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The Great Updraft — 227 episodes

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The Power of Truth in Psychological Work

2

Key Principles for Psychological Work, Part 1/2

3

Self-Observation Changes Everything

4

Your Mind is a Mosaic

5

Psychology = Why You Are As You Are

6

What is Psychology?

7

Spiritual Awareness is Ultimate

8

The Problem With Scientific Slogans

9

If Science Isn’t Ultimate, How Should We Use It?

10

What Science Misses About Experience

11

Guided Exercise for Recognising Non-duality

12

What is Experience?

13

What If Experience Is Fundamental?

14

Why Models Obscure Understanding

15

Does Science Actually Describe Reality?

16

What Models Actually Are & Their Fundamental Flaw

17

Science is Addicted to Explanations

18

The Brain Is In Experience

19

Your Brain Does Not Think

20

Your Brain Is Not the Source of Fear

21

The Limits of Brain Science: Why Correlation Isn’t Explanation

22

Science’s Hidden Black Hole

23

The Main Blind Spot in Science

24

The Echo Chamber of Science

25

The Hidden Dogma In Scientific Thinking

26

Why You Cannot Learn Spirituality

27

Why Do Spiritual Teachers Teach at All?

28

The Flaw at the Heart of Spiritual Teaching

29

What Spiritual Teaching Can’t Do

30

The Spiritual Search Ends Where You Already Are

31

The Hidden Escape Inside Meditation

32

Welcome to Deep Psychology Podcast - Start Here

33

Newbie Meditators Have Unrealistic Expectations

34

Why Meditators Stall on the Path

35

The Power of The Word "Recognition" to Describe Awakening

36

The Word "Enlightenment" Creates False Expectations

37

What The Word "Enlightenment" Does Right

38

Is Enlightenment The Right Word?

39

The Late Stage of Meditation

40

The Middle Stage of Meditation

41

The Early Stage of Meditation

42

The Three Stages of Meditation & Spiritual Insight

43

Meaningful, Meaningless & Ameaningful

44

The Problems In Discussing The Meaning Of Life

45

Exploring Personal Meaning: Why Are You Here?

46

What is The Meaning of Life?

47

The Necessity of Self-Other Consciousness

48

Self & Other As A Developmental Achievement

49

The Standard Paradigm Regarding Other People

50

Do Other People Exist?

51

Do Other People Exist?

52

Deeply Questioning the Materialistic Paradigm

53

Why Do We Believe In Materialism?

54

Three Essential Critiques of Materialism

55

Is The World Physical?

56

Naive Realism, Assumptions & Reality

57

Does The External World Exist?

58

How to Achieve Your Goals & Resolutions: Why NY Resolutions Fail Ep3

59

The Top Learning Myths: Why NY Resolutions Fail, Ep 2

60

Achievement Depends on Development: Why NY Resolutions Fail, Ep 1

61

Celebrate Christmas Like a Mystic - Christmas Episode 4

62

Understanding the Christmas Symbols - Christmas Episode 3

63

What is Christ? Who was Jesus? - Christmas Episode 2

64

What Really is Christmas? - Christmas Episode 1

65

The Key Principles for Elite Couple Functioning - Nov 5 of 5

66

Responsibility is Critical in Intimate Relationships - Nov 4/5

67

Your Partner Sees ALL of You - Nov 3/5

68

All About Romantic Infatuation (AKA Temporary Madness): Nov 2/5

69

The Furnace of Intimate Relationships: Part 1 of 5

70

Integral Spirituality 4/4: How to Know You're Integral

71

Want to Do a Spiral Dynamics Test?

72

Integral Spirituality Part 3/4: Spiritual Practice

73

Why to Avoid Spiritual Paraphernalia

74

Integral Spirituality Part 2/4: How Integral Relates to the Divine

75

Integral Spirituality Part 1/4: Introduction

76

Levels of Spirituality Part 4/4: Progressive Spirituality

77

The Warrior Archetype: Embody Your Power

78

Levels of Spirituality: Part 3/4 - Secular Spirituality

79

The Four Mature Male Archetypes

80

Levels of Spirituality: Part 2/4 – Traditional Spirituality

81

The Levels of Spirituality: Part 1/4 – Overview

82

The Conscious & Subconscious Minds

83

Rapid Speed of Implementation: August Wisdom Day 31

84

Don't Ask The Elm Tree for Pears: August Wisdom Day 30

85

Higher Consciousness Looks Weird to Lower Consciousness: August Wisdom Day 29

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Why AI Will Not End The World: August Wisdom Day 28

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The Evolutionary View of History: August Wisdom Day 27

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Beware of Guru Projection: August Wisdom Day 26

89

Why Self-Correction Reveals Your Subconscious: August Wisdom Day 25

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Ten Years for Non-Duality: August Wisdom Day 24

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Set Big Goals (Part 2): August Wisdom Day 23

92

Set Big Goals (Part 1): August Wisdom Day 22

93

Life is a Dewdrop in Infinite Awareness: August Wisdom 21

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Why Prayer is Real: August Wisdom Day 20

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The As-If Method for Change: August Wisdom Day 17

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Levels of Consciousness Govern Everything: August Wisdom Day 16

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The Millennial Mindset: August Wisdom Day 15

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Higher Consciousness = Higher Responsibility: August Wisdom Day 14

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The World is Always Evolving Forward: August Wisdom Day 13

100

The Power of Living Your Purpose: August Wisdom Day 12

101

Why Money Won't Ever Fulfil You: August Wisdom Day 11

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Take Full Responsibility: August Wisdom Episode 10

103

Bakers & Shepherds: August Wisdom Day 9

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Things Always Go Exponential: August Wisdom Day 8

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When Diagnoses Don't Work: August Wisdom Day 7

106

The Root of All Addiction: August Wisdom Day 6

107

The Sacred Pause: August Wisdom Day 5

108

People Are Always Clear About Other's Lives: August Wisdom Day 4

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You Are Not Your Thoughts: August Wisdom Day 3

110

Have a Bias Towards Action: August Wisdom Day 2

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You Are Always Changing : August Wisdom Day 1

112

The Sunday Sit #4

113

Meditation Isn't Sitting Quietly | Meditation Myths 4/4

114

Meditation Isn't for Hippies | Meditation Myths 3/4

115

Meditation Isn't About Silencing Your Mind | Meditation Myths 2/4

116

Meditation Isn't About Calm & Relaxation | Meditation Myths 1/4

117

The Sunday Sit #3

118

What is The Shadow?

119

The #1 Law of Personal Growth: Reward ∝ Challenge [Repost]

120

The Sunday Sit #2

121

How to Do Shadow Work

122

The Sunday Sit #1 : Learn to Meditate

123

The Enneagram Explained (Part 2)

124

The Enneagram Explained (Part 1)

125

Spiral Dynamics Stage Blue (Part 2/2)

126

Spiral Dynamics Stage Blue (Part 1/2)

127

Spiral Dynamics Explained: My Experience of Green

128

Psychospirituality: My New Vision for Deep Psychology

129

Spiral Dynamics Stage Orange

130

Spiral Dynamics Stage Turquoise

131

The HIGHEST Meaning of Easter (For Gnostics): Part 2

132

The HIGHEST Meaning of Easter (For Gnostics): P1

133

How to Forge Success from Nowhere

134

The Integral Approach to Depression

135

My Depression Experience & Health System Anger

136

How to Live Fearlessly: My Life-Changing Insight

137

Don't Settle for Mediocrity

138

Modern Meditation is in a Mess

139

How to Stop Negative Self-Talk

140

What Is Negative Self-Talk?

141

Your Psychology = Your Life

142

Spiritual Walk v Spiritual Talk

143

The Grand, Universal Human Illusion

144

Are Babies Highly Developed and Enlightened?

145

Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing

146

Nothing is Inherently Difficult to Learn

147

Glimpse Spiritual Enlightenment & Your True Self: Direct Method

148

The Self Bias & Our Relationships

149

The Christian Cross & Its True Meaning

150

How to Dissolve Overthinking

151

Being a Layperson: Constant Fuel for Your Spiritual Path

152

Being Soft And Sensitive Isn't Spiritual

153

A Radical Way Through Stress & Busy-ness

154

Key Insights into the Shadow

155

Psychotherapy on Spiritual Steroids

156

How I Beat Boredom Forever

157

What is the Zone of Genius?

158

Enlightenment IS NOT Serious

159

Are You Stuck in the Zone of Excellence?

160

How Taking Acid Transformed Me

161

The Great Curse of Meditation

162

We All Live In Our Own World

163

How to Be a Ruthless Autodidact

164

Anima and Animus: How to Make it 100% Inclusive

165

Jung's Anima and Animus Explained & New Definition

166

Tibetan Dream Yoga & Advanced Lucid Dreaming

167

How to Lucid Dream

168

What is Lucid Dreaming?

169

Dream Analysis: Uncover Your Hidden Self

170

The Shocking Truth About Dreams

171

Don't Stop Your Thoughts: Do This Instead

172

How to Deal With Envy

173

Expose Your Enviers: The 4 Telltale Signs of Envy

174

How to Progress with Meditation

175

We ALL Have Personality Masks: Autistic & Neurotypical Masking

176

How to Re-own Your Repressed Anger

177

The Symptoms of Repressed Anger

178

Your Life Calling: How to Find It & Live It

179

How to Be Happy: My 5 Keys to Happiness

180

My Life-Altering Glimpse of God and Ultimate Reality

181

How Acid Brutally Exposed My Shadows

182

Why I'm Doing 1000 Consecutive Days of Meditation

183

"Manifesting" BS + How to Really Make Your Dreams Come True

184

Personality Masks: What They Are & How to Spot Them

185

Spiritual Ego & How to Dismantle It

186

How Modern Life Makes Us Miserable

187

How Stimulation & Comfort Ruin Your Life

188

Avoid Spiritual Abuse & Toxic Gurus: Bentinho Massaro, et al.

189

Persistence, Success & Failure – Unscripted & From the Heart

190

Choiceless Awareness: How-to & Guided Meditation

191

Moving Meditation for Meditative Awareness on Tap

192

These 5 Limiting Beliefs Are Destroying Your Life

193

5-Minute Sleep Meditation: Relax and Focus

194

My Best Advice for Beginner Meditators

195

My Online 10-Week Mindfulness Coaching: Why Working With Me Is Powerful

196

Illuminating Our Morphing Psychology: Jean Gebser's Structures of Consciousness

197

Ken Wilber's Four Quadrants Applied: Wellbeing, Education, Adult Development

198

The Four Quadrants Explained – Ken Wilber, AQAL and Integral Theory

199

The Pygmalion Effect and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: How Your Thoughts Become Reality

200

The Four Levels of Personal Development

201

The Levels of Consciousness In Career + Business and How to Advance

202

The #1 Law of Personal Growth: Reward ∝ Challenge

203

Self-Control Explained + 5 High-Level Strategies For Developing It

204

Master Spiral Dynamics: How Learning This Theory Can Trap You

205

Integral Consciousness in 4 Practices: Consciously Embody Integral Theory

206

Here's How Modern Western Society Programmes You

207

Here's Why God-Given Talent is a Myth

208

Understanding Magical Thinking and Re-Enchanting The World

209

Learning How To Learn: 3 Dysfunctional Learner Types

210

Mindfulness Meditation For Finding Your Life Purpose with Grace

211

The Dark Side of Spiritual Communities & Gurus: 6 Dysfunctions

212

Spiral Dynamics Stage Yellow: From The Inside [With Case Studies]

213

Spiral Dynamics Stage Green: The Good & The Bad

214

Spiritual Awakening and Sacred Spaces – With Inés Isern

215

The Journey of Meaning: James Fowler and the Stages of Faith

216

Exploit The 10,000-Hour Rule For High Performance

217

4 Damaging Meditation Myths: Meditation Is Not What You Think

218

Let's Bust These 4 Damaging Meditation Myths [Repost]

219

Learning How To Learn: 3 Dysfunctional Learner Types [Repost]

220

Learn How to Learn: Master The Beginner's Hump

221

Powerful Habits for a Healthy Mind: Transform Your Inner World

222

Your First Meditation: 20-min Guided Breath Meditation

223

How Your Ego Tricks You: The Truth About Self-Delusion

224

Spiral Dynamics Illuminated The Eight Levels & The Keys to The Theory

225

Ken Wilber's Integral Theory: Introducing the AQAL Model

226

Why Meditate? The Power of Long-term Meditation

227

Master Your Mind: The Growth and Fixed Mindsets