The Perennial Pattern of Self Deception

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The way that can be spoken of is not the way lik remember remember. So it's, i mean, it's about, part of it is just this pervasive cognitive bias of of fixting on the product of our cognition rather than the process. And then there's a historical issue of a meaning crisis, which means people do lash on to what is quick, fast and looks complete certain,. because then it can't be taken away from yo.

We had a great pleasure to interview John Vervaeke, a lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science and Buddhist psychology. John’s excellent lecture series on YouTube called Awakening From the Meaning Crisis has inspired us to invite him on the show and discuss how to overcome the meaning crisis in today’s world.

In this interview we also dive deep into the topics of integrating scientific and traditional views of the search for meaning, multiple kinds of knowing, and the ecology of transformational practices. We draw on various resources from cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, religion and spirituality.

This episode is divided in two parts. In Part 1 we talk about what is the meaning crisis, why it has emerged and what are some of the practices and solutions to deal with it.

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