
Books and online resources referenced:
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:07 The primacy of mind: the empirical evidence.
00:12:10 Materialism and physicalism vs. idealism: where is the truth?
00:20:55 Why science ignores parapsychology: hypnotic blisters, stigmata, skin writing…
00:23:35 Past life memories, mediumship: the difficulty of explaining consciousness by physicalist paradigm.
00:26:28 Multiple personality and dissociative identity disorders.
00:27:25 Are NDEs & OBEs essentially mystical experiences?
00:29:08 Extreme forms of genius and mystical experiences.
00:30:45 Different dimensions of reality & failed mainstream explanations.
00:38:15 The alternative model of reality that makes room for anomalous phenomena.
00:42:23 Evolutionary panentheism. Jung. Analytic Idealism.
00:47:20 Implications of physicalism for society at large and the alternatives.
00:48:58 Metaphysics in science: inevitable or superfluous?
00:54:35 Survival after biological death: agree to disagree with Bernardo Kastrup.
00:55:54 Is idealism a crazy joke? Matter derived from consciousness?
01:00:05 What Spirit is like, what Spirit is not, and the direct experience of Spirit…
01:01:30 A shift in theoretical biology: the impact of mental activity on genomes.
01:05:20 Mainstream science's approach to anomalous phenomena. Future trends & tendencies.
01:09:42 Why take anomalous phenomena seriously? Advice for students and young scientists.
01:11:05 Why mystical & spiritual experiences are problematic for science.
01:18:03 Mind-brain relationship: is our mind limited to our brain? The role of the brain.
01:24:36 Physiological conditions correlated with psychedelics. The Subliminal Self vs. the everyday Self. Similarity to the effects of meditation.
01:27:30 Where are memories stored? Not in the brain at all?
01:28:50 Who or what survives the death of the physical body: the evidence. Is there karma? Individual vs. Universal Consciousness.
01:34:15 Change is upon us! Exciting times we live in!
01:35:30 Books and online resources.
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