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Understanding the Ego in Psychology, Spirituality, and Psychedelics

By Sean Lawlor — 2020

Engage in a psychedelic conversation long enough, and you’ll probably hear terms like “ego death” tossed around as casually as “Shpongle” and “blasting off.”

Read on psychedelictimes.com

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Science and Mysticism

The tragedy of dichotomous worldviews is compounded by the current myopia of conventional science and traditional religion, each convinced it has cornered the market on truth. "The true disease of the age is . . . literalism," observes mythologist Michael Meade.

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Dave Pruett
2016
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Can Mysticism Help Us Solve the Mind-Body Problem?

I just spent a week at a symposium on the mind-body problem, the deepest of all mysteries. The mind-body problem--which encompasses consciousness, free will and the meaning of life--concerns who we really are.

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John Horgan
2019
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Beyond Death: The Science of the Afterlife

This question is more than a mind-bender. For thousands of years, certain people have claimed to have actually visited the place that, Saint Paul promised, “no eye has seen … and no human mind has conceived,” and their stories very often follow the same narrative arc.

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Lisa Miller
2014
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What Ails Us

Most genetic studies completely ignore the science of epigenetics, which is how the environment actually turns certain genes on or off.

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Tracy Frisch, Gabor Mate
2012
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Diamond Approach Inquiry: Discovering Inner Freedom

We can temporarily push our ego away or try to rearrange our personality to be happier, freer, or more realized. But ego comes back. And that’s where Diamond Approach inquiry comes in. We all have awareness and inquiry helps us harness awareness to dissolve ego instead of pushing it away.

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Olivia Fermi
2021
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The Science of Spirituality: 16 Tips to Build Your Spiritual Practice

Science is a very valuable part of humanity. However, it hasn’t yet explained it all. Stepping fully into a meaningful life requires a shift in the way we show up for ourselves and others. Building the science of spirituality into a practice takes intention and effort.

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Kelly Miller
2021
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A Skeptic Explores the Science Behind Spiritual Experiences

Not long before the death of her beloved mother-in-law, Harriet Brown had a vision that was both confounding and deeply comforting. Inspired by that revelation, she set out to explore the theories and neuroscience behind it all.

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Fritjof Capra Talks About His Journey Towards Balancing Science and Spirituality

Fritjof Capra had his epiphany while he was sitting by the ocean one afternoon and felt the cascading waves and sand forming a cosmic dance which he intuitively likened to the dance of Shiva, that he had been reading about.

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Darryl D'Monte
2017
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Spirituality, Mental Health, and Therapy: The Mind-Body-Spirit Connection

Spirituality, physical and mental health are often thought of as three separate tracks in a person's life. This six-part series aims to begin stitching them together, along with therapy, to reveal the critical areas where they influence each other.

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Kevin Anderson
2019
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The Reach of the Mind

When Dossey first came across experimental data in various journals showing that prayer affected positively the outcome of medical treatment, he wanted nothing to do with it.... Even so, the evidence seemed too convincing to ignore.

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Ted Braude, Larry Dossey
1994
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