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A. H. Almaas holds a PhD in Nuclear Physics (UC Berkeley) and is the inventor of the Diamond Approach.

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-Karl Friston podcast (the most important TOE podcast): https://youtu.be/SWtFU1Lit3M

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:03:50 The Diamond Approach

00:14:32 Socratic dialogue is superior to meditation

00:17:43 Depth psychology

00:20:37 Unifying Buddhism / Christianity / Emptiness / Somethingness

00:22:27 God: The Unknown Unknowable

00:25:00 Awakening vs. Realization

00:30:12 How are consciousness are the same AND different

00:35:05 Not everyone should be "realized" / "awakened" (including YOU, and that's okay)

00:41:00 Valuable vs. Should

00:42:32 The problem with spiritual advice from "gurus"

00:52:15 Curt's terrifying experience

01:00:39 Sometimes it's better to not be "awakened"

01:04:53 TOE has changed to be one step forward, instead of the final TOE

01:06:02 Integrating the analytic pursuit with the experiential (and Roger Penrose)

01:12:22 God's words of "I am that I am"

01:13:54 The expression of truth is love

01:16:06 Thoughts on Ken Wilber

01:22:20 DMT and God

01:24:57 Spiritual "path dependence" is what's generally not taken into account

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Just wrapped (April 2021) a documentary called Better Left Unsaid http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com on the topic of "when does the left go too far?" Visit that site if you'd like to watch it.

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