Dr. John Vervaeke Ep. 9 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - Insight
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Apr 3, 2023 The discussion starts with Siddhartha's awakening, linking mindfulness to the modern existential dilemma. Mindfulness takes center stage as a pathway to altered consciousness and personal transformation. Insights from mystical experiences across spiritual traditions reveal how they can enrich life’s meaning. The impact of psychedelics on cognition and enlightenment is also explored, uncovering historical perspectives on these profound states. Attention's role in shaping consciousness and facilitating insight is a key theme running throughout.
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The Tapping Experiment
- John Vervaeke guides listeners through a tapping experiment using a probe.
- This exercise demonstrates Polanyi's idea of attention as a structuring phenomenon, shifting between focal and subsidiary awareness.
Focal and Subsidiary Awareness
- Polanyi's concept of attention involves focal and subsidiary awareness.
- Attention shifts between being aware of something and being aware through it, like looking at glasses versus looking through them.
Two Axes of Attention
- Attention operates on two axes: in-out (transparency-opacity) and up-down (feature-gestalt).
- These axes work together dynamically, influencing how we frame problems.