a fascinating and wide-ranging discussion between two very unconventional philosophers, Bernardo Castrup and Jeremy Vaeni about UFOs and “high strangeness” experiences, the ontology of the alien “other,” Jeremy’s “Kundalini Rising” experiences, transcendent insights, as well as the human condition, our culture, and the future of civilization.
Transformation from Steve Beyer on Vimeo.
what the sacred plants have to say to us about ‘transformative experiences’
Once Zhuangzi (a Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BCE) dreamt he was a butterfly, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn’t know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn’t know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi. Between Zhuangzi and a butterfly there must be some distinction! This is called the Transformation of Things.
Timothy Leary’s “Neurocomics” with themes of evolution, expanded consciousness, space travel, the zodiac and other far-out stuff.
view hi-res scans of the first edition here
Dean Radin discusses the Siddhis, special abilities attained due to changes in consciousness, as well as the challenges of scientifically testing and verifying them.
Maja D’Aoust breaks down the cliched spiritual teaching of “the ego is bad!”
A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the Earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the centre of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy.
At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: “What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise.”
The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, “What is the tortoise standing on?”
“You’re very clever, young man, very clever,” said the old lady. “But it’s turtles all the way down!”
not quite sure what this has to do with valentine’s day but i like this story…
image by Danc
AYA: Awakenings is a narrative documentary into the world and visions of ayahuasca shamanism, adapted from the cult book ‘Aya: a Shamanic Odyssey’ by Rak Razam. By blending narration directly from the book with video footage, interviews with practicing curanderos, samples of traditional icaros or magic songs, photographs and cutting edge special effects, Aya: Awakenings reproduces the inner landscape of the visionary state in unprecedented detail, invoking a spiritual awakening in the viewer.
OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.
a beautiful and “awesome” short film about looking at the earth from space.
