Creative Adventures

Episode 13: What is the Imaginal Realm? with Sam Hinds

Sam and I do some imaginal practice together and describe some different definitions of what the imaginal realm is.

We then discuss how the imaginal realm is interlinked with bioelectricity, synchronicity, and more.

Episode 12: The Shape of Time, with Ivo Mensch

Ivo and I discuss the different shapes that time and causality can take and the cultural evolution of the experience of this.

Episode 11: Being Buddha Nature Part 3, interview by Joost Vervoort

Joost and I get into the trippy nature of the depths of reality together and explore the experience of everything being a portal, amongst other things.

Episode 10: Being Buddha Nature Part 2, interview by Jane Miller

Jane and I connect on an energetic level so that I can speak directly from my immediate experience for this conversation.

Some of the things that emerge are living in a different paradigm, the flame being out, tantric desire, evocativeness, the organising forces of the Universe, the imaginal realm, social imaginaries, death and shamanic lifecycles and being free from anxiety.

Episode 9: Being Buddha Nature Part 1, interview by David Lassiter

Some of the most important things we talk about are the fractal endlessness of experience; the precision engineering of the Universe and what it means to embody that when the darkness has been included; non-duality with meaning and how that leads to a wholeness; how feeling and embodying aspects of experience changes the nature of how insights are perceived; and the evolution of Buddha Nature and my role in that.

Episode 8: IFS, the Enneagram and Awakening, with Joost Vervoort

We discuss how to combine therapy, meditation, and tools like the Enneagram on an awakening path and why it’s important to do so.

This is also a really good overview of the Enneagram for anyone who wants an introduction or to deepen their understanding of how to work with it.

Episode 7: Buddhism, Shadow Work and Capitalism, with Kristen Stake

Kristen and I discuss the synthesis of Buddhism and Shadow Work, as well as how humanity might evolve out of capitalism.

Episode 6: Awakening and Dharma, with Bree Greenberg

Bree interviewed me in Summer 2022 about my awakening experiences and some of the most important insights and wisdom that emerged from them. She also shares some of her deep wisdom.

Episode 5: Long-term Retreat, with David Lassiter

David spent over 18 months on retreat in a 5-year period in the Theravada Buddhist tradition.

In this conversation, we cover everything from progressing along insight stages in meditation practice to the emotional turmoil that can emerge on retreat to the benefits of this kind of intensive practice.

Episode 4: Spiritual Discovery, with Paul Wallace

In this episode Paul shares his journey of discovery through semiotics, meaning, French philosophers, art, spiritual practice, and more.

We delve into how experience emerges from the flow between the conscious and the unconscious and how metaphor is the doorway into the unknowable. You may want to check out Paul’s diagram (or mandala) that we discuss.

Episode 3: Chiropractic and Working With The Body, with Joe Arnold

Joe talks about the origins of chiropractic and his journey with it.

We then discuss a wide range of topics related to awakening the body, including describing the quantum entanglement of the body-mind-emotion system.

Joe describes how most of society is stuck in a sympathetic-nervous-system dominant state, and we discuss the solutions to this.

Episode 2: Psychedelics and the Ineffable, with Aidan Lyon

Aidan and I delve into discussing psychedelic experience, including how people themselves can be psychedelic experiences.

We talk about how to relate to the ineffable. We also discuss user experience design and how this can be applied to spiritual practice.

Episode 1: Starting a Sangha, with Joost Vervoort

Joost tells the story and inspiration behind the sangha that he started, which is called the Dharmagarage, and we discuss how it has become a community for shared adventures and explorations into dharma and meditation.