This is an exploration between Shinzen Young and Bernardo Kastrup on mysticism, science, and liberation. Shinzen Young is a mindfulness teacher, the author of the Science of Enlightenment, and is the co-director of the SEMA lab at the University of Arizona. Bernardo Kastrup is an analytic philosopher, computer engineer, metaphysical idealist, and executive director of the Essentia Foundation. Essentia Foundation: https://www.essentiafoundation.org/ Shinzen Young: https://www.shinzen.org/ ...

Jordan Myska Allen is CEO and founder of The Relateful Company, an organization focused on building inner peace and interconnection through truth and love. At the heart of their approach is Relatefulness, a practice emphasizing present-moment relating, construct awareness, and non-duality. Jordan is also a practicing life coach, the author of A Beautiful Apocalypse, and a long-time practitioner of A Course in Miracles. The Relateful Company: https://www.relateful.com/ Join the Patreon: http...

Federico Faggin is an engineer and physicist who invented the world's first commercial micro processor, the Intel 4004. He is also the founder of the Federico and Elvia Faggin Foundation which is dedicated to the scientific study of consciousness. Faggin Foundation: http://www.fagginfoundation.org Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Mu_Podcast Donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lucasperry Video episode: https://youtu.be/7HgXwbIMRsc Twitter: https://twitter.com/LucasFMPerry...

Bruce Tift is a licensed Psychotherapist and the author of Already Free: Buddhism Meets Psychotherapy on the Path of Liberation. He is a long-time practitioner of Vajrayana Buddhism and was a student of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Bruce's website: https://www.brucetift.com/ Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Mu_Podcast Donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lucasperry Video episode: https://youtu.be/cESdYTKz0dM Twitter: https://twitter.com/LucasFMPerry Timestamps: ...

Andres Gomez Emilsson is the director of research at the Qualia Research Institute where he works to build a science of consciousness to improve the lives of sentient beings. His work at QRI ranges from psychedelic theory, to neurotechnology development, and mapping the computational properties of consciousness. Qualia Research Institute: https://qri.org/ Andres' Twitter: https://twitter.com/algekalipso Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Mu_Podcast Donations: https://www.payp...

Culum Brown is a professor at Macquarie University where he is a behavioral ecologist studying fish behavior and cognition. He is a long time proponent of fish intelligence and welfare, arguing for interventions to improve the lives of fish. Culum has over 150 research publications and is in the top 2.5% of Research Gate. Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Mu_Podcast Donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lucasperry Video episode: https://youtu.be/LN6cgNu9QAM Twitter: https:/...

Philip Golabuk is founder of PhilosophyCenter, where he offers philosophical counseling, self-study courses, and LIFECOACH Training. Their mission is to encourage and facilitate the self-work that leads to greater awareness, creative expression, and personal evolution as well as a deeper appreciation for the miracle, mystery, and opportunity of being alive. Philip is a member of the National Philosophical Counseling Association, has taught college level philosophy courses, and has worked as p...

Bernardo Kastrup is a metaphysical idealist, arguing that universal phenomenal consciousness is all there ultimately is. He holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering and another in philosophy. Bernardo is also the executive director of the Essentia Foundation. Bernardo's website: https://www.bernardokastrup.com/ Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Mu_Podcast Donations: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/lucasperry Video episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaCij4vXwpA Twitter: http...

Roger Thisdell is a long time meditator who over the years has managed to increase his baseline of well-being to a level much higher than the norm. Rodger's mind now features a permanent sense of centerlessness where there is a lack of the sense of an epistemic agent at the center. He aims to help others achieve similar well-being, unperturbability, and freedom from suffering. Follow Rodger: https://www.rogerthisdell.com/ Join the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Mu_Podcast Sp...

Philip Golabuk is founder of PhilosophyCenter, where he offers philosophical counseling, self-study courses, and LIFECOACH Training. Their mission is to encourage and facilitate the self-work that leads to greater awareness, creative expression, and personal evolution as well as a deeper appreciation for the miracle, mystery, and opportunity of being alive. Philip is a member of the National Philosophical Counseling Association, has taught college level philosophy courses, and has worked as p...