The Deep State Consciousness Podcast

My Free Mind - with Mike Kewley

An interview with Mindfulness teacher Mike Kewley. He talks about the Mindful Men project he's set up to encourage more men to get involved with meditation, as well as his own journey through mindfulness, therapy and nonduality.

Psychological Suffering as an Invitation to Wholeness

A dialogue with Nicole Schnackenberg on how we view of mental illness and how that in turn effects the way we engage with it. Is it a problem to be fixed or is an invitation into a deeper and more authentic sense of self?

What is Self Inquiry?

I had a conversation with Nicole Schnackenberg about what we mean when we talk about Self Enquiry - looking into our deepest sense identity and pondering the question 'who am I?'.

Recovery from Anorexia and Body Dysmorphia - Nicole Schnackenberg

Nicole Schnackenberg is the author of 'False Bodies, True Selves: Moving Beyond Appearance-Focused Identity Struggles and Returning to the True Self', in which she documents her struggles with and eventual recovery from Anorexia Nervosa and body Dysmorphic Disorder. I interview her about that journey here.

Non-Duality - with Tim Freke

A conversation with Tim Freke about Advaita Vedanta, or Non-Dualism, We talk about this Indian philosophy and look at how similar and different it is to different strands of the perennial philosophy. We also examine how it has developed since coming to the West and whether there are potential pitfalls with it.

The Demiurge - with Tim Freke

A conversation with philosopher Tim Freke about the mythical Gnostic figure of the Demiurge, the lesser God who creates the material Cosmos. The Gnostics used the Demiurge to explain how a God of pure love could end up creating a universe of suffering.

 

We talk about how the image of the Demiurge has been recycled through the ages right up until the present day, from films like The Matrix to the theories of David Icke.

Is Life a Dream? - The philosophy of Idealism with Tim Freke

I talk with philosopher Tim Freke about the philosophy of idealism, the view that the material world arises out of consciousness (as it does in a dream) and not the other way round. This flips on its head our ordinary way of seeing the world.

 

Tim talks about whether life is indeed like a dream.

Skeptiko - with Alex Tsakiris and Tim Freke

I was very happy to facilitate a dialogue between philosopher Tim Freke and Alex Tsakiris, host of the Skeptiko podcast. Over the past decade Alex has interviewed the world's leading scientists in psychical and near death experience research and we talk with him about what he's learnt through this process.

The Cosmic Hologram - with Jude Currivan and Tim Freke

I host a discussion between philosopher Tim Freke and physicist Jude Currivan, centred around the themes in Jude's new book, The Cosmic Hologram and Tim's book Soul Story. We discuss Jude's view on what quantum physics is telling us about the nature of reality and whether it is pointing towards a particular metaphysical position.

The discussion then moves along to look at how the views we hold on the fundamental nature of reality effect our behaviour on a personal and political level.

Lucid Living & Dreaming with Tim Freke & Charlie Morley

I sat down with philosopher Tim Freke to chat with lucid dreaming teacher Charley Morley. We discuss dreaming from a Buddhist perspective, the similarities and differences between the dreaming and waking reality, mystical experience in dreams and the transformative power of nightmares.