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Dissolving the Ego

By Jules Evans — 2017

You don’t need drugs or a church for an ecstatic experience that helps transcend the self and connect to something bigger

Read on aeon.co

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What Is Gaslighting? How to Avoid Mental Manipulation and Emotional Abuse with Terri Cole

What Is Gaslighting? How to Avoid Mental Manipulation and Emotional Abuse - Terri Cole If this video describes your situation, please don’t give up. The first step is to understand that it’s happening.

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Terri Cole
2017
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What Are Peak and Flow States? | Jamie Wheal On London Real

Jamie Wheal is the Executive Director of the Flow Genome Project and expert in the neuro-physiology of human performance. For over a decade he has advised Fortune 500 companies like Google, Nike, and Red Bull, as well as the U.S. Naval War College, on strategy, execution, and leadership.

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Jamie Wheal
2019
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Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

It’s the biggest revolution you’ve never heard of, and it’s hiding in plain sight.

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Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal
2024
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Mind Gym: An Athlete’s Guide to Inner Excellence

In Mind Gym, noted sports psychology consultant Gary Mack explains how your mind influences your performance on the field or on the court as much as your physical skill does, if not more so.

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Gary Mack, David Casstevens
2002
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Altered States to Altered Traits: Hacking Flow

Jamie Wheal speaks at TEDx Black Rock City. “It’s never been easier to get high, and it’s just as hard as it’s always been to stay that way.

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Jamie Wheal
2014
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Jonathan Haidt: Religion, Evolution, and the Ecstasy of Self-Transcendence

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt asks a simple, but difficult question: why do we search for self-transcendence? Why do we attempt to lose ourselves? In a tour through the science of evolution by group selection, he proposes a provocative answer.

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Jonathan Haidt
2012
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Scientific Problem Solving with Psychedelics—James Fadiman

James Fadiman will describe how to best use psychoactive materials for enhanced problem solving, a poorly understood and under-researched area. However, there are established methods that open minds to useful solutions for real problems.

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James Fadiman
2013
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13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do: Take Back Your Power, Embrace Change, Face Your Fears, and Train Your Brain for Happiness and Success

Everyone knows that regular exercise and weight training lead to physical strength.

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Amy Morin
2017
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Moksha: Aldous Huxley’s Classic Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience

In May 1953, Aldous Huxley took four-tenths of a gram of mescaline. The mystical and transcendent experience that followed set him off on an exploration that was to produce a revolutionary body of work about the inner reaches of the human mind.

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Aldous Huxley
1999
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Emotional Equations: Simple Steps for Creating Happiness + Success in Business + Life

When Chip Conley, dynamic author of the bestselling Peak, suffered a series of devastating personal and professional setbacks, he began using what he came to call “Emotional Equations” (such as Joy = Love – Fear) to help him focus on the variables in life that he could handle, rather than...

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Chip Conley
2013
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