Christofer speaks with meditation teacher Wystan Bryant-Scott about Awakening. They discuss Wystan's background, his personal phenomenology, mistakes on the path, what the path is about, working with one's psychology/embodiment, the groundless ground, pure awareness, emptiness and form, Zen vs Dzogchen view, metaphysics, conceptual clarity, dark retreat, psychedelics, and more.

Wystan Bryant-Scott is a Dharma Teacher who draws from experience in Theravada, Vajrayana, Zen, and Dzogchen lineages with intent on catalyzing awakening in this life for the benefit of all.

Substack: https://wystan.substack.com/
Website: https://www.wystantbs.com/
Twitter: @WystanTBS

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Christofer speaks with writer Sasha Chapin about spirituality and connection. They discuss Sasha's spiritual biography, the interplay between awakening and emotional healing, being Comfortable Here, everyday interaction after non-duality, discernment and preferences, conceptual vs phenomenological/mistaken views of Self, the potential problems with focusing too much on connection, and more.

Sasha Chapin is a writer, meditator, coach, and normal guy living in California. He went through a totally predictable pipeline where spirituality started to appeal after achieving his strivey childhood dreams didn’t quite fix the hole in his heart. He is passionate about figuring out how to live a spiritual life that is firmly rooted in this world as it is.

Substack: https://sashachapin.substack.com/
Website: https://www.sashachapin.com/
Twitter: @sashachapin

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Christofer speak with physicist David Deutsch and Jake Orthwein about the logical concept of truth. They discuss the reality of abstractions, how representations get their meaning, the difference between biological evolution and the evolution of ideas, how emotions aren't theories, and more.

Note: This is only the first half of the conversation, the full episode can be found on Patreon (patreon.com/doexplain).

David Deutsch is a Visiting Professor of Physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation at Oxford University and the author of two books: 'The Fabric of Reality' and 'The Beginning of Infinity'. He works on fundamental issues in physics, particularly the quantum theory of computation and information, and constructor theory.

Website: www.daviddeutsch.org.uk
Twitter: @DavidDeutschOxf

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