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Michael Maliszewski is a clinical psychologist who has treated clients internationally in areas of pain management, holistic treatment interventions, and enhanced meditation techniques. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Chicago. He has held academic and research positions at the University of Chicago and Harvard Medical School, where in the mid-90s I was his research assistant, and an affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital. While working in Chicago, he developed and directed the largest, single site behavioral medicine program in the world, treating over 20,000 headache patients annually. In this episode, we discuss his early beginnings in the 70s with meditation, shaktipat initiation, vipassana vs mindfulness meditation, altered states of consciousness, and the varied stages of enlightenment. Please like, share, subscribe and hit the notification bell. 0:00 Introduction 1:34 Institute of Noetic Sciences, Research into meditative and healing traditions, martial arts 5:19 Degerberg Academy, Healing Components of Martial Arts 6:53 Meditation, Shaktipat, Altered States of Consciousness, Charles Tart 10:36 Abraham Maslow, Self-Actualization, Yogic Ascetic Practices 15:05 Gradual and Spontaneous Enlightenment, Cultivation of Experience 19:58 Progressive Changes in Consciousness, Concentrative and Insight (Vipassana) Meditation 22:31 People Are Stuck In Mindfulness Practice 24:24 Mindless, Mindful, No Mind, Martial Arts Bring You To No Mind 28:45 No Mind vs. Being In the Zone vs. Flow Experience vs. Peak Experiences 31:04 High Superficiality, Low Depts of Higher Levels of Practice 34:33 QiGong Snake, Moving Babies without Touch, Knocking Down Bulls from a Distance 42:32 Shaktipat Initiation, Swami Rudrananda, Swami Muktananda, Shri Dhyanyogi, Kundalini Rising 1:05:05 When No Experience Is Felt, Muktananda’s Blue Pearl 1:08:38 Evolutionary Theories, Inheritance of Acquired Experience, Consciousness Variability 1:09:51 Topics for Next Podcast with Mike Brought to you by TambuliMedia.com
