psychedelic trips
22:30 Meditation on Tao te Ching, Seeing that Frees, Reger Rey
24:30 The value of meditation as a support for psychedelic trips, a buffer against bad trips
26:50 The motivations to meditate and to take psychedelics: there is only enlightened action
Balancing insight & compassion
29:50 Importance of intention for meditation and psychedelics
31.40 The agency to decide what we do these practices for - and substances to choose
35:00 The experience of everything being in flow
38.20 The Tao of Physics
40:20 Translating insight into daily life - finding the right practice
42:50 Countering the culture of personal development
43:30 Equanimity in activism and climate change
46.50 Seeing reality supports growing compassion
48.50 Personal narrative, loosening sense of self, nature and social media
53:39 Spiritual materialism and self work as a badge
55:50 Lasting perceptual change from the psychedelics, impermanence & interconnectedness
59:45 Ecological interconnectedness & fundamental interconnectedness and anatta - not self
1:02 DMT & 5MeO DMT and meditative insight
1:06:49 Growing your own
Magical thinking, Scientific thinking and plant intelligence
1:10:50 Recommendations to the novice
Links:
stephenreid.net
Banner art by Jade Wade jadewade.co.uk
