The meaning crisis has two components: a scientific examination of perennial problems that human consciousness and cognition falls into, and then an investigation of what i call psychotechnologies. A sne a tataa nell has even sown some recent research, which i think is very important. Research shows people who have meaning in life are oculated against allof these things. So we're sort of bereft of what many cultures have traditionally had in responding to these perennial problems.
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.
Show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/98
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