Intro

If someone asked you about your personal cosmology — who are you, why are you here and what is your role on our planet — what would you tell them? Or, more to the point, could you really answer the question?

For best-selling author Mark Gober, it took years for him to understand the huge gap between following a personal cosmology that was nihilistic, random, superficial and meaningless and living an intentional one that embraces Spirit and the divine in all of us. 

A decade passed before Mark was ready for his first plant medicine ceremony, and the healing work he did on developing his personal cosmology made all of the difference in creating a positive, intimate experience that keeps on delivering insights. 

Join Mark and Paul on a journey of discovery and lasting growth with help from plant medicines and learn why a personal cosmology matters this week on Spirit Gym.

Check out Mark and his work on his website and on social media via Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube and Telegram.

Timestamps

3:46 Does our intellect or something in our biology block us being receptive to our natural state, especially as we age?

12:23 How plant medicines reconnect us to the various aspects of ourselves.

15:20 Amnesia is built into the human experience (with a large dose of ignorance thrown in).

22:27 Ibogaine: A medicine that loves through truth, even when it is painful.

31:12 Mark meets ibogaine.

44:00 It took a decade for Mark to be ready for his first plant medicine ceremony.

46:55 Mark’s four intentions going into his first plant medicine ceremony.

1:05:31 Self-betrayal: A form of self-loathing that our society trains us to do.

1:09:35 Ancestral trauma, underlying terror and catastrophic thinking.

1:17:27 “Whenever we heal for ourselves, we’re really healing for our family.”

1:26:54 The purpose of existence and authenticity is the only game in town.

1:32:07 A sign Mark was tapping into his divine guidance before his plant medicine ceremony: Writing a book about it.

Resources

An End to the Upside Down Cosmos by Mark Gober

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Music Credit: Meet Your Heroes (444Hz), Composed, mixed, mastered and produced by Michael RB Schwartz of Brave Bear Music

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