#38 Testing My Reality

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#38 Testing My Reality

27 August, 2019Podcasts, News

In 1784, the philosopher, Immanuel Kant described enlightenment as “humankind’s emergence from its self-incurred immaturity”, its “lazy and cowardly” submission to the “dogmas and formulas” of religious or political authority.

Humans are innately emotional beings, made from what Kant referred to as the “crooked timber of humanity”, combined with which the way we understand the world around us changes over time.

Elements such as cognitive bias can evade our personal awareness and we can be convinced that we’re seeing clearly, and thinking rationally, when we’re not. We still embrace or reject evidence too easily, but civil contact with people of different perspectives can keep the resulting distortions within bounds. Our interpretation of reality, our reason and our intellect needs to be tested at times with the guidance of another which often takes courage.

I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I enjoyed the discussion.

This podcast was recorded as a series of lectures given to people in 12 step addiction recovery treatment. The purpose of these talks was to teach and motivate individuals to search for their own spiritual solution to their addiction.

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#37 Dreams & Dreamers

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#37 Dreams & Dreamers

22 March, 2019Podcasts, News

“You are the maker of the dream …

Whatever you put into the dream must be what is in you.” – Fritz Perls.

There is little doubt that your dreams can impact the type of day that you are going to have. Dreams can indeed be very significant. Dmitri Mendeleev came up with the idea for the periodic table in a dream. Paul McCartney woke up with a tune in his head and thought, ‘That’s great, I wonder what that is?’ and began to write down the music for what became “Yesterday” a song which resonates with us 50 years later.

How does our day-dreaming affect our conscious lives ? Are you a slave to your unconscious thinking ?