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Professor Susan Blackmore, Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth and author of several books on Consciousness, Parapsychology and Memes meets nonduality teacher Jim Newman.

This playful, feisty dialogue explores the value of suffering; spirituality; retreats; the illusion of a self; nothing happening here; false reality; ridding oneself of spirituality; seeking; that which can't be known; form and emptiness; intellectual understanding; suffering is seeking; separating the two kinds of seeking; favourite colour; is 'what is it like to be you?' a meaningful question; Nagel's famous paper; Chalmers' hard problem; how does the brain construct this illusion?; the muddle of consciousness studies; is there something for the bat; nothing actually really happens; once there was a boy; how can we do science then?; the endeavour does not come from the individual; why does the universe make sense?; taking responsibility!; there is no progress; materialist or not; nothingness; the heart sutra; it's impossible to realise this; meaning and purpose; freedom is in no meaning; evolution; illusions of God the creator; just stuff happening; making yourself more accident prone to enlightenment; daily meditation; spiritual materialism; this is not a teaching; a very hard message to follow.


Susan Blackmore is at https://www.susanblackmore.uk/
Jim Newman is at http://www.simplythis.com/


0:00 Introduction to the episode with Iwan Brioc
01:56 Preamble
05:25 Who are you?
18:50 What is it like to be you?
37:05 What is this?
41:47 Why is this?


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