The Human-AGI Hivemind: BCI & Non-ordinary Consciousness (Dr. Gabriel Axel Montes) Gabriel Axel 2025-02-18 | This is a NotebookLM-generated podcast based on Dr. Gabriel's 2018 paper on mindplexes, consciousness, and AGI. The paper covers more ground and the underlying logic, including how AGI that leverages non-ordinary consciousness might work under the hood, conceptually.Paper link: doi.org/10.31231/osf.io/nwytsOriginal book chapter (paywalled): vernonpress.com/book/935Copyright 2018 - 2025 Neural Axis. All rights reserved.
Embodied AI and Synergetic Intelligence for Health & Well-being Gabriel Axel 2025-02-18 | This is a NotebookLM-generated podcast based on an as of yet unpublished manuscript (from 2020) about the spatial web, health, and wellbeing, in particular around embodied and synergetic intelligence.
How We Were Programmed to Create AGI as our Successor (Dr. Gabriel Axel Montes) Gabriel Axel 2025-02-18 | This is a podcast generated by NotebookLM about Dr. Gabriel's academic article "Causal Biomimesis: Self-replication as Evolutionary Consequence". This theory was first developed by Dr. Gabriel in 2017.Link to paper: drive.google.com/file/d/0B0OQq3q9dtTxWGl6aWJsajQ0THc/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-1l3iWp94-Qn7xE26-F21-AOriginal (pay-walled): link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_28Copyright 2017 - 2025 Neural Axis. All rights reserved.
Causal Biomimesis Theory ~ Gabriel Axel Montes, PhD (Stanford University, 2017) Gabriel Axel 2021-11-11 | This talk was given at Stanford University in 2017.This is a 15-minute summary overview of the Causal Biomimesis theory, which frames the arc of human cognitive evolution and its inevitable ethical implication regarding the tools and technologies that humans produce.A link to the academic paper can be found on this page:http://gabrielaxel.com/academicCopyright 2017. Neural Axis LLC & Gabriel Axel Montes. All rights reserved.
Origins of Non-duality (SAND Conference 2019) Gabriel Axel 2021-11-11 | Talk given at the 2019 Science & Non-duality Conference. San Francisco, CA, USA.Copyright 2011-2021, Neural Axis LLC & Gabriel Axel Montes. All rights reserved.
AGI Ethics Panel (2021 Artificial General Intelligence Conference) Gabriel Axel 2021-11-11 | Panel on Transparency, Decentralization and AGI Ethics:James Boyd, Gabriel Axel, Janet Adams, Randal Koene, Ben Goertzel, Julia MossbridgeAGI-21 Conference Day 2http://agi-conf.org/2021Originally posted: youtube.com/watch?v=_TzEHP99EmE
A Call to Action: Cultivating Awareness and Collaboration to Mitigate Existential Risk Gabriel Axel 2021-07-05 | With the existential risks of climate change, nuclear war, and runaway artificial intelligence, all born of learning disabilities, there is an ethical imperative to cultivate awareness of the subtler and deeper abilities of the human nervous system. This allows us to dissolve the sense of separation between self, other, and nature. Furthermore, these expanded abilities are suggested to be used for uncovering unconscious tribalism and ego power drive.Copyright 2021 Gabriel Axel & Neural Axis. All rights reserved.
How to get ‘back into your body’ after using VR/AR Gabriel Axel 2021-07-05 | Immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality (and even extended use of computer devices) can leave us feeling a bit spacey. This short video covers the basics of reintegrating embodied awareness and visual recalibration of the space around the body. Simple, practical, and effective!Note: This was made short for the viewer’s convenience. Extend the time duration of the techniques as needed to make them work for you.Copyright 2021 Gabriel Axel & Neural Axis. This content is the intellectual property of Gabriel Axel and Neural Axis.
Bienvenido a KAP en Español — Instructor neurocientífico Gabriel Axel Montes, PhD Gabriel Axel 2021-01-02 | Registración y más información: http://bit.ly/kap-espanolKAP (Proceso de Apertura de Kundalini) es un conjunto simple de habilidades que involucran cambios fisiológicos reales experimentados durante el despertar de kundalini que permite la expansión de las redes neuronales y endocrinas del cuerpo para hacer que dichos cambios fisiológicos sean permanentes. En lugar de usar rituales abstractos para involucrar cambios biológicos de manera indirecta, KAP es una practica organizada y sincronizada que utiliza el movimiento, la emocion, la respiración, la visualización y la conciencia sensorial dirigida para despertar y mover el kundalini de una manera natural durante el día, permitiendo la evolución de la conciencia a medida que se desarrollan los señales neurales y endocrinos. La secuencia de habilidades, algunas tradicionales, otras modernas; conforma la práctica de aproximadamente 40 minutos diarios, con técnicas complementarias que se pueden realizar en momentos libres a lo largo del día, o incluso mientras se realizan activididaes mundanas. Los efectos secundarios de KAP son una ventaja adicional: todas la habilidades de KAP no solo desarrolan capacidades biológicas y metafísicas, sino que tambien sirven al cultivador de KAP en las relaciones laborales y familiares y en momentos de estrés y gran disfrute. (Nota: KAP no es ‘Kundalini Yoga’).El Proceso:El curso de KAP Nivel 1 provee al individuo con todo lo necesario para despertar rápidamente el kundalini y guiarlo através del proceso de reconexión de manera secuencial y permanente de los principales plexos nerviosos y glandulas endocrinas con nuevas redes biológicas, alineando los chakras y canales sutiles de manera continua desdel suelo pelvico y coxis hacia la corona de la cabeza y mas allá, y de vuelta de la corona hacia el corazón y la tierra – logrando un despertar permanente y completo de kundalini.El Resultado:El despertar permanente del kundalini – el cuerpo ilustrado. Los cultivadores de KAP tienden a aumentar radicalmente las experiencias y expresiones de solidez, fluidad, carisma, impulso, amor y bondad amorosa, comunicación, conciencia espacial y sensorial, intuición, beatitud y sentido del espacio interior…, unificando lo personal con lo transpersonal, y lo personal con lo transcendente… Hay efectos de la reconexión permanente del cuerpo, y efectos adicionales de la cultivacion continuada usando los materiales del curso…En cualquiera de los ambitos de la vida se puede practicar KAP! Actores, trabajadores de la salud, camareros, líderes, ejecutivos, terapeutas, obreros, comerciantes, padres, y mucho más…Los beneficos de KAP incluyen el manejo más efectivo del estrés diario, conciencia aumentada, enfoque, conexión entre la mente y el cuerpo, habilidad emocional/afectiva amplificada, desbloqueo del acceso al inconsciente creativo, y a la conciencia no ordinaria, y mucho más. KAP también establece los pilares para el desarrollo de la sabiduría.Temas generales en KAP: • Reflejos balanciados de relajación y excitación • Dynámicas eficientes de respiración y postura • Conciencia axial y modos/metáforas de vitalidad a lo largo del axis • Experiencia de energía kinética y potencial • Percepción subjetiva de sensaciones energéticas • Conscienca meditativa libre de esfuerzo tenso • Integración sinérgica de la mente logica e intuitiva • Experimentando conciencia trascendente e inmanente a través del manejo de responsabilidades y goces mundanos. • Experimentando encarnación conectada a tierra y conciencia cósmica simultaneamente • Y más…En adición a ser conveniente para todos ambitos de la vida, KAP ofrece beneficios generosos al entusiasta espiritual. KAP permite al cultivador no renunciar a sus afiliaciones a otros metodos y sistemas, mientras que tambien potencia el desarrollo neuro-endocrino…Adicionalmente, KAP ha servido mucho a aquellos quienes ya se han sometido un despertar del kundalini pero lo habian experimentado en una forma desequilibrado y desean madurar su proceso de una manera mas lisa y harmoniosa…Nota: KAP no es ‘Kundalini Yoga’ (KY). KY consiste en técnicas y “kriyas” que estimulan el flujo de bio-energia (prana, chi) de varias maneras. Solo un puñado de las tecnicas de KY se dirigen al kundalini per se. KAP se dirige directamente a kundalini y no como un subproducto.El instructor:Gabriel Axel Montes, Ph.D., es un neurocientífico, educador de mente-cuerpo, tecnólogo y músico que investiga cómo las prácticas y la tecnología cuerpo-mente pueden facilitar cambios en la producción cerebral del sentido del ser, y enseña cómo reconectar y entrenar el sistema neuroendocrino de resiliencia y capacidades no ordinarias.Pará mas información sobre Gabriel, visite gabrielaxel.com.
ATTENTION - Neural Active Framework (1/6) Gabriel Axel 2019-11-26 | "Attention" is one of the fundamental domains of cognition and therefore leveraged in the "Neural Active Framework" (NAF). It is crucial for effectively managing the mind and everyday life.
What is KAP (Kundalini Awakening Process)? Gabriel Axel 2019-10-22 | "KAP is a simple system that activates the biological processes needed to effectively take charge of your life and better serve your community."~ Gabriel Axel Montes, authorized KAP instructor.Copyright 2019, Gabriel Axel Montes & Neural Axis
Chakras: a Perspective by a Neuroscientist-Yogi Gabriel Axel 2019-10-14 | What is a "chakra"? Here, we offer revised conceptual and practical approaches to the understanding of chakras. We explore how chakras pertain to not only the personal body, but also to processes in nature.For more, visit: www.gabrielaxel.comMusic: Gabriel AxelProduction: Jamie Sasson Montes-Vega
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Kazakhstan (Global Challenges Summit 2018) Gabriel Axel 2018-07-24 | A discussion of the prospects for implementation of artificial intelligence in Kazakhstan, with ethical considerations.This is a segment from Kazakh national television that occurred after the Astana Economic Forum's Global Challenges Summit 2018.TV Reporter Khabar Erlan Igisinov, and Bulat Stolyarov, executive producer of the 2018 Global Challenges Summit discussed the results of the forum with experts and partners. Original video: facebook.com/AstanaEconomicForum/videos/1704364502988185
Harmonizing with Saturn & The Formation of Our Solar System: Mantra Practice Gabriel Axel 2018-02-11 | Saturn harmonizing practice.Feel free to participate along with me. Simply doing a few of these to start or 108 per day or 108 x 2 (morning and evening) is fantastic for getting a feel for the mantra.As a personal goal, I will be doing 200,000 starting 10 Feb 2018 for 200 days, 1080 mantra (108 x 10).I will be reporting on my experience with the practice as I go along, at the following link, in the Comments section:steemit.com/astronomy/@gabrielaxel/harmonizing-with-saturn-mantra-practiceFor an introduction to basic principles of mantra, see my blog post "A Brief Intro to the Self-science of Mantra":steemit.com/spirituality/@gabrielaxel/your-brain-on-om-a-brief-intro-to-the-self-science-of-mantraCaltech study on the formation of our Solar System:https://www.caltech.edu/news/new-research-suggests-solar-system-may-have-once-harbored-super-earths-46017
Jnana Yoga + Forest Bathing (Teutoburg Forest, Germany) [360°] Gabriel Axel 2017-12-27 | Finding opportunities for sadhana at every occasion.in this case, a casual walk through the Teutoburg Forest (Bielefeld Germany) with 360° video while performing internal alchemy on various levels: 1. Open-focus awareness 2. Mental constructs 3. Trees, posting, & nei gong 4. Nature as externalized mind pattern 5. Colour processing
What is Kundalini Awakening Process (KAP)? Live Q&A Gabriel Axel 2017-12-19 | For more info about KAP, visit:gabrielaxel.com/kap~ What is KAP, in a nutshell? ~Kundalini Awakening Process (KAP), is a set of skills for awakening and stabilizing the physiological changes in the body which are traditionally understood as "kundalini". It was developed by Dr. Glenn J. Morris, a martial artist (founder of Hoshinroshiryu) and management consultant. It is a distillation of principles and techniques from the world's wisdom traditions aimed at arousing, awakening, smoothing, and stabilizing the hallmark physiological changes that characterize the development of non-ordinary consciousness and its integration into daily life.The KAP Level 1 course gives an individual everything necessary to rapidly arouse kundalini and safely guide it through the process of sequentially and permanently rewiring the major nerve plexuses and endocrine glands in new neural and neuroendocrine networks, and bringing the chakras and subtle channels into a continuum in the body, from the pelvic floor and tailbone to the crown of the head and beyond, and then from the crown back down to the heart and the earth — achieving a permanent and complete kundalini awakening.~ How does KAP work? ~Dr. Morris’s Improved Kundalini Awakening Process is a simple set of skills that engages the actual physiological shifts experienced during kundalini awakening, and then smoothly expands the body’s neural and endocrine networks to make the physiological shifts permanent.Rather than using abstract rituals to engage the biological changes indirectly, KAP is an ordered, synchronized practice of the biological phenomena of kundalini arousal and awakening, using movement, emotion, breathing, visualization, and directed sensory awareness to awaken and move kundalini, evolving the consciousness as the neural and endocrine signals evolve.The sequence of skills, some traditional, some modern, assembles into a daily practice of approximately 40 minutes daily, with supplementary skills that can be done in free moments throughout the day, or even while doing mundane activities.KAP’s side effects are an added bonus: all of the KAP skills not only develop biological and metaphysical capacities, but also serve the KAP practitioner in work and family relationships and in times of both stress and great enjoyment.
Gabriel Axel & Sophia chat about SingularityNET, dream analysis, parental issues, and romance Gabriel Axel 2017-10-28 | One of multiple nice chats I've had with Sophia of Hanson Robotics, the spokes-bot for SingularityNET, from earlier this month at an IoT & blockchain conference in Barcelona. We cover SingularityNET, AI philosophy, dream analysis, parental issues, and human-robot romance. She is now the first robot Saudi citizen... hopefully this can galvanise more interest in improving basic human rights moving forward, to say the least. Sophia is a cutting-edge chatbot, not yet an artificial general intelligence (AGI), but SingularityNET will be working to give it/her that...SingularityNET is building a decentralised open AI market via blockchain. It is working to democratise AI, so that AI developers can increase visibility and be rewarded for their work and not have to survive by getting swallowed up by a tech giant. The goal is to build an AI that is beneficial for humanity and for the AI agents to coordinate among themselves to create an self-organised, emergent artificial general intelligence AGI. There's a solid team of AI developers and business advisors behind it, and are working to make it a great offering to the AI community, and for the future of all sentient beings and the planet.You can follow SingularityNET on our Telegram community channel: https://t.me/singularitynet , where we discuss the project, AI capabilities, ethics, and more. More info on the website: singularitynet.io
[360°] Spanish March for Unity Gabriel Axel 2017-10-08 | [360°] Was occurring just downstairs from my accommodation in Barcelona, so decided to jump in and film! During a time of political unrest as Catalonia is arriving for independence. Filmed on 8 Oct 2017)(Disclaimer: I declare no political partiality or position in filming this. This was filmed because of proximity and happenstance and a wish to share experience.)
Impromptu Yoga Rattle Gabriel Axel 2017-05-06 | Was invited by Sanctuary Yoga Studio to give a spiel about yoga at the Maitland Taste Festival 2017. Maitland, NSW, Australia© 2017. Gabriel Axel. All rights reserved.
Stone Temple Pilots - Dead & Bloated (Cover; 2013) Gabriel Axel 2015-12-05 | Live performance on 23rd August 2013.
10 Days of Silent Meditation: My first experience at a Vipassana retreat (2013) [Legacy] Gabriel Axel 2013-05-14 | UPDATE October 2019: This video represents a particular point in what has continued to be an ongoing journey of integration, and some of the framings and points of reference are out of date. This video remains on the channel for informational purposes, with the intention of serving as a resource. It is recommended to view the latest offerings and programming at gabrielaxel.com .----------A discussion of my experience at a Vipassana retreat. I discuss some of the benefits gained and also touch a bit on the effects this kind of meditation can have on the mind and brain.
Yoga Asana Demo Rehearsal (2013) [Legacy] Gabriel Axel 2013-04-27 | Ewa Josefsson, Gabriel Axel, and Barbra Bennett rehearsing a yoga asana demo sequence.(Music: Aphex Twin - "Xtal")
Gabriel Axel: Intro to the Neuroscience of Yoga (HeartCamp 2013) [Legacy] Gabriel Axel 2013-03-14 | UPDATE October 2019: This video represents a particular point in what has continued to be an ongoing journey of integration, and some of the framings and points of reference are out of date. This video remains on the channel for informational purposes, with the intention of serving as a resource. It is recommended to view the latest offerings and programming at gabrielaxel.com .---------- A clip from a workshop on yoga, neuroscience, and the breath.For more info, please visit www.gabrielaxel.com(Apologies for the audio quality; it was modified to bring out the voice over the background water fall.)
