The Bio-Individual podcast (Ep. 2)
Reading, Language, Self-Transcendence & The Badly Wired Human Brain
New episode of the Bio-Individual podcast out on Youtube & Spotify.
Alex and I talk and/or rant about Reading, Language, Self-Transcendence & The Badly Wired Human Brain
Here are the links. Enjoy!
************ Timestamps: 00:27 Faust and Mephistopheles 03:36 Introduction words 04:30 How does language fit into self-change? 05:40 Kevin's ideas on self-work and reading 13:40 Alex's idea on language, abstraction, Korzybski 20:10 2 sides of the brain, "Confabulation" 23:45 Intermission 1 26:50 The illusion of 'just taking a book' and being transformed by it 29:30 Patients without language can't think 32:23 Intermission 1 35:30 Part 2 - Language is a tool to be used, don't get used by it 41:50 Retreat and methods to power down the self 48:50 Categorisation and Defining Terms 56:20 Raw Sensation is Not Enough 01:07:39 Part 3 - Meditation, Observing Sensation Dualistically 01:14:30 Ascetic Religion as an Enormous Trick? 01:21:15 Chakras - SpOoKy Mystical Energies or Lost Bio-mechnical Segment Knowledge? 01:34:00 - External Metrics - HRV and Bodily Habits 01:37:00 - Kevin Final words - Importance of Map & Structure 01:42::00 - No self, Language as Self-Reference 01:48:00 It's for living, Stupid 01:51:00 End Credits, Song, Video Edit ************