Your Brain Is Not the Source of Fear
Our usual thinking is to pin the cause of the fear on the brain.So we say “we feel fear because x area of the brain activates. If it didn’t activate, we wouldn’t feel fear. It’s because of my brain”Ho...
9 Apr 5min
The Limits of Brain Science: Why Correlation Isn’t Explanation
This episode examines the relationship between the brain and experience, and challenges the common view that the brain explains our experience.We explore the basic fact that the brain is physical (tis...
8 Apr 47min
Science’s Hidden Black Hole
Science does not truly question the idea of self. Even though neuroscience itself would say that the self is simply a result of brain activity and isn’t actually a thing, neuroscientists themselves do...
7 Apr 6min
The Main Blind Spot in Science
Science does not pay attention to epistemology and philosophy - it focuses exclusively on calculation and application.It is also highly skeptical, but rarely of itself.This is a snippet from my Wednes...
5 Apr 3min
The Hidden Dogma In Scientific Thinking
Scientific practice contains certain philosophical assumptions. These are treated as facts and then passed on. And they are unexamined. That is, they are dogma. In episode 1 of my April series on the ...
1 Apr 1h 9min
Why You Cannot Learn Spirituality
To engage in spiritual learning, you must believe you don't know your true nature, and then go out and try to find it. Yet, nobody can truly tell you what it is. It is a discovery you must make.This i...
31 Mar 7min
Why Do Spiritual Teachers Teach at All?
Spiritual teaching itself is built on an illusion. Furthermore, there are several hidden reasons why spiritual teachers teach - and they are not all pretty!This is a snippet from my Wednesday 25/3 epi...
29 Mar 7min
