The Sane and Miraculous

https://podoflions.substack.com/My guest today is facilitator, writer, and researcher Sara Ness, of Authentic Revolution.In this delightful chat, we cover many things, including* Charismatic Founders vs Methodologies* Loneliness even within intentional community* RODENTS* Nihilism of the replication crisis* The Best way to belong...* How to create more community* A hidden source of drama in community* …and much moreI hope you enjoy!ReferencesAuthentic RevolutionSara’s SubstackSeek HealingRat ParkThe Replication Crisis This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/Talking with Eastern energetics educator and somatic attachment coach Mark Tanaka. Things we cover include* The four spiritual books that catalyzed Marks journey* The nature of subtle energy* Subtle awareness in Japanese culture* Shinto as a reverence for all things* Transmission of place* And plenty moreIt was a real pleasure to reconnect with Mark and when you listen, I think you’re going to have a good time.ReferencesMarks website, including info about his upcoming trip to KyotoOne of the videos (in Japanese) on Shinto that Mark referencedThe “wizard school” where Mark and I met - https://www.luminousawareness.comThe Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo’s book on her Shinto influenced methodExhuma - Super fun Korean horror movie. Only very tangentially related to our conversation, but highly recommended 😄 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/Talking with coach, author, trainer, and fascinating relationship nerd Mark Michael Lewis today.* Learning NLP* Marks all time favorite NLP pattern* Moving beyond patterns to become the author of your stories* Amazing NLP Questions* Jordan Peterson summarized in one sentence* The transformation trap* We are always in a state of Infinite Failure* 2 Key Features of Heroic Stories* How right is Ayn Rand?* And much much more!ReferencesSome of Marks projectsGame of Heroic MeaningThriving PartnershipsMark's Objectivist podcast: Ayn Rand HeroOther referencesSeveranceFrogs into Princes - Richard Bandler and John GrinderCore Transformation - Connirae AndreasAtlas Shrugged - Ayn RandIPCC report on climate change This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

podoflions.substack.comBack, with a super fun convo with Dave Booda.Things we discuss include but are not limited to* Being yourself by not being yourself* The God of the artists* Satan* Raging against the Machine* An analog life* How to live more healthily in the Machine* And much moreReferencesDave’s website: https://boodaism.com/And a couple of the articles we referenceI miss blogsThis is your brain on twitterOther referencesThe uncanny prescience of Rage Against the MachineEnshittification - Cory DoctorowBe Deeply Wary of Intimacy with the Machine - Your humble podcast hostDan Carlin - Common SenseMount St. Helens is About to Blow Up - Bill WurtzHistory of the Entire World I Guess - Bill WurtzGillian Welch This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/A solo episode. In this one I talk about:* Charisma as proxy* The Riz of Babies* Why you were with your crazy ex* Why people don't believe in Jesus* Parasites of Modernity* My ApologiesReferencesLiving Soulfully in Light of Modernity - A five week course to help you rescue your precious life from the mechanical forces trying to strip mine your soul, and live with more joy, connection and wholeness.It’s Charisma Stupid - Paul GrahamWhat Charisma Is - Paul GrahamThe first episode of this podcast, which touches some similar themes to todays: https://podoflions.substack.com/p/1-science-god-sex-art-magic-b33 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/Solo episode today where I get into some stuff I’ve been chewing on for time, bruh.Topics include:* What is Jordan Peterson full of?* Wordcels vs Shape rotators* Verbal Intelligence* Thought, Dense Thought, and Knowledge* Hollyoaks* Split Brain Experiments* Ethical Commitment of this podcast* Morning Pages* Monkey Mind* When is AGI coming?* AI therapy, romance and poetryI hope you enjoy!EventsNon-Local Social #2Living Soulfully in Light of ModernityReferencesMe on The Embodiment Podcast getting into, amongst other things, meta-ethical trouble.Tales From Both Sides of the Brain - by Michael S. Gazzaniga (I haven’t read this, but it’s a well reviewed book on split-brain experiments by someone who has actually done them, so KNOWLEDGE)The Master and His Emissary - by Iain McGilchrist (which I haven’t finished, but what I’ve read is very good, and he does discuss split-brain experiments)The Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron (which I’ve read several times and highly recommend)One of several studies on efficacy of LLMs for therapyThe poetry study This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/I’m very excited today to bring you writer and co-host of the Weird Studies podcast, JF Martel.If you haven’t encountered JF’s work, you’re in for a treat. He’s a philosopher of art and of the weird, whose work, amongst other things, is recovering the liberating power of beauty from the shallow purposes of the merely practical world. Great stuff!In the episode we talk about* Where Movies come from* A very brief history of French Canadian culture* DnD and variants* Tension between Criticism and Art Making* Useful/Useless Beauty* Vampires!* Limits of Materialism* What is the Rift?* And much moreI had a great time in this conversation, and I almost guarantee you will too!PS I’ve just launched a course, “Living Soulfully in Light of Modernity,” I’d love to have you there! More info here: Living Soulfully in Light of ModernityReferences“Reclaiming Art in the Age of Artifice“ - Available for pre-orderWeird StudiesOrthodoxy - G.K. ChestertonDifference and Repetition - Gilles Deleuze (We don’t talk about this book specifically, but we do talk about Deleuze, and JF has recommended this one in the past)The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies - Robert KirkHellier - TV Show from Greg and Dana NewkirkUneasy Riders: Part One - Essay by Daniel Pinchbeck This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/Back with a “shorter“ episode today to give you a quick fun distinction and also let you know about a couple of events that are coming up soon. I talk about how to, amongst other things, create a little more psychic space for doing attentional demanding things. (clue: you already know the answer, but I think what’s interesting is why).And regarding the events, one of them is on Thursday, February 20th. That’s very soon! If you just can’t wait to learn about it, you can read more about it at the link below.Very soon: The Non-Local Social - Hang out with like minded creatures - https://podoflions.com/socialAnd then a second thing that is less soon: Tell me you’re interested in my upcoming course “Living Soulfully in Light of Modernity“ - https://podoflions.com/soulfulI have less writing published about that one, you can hear a bit about it in todays episode, and more to come soon.The “Spoonfedstudy“ video about his morning routine This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/My guest this episode is entrepreneur, designer, engineer, educator, and executive Edward West.This conversation is divided between two very different topics. First, a deep dive into a profound mystical experience Edward had as a young man, and then an exploration of how the insights from that experience have informed his work in creating culture and infrastructure.We touch on* Fatherhood* The theme of Edwards work* A vision in a windowless garage* Ego vs Surrender* Nisargadatta Maharaj and Ramana Maharshi* Infrastructure for a new kind of community* Living in Capital’s world* The possibility of Utopic AI, and Dystopic alternatives* And more!ReferencesApplied AlchemyTesseract Integrated Real EstateBio Regional FinanceGrant Morrison discussing his mystical experienceI Am That: Talks with Sri Nisagardatta MaharajTalks with Ramana MaharshiParaguayan Sorrow: Writings of Rafael Barrett, a Radical Voice in a Dispossessed Land (Afaict this doesn’t have the chickens piece in it unfortunately. But this is the guy) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/In this one I’m delighted to bring you: Authentic Relating Royalty! Kendra Cunov, co-founder of Authentic World, early pioneer of Circling, and otherwise fascinating and brilliant person joins me for a conversation on, amongst other things:* Growing up in the Buddhist wilds of Northern California* Parenting in the digital age* The middle way* Politics and Trump* Getting into contact with reality* Offerings to our unconscious* Authenticity and Small TalkI hope you enjoy the grounded, expanded and unique perspective Kendra brings.ReferencesKendra’s Website - https://kendracunov.comTantra Illuminated by Christopher Wallis This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

With tongue more or else half-way in cheek, I bring you a Royal Christmas message for 2024.https://podoflions.substack.com/ - For more episodes, articles, and (optionally) to sign up for a paid membership. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.comIn this one I'm talking with my friend Jake Bornstein. Jake is a coach and adviser to startup founders. He is the co-founder of the company Studio Metis.The theme of the conversation, broadly, is "Taking your ambition seriously", but we wander far and wide, touching on pinning butterflies, treating everything as an invitation, doing wisdom at scale, and (a perennial favorite around here) the blessings and limitations of modernity.In our conversations over the years I've found Jake to be a deep and fascinating thinker who always surprises me. This one is no exception.Tiny correction, at one point I refer to Ken and Robin from “Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff“ as “Boomers“, but I’m pretty sure they’re actually Gen X. Deep apologies!ReferencesJake's article "Channelling an attractor from the future"Ken Wilber - A Brief History of EverythingTerrence McKenna on the attractor at the end of timeThe Cynefin frameworkIain McGilchrist - The Master and his EmissaryAnimas Valley Institute This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/Solo episode today.Some musings on the practice and value of authenticity, and what, if anything (spoiler: there is something), comes after it.Part of this episode I refer to the distinctions “relating to connect“ vs “relating to control“ from Susan Campbell’s book Getting Real.I believe I said “relate to control“ when I meant “relate to connect“ exactly once in the recording, which I feel is an exemplary performance. The first person to tell me the timestamp where I make that mistake gets a priceless/worthless prize.Cover photo by Siora Photography This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

podoflions.substack.comIn this episode I have the great pleasure of speaking with Marketing for Hippies founder and student of mythology and Indo-European folklore Tad Hargrave.We get involved with the question of the culture or lack thereof in the modern world, and ways to rekindle it.You can find Tad's courses on Sleeping Beauty and the indigenous memory of mother Europe here: https://meetingmyancestors.com/briar-rose/An update from Tad - "Important Note: I forgot to attribute the following quote as being something that I learned from Kakisimow Iskwew (who in turn learned it from a Blackfoot elder Narcisse Blood): “So, I don't mean to talk glibly or loosely, or imagine that I know how it is for everyone, but I can just say largely what I've seen, and generalizing dangerously. So, when I'm using the word culture, I mean, culture are the teachings that we need to live on the land, sustainably.” Telling the story of things, including where we heard things, is an act of cultural regeneration and so is apologizing which I have done."ReferencesThe Kingdom is Asleep ArticleSleeping Beauty - And Other Tales of Slumbering PrincessesThe Way of the Rose This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

Do you hate personality type systems? “You’re such a 9!“, “I’m a manifesting generator“, “Classic INTJ behavior“Does it all sound like dumb astrology to you? Artificially trapping the human spirit and pinning it behind glass in some psychic lepidopterist’s case?Todays podcast is a defense of personality types, an explication of their value, and a somewhat spicy refutation of the idea that they cause people to over-generalize…And if you already love type systems, there’s plenty in here for you as well, you wise knower of truths xxx This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/Just me today. Chattin’ some chats. Yawpin’ some yawps. Talking about Karma. But this is not your mammas Karma.In this episode, you may very well learn* The two types of Karma (It’s not “Good“ and “Bad“)* How do you get more of the kind you want and get rid of the kind you don’t want* Are you born with it?You are not required to believe in any particular metaphysical anything (souls, reincarnation, etc) to understand and benefit from this formulation of Karma. If you believe that you are, or appear to be, a “person” living a “life“ in a “world“ then this will be applicable to you.Ok, much love, I hope you enjoy xxx--Chameleon photo by Anastasia Mezenina This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

https://podoflions.substack.com/Coming from deep in the vault, rumored to be lost forever, and available to the public for the first time ever, we bring you: Russell Price!This is the historic first ever recording made for the Sane & Miraculous, with Coach, NLP practitioner, hypnotherapist and all round swell guy Russell “Rusty“ Price.We talk about* Trauma informed hypnotherapy* How to stop eating a tub of ice cream every night* Working with abandoned parts* Limitations of the “Manifestation“ mindset* Rusty being a goddamn joy to be around* The weather in Bali and Colorado* … and much much more.LinksRusty on InstagramRusty’s free ebook PrinciplesScott Pilgrim vs The WorldPolyphia - G.O.A.TMoana This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

Christina Berkley is founder of the Center for Deep Intelligence, a transformational response to the new wave of Artificial Intelligence.We talk about the impact of AI and other technologies on the soul, and ways to reclaim your depth and connection in the modern world.You can find Christina and the Center for Deep Intelligence at these linkshttps://centerfordeepintelligence.com/https://christinaberkley.com/ This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation with Connor Wood. Connor is, among other things, a writer and an adult convert from atheism to Catholicism.We had a really interesting and wide ranging conversation, discussing the merits and failings of liberalism, ritual and religion, the story of Connor's conversion, and the question of how we can make sense of miracles in the light of modernity. Connor patiently fields my pokes at the ontological ground of his faith.I hope you enjoy!LinksConnor's Essay about his mother and countercultural origins https://cultureuncurled.substack.com/p/my-mother-the-hippieConnor's Culture, Uncurled substack This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe

Talking about consciousness baby! In this one I cover some stuff:* What is the hard problem?* What are some weak ass common responses to the hard problem, focussing specifically on the computational theory of mind (CTM).* Implications of CTM.* Criticisms of CTM* What else might be going on?* And why the real winning move is not to play.ENJOYEEEEEELinks to save you the trouble of googling* Computational Theory of Mind* Nick Bostrom: Simulation hypothesis* How to be an ok Person "The Simulations" (contains some duplication with this ep)* Black Mirror Christmas Special* Greg Egan (sci fi novels exploring implications of CTM): Diaspora, and Permutation City (there are more, but these ones stood out)* Musks (inane) video game argument* Movies: The Matrix, Tron, Her* CGP grey on the Transporter problem* John Searle: Chinese Room Argument (note, this is slightly different from the argument I describe in the episode, here for historical reference) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit podoflions.substack.com/subscribe