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Stream of SubconsciousnessFoundations of Spirituality & CounselingRobin writes:"What if everything you think you know about healing, mental health, and spirituality... is just the beginning?""In this soul-stirring episode, I’m joined by the brilliant Dr. Lincoln Stoller, clinical counselor, hypnotherapist, and expert in the subconscious mind. Together, we dive deep into the unspoken truths behind counseling, the fluid nature of “mental illness,” and how your hidden motivations could be shaping your entire reality.""Ever feel like there's more to your story, more to you than meets the eye? This conversation will challenge your perceptions, stir your spirit, and awaken...2025-05-2030 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessLincoln Stoller Interviews David Amerland, Executive Coach and Author“We always think with the world. So when you go inside your head you’re arranging all those things you have already picked up into some kind of order which makes sense for you. That allows you to see structure in the world you have experienced.”—David Amerland This is the first interview that I’ve hosted but, in fact, it played out similarly to all dialogs I’ve had. It reinforced my view that the best interviews are between people who are interested in the same things.I chose to interview David because he a...2025-03-291h 08
Stream of SubconsciousnessMind Over Matter: Understanding Performance and Satisfaction (podcast interview)Join psychotherapist Lincoln Stoller as he delves into the intricacies of performance and personal satisfaction in life. Whether you’re a high achiever constantly chasing the next milestone or someone feeling overwhelmed by societal pressures, Lincoln offers profound insights into how we can navigate these challenges. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindstrengthbalance.substack.com/subscribe2025-03-1337 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessOn Dreams, Altered States of Consciousness, and Insanity (podcast)I talk with Natasha Williams on her podcast Spiritual Warrior Journey.I explore the way our brains work in a combination of scientific and metaphysical discussion, sharing insights on plant medicine, native tribes, dreams, and insanity. Natasha says, “A truly interesting take on life, that deviates from the norm.” Lincoln is a clinical counselor, hypnotherapist, with experience in physics, software, consulting, neurology, brain training, sleep, dreams, and altered states.Natasha Williams is an author, spiritual coach and entrepreneur. She has helped thousands of women find confidence and belief in themselves. As a li...2025-01-301h 13
Stream of SubconsciousnessSuperchargers, Lincoln Stoller with host Daniel Thomas (podcast)In a wide ranging discussion, Daniel and I talk about the intersections of life and growth, health and sanity, parenting and education, creativity and architecture.Daniel Thomas, a British transplant living in Germany by way of Australia, is a versatile storyteller, writer, actor, and filmmaker. He has been featured in commercials, TV & Film & has written & directed his own shorts. He also hosts & produces podcasts that showcase his creative range & passion for meaningful & collaborative storytelling.Lincoln Stoller, an American transplant living in Canada, is a physicist and psychotherapist, with a focus on learning, healing, and growth...2024-12-211h 06
Stream of SubconsciousnessEpisode 86: A Therapist on Satisfaction in Sport, Life, and Love (podcast)Lincoln Stoller is a former mountaineer who now specializes in psycho-, hypno-, and neurofeedback therapy, in tandem with numerous other counseling and coaching services.Lincoln lives well outside of the bounds of normalcy. He says we should “just keep doing out-of-the-box stuff. And if people aren’t calling you a little crazy or a little nutty, then you probably aren’t exploring enough of the boundaries.”Today’s conversation revolves around the high-risk potential of hard-charging performers and achievers, whether they exist in sports, business, or other areas of life. This is a public e...2024-12-111h 34
Stream of SubconsciousnessLincoln Stoller on the Chris Voss Show (podcast)“The questions you ask determine what you think.”— Lincoln StollerA one hour interview about all the exploits that led me into the counseling profession. Chris offered some casual humor about mental health and addiction, and I took the opportunity to bait the hooks he offered. The dynamic of him being lighthearted and me being serious persisted throughout our conversation. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindstrengthbalance.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-1659 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessLincoln Stoller in Conversation With Rich Bennett: Rewire Your Brain for Growth (podcast)In this episode of "Conversations with Rich Bennett," Rich sits down with Dr. Lincoln Stoller, a neurofeedback trainer, clinical counselor, and hypnotherapist. They explore the transformative power of brain training, how anxiety can become a self-fulfilling habit, and the impact of neurological patterns on personal growth. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindstrengthbalance.substack.com/subscribe2024-10-111h 09
Stream of SubconsciousnessNurturing Resilience, on Dead AmericaIn a deep discussion, Lincoln Stoller and Ed Watters explore the intersection of mental, emotional, and physical health, sharing insights gained from Lincoln’s project centered around the process of learning and personal growth.Stoller details his experience with therapy and hypnotherapy, and his belief in the importance of exploring our vulnerabilities and weaknesses to develop a more rounded individual. The conversation delves into societal issues impacting mental health, the role of relationships in personal development, and the importance of avoiding dogma in favor of personal exploration. This is a public episode. If you'd li...2024-04-031h 21
Stream of SubconsciousnessExploring All Things Self with Lincoln Stoller (podcast)Lincoln and I discuss everything from personality to self-love to becoming enlightened to connecting to your higher self. Combining wisdom of the body with science of the brain, Lincoln helps people focus, perceive, create, integrate, and understand. These are learned skills with which you create reality. When you realize it’s not enough to believe what you’ve been taught, you can move into a greater chaos of opportunities. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindstrengthbalance.substack.com/su...2024-03-151h 07
Stream of SubconsciousnessGet Outside, Episode 114 (podcast)Here I am interviewed by climber, storyteller, and film director Jason B. Mulligan of the G.O. podcast and video series. G.O. Get Outside: The PodcastG.O. Get Outside - The Video SeriesDescribing our January 2024 interview, Jason says:Lincoln Stoller was introduced to climbing at the age of thirteen which quickly evolved into mountaineering. Throughout the 70s and 80s he climbed with storied greats such as Fred Beckey. His curious mind lead him to pursuits such as soar plane piloting, diving, exploring foreign cultures, and the studies of...2024-03-021h 11
Stream of SubconsciousnessBecoming An Ally With Your Emotions (podcast)Nick McGowan hosts the Mindset Self-Mastery PodcastEpisode #60 with Lincoln StollerThe key to understanding where your thoughts come from.Changing your brainwaves causes subtle changes in awareness that you cannot pinpoint. We don’t notice these changes and, instead, ascribe them to our circumstances, projecting our awareness onto the world that we’re aware of. We cast blame or give credit in the world that we bring into focus. Riding on top of our logic, we take what we remember for granted, and overlook our role in making sense. It is o...2023-09-2443 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessJourney into the Unseen Mind (podcast)Dive deep into the hidden realms of consciousness, dreams, and lucidity with "Journey into The Unseen Mind," a mind-bending episode with special guest, Lincoln Stoller. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindstrengthbalance.substack.com/subscribe2023-09-0652 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessThe Physics of the Unknown (podcast)“’At our hearts, we've been talking about the quantum physics of things, the things that don't make sense, but we know them to be true...”― Chris KalousI contacted Chris Kalous, host of The Enormocast Podcast, in order to talk about the American Alpine Club’s Climbers Grief Fund, in which I am a volunteer therapist. My attitude is that grief counseling is one of the last things a climber needs therapy for, literally, and that counseling can be empowering and can make one both a better person and a better climber.Naturally, Chris and...2023-08-121h 39
Stream of SubconsciousnessEgo, Culture & the Subconscious (podcast)“Lincoln Stoller is a quantum physicist, neuropsychologist, hypnotherapist, clinical counsellor, psychonaut, mountaineer, author, & educator. He combines science, spirit, and economics by applying an understanding of hard science to imagination, psyche, and the behaviour of groups.”In this 50 minute interview, we talk about the integration of neurofeedback with psychotherapy. * Focusing on the process of awareness.* What can we learn from brain training?* Medical issues addressed through brain training.* What do we commonly misunderstand?* Focusing on organs and energy systems.* Interoception: becoming aware of being inside your body...2023-02-2751 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessChanging, embracing chaos, and going out singing (podcast)podcast with Terry McMullenInterview Aired February 6, 2023Terry transcribed his introduction, and this is what he said:Contradictions and Dualities“I say often on this show, that life is complex and full of nuance. It is full of these paradoxes, contradictions, and dualities that we need to try to manage. It is messy and hard to get a grasp on. Sometimes we find ourselves scratching our heads trying to make sense of it all. In many ways, that encompasses the conversation I had with my guest, Lincoln.Fluidity and Nu...2023-02-071h 04
Stream of SubconsciousnessHolistic Entrepreneur: Lincoln Speaks with Bonnie Groessl (podcast)To be more of what you are, control yourself. To be more of what you can become, open to chaos.As a guest on Bonnie Groessl's Holistic Entrepreneur, Lincoln discusses the role of self-awareness and consciousness in life and business. You grow into an improved version of who you are, and into better versions of who you could be. You are not driving this process, your insight into it is limited, and your control of it is somewhat unnecessary. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or...2023-01-1334 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPreparing for Failure (podcast)Gaming is a way of phrasing problems. In a game situation, there is a start, an end, goals, and strategies for reaching them. We think problems are real because that makes answers possible. But in most cases, it’s not. Our problems arise from how we think, and our answers are destructive.Rob advocates games for learning. I advocate games for failing, to show us how we sabotage ourselves. The best games motivated to create something new. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...2022-12-2137 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessKnowing More of What's Going On (podcast)“It's never too late to be who you might have been.” — George ElliotWhatever you think your problems are, the desire to exploit or to be exploited swims among the roots. You might call it learned insecurity, or our culture of scarcity. My doubting of how other people think has led others to call me stupid enough times for me to realize that the ecological imbalance is not in the environment that we’ve created, it’s inside us.YouWhat’s Going OnWhat You KnowWhat Others Tell You...2022-12-0417 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessCould psychedelics be the key to unlocking better mental health? (podcast)Join Brandon Handley and me on the November 16, 2022, installment of the Spiritual Dope Podcast.We talk about psychedelics in personal growth and mental health. Who is the person taking the psychedelic, and what’s the role of the person helping them? * Are psychedelics really medicine?* Is a medicine something that’s administered to you, or something you can administer for yourself?* What can psychedelics teach you?* What’s the nature of the experience?* What help can you get from a doctor, therapist, shaman, or friend?* If you...2022-11-1756 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessSleep, Health, and Power (podcast)“The cheerful mind perseveres, and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.”– Swami VivekanandaHealth is a full body experience. Providers of psychotherapy would like you to believe therapy, counseling, and coaching provide separate solutions, but these are all on the same spectrum from the perspective of mind and health.Clarity involves channeling your thoughts and emotions. Communication requires empathy and attention. Realizing your vision requires knowledge and planning. Have you wondered why these are presented as separate skills, three unrelated aspects of success? To emphasize one without the others puts l...2022-11-1213 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessEmotions, thoughts, and sensations (podcast)In this somewhat unusual interview published in July 2022, I took the “I feel lost” approach to a topic that has no clear path through it. I wasn’t faking; there’s more to gain by being lost in a topic as big as this. Daniel indulged me. I’m not sure how it ends up sounding to the listener. When he posted the audio, he complimented me with these words:Lincoln is an amazing man to speak with and has brilliant insight. I really enjoy speaking with this man.You can also listen to this au...2022-10-3039 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessMonsters and demons are inside you, and you can do something about it. (podcast)“Real monsters eat you from the inside out”. ― Dia Reeves, authorMonsters are the things that drive people to do monstrous things. They aren’t beings in the objective sense, but then, none of what makes up our identity are objective things. Still, they are as real as any part of us. They are constructions that inhabit our thoughts.We need to picture monsters as other than ourselves in order to suppress and avoid them. We don’t want the responsibility for creating our monsters, as that could threaten our winnings. This is more than just a fal...2022-10-2817 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessAre we facing a challenge to democracy? (podcast)On the Synergy Connection podcast, Lucy Forsting and I take a therapeutic perspective on the anxiety we are all experiencing as we look at the financial, political, and health concerns of the world.David Leonhardt, in an article for the New York Times (Sept. 17, 2022), says the views of the nation are no longer being considered for the “good of the whole”. This would appear to be true throughout the world, with no answers on the horizon. This is creating a storm of increasing anxiety for people of all ages.“These sharp disagreements have led many America...2022-10-0137 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessInstant Enlightenment, Awakening Your States of Mind, Summary Part 1 (podcast)“You may have expected that enlightenment would come Zap! instantaneous and permanent. This is unlikely.” — Ram DassMy book Instant Enlightenment, Awakening Your States of Mind, is finished. I’ve created a long summary—not that long really, only 10 pages—that reads quite differently from the book. Here is the first part of that summary, broken into three installments.Chapter 0 — PrologueChapter 1 — IntroductionChapter 2 – ReleasingChapter 2 – ReleasingChapter 4 – Seeing This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus ep...2022-09-3009 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPersonality and Entrepreneurship: Satisfaction is a critical aspect of enterprise building (podcast)How to build-in satisfaction?Entrepreneurs are curious and solution-focused. They tend to be innovators and risk-takers. Psychotherapists are social and structure-focused. They’re risk averse and are attracted to structures and solutions. These differences keep the two apart, but each would be well-served if they better understand these differences. This is evident in my talk with Micheal Lee, whose focus is business building, but whose curiosity was peaked by my work as a hypnotherapist.You can also listen to this interview on Spotify: This is a public episode. If...2022-09-2334 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessThe Dreamworld Podcast (podcast)I spoke with Amina Mara, Lucid Dreaming Coach & Host of The Dreamworld Podcast, about my book Becoming Lucid, Self-awareness in Sleeping and Waking Life. Amina writes:Deamosophy teaches you to explore and utilize your dreams deliberately, to gain the edge in your waking personal and professional life without having to spend crazy amounts of money to be guided by dream experts in the field! Overcome challenges, promote healing, and explore the depths of YOUR reality.Free, digital copies of Becoming Lucid can be downloaded by clicking this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s...2022-08-3148 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessBarefoot with Spirit: The Truth about Enlightenment (podcast)Episode 79 of Leanne’s Barefoot with Spirit Podcast: The Truth About EnlightenmentAbout Lincoln Lincoln has a PhD in quantum physics, is a certified hypnotherapist and clinical counselor, with publications in dozens of fields and focuses on aspects of mindful experience from the neurological and subconscious to the mathematical and collective. He practices as a therapist and counselor providing training and resources with his goal being not to cure but to heal you, not to make you better but to make it unnecessary for you to be sick. Lincoln is passionate about teaching you to be...2022-08-2335 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessBig Time Talker with Burke Allen & Lincoln Stoller (podcast)This podcast represents a turn toward a popular audience. It was my pleasure to speak with Burke, who is adept at carrying the ideas of those he speaks with to a broader audience.Burke presents me as the expert, but in the world of communication he has much to teach us. Listen to his questions.“Dr. Lincoln Stoller, an academic jack of all trades, currently specialized in hypnosis and sleep therapy, speaks about the intricacies of the human mind and what we can learn from our thoughts and dreams.”Lincoln has been featured in s...2022-08-1953 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessEmotions, Thoughts, and Sensations: Lincoln Stoller on Life Changes You, with Daniel Silk (podcast)Daniel Silk, a psychotherapist in Melbourne, Australia, had me back on his third season of his Life Changes You podcast for a frenetic game of verbal rugby to score the goal of how therapy can change the culture.Listen to this 40-minute podcast here, the Life Changes You website, the Apple Podcast site, or any of various other podcast sources.At lifechangesyou.com.au Daniel says,“Explore what you love,transform how you think,become an exceptional being.” This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with othe...2022-08-0139 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPsychedelic Therapy is Wretched Psychology (podcast)“The term neurosis, as generally applied, is not accurate or helpful. In fact, one of the most negative influences on mental health is the ‘sick’ concept itself, which tightens and distorts, keeping us from a natural unfolding and realignment.”— Neal M. Goldsmith (2010), psychotherapistPsychedelic-assisted therapy consists of psychedelics without therapy, combined with therapy without psychedelics. Lacking a theory, practice, or paradigm to combine the two, they separate like oil and water. There is no common framework for psychotherapy and psychedelics to work together.Where is the Common Ground?Not Here to Fix a Problem2022-07-0916 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessLincoln Stoller Interview, Woodstock Radio 100.1 FM (podcast)This interview was aired on July 1st, 2022 on WDST - Radio Woodstock 100.1. In this interview we addressed culture, learning, and personal growth.The interview is 2 hours long; I begin speaking at minute 6.I lived close to Woodstock, NY for 25 years. I first met Shelli and Nathan when I helped bring the traditional Mongolian musical group Badma Khanda to tour and teach around 2005. We hosted a weekend workshop on Mongolian Throat Singing in The Colony Cafe, in Woodstock, NY.The band was a star attraction at the May Day celebration at the...2022-07-061h 59
Stream of SubconsciousnessMemory, amnesia, and your self (podcast) “The true art of memory is the art of attention.”— Samuel JohnsonMemory is not a record of the past, it’s a resource for acting in the present. You remember in order to know what to do or not to do, not for nostalgic purposes.For the smartest beings in the universe, we certainly don’t see, hear, or remember much. There have been savants who remember everything, and their brains appear no different than ours. We could remember so much more, but we don’t. And the reason we don’t is because it would be a w...2022-06-0315 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessLight Body Radio: Lincoln Stoller speaks with Dr. Lara May (podcast)Lara May and I recently spoke on mental health and psychedelics. She’s asking questions, I’m answering them. I very much thank Dr. May for hosting me! Dr. Lara May, PharmD BCPS APh CFMP Lightbody Healing and Consulting Integrative Nutrition & Functional Medicine Specialist, Master Intuitive Healer & Teacher drlaramay.comHere’s how Lara May describes herself:Dr. Lara works on the inner and outer principles of health and wellness from a functional, integrative and spiritual perspective... She is a clinical pharmacist & functional medicine specialist, which means she has western medicine knowledge and training. But, she is...2022-05-1651 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessTo Be Confused I – Physics (podcast)“Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.”— Isaac Newton, physicist and theologianConfusionAllan Ropper says, in his book Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole (2014): “An understanding of confusion has yet to be operationalized... It is not, technically, a disease, but a syndrome, a collection of problems.”Confusion exists on an interesting spectrum. We have a rough idea of what it means to have no confusion and what it means to be entirely confused. But on closer inspection, a complete absence of confusion has much in co...2022-05-0627 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessLincoln Stoller Talks with Daniel Silk (podcast)Daniel and I recorded this interview in February of 2022. Daniel Silk, a counselor and therapist in Melbourne, Australia, is an advocate for enlightened treatment in education and mental health. Daniel’s website is https://lifechangesyou.com.au/Of the interview, he says:This was an educational chat for me with a really impressive person! Here is a link for you to subscribe to Lincoln’s blog and get a free download of Becoming Lucid, Self-Awareness in Sleeping & Waking Life: Hypnotic Practice in Lucidity & Dreams. The URL is: https://bit.ly/BecomingLucid-book (Note: You’ll nee...2022-04-3043 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessThe States We Make (podcast)“When we wake up from our confused state of mind, that is enlightenment.”— Dzogchen Ponlop RinpocheConsider us to be architectural beings. There is a vision that begets a design, construction that creates a container, and a variety of living entities that consider us their home. The whole affair represents the experience of being. The quality of life for the entities depends on the success of the accommodation and the original design…The container you create is the mental house that you inhabit. It can be pleasing and tastefully adorned, or it can be a total wr...2022-04-0114 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessWhat is Power Really? (podcast)“This world is the will to power—and nothing besides!”― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Will to PowerThe word “empowerment” has gotten a bad name. It’s overused and undefined. What is the power that “empowerment” refers to?Therapy presumes the therapist has the power you lack. Follow my directions, the solution will emerge, and you’ll have power. In coaching, the coach presumes you have the power but it’s latent. I will help you find it, but you’ll know where it is and you will bring it out.Coaching looks for the power that therapy l...2022-03-0718 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessAttention & Other Realities (podcast)“The sense-perceptible world is only part of what surrounds us…It is like a piece of ice floating on water—the ice consists of the same substanceas the surrounding water but stands out because of certain qualities it possesses.”— Rudolf Steiner, from Theosophie, p. 114What is an alternate reality to you? Can you describe it? What is the purpose of describing it?It’s odd we don’t spend more time considering this. I think it reflects a natural fear of losing control and awareness. We hope our investment in our current reality will pay off. In this t...2022-02-0622 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessWhat Does the Body Know? (podcast)“You need to believe in things that aren’t true. How else can they become?”― Terry Pratchett, from HogfatherBecause most of our body’s operations are invisible to us, we presume the only effect we have on our body is through our intentional actions. We presume that we do not have control of what we don’t perceive and that our thoughts and mental images don’t affect our autonomic processes. This is the foundation of allopathic medicine. It is a reductive view of the body’s processes which claims our different systems regulate themselves independently…Recovering fr...2022-01-0721 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessCovid Reality (podcast)There is an infection called Covid-19. It has variants. There are things like vaccines. You have a reasonably good chance of surviving the vaccines. You do not have a good chance of surviving the infection. I have not been “vaccinated” but I have contracted the infection and spent a week in Intensive Care.My experience in the hospital was so frightening that I will now accept “the vaccination.” I doubt that it’s completely medically safe, and I recognize that the virus is a bioweapon. I recognize that the pandemic is a world war for which no one is tak...2021-12-1139 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessCovid-IQ, Are Your Intelligent? (podcast)“Covid is the social thought and conditioned response, including the rejection of it and the academic discussion around it. It’s all conditioned and predictable. It’s all feeding itself.”— James H., Founder, Collective Intelligence GroupPeople are frightened to admit they have sold off their right to think intelligently. For the most part, the population exercises neither natural nor artificial intelligence. They are “all conditioned and predictable.”…The emerging global structure has either realized or been drawn to the idea of constant warfare. This is what Orwell postulated in 1984: a constant war against a facele...2021-11-0519 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessKinds of Thinking (podcast)“Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.”― Edward de Bono* The world changes depending on how you think about it.* You change depending on how you think. * Explore the landscape. See more clearly. Think flexibly.* Let’s explore alternatives.Attitudes and GoalsSupport or IsolationFlexibilityStyles: Positive Negative Duality and Dichotomy Nonlinear Random Organic ChaoticYour Thinking PotentialWould you like to read this piece, see its illustrations, or print it? If so, then…Full...2021-10-0830 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessSchool as a Weapon & Covid-19 (podcast)“The truth is that schools don’t really teach anything except how to obey orders.” ― John Taylor Gatto, two-time New York State Teacher-of-the-YearSchools were invented to provide a mix of conditioning, training, and understanding. Conditioning has always been primary in state-mandated education, as this is a basis for collaboration and consensus…In times of growth there are opportunities for understanding. In times of stability institutions harvest opportunities for themselves. In times when resources are limited and the environment stressed, the disruptive potential of new understanding is discouraged. This happens at the very time novelty and insigh...2021-09-0916 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessInstant Enlightenment (podcast)“Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.” — Chögyam TrungpaI’m putting together a course on enlightenment. I think it’s funny, odd really. We hold the notion of enlightenment in such high esteem that we make no effort to achieve it. We don’t even know what we’re talking about. This is true even if you’re not motivated by the idea. Enlightenment is a sacred cow.It’s an achievable goal. Whether you are well-defined or undefined, there are opportunities. Whether you’re active or passive, you’re engaging the world. Engaging is the skill of being aw...2021-07-2910 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessWhere Thoughts Come From-1 (podcast)“The sea drowns them out with its wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.” — Rainier Maria RilkeThis series on the origin of thoughts presents a constructive answer. I’m not sure why others are not answering this question, or why other approaches to understanding thought don’t provide us with more opportunity to ask the question. The topic does get complicated, but in this series I focus on the basic idea.In this series I’ll sketch my theory of threshold awareness an...2021-07-0213 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessEmpathy V - Ways of Knowing (podcast)“Unexamined beliefs are not worth having.” — Socrates Ways of KnowingIf empathy is something you can have or not have, then it’s either a skill or a trait. If it’s a skill, then you can develop it. If it’s a trait, then you can express it, unless you don’t have it in which case you might regain it or else it’s simply not available…You can only empathize to the extent that you can recover and re-experience the emotions that comprise another person’s experience. And you can only do this if you...2021-06-0718 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessThe White Man's Tongue (podcast)The White Man’s TongueEmpathy IVIn empathy there is a disruption, a branching of paths, a dissonance… An essential part of empathy is combining the feelings of similarity and difference. That’s where unpredictable things happenWesterners hold out our hands to engage with the world, to be shepherds of our environment, and to build a sustainable culture, but our fists are closed. We can’t see things balanced because we’re imbalanced…If we become more aware and detached, empathy and self-confidence can inform each other. If we can be...2021-05-2811 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessEpigenetics & Opportunity (podcast)Epigenetics & Opportunity“You are the foods you consume AND the information that you digest.” — Tom Golway, chief technologist, Hewlett Packard Your genes are not the whole story. Changes in how your genes work—independent from the genes themselves—are passed on through generations. This is the field of epigenetics.The field is young. The discovery of inheritable traits that are not based on DNA throws out many of our conclusions about genetic inheritance. Changes in anything, especially things that affect your health, could be encoded in your body and inherited by your children.Some...2021-05-2214 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessWhen the Hypnotic State is Normal (podcast)When the Hypnotic State is Normal “Psychedelics open you up to the possibility that everything you know is wrong.” — Terence McKennaHypnosis refers to the part-by-part exploration of states. Therapeutic hypnosis is a facilitated exploration for the purpose of learning....How can you discover a new concept in a realm constructed entirely of concepts that you already know? Everything you see you construct, so how do you see anything new?...People need help processing their experiences. They already do and who is helping them? Altered-state hypnotherapists like me can...2021-05-1318 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessEmotion III (podcast)Empathy IIIThis is the third in my series on empathy.Sympathy is an intellectual concept. It’s based on a contrast of values. It leads to an opinion first and a feeling second. Sympathy may or may not trigger a feeling. A person who has no feelings at all can still sympathize with others...What passes for intellectual empathy is not empathy at all, it’s simply a verbal means of communicating feeling, but if there is no feeling, then it’s just verbiage.“If you made a sadist more empathic...2021-04-2419 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessSex and Emotion (podcast)Sex and EmotionWe control the conscious mind with our thoughts. The unconscious mind rewards us with instant attraction, repulsion, and gratification. The subconscious mind reacts with a complex brew of memories that bathes us in associations. Sex, like a small number of other activities, involves all of these. I don’t think we really communicate on these topics.We often refer to death and sex in counterpoint. I’m not sure why. Perhaps they seem to float at similar levels in our unconsciousness. One emerges as a hunger, the other as a fear. On the...2021-04-1614 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessSubscription, Covid, & Impersonal Therapy (podcast)Independent journalism is going to a subscription model. I’m moving this blog to a paid subscription model, charging $2.50/month... soon.The current blog will become the free mailing list. Free posts will be broadcast monthly. I’ll go off the Evergreen model so that all subscribers will receive the same up-to-date issue with each broadcast. COVID-19Local hospitals are finally challenging government edicts against treating Covid-19. Refer to the written form of this post for links to current information about ivermectin.The government vaccination program is working against individual health prio...2021-04-1616 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessEmpathy II (podcast)Empathy IIEmotional and intellectual intelligence are two aspects of a single human intelligence. They are not independent, but they can develop separately.Emotion emerges from the integration of all that you know. Emotion represents an integrated, visceral experience of what you think. Similarly, what your eyes perceive, and what you think about what you see are complementary aspects of the same thing.Accept that feeling is a form of intelligence. Accept empathy as being able to understand the feelings of others. Focus on the learning of empathy. We must learn to understand...2021-04-0325 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessImagination (podcast)ImaginationPsycho-somatic illness is: a form of insanity that bridges the separation between the mind and body. It’s an insanity where the delusion is expressed in the body but, if you try to think it away, the delusion inflames the mind... Solving a mind-body problem requires a mind-body change, not a change in just one or the other. If you want a change in your somatic situation you must work toward psychological change as well. This is not just a change in patterns but a change in spirit. A fundamental change of character, but to...2021-03-2615 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessDefault Mode Network (podcast)“To know that you do not know is the best.” ― Lau TzuWe’re told the DMN is a collection of pathways that govern our self-image, our autobiographical memories, and our deeply ingrained beliefs: the seat of the “ego” in the brain. Maybe it’s true, except that there is no neurobiological explanation for our self-image, our autobiographical memories, and our deeply ingrained beliefs.... I'm always amazed that anyone can speak other languages, especially bad ones like English. Speaking a language takes so much work and only achieves a moderate level of clarity... I am surprised we h...2021-03-1916 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessInto The Road (podcast)We have many boundaries to what we see and feel. These boundaries are sensory, physical, and temporal. Boundaries of ideas, safety, and possibilities. You set boundaries in every dimension of which you’re aware, and aspects of experience that you once had but have now forgotten.This is an introduction to the guided visualization "There and Back Again," a separate, hypnotic visualization audio file leading you toward the boundary of self.“You step into the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.” — Bilbo Bagg...2021-03-1708 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessMoving These Podcasts to Substack
This is Lincoln Stoller of MindStrengthBalance.com letting you know that I’m moving my podcasts to substack, where you’ll now find them at https://mindstrengthbalance.substack.com/. At that page you can subscribe by entering your email and you’ll then get an email announcement when I publish a new podcast.
I liked Podbean. The interface was good but the price was high, and I don’t subscribe to the advertising model.
Substack is aiming for more discerning readership and a subscription model, both of which I pre...2021-03-1001 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessCultivating Mind-Body Health (podcast)There are three programs to better health: my program, your program, and the program—if one exists—that the mind-body needs. There is a certain skill of intuiting this alliance before any treatment begins, and I would say success depends on whether these three programs are aligned from the start.“Don’t wish it were easier. Let it make you stronger.”— anonymousFor a written, illustrated version or to subscribe to the blog, visit the mindstrengthbalance.com website. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acces...2021-03-1013 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessTrust as the Foundation of Therapy (podcast)This piece explains that psychotherapy is a government institution, which medical historians already know but which escapes most people. A psychotherapist's first obligation is her profession, which is subservient to government, and not to you.Therapy doesn't have to be this way. There is a client centered approach to mental health. It's called hypnotherapy and psychotherapy should aim to be more like it. Unfortunately, if you want to be treated as a person, you'll have to pay for it yourself.People ascribe their obstacles to their minds; governments ascribe their obstacles to their citizens. To...2021-03-1015 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessWhat Are Dreams? (podcast)What Are Dreams? briefly explores dreams from neurological, somatic, therapeutic, and social perspectives. It's more important to recognize their multiplicity of purpose, than it is to focus exclusively on one.Dreams are a holistic phenomena. Approaching them from psychology is—like any one approach to a many-faceted phenomena—another story of three blind men and an elephant. You’ve to get to a holographic view, a view in which the whole is not just more than but different from its parts.If you'd like to learn more about dreams, visit mindstrengthbalance.com, where I offer books...2021-03-1009 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessDreams and Foggy Thinking (podcast)The keys to dream recall are gaining awareness of the dream while the dream is occurring, and applying a sufficiently quiet level of awareness so that your retrieval of the dream is not derailed by your thoughts. I want to focus on the second of these: learning to think quietly...If you'd like to learn more about dreams, visit mindstrengthbalance.com, where I sell books, offer free posts, and periodically offer classes on sleeping and dreams.“A busy mind is full of thoughts, a blissful mind is full of ideas… a conclusive mind cannot be a cr...2021-03-1010 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessThe Purpose of Dreams (podcast)This piece addresses the role of dreams in creating our reality. Dreams are the laboratory where we can match our thoughts and feelings with our perception of reality. In our dreams, our more fundamental mental functions express themselves.If you want to play a greater role in designing your life, you’ll have to develop skills that are above average. The fact that we’re talking about this means you have already elevated your vision. Vision is where growth starts and what keeps it going...It may be correct to say that the firs...2021-03-1020 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessThe Preparation For and Integration Of Psychedelics (podcast)I’m now a therapist; I make it my business to enable and explain the process of transformation. I might say I was always a therapist except that I was my only client. I can now see the psychedelic experience in everyday life in the form of manufactured reality and disordered thinking. On that basis, I’m qualified to describe psychedelics as a normal part of life.I know many people more experienced with psychedelics than I, but I can claim some insight. First, I’ve always been focused on my personal growth not entertainment, and while my pro...2021-03-1010 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPreparing For a Psychedelic Experience (podcast)When you take a psychedelic you are enlisting in a struggle that’s much larger than you can imagine. Depending on who you are and what you take you may find yourself well beyond anything you expect...You may be responding to an advertisement that says you’ll visit paradise but, once the ship leaves shore, where it goes is not up to you. You will be sent where you are needed...I’ve written a list of aspects of mind and character that can be approached as separate issues. These are piers on which we bui...2021-03-1015 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessWhat Psychedelics Can Do (podcast)Before moving into the practical territory of preparing for the use of a mind-expanding substance it would be worthwhile to consider what these substances do. I believe that they do just about anything.Psychedelics can reframe your concept of reality. They can do this to a greater or lesser extent. They can challenge or disable you, or they can do nothing at all. Their potential is largely determined by what you allow yourself to experience, and what novelty you can manage to build into your understanding of the world...Psychedelics are the parachute...2021-03-1026 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessHow Do You Feel? (podcast) It takes a lot of thinking to feel emotional about something. Even the simplest emotion, such as the startle reaction, requires knowing what you’re seeing...You don’t really remember any “thing,” you build memories on demand to represent experiences you’ve stored away in some coded form. You may think you remember a red car on a dirt road or a friend’s face on a summer evening, but you really don’t...Here is the crux of the matter: there is much that you are missing. There is much more that you could...2021-03-1014 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessThe Fundamental Question (podcast)What would you say is the most fundamental question? Would it be the origin of the universe, or the meaning of life? What about, “Does God exist?” or “Is there other intelligent life in the universe?”I suggest there is a deeper question that underlies them all. I suggest the most fundamental question is, “How do we understand anything that we don’t already know?”Defining the realm of answers brings us to the question of how we enlarge the realm of answers. This, in turn, returns us to the question of what we knew before, and ho...2021-03-1015 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessWhat Makes a Vision Meaningful? (podcast)Meaningful visions require both a transcendent perspective and the addition of your own meaningful ingredient. You have to bring something to add to the pot. If you don’t the pot just offers you visions of the transcendent without any way for you to place yourself in it.A meaningful vision is one that comes back to us with impact. It has an energy, and we might even recognize a message. In my experience, meaningful visions are unique. They cannot be expressed as an idea, and they are not limited to an emotion.“I connect the...2021-03-1016 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessDeprivation, Meditation, and Psychedelics (podcast)My approach to trance work grew from my interest in having new experiences and my questions about learning. From this outline you may see how our views compare.“No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”― Friedrich NietzscheFor a written, illustrated version or to subscribe to the blog, visit the mindstrengthbalance.com website. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mindstrengthbalance.substack.com/subscribe2021-03-1014 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPsychedelic's Anti-Therapeutic Promise (podcastPsychedelics are quickly becoming a new drug of promise, not for what psychedelics can do, but for what mental health practitioners want.People want various things. Certainly, some do want healing, and some want entertainment, but some also want liberation from the normality that psychology aims to restore.I support the renaissance in mind-altering drugs. They will help those people whose mental realities are stuck. Some of these people are labeled mentally ill, others are labeled psychologists, but most of these are just normal people.“Most things in the world are hype. Most th...2021-03-1014 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessYour Brain’s Frequencies Are You (podcast)This is the last lecture in the course on brain frequencies in which I describe the importance of controlling your brain frequencies and how this affects your mind and health.Understanding frequencies is the key to self-awareness. Consciousness begins with rhythm. When you learn to manage your rhythms, you become more conscious.The brain frequencies course is free, prerecorded, and under 2 hours long. It’s available online at the neurofeedback page of mindstrengthbalance.com.Subscribe to the blog at the mindstrengthbalance.com website. This is a pu...2021-03-0930 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessHow The World Changes (podcast)Everything I know about insight, intellect, psychology, and the brain’s structure has little effect on how humans act to change the world. We still act the same way, we just do different things...If I could change the patterns of my thoughts,I might change how I perceive the world. I don’t mean the kind of fluff that passes as “free will,” which I don’t much believe in, but rather how ideas come to me. I’m referring to the voices of insight, inclination, intuition, or similar guidance that precedes intellect, reason, and volition...2021-03-0921 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessThe Time of Your Life (podcast)We experience being self-aware almost all of our waking lives. Sometimes we space out, but even then we feel that we were present somewhere. Most likely you’re only here less than half the time... We “tick” along. The ticks are rather brief, around a tenth of a second for most of our functions, and between these ticks we’re on automatic pilot...Speed yourself up with amphetamines and your teeth will fall out. Expand your mind with hard drugs and you may be dead before you’re 40. There is an undeniable attraction to living m...2021-03-0915 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessTuning Your Dreams (podcast)Your awareness of the world around you is like the teeth of a gear. These teeth have a certain depth and frequency and you are aware of what meshes with them. Events of the world that are too small lack the power to turn your awareness, and events that fail to occur with the rhythm of these mental gears slip out of your consciousness, such as the roll of thunder and the chatter of birds....I can teach you how to wake up, but is that what you want? It’s the way to fulfillment, bu...2021-03-0913 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessThe Brain Frequency Course (podcast)Everyone should understand brainwaves because attention is critical to all of our brain functions. What I can teach you about brainwaves is something you can use without therapy or formal training. You can incorporate an understanding of your brainwaves into your meditation, mindfulness, yoga, dreamwork, learning, or psychedelic practice.I’m offering a free, online, video-based, mini-course on brainwaves. It consists of seven 10-minute videos interspersed with text and sprinkled with links to my related blog posts. Subscribe to my blog HERE, or through the brainwave course page at:bit.ly/brainfrequenciesFor a...2021-03-0911 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessIt Comes From Space (podcast)Imagine that you understood yourself as the network of thoughts. Different nodes of your map might represent different thoughts or points of view. They might represent different people. You might map your personalities as if they were other people, other people who you might be rather than the person you are.Mind-space is something that emerges dynamically from the way thoughts build themselves. Without a theory of our mental network, psychology is sterile. With such a theory who knows how far you can go.For a written, illustrated version or to subscribe to...2021-03-0911 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessIndependent Thinkers (podcast)There is a big difference between doubting official knowledge and doubting knowledge that is justified because it claims to be official. People who have difficulty discerning the difference between these two statements will have difficulty recognizing reason from prejudice. Most people are poor critical thinkers.Most people are poor critical thinkers and do not distinguish between what they’ve heard and what they say. “In economics, the majority is always wrong.”― John Kenneth Galbraith, economistFor a written, illustrated version or to subscribe to the blog, visit the mindstrengthbalance.com website. This...2021-03-0915 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPsychic Santa (podcast)Everything about Christmas is shamanic; it’s a modern shamanic tradition.Are you planning a trip over the holidays? The holidays are a trip. Everything is a trip. Everything you do or think is done from some state of mind, and all states exist in your imagination. The holidays set you free. Your foot is on the gas. Why not floor it?I’ve written the following piece to help you get “in the spirit” of a shamanic Christmas. It’s a story and a journey and an ascent up the chimney. Its purpose is to redefin...2021-03-0903 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessFrom Christmas to Santamas (podcast)There is nothing Christian about the original Christmas. “Christ Mass” is an obvious gloss, a graffiti, a theft. Sweep that away to reach the real intention. Go where you were traditionally supposed to go. Make something of Christmas.This is the INTRODUCTION to Psychic Santa.To listen to Psychic Santa, go to this separate podcast.For a written, illustrated version or to subscribe to the blog, visit the mindstrengthbalance.com website. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epis...2021-03-0904 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessEmpathy I (podcast)“Normal people have an incredible lack of empathy.” ― Temple GrandinThere’s a colloquial definition of empathy as feeling what other people feel. That might get you somewhere if you knew what other people feel, but how could you? And what is “feeling” anyway?Empathy is the glue for collective action and the foundation for synergy. It coordinates cooperation and sharing. Without empathy there is no feeling of cooperation. There can be a reason and strategy for cooperation, but without the underlying motive such blueprints are not stable. For a written, illustrated version or to subscri...2021-03-0915 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPreparing for a Psychedelic Experience - Grounding (podcast)Preparing for a psychedelic experience is preparing for disruption... You want to find in yourself the kind of flexibility that will enable you to become a larger person who is able to incorporate in yourself some of these energies when the experience is over.Psychedelic experiences explore the components of your mind, and they offer the opportunity to rebuild, rearrange, or reinvent yourself. Whatever their origin, they are disruptive.“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.”—Michel de MontaigneFor a written, illustrated version or to subscr...2021-03-0916 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessConsilience: Reason and Emotion (podcast)I've collected my pieces on COVID-19 into a book that follows the virus's public appearance, my experience with it, and its effect on science and government. Most of all, the book is a hypnotic learning tool to strengthen immunity and spirit.Where does the virus fit in our ecology? What have we done to create this ecology, and what can we do about it?This is the final chapter.The rationalist in me would like to say that developing a sustainable ecology is a practical problem, but it's suspect not. It...2021-03-0924 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessInspiration Over Motivation (podcast)The reason your relationships suck, your home life is on the rocks, and your personal development is going nowhere is because you’re motivated, but you’re not inspired. Materialism is all about getting things done, hitting a target, achieving a goal, and gaining a reward. This is operant conditioning.You have an inner voice. It will not argue with you. It will not compete for your attention. Your inner voice knows that without your compliance you will not act honestly and you will betray it. The way you find your inspiration is to li...2021-03-0713 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessUnderstanding Psychology (podcast)There are thousands of independent experts whose authority is determined by the size of their mailing list... This is good because it’s dynamic and creative, but it’s bad because it works against collective knowledge and a foundation of understanding...What Gabor Maté is doing for psychology is getting a lot of people heading in a new direction. This is catalyzing change.“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” ― Lewis CarrollClick here to read Understanding Psychology.To read an illustrated ver...2021-03-0718 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessBecoming Supergenius (podcast)Becoming SupergeniusNew books released. A free, digital copy for you.I’m giving you free, digital copies of Becoming Supergenius, Part I: The Outer World.Download the ebook files from this Dropbox folder.The Learning Project reflects the flaws and opportunities of our system. In this, those who struggle the most have the most to teach us. People don’t understand struggle is necessary for change.I have a solution: take transformative insights out of their troublesome context and present them in an unavoidable form. Toward this end, I extracted the...2021-02-1213 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessBecoming SupergeniusBecoming SupergeniusNew books released. A free, digital copy for you.I’m giving you free, digital copies of Becoming Supergenius, Part I: The Outer World. Download the ebook files from this Dropbox folder.The Learning Project reflects the flaws and opportunities of our system. In this, those who struggle the most have the most to teach us. People don’t understand struggle is necessary for change.I have a solution: take transformative insights out of their troublesome context and present them in an unavoidable form. Toward this end, I extracted the ineluctable truths from The Lear...2021-02-1213 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPermission (podcast)Permission“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” ― Jim Rohan —As a therapist and psychonaut, I observe that while psychedelics permit you, they do not enable you. They open doors, but they don’t build the stairs. The stairs are experiences your mind, body, and spirit are ready to undertake.…The invitation will most likely appear uncomfortable. The transition will most likely be a crucible. I would like to tell you otherwise and, to some extent, I sell my services as a therapist...2021-02-0614 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPermissionPermission“If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.” ― Jim RohanAs a therapist and psychonaut, I observe that while psychedelics permit you, they do not enable you. They open doors, but they don’t build the stairs. The stairs are experiences your mind, body, and spirit are ready to undertake. The invitation will most likely appear uncomfortable. The transition will most likely be a crucible. I would like to tell you otherwise and, to some extent, I sell my services as a therapist on the ba...2021-02-0514 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessInspiration Over MotivationOrientation Before Preparation“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think..” ― Warren BuffettThe reason your relationships suck, your home life is on the rocks, and your personal development is going nowhere is because you’re motivated, but you’re not inspired. Materialism is all about getting things done, hitting a target, achieving a goal, and gaining a reward. This is operant conditioning. You have an inner voice. It will not argue with you. It will not compete for your attention. Your inner voice knows that...2021-01-2213 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPsychic Santa (a hypnotic induction)Everything about Christmas is shamanic; it’s a modern shamanic tradition.Are you planning a trip over the holidays? The holidays are a trip. Everything is a trip. Everything you do or think is done from some state of mind, and all states exist in your imagination. The holidays set you free. Your foot is on the gas. Why not floor it?I’ve written the following piece to help you get “in the spirit” of a shamanic Christmas. It’s a story and a journey and an ascent up the chimney. Its purpose is...2021-01-2026 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessInspiration Over Motivation (podcast)“I insist on a lot of time being spent, almost every day, to just sit and think..” ― Warren BuffettThe reason your relationships suck, your home life is on the rocks, and your personal development is going nowhere is because you’re motivated, but you’re not inspired. Materialism is all about getting things done, hitting a target, achieving a goal, and gaining a reward. This is operant conditioning.You have an inner voice. It will not argue with you. It will not compete for your attention. Your inner voice knows that without your compliance you will n...2021-01-2013 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessOrientation Before Preparation (podcast)Establish your expectations before preparing for a psychedelic experience.“You can’t really know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been.” ― Maya AngelouRecognize that to find greater potential in your life, you need to have a view of your world that allows for more. There are other ways of thinking within our own culture which we commonly denigrate, dismiss, or overlook. One of these commonly denigrated views is magical thinking.The first step to progress in any issue we don’t understand is recognizing that we don’t understand. Rath...2021-01-1714 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessOrientation Before PreparationOrientation Before Preparation“You can’t really know where you’re going until you know where you’ve been.” ― Maya AngelouRecognize that to find greater potential in your life, you need to have a view of your world that allows for more. There are other ways of thinking within our own culture which we commonly denigrate, dismiss, or overlook. One of these commonly denigrated views is magical thinking. The first step to progress in any issue we don’t understand is recognizing that we don’t understand. Rather than looking for solutions, because there won...2021-01-1514 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPreparing for a Psychedelic Experience - GroundingPreparing for a Psychedelic Experience - GroundingThe first steps in understanding yourself and learning to control your intentions and resilience.Preparing for a psychedelic experience is preparing for disruption... You want to find in yourself the kind of flexibility that will enable you to become a larger person who is able to incorporate in yourself some of these energies when the experience is over. Psychedelic experiences explore the components of your mind, and they offer the opportunity to rebuild, rearrange, or reinvent yourself. Whatever their origin, they are disruptive.“The gre...2021-01-0816 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessEmpathy IEmpathy IBasic features of empathy. Why you need it and what it does for you.There’s a colloquial definition of empathy as feeling what other people feel. That might get you somewhere if you knew what other people feel, but how could you? And what is “feeling” anyway?Empathy is the glue for collective action and the foundation for synergy. It coordinates cooperation and sharing. Without empathy there is no feeling of cooperation. There can be a reason and strategy for cooperation, but without the underlying motive such blueprints are not stable. To read...2021-01-0115 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessFrom Christmas to SantamasFrom Christmas to SantamasThis is a short introduction to the hypnotic induction "Psychic Santa" which is a separate podcast on this site.There is nothing Christian about the original Christmas. “Christ Mass” is an obvious gloss, a graffiti, a theft. Sweep that away to reach the real intention. Go where you were traditionally supposed to go. Make something of Christmas.This is the INTRODUCTION to Psychic Santa.To listen to Psychic Santa, go to this separate podcast. Click Here to go to The Psychic Santa Podcast To read...2020-12-2404 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessPsychic Santa (a hypnotic induction) Psychic SantaA hypnotic exploration of Christmas as a modern shamanic tradition.Everything about Christmas is shamanic; it’s a modern shamanic tradition.Are you planning a trip over the holidays? The holidays are a trip. Everything is a trip. Everything you do or think is done from some state of mind, and all states exist in your imagination. The holidays set you free. Your foot is on the gas. Why not floor it?I’ve written the following piece to help you get “in the spirit” of a shamanic...2020-12-2426 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessIndependent ThinkersIndependent ThinkersIndependent thinking is not an alternative because dependent thinking is not thinking.There is a big difference between doubting official knowledge and doubting knowledge that is justified because it claims to be official. People who have difficulty discerning the difference between these two statements will have difficulty recognizing reason from prejudice. Most people are poor critical thinkers.Most people are poor critical thinkers and do not distinguish between what they’ve heard and what they say. “In economics, the majority is always wrong.” ― John Kenneth Galbraith, economistFor an illustrated, printable version of the podcast g...2020-12-1815 min
Stream of SubconsciousnessThere and Back Again (podcast)Sense of SelfWe have many boundaries to what we see and feel. These boundaries are sensory, physical, and temporal. Boundaries of ideas, safety, and possibilities. You set boundaries in every dimension of which you're aware, and aspects of experience that you once had but have now forgotten.This piece expands your sense of self. It asks you to consider the scope of your awareness, asking you to recall ideas, memories, and feelings larger than the stock image of yourself. Perhaps it's time to reconsider, to enlarge your boundaries. To grow in new ways.2020-12-1716 min