Matter and Mind: Rethinking Consciousness with Iain McGilchrist

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  @TheoriesofEverything · 1 year ago · pinned

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  @celestegoulding1191 · 1 year ago

  I used to have conversations like this with my father. He died 16 years ago. I&apos;ve never really found another person that I could have these conversations with. I think this is something that is missing in our culture.

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  @AddItUp-11235 · 1 year ago

  The world is filled with pandering to ignorance and darkness. &nbsp;Here is a conversation that holds out a hand toward the light. &nbsp;Bless you both.

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  @dtcarrick · 1 year ago

  Years ago I was watching my 4 year old son playing by himself. &nbsp;I was struck by the most beautiful experience of simultaneously forgetting myself completely and being aware only of him. &nbsp;I felt I melted away <i>into</i> him. &nbsp;It was possibly the only time I have ever pure love. &nbsp;Total bliss, and even divine in that moment.<br><br>However I have always struggled since with reconciling my understanding of the experience as &apos;love&apos; being the selfless melting away of ego and the total presence of another. &nbsp;Iain has just helped my understanding that I was labouring under a false dichotomy.<br><br>I was loving my son <i>and</i> &nbsp;we were one at the same time.

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• SZ

  @szilardoberritter4135 · 1 year ago

  I often wish I had people in my life to talk to regularly who are aware McGilchrist’s work

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• FI

  @firesailstudios1003 · 3 months ago

  This conversation was an amazing gift!! Thank you!!

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  @andthentherewasPEACE · 1 year ago

  &quot;I need to be in this world more&quot; said Curt at one point. That is absolutely the point of everything and I have had difficulty too in embodying myself in this life. Loved this whole intelligent and vibrant discussion, thank you both immensely for your time.

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  @cheri238 · 8 months ago

  With deepest respect and reverence to you Curt and your podcast. I have Dr. Iian McGilchrist&apos;s books now for several years. This three hour conversation was an &quot;awe&quot; inspiring for anyone who has a connection with him.<br><br>There is a rhythmic flow of life with everything that lives... a oneness...<br>with seeds, roots, and stems and leaves<br>the tree each in the forrest, all different, each has a birth to fulfill, to each, an end and a new beginning, a purpose to fulfill.<br>Same with all life, the things with wings, the things that crawl, and all those that walk...each must live and breathe, and rest each thing must seek... each has a purpose to fulfill...

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  @Esveronicanv · 1 year ago

  Amazing guest and outstanding interviewer. It is a privilege to be able to feed our mind and soul with conversations like this one. Thank you

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• CO

  @coolhandeddie · 1 year ago

  Yes Curt! Iain McGilchrist, one of the greatest minds of our time. The Matter With Things is an extraordinary book

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• TU

  @turfptax · 1 year ago

  This has to be one of the most beautiful interviews I have ever watched. I am thankful for Curt and Iain sharing such encouraging words.

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  @delec9665 · 1 year ago

  Dude this vid is a banger, god bless Jaimungal x Gilchrist

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