All Episodes

Introducing Oxford's new Contemplative Science Research Program

Ecospirituality and the philosophy of the climate crisis with Rupert Read | Living Mirrors #151

Healing our trauma culture with Manda Scott | Living Mirrors #150

Staying small and hiding from yourself | Nonduality - James Cooke, London, June 2025

Grief and soul activism with Francis Weller | Living Mirrors #149

Embodied Nonduality & The Deepest Letting Go, with John Prendergast | Living Mirrors #148

There isn't a problem | Nonduality - James Cooke, London, June 2025

The Gradual and Direct Paths of Awakening with Stephen Snyder | Living Mirrors #147

AMA: How does the concept of Self in Internal Family Systems (IFS) relate to awakening?

James Cooke live at Totnes Consciousness Cafe: Nondual Naturalism & the Unity of Life & Consciousness

Ecodharma with David Loy | Living Mirrors #146

Daniel Ingram & James Cooke discuss No Self and the Role of Interpretations in the Mind | Living Mirrors #145

AMA: Abiding vs. Non-Abiding Awakening

When the self comes to an end, with Viivi Jokela | Living Mirrors #144

Trauma, Tyranny, & the Role of Bystanders in Permitting Injustice - Judith Herman | Living Mirrors #143

Zen & Awakening with Henry Shukman | Living Mirrors #142

Karl Friston on Consciousness & The Dawn of Mind | Living Mirrors #141

James Cooke discusses Nondual Naturalism on the Weekend University podcast with Naill McKeever

Erik Ireland on awakening and the hero's journey | Living Mirrors #140

James Cooke discusses The Dawn of Mind on the Trip Report podcast with Zach Haigney

AMA: Cosmic creativity, Aubrey Plaza's Stroke & Different Functions of the Self

Omid Safi on Radical Love and Sufism | Living Mirrors #139

The Dawn of Mind audiobook now available!

Prof. Dan Siegel on Science, Spirituality, & Intraconnection | Living Mirrors #138

Shamil Chandaria and James Cooke on The Dawn of Mind, Consciousness & Awakening | LivingMirrors #137

The Dawn of Mind Official Book Launch Livestream!

Richard Doyle on The Dawn of Mind & the transformation of collective ego | Living Mirrors #136

Kaira Jewel Lingo on Engaged Buddhism & monastic life at Plum Village | Living Mirrors #135

James Cooke discusses Psychedelics and The Dawn of Mind on the Psychedelic Conversations podcast with Susan Guner

James Cooke discusses The Dawn of Mind on Illumine Life's Idea Cast

Graham Priest on the Philosophy of Nothingness, Everything, and Paradox | Living Mirrors #134

The Dawn of Mind: How Matter Became Conscious and Alive | Official Book Trailer

The Computational Architecture of Consciousness with Shamil Chandaria | Living Mirrors #133

James Cooke interviewed on awakening & The Dawn of Mind on the Mastering Thought podcast

AMA: Fear of awakening, ego & trauma, + balancing surrender with proactively doing inner work.

Wystan Bryant-Scott on Awakening, Meditation, and Ending Suffering | Living Mirrors #132

James Cooke discusses awakening on the Conscious Perspective podcast with Gary Lee Haskins

Realization Practice 4 - BEATS belief practice | Inner Space Nonduality Essentials

Realization Practice 3 - Surrendered Inquiry | Inner Space Nonduality Essentials

Realization Practice 2 - Experiential Opening | Inner Space Nonduality Essentials

Realization Practice 1 - Recursive Experiential Acceptance | Inner Space Nonduality Essentials

Clarifying Awakening - Nondual Realization following Awakening | Inner Space Nonduality Essentials

Awakening Practice 6 - Experiential Opening | Inner Space Institute Nonduality Essentials

Awakening Practice 5 - Self Inquiry | Inner Space Institute Nonduality Essentials

Awakening Practice 4 - Non-Meditation | Inner Space Institute Nonduality Essentials

Awakening Practice 3 - Choiceless Awareness Meditation | Inner Space Institute Nonduality Essentials

Awakening Practice 2 - Subject-Object Inquiry | Inner Space Institute Nonduality Essentials

Awakening Practice 1 - Nondual Awareness Meditation | Inner Space Institute Nonduality Essentials

Mindfulness Practice 4 - Body Scan Meditation | Inner Space Institute Nonduality Essentials

Mindfulness Practice 3 - Mindfulness Without Effort | Inner Space Institute Nonduality Essentials

Mindfulness Practice 2 - Essential Mindfulness | Inner Space Institute Nonduality Essentials

Mindfulness Practice 1 - Anchoring Attention | Inner Space Institute Nonduality Essentials

Introduction to Essential Awakening & Nonduality practices from InnerSpaceInstitute.org

Inner Space Institute membership and free Essential Awakening & Nonduality course now available!

AMA: The Science of Déjà vu, The UK Race Riots and LSD & The Mind of the Universe by Chris Bache

James Cooke discusses The Dawn of Mind on the Natural Awakening podcast with Wystan Bryant-Scott

The Dawn of Mind, available for pre-order now! Discover how matter became conscious and alive

From addiction to awakening with Paul Hedderman | Living Mirrors #131

AMA: Integrating shame + inner work & parenting

Complexity, Cognition & AI with Inês Hipólito | Living Mirrors #130

Brooke Lavelle: Engaged spirituality for transforming self and world | Living Mirrors #129

AMA: Inner Space Institute & retreat update, living life well, idealism, breathwork

Alexandre Christoyannopoulos on Christian Anarchism | Living Mirrors #128

Graham Harvey on Animism | Living Mirrors #127

AMA: Thoughts on the future, Mental causes of illness, Body-based psychotherapy, What happens after death?

Willoughby Britton on when meditation causes harm | Living Mirrors #126

Trauma Release Exercises for Awakening and Nondual Realization with Christina Guimond | Living Mirrors #125

AMA: Fear of Death, Sources of Wisdom, Experiencing Fear in the Body

Michael Levin on the intelligence of life| Living Mirrors #124

The Genocide in Gaza & the Psychology of Denial | Living Mirrors #122

Alicia Juarrero on emergence & causality as constraint | Living Mirrors #121

Uncompromising Nonduality with Jim Newman | Living Mirrors #120

AMA: The nature of thought, shadow work, love, & nonduality

Indy Johar on Technological Animism: Societal infrastructure for living beyond separation | Living Mirrors #119

BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT - The Dawn of Mind: How Matter Became Conscious & Alive | Living mirrors #118

AMA: Nondual Mindfulness & Body Scan Meditations for Emotion Work and Integration

A Neuropsychologist's Exploration of Psychedelics with Andy Mitchell | Living Mirrors #117

AMA: The nature of the self, Top 3 books, Culture as Software

Rachel Nuwer on MDMA | Living Mirrors #116

AMA: Music & psychedelics + Consciousness, evolution, & technology

Neil Theise on connecting science and spirituality through complexity science | Living Mirrors #115

Jared Seide on reweaving the social fabric through the practice of Council| Living Mirrors #114

Peter Sjöstedt-Hughes on integrating philosophy and metaphysics into psychedelic therapy | Living Mirrors #113

Psilocybin Access Rights campaign's Tara Austin and Timmy Davis | Living mirrors #112

Bobby Azarian on the evolution of cosmic complexity | Living Mirrors #111

Angelo Dilullo on awakening | Living Mirrors #110

AMA: My metaphysics, Is the mind naturally enlightened & is reality made of love? + Terrence Deacon

Daniel Ingram on how mastering meditation changed his brain | Living Mirrors #109

Malin Vedøy Uthaug on 5-MeO-DMT | Living Mirrors #108

AMA: The mathematics of separation and unity

Staci Haines on the politics of trauma | Living Mirrors #107

Shamil Chandaria on awakening & the Bayesian brain | Living Mirrors #106

Innerspace Institute | Living Mirrors #105

AMA: Somatics & talking publicly about traumatic events

Paco Calvo on plant intelligence & consciousness | Living Mirrors #104

Duncan Trussell on DMT, ketamine, and the Bhakti yoga path of love | Living Mirrors #103

AMA: fatherhood, wu wei, nondual intimacy, conscious subjects, & process philosophy

AMA: Love, Nonduality, Top-Down Causality, Ideas & Social Change, Podcasting Highlights, Fasting

Podcast hiatus and schedule update

Dr. Rosalind Watts on mechanisms of psychedelic therapy: acceptance, connection, and embodiment | Living Mirrors #102