Deep Transformation

In this enlightening discussion, Chris Bache, a Professor Emeritus with a keen focus on psychedelic states of consciousness, shares his transformative experiences from over 20 years of high-dose LSD sessions. He reveals profound insights into the collective psyche, exploring themes of suffering, individuality, and interconnectedness. Chris discusses the radical shifts in consciousness brought about by psychedelics, emphasizing ego death and the rebirth cycle. His compassionate journey into understanding the universe underscores a deep trust in its love and intelligence.

Ep. 8 | An extraordinary, heartfelt conversation with spiritual practitioner, teacher, activist, Integralist, and author Terry Patten, who was at the time facing his own mortality following a recent diagnosis of a rare and aggressive cancer. An inner radiance shines forth as Terry, with much graciousness and candor, discusses the call to “get real”—not only personally but also collectively; his deepened perception of the “amazing grace of existence;” the directionality that has guided much of his life; and action inquiry: working on becoming next-stage human beings by experimenting with being the best people we can be. A touching and transformative talk, Terry conveys the deepening understanding coming from living on the edge and transmits a “radical okayness” with everything. Recorded September 21, 2021.Terry Patten was a philosopher-activist, author, teacher and coach, community organizer, consultant, and social entrepreneur. Most recently Terry published A New Republic of the Heart: An Ethos for Revolutionaries—a book summarizing his life’s work and offering an approach to facing the problems of our time. Over the last fifteen years, Terry devoted his efforts to the evolution of consciousness: facing, examining, and healing our global crisis through the marriage of spirit and activism. Terry co-wrote the book Integral Life Practice with Ken Wilber and a core team at the Integral Institute in 2008.“I want us to recognize our tremendously strong impulse to draw a conclusion, to think we know. But it’s in the NOT knowing—the inquiry, the curiosity, the humility, the beginner’s mind—that we create a real opening.”Topics & Time StampsThe call to “get real,” personally and collectively; waking up to the miracle of existence (04:17)With the diagnosis, the burden fell away (21:44)Mortality versus morbidity: many sufferings are worse than death (31:02)The directionality that guided Terry’s life and wanting to be “good” (41:11)Encountering his root guru, Adi Da (44:50)The importance of being kind (46:54)Let’s bend a knee to something greater than ourselves and LISTEN (53:43)The radical okayness of it all (55:52)Action inquiry and evolving into a new stage of human development (56:27)Resources & ReferencesTerry Patten, A New Republic of the Heart: An Ethos for Revolutionaries*The nonprofit organization A New Republic of the Heart invites spiritual practitioners and change agents to learn, practice, and collaborate in becoming the next-stage human beings who can rise to our collective moment.Terry Patten.comRumi, “The Beloved,” The Way of the Sufi*Stephen Jenkinson, Die Wise*Adi Da, American spiritual teacherAldous Huxley, “Try to be a little kinder.”His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Compassion and the IndividualJoanna Macy, The Great Turning or the Great Unraveling: It’s Our ChoiceBrightening Every Darkness, 4-part webinar offered in the last weeks of Terry’s life, with Terry, Diane Hamilton, Indra Adnan, and Craig Hamilton* As an Amazon Associate, Deep Transformation earns from qualifying purchases.Podcast produced by Vanessa SantosShow Notes by Heidi Mitchell

Ep. 7 | In this lively, eye-opening conversation, intuitive and oracle Colette Baron-Reid talks about how intuition is available to each one of us and how we can use it to navigate our lives, about why we need to practice radical acceptance now more than ever, about facing our shadow to find our biggest gifts and liberate our lives, about what it takes to cultivate hope and override fear, and about the transformative power of the Twelve Steps. Colette’s deep, practical, psychological wisdom comes like a transmission: “I am not a mistake. Nobody is broken. I trust in my partnership with the Universe. Who can I impact in a positive way?” Colette also tells stories from her past with verve and humor, and we discover how she came to be the wise and popular teacher, guide, and healer she is today. Recorded on November 22, 2021.Colette Baron-Reid is an internationally acclaimed Oracle expert, thought leader, and speaker in the personal transformation space. With over 30 years of experience as an Oracle & intuition expert, Colette’s greatest joy is teaching people they can have a direct and personal dialogue with the Universe to help them create their best lives. Colette is a best-selling author of multiple life-changing books including The Map, published in 27 languages. Her popular meditation apps and Oracle Card decks are worldwide hits, and she was the star of the hit TV series, “Messages from Spirit” and highly popular Hay House call-in radio show, “Ask the Oracle.” Colette is also the founder and creator of Oracle School—where people learn to transform their lives using Oracle Cards as a guidance system.“We are in co-creative relationship with a conscious Universe.”Topics & Time StampsWhat is intuition? (07:42)Colette’s early years: finding out she was Jewish, her psychic Scottish nanny, and all the confusing things that led to addiction (10:59)Tasseomancy, Spirit and symbolism, ancient practices of divination, and how nature speaks to us (18:40)An inherited sense of lack of safety and Colette’s book The Map (20:26)The evolutionary gift is in the shadow (21:07)Our invitation right now in these times of pandemic is to be present to all of it and not judge any of it: radical acceptance (23:24)What do we do with our anger and how do we make it work for us? (28:28)Filling our minds with what is important: who can I impact in a positive way? (30:29)Compassion and kindness...micro steps are the way to change (31:50)Make curiosity your superpower (34:43)Hold life as an experiment: we’re not always going to get things right (35:12)How we weaponize our emotions, project feelings, and create polarization (36:59)Respons-a-bility plus trusting in our partnership with the Universe is where hope lies (39:54)Colette’s spiritual awakening: I am not a mistake. Nobody is broken. And the fundamental flaw fallacy (41:12)Being hopeful is harder than being fearful (47:31)How Colette found her path as a healer: “it chose me” (49:54)Following the crumbs is the evolution of Colette’s world (54:04)The power of the Twelve Steps could change the world (56:46)Today’s problems are yesterday’s solutions (1:00:40)The need for nuance and innovation in our conversations (1:02:28)Step 3 and Step 11: Surrendering to the will of the divine (1:05:15)Service is enlightened self-interest (1:08:08)Colette’s daily practices to help her stay in touch with Source (1:10:01)The underestimated effects of practicing gratitude (1:12:03)The Twelve Steps in a nutshell (1:13:03)Resources & ReferencesColette Baron-Reid.com, Colette’s books, The Oracle SchoolHelen Palmer, Enneagram expertRyan Goldman’s Enneagram*Wayne Dyer, author and speaker in the fields of self-development and spiritual growthPrinceton University, The Global Consciousness ProjectColette Baron-Reid, The Map: Finding the Magic and Meaning in the Story of Your Life*Jungian psychology, and the concept of active imaginationJoseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces*Bruce Lipton, The Wisdom of Your Cells, The Biology of Belief*Ruth King, Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out*The fundamental flaw fallacyColette’s Oracle School of transformationThomas Hubl, Gabor Mate on collective traumaEco-psychologyThe Haindl TarotLeigh Spusta and iAwake Technologies’ Alpha ArisingBrother David Steindl-Rast, Gratefulness.org* As an Amazon Associate, Deep Transformation earns from qualifying purchases.Podcast produced by Vanessa SantosShow Notes by Heidi Mitchell

Ep. 6 (Part 2 of 2) | In this inspiring and empowering conversation, Rick Hanson spells out how we can use positive, self-directed neuroplasticity to hardwire our brains in order to become happier, cultivate virtues, deal with cravings, become deeply grounded, turn our desired states into stable traits, and more. Neurodharma is Rick’s conceptual creation: a marriage of neuroscience, psychology, and contemporary wisdom that offers individuals who are out to make a change for the better an impressive and effective brain hacking toolkit. Rick’s own gentle wisdom, compassion, clarity, kindness, and humor shine in this truly groundbreaking (for most of us) dialogue, making him a wonderful exemplar of the peaceful, loving, altruistic, and effective person practicing neurodharma can help us to become. Recorded September 20, 2021.Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is an expert on positive neuroplasticity, a clinical psychologist, a New York Times best-selling author, and a Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. His books include Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture, and have been published in 30 languages. He has lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. Rick's work has been featured on the BBC, CBS, NPR, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974 and is the founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. Rick loves wilderness and taking a break from emails.“We need to actively work with the mind to pull weeds and plant flowers.” Topics & Timestamps - Part 22 major obstructions to speeding our growth (01:04)Gradual cultivation, sudden awakening, gradual cultivation (06:08)Bodhidhamma: practice is like a wagon with 2 wheels (06:39)What are the crucial qualities of heart and mind that are essential to cultivate? (10:32)Who has lit the fire in Rick’s heart? (12:48)Truly wise person: Peaceable, friendly, fearless (15:31)The importance of trusting our own minds (19:09)What are Rick’s daily practices? (22:26)Paying attention to the subtleties of craving (23:55)Focusing on a sustained felt sense of the ground of all; recognizing the extraordinary generosity of the arising moment (27:40)How does Rick understand the act of transmission? 29:16Reverse engineering desired qualities to yourself (31:39)What are Rick’s priorities for the future? (35:21)Self-directed neuroplasticity: 3 foundational practices (36:59)Re-establishing the 3 enabling conditions of healthy human politics (38:09)Playfulness, to include curiosity, makes us receptive to lasting change (41:08)Resources & References - Part 2Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, Zen monk and teacher who founded the first Zen Buddhist monastery outside of AsiaBodhidharma, Buddhist monk credited with bringing Buddhism to ChinaRam Dass, Life in Balance: A Path to Equanimity and PeaceJoseph Goldstein, American mindfulness teacherThich Nhat Han, Vietnamese monk, exemplar of embodied wisdom, peace activistChristina Feldman, Boundless Heart*Tara Brach, Trusting the Gold*Carl Rogers, pioneering humanist psychologistRick Hanson, author of Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture*Founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, whose mission is to offer skillful means for changing the brain to benefit the whole person and all beings in a world too full of war.* As an Amazon Associate, Deep Transformation earns from qualifying purchases.Podcast produced by Vanessa SantosShow Notes by Heidi Mitchell

Ep. 5 (Part 1 of 2) | In this inspiring and empowering conversation, Rick Hanson spells out how we can use positive, self-directed neuroplasticity to hardwire our brains in order to become happier, cultivate virtues, deal with cravings, become deeply grounded, turn our desired states into stable traits, and more. Neurodharma is Rick’s conceptual creation: a marriage of neuroscience, psychology, and contemporary wisdom that offers individuals who are out to make a change for the better an impressive and effective brain hacking toolkit. Rick’s own gentle wisdom, compassion, clarity, kindness, and humor shine in this truly groundbreaking (for most of us) dialogue, making him a wonderful exemplar of the peaceful, loving, altruistic, and effective person practicing neurodharma can help us to become. Recorded September 20, 2021.Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is an expert on positive neuroplasticity, a clinical psychologist, a New York Times best-selling author, and a Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley. His books include Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture, and have been published in 30 languages. He has lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. Rick's work has been featured on the BBC, CBS, NPR, and other major media. He began meditating in 1974 and is the founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom. Rick loves wilderness and taking a break from emails.Topics & Timestamps - Part 1 Introducing Rick Hanson: kindness, books, philanthropy, forging the discipline of neurodharma (01:50)What are Rick’s most important takeaways from his life’s work? (05:35)Frictionless contentment: grounding unshakeable happiness in the body (05:52) We have the power to use our mind (direct our mental activity) to sustain lasting changes in the brain and we cannot escape the responsibility for using (or not using) this (08:41)Why do we need neuroscience when meditation does this anyway? (11:34)3 benefits of grounding our practice in neuroscience (13:08)To provide sustained motivation (13:17)Gives us a common framework of enquiry that helps us operationalize when we’re doing our practices (13:56)Highlights the tools that correlate to each individual’s highest priority so they can zero in on what matters the most (15:05)Our brain’s negativity bias (16:26) How tuning into internal sensations helps steady our mind, stabilize attention, and pull us into the present (17:20)Helps identify new methods like neurofeedback (21:10)Knowing we are hard-wired to focus on negative experiences helps our own inner work, reducing guilt and extending our compassion (23:08)The challenge of stabilizing altered states into enduring traits (24:54)How to address craving: building the enduring trait of open-heartedness in the present using neuroplastic change (27:41)How do we anchor this? Rick leads a micro samadhi concentration practice (34:32)Deliberately resting in the felt sense of nothing wrong steepens your growth curve (41:31)Many of the beneficial traits we want to grow in ourselves involve states that aren’t actually that enjoyable. (44:55)Resources & References - Part 1Rick Hanson, author of Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Just One Thing, and Mother Nurture*Founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, whose mission is to offer skillful means for changing the brain to benefit the whole person and all beings in a world too full of war.Senior Fellow, the Greater Good Science Center at UC BerkeleySpirit Rock meditation center board memberJoseph Goldstein, American mindfulness teacher, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society, authorEvan Thompson, professor of philosophy, author of Why I Am Not a Buddhist, Mind in Life, and Waking, Dreaming, Being*T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding (poem)Huston Smith, religious scholar, The World’s Religions, quotes*Journal of Positive PsychologyMilarepa, Tibetan sage and poet* As an Amazon Associate, Deep Transformation earns from qualifying purchases.Podcast produced by Vanessa SantosShow Notes by Heidi Mitchell

Ep. 4 (Part 2 of 2) | In this riveting, mind opening (and bending) conversation, philosopher and peak performance expert Jamie Wheal takes our existential metacrisis head on, asking and often answering the biggest questions we, the human race, face today. “How do we do this human thing with our heads up and our hearts open and not get crushed by the tragedies and absurdities of it all?” “How can we tune into the wisdom, the transpersonal heights?” More than inspirational, this conversation is like an infusion of the energetic, coherent, transpersonal potential of human beings. Guaranteed, you won’t see things the same way after listening. Recorded on September 15, 2021.Jamie Wheal is the author of Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex and Death In a World That's Lost Its Mind and the global bestseller Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work. He’s also the founder of the Flow Genome Project, an international organization dedicated to the research and training of human performance. Jamie’s work and ideas have been covered in The New York Times, Financial Times, Wired, Entrepreneur, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Inc., and TED. Jamie has spoken at Stanford University, MIT, the Harvard Club, Imperial College, Singularity University, the U.S. Naval War College and Special Operations Command, Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, the Bohemian Club, and the United Nations.Topics & Timestamps - Part 2 Die before you die and come back open-hearted with a hell, yes! (03:52)A plug for good, old-fashioned human love and rootsy wisdom (06:05)How do we come together in “healthy” (ethical) cults/communitas? Collective coherence (08:02)The Lucifer effect in “culty” cults and the golden shadow (17:12) Jerry Garcia channeling quicksilver starlight: what was that? (25:21) Peak experience technologies need to be scalable and open source (26:43)The Quaker influence (27:47)What is group coherence? Something happens when we sync humans together. (30:23)What is the non-corporeal information and inspiration layer that people access in their breakthroughs and how do we get there? (31:25)What’s next for humanity? A new operating level: a transrational space (33:00)Letting the mystery stay the mystery and premature cognitive commitment (41:23)Radical hope and the courage of mice (and men) (43:01)The future of humanity: soul force or bust (45:01)Resources & References - Part 2Jamie Wheal, Recapture the Rapture*Huston Smith, religious scholar, Cleansing the Doors of Perception*The Ten Ox Herding Pictures from the Zen traditionHafiz, “A Hole in a Flute,” The Gift*JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings*Anthropos, Greek word for human. Mystical sense of perfected, integrated, balanced humanDavid Foster Wallace, postmodern author and professorZachary Stein, Education in a Time Between Worlds*Genpo Roshi and Diane Hamilton, the Big Mind processJerry Garcia and the The Grateful DeadElton Trueblood, Quaker author and theologianHameed Almaas, founder of the Diamond Approach*Andrew Huberman & Stanford University School of Medicine colleagues’ study what switches on courage in the brains of miceRamakrishna, Hindu mystic and religious leaderJamie Wheal, Stealing Fire*Jamie Wheal, Recapture the Rapture*Jamie Wheal’s The Flow Genome Project* As an Amazon Associate, Deep Transformation earns from qualifying purchases.Podcast produced by Vanessa SantosShow Notes by Heidi Mitchell

Ep. 3 (Part 1 of 2) | In this riveting, mind opening (and bending) conversation, philosopher and peak performance expert Jamie Wheal takes our existential metacrisis head on, asking and often answering the biggest questions we, the human race, face today. “How do we do this human thing with our heads up and our hearts open and not get crushed by the tragedies and absurdities of it all?” “How can we tune into the wisdom, the transpersonal heights?” More than inspirational, this conversation is like an infusion of the energetic, coherent, transpersonal potential of human beings. Guaranteed, you won’t see things the same way after listening. Recorded on September 15, 2021.Jamie Wheal is the author of Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex and Death In a World That's Lost Its Mind and the global bestseller Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work. He’s also the founder of the Flow Genome Project, an international organization dedicated to the research and training of human performance. Jamie’s work and ideas have been covered in The New York Times, Financial Times, Wired, Entrepreneur, Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Inc., and TED. Jamie has spoken at Stanford University, MIT, the Harvard Club, Imperial College, Singularity University, the U.S. Naval War College and Special Operations Command, Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, the Bohemian Club, and the United Nations.Topics & Timestamps - Part 1Getting off the grid not to survive but to thrive (01:52)Facing the challenges of our time is a cycle: remaining open, learning to fall gracefully, maintaining center (03:25)Jamie’s practices, the 4 M’s: Music, Mountains, Mushrooms, Marriage (09:02)The beautiful American, antinomian, mystical tradition (10:32)Who throughout history really got “into the pudding”? (13:55)Jamie’s dark night of the soul (16:52) The psychedelic renaissance, reconciling repeat transformations, and the question “How much do we change, really?” (20:20)Our mythic lives vs our biographic lives (22:24) The universal agenda and Chris Bache’s LSD and the Mind of the Universe (24:06)The “information layer” that comes from Source; baffling precision along with evidence of the trickster (27:25) Wrestling with the existential situation using the mountaineer’s “risk triangle” (30:30) The only question we should be addressing: Can we get onto an S curve of a renewable, sustainable, and equitable economy? (32:05) How can we use peak experiences? How can we tune into our highest, best life? Hedonic engineering (36:48)How to create a flywheel effect: practice daily, weekly, monthly, seasonally, annually (40:36) The Ten Suggestions (vs The Ten Commandments): An update (43:15)The false certainty of the newly converted (46:46)Recultivating the elements of mystery and the trickster of the divine (47:41)The weak link: after opening consistently to mystical states...what do you do Monday morning? (Stabilization of states to traits) (48:19)Resources & References - Part 1Jamie Wheal, Stealing Fire*Jamie Wheal, Recapture the Rapture*George Leonard, Mastery, The Way of Aikido*Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now*Jamie Wheal’s The Flow Genome ProjectHoward Thurman, The Living Wisdom of Howard Thurman*Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, The Merry Pranksters, Tom WolfeEmanuel Swedenborg, Swedish theologian, scientist, philosopher & mysticWilliam Blake, poet, painter, mysticThe Book of Enoch, ancient Hebrew textThe angel MetatronKurt Fisher, author, neuroscience and education researcher at HarvardThe Constructive Developmental approach, Kegan and KohlbergChris Bache, LSD and the Mind of the Universe*Ed Viesturs, No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World’s 14 Highest Peaks*The Bhagavad GitaRober Anton Wilson, hedonic engineeringSuzuki Roshi, “Each of you is perfect the way you are…”Mircea Eliade, Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy*Susanne Cook-Greuter’s ego development stages*Ramakrishna, Hindu mystic and spiritual leaderJohn Lilly, neuroscientist, psychoanalyst, psychonaut, philosopher, writer, and inventor* As an Amazon Associate, Deep Transformation earns from qualifying purchases.Podcast produced by Vanessa SantosShow Notes by Heidi Mitchell

Ep. 2 (Part 2 of 2) | A candid conversation with endearing, brilliant, and optimistic Integral pundit Jeff Salzman of The Daily Evolver podcast, ranging from global current events to personal spiritual turning points. This talk delves into culture wars, polarization, discernment versus condemnation, how our psychological development determines political attitudes and values, and how Integral perspectives help us understand them all. Jeff Salzman is a current events junkie who delights in interpreting emerging politics and culture through a lens of consciousness evolution, presented in his lively and informative podcast, The Daily Evolver. For three years, Jeff worked with Ken Wilber in developing the Integral Institute and their historic seminars on integral application in business, psychology, and spirituality. Jeff is also on the board of philosopher Steve McIntosh’s think tank, The Institute for Cultural Evolution, and co-founder of CareerTrack Training, an adult education company. A long-time practitioner in several spiritual traditions, Jeff has taught meditation and led many retreats. He has a master’s degree in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism from Naropa University.Topics & Timestamps - Part 2Afghanistan best case scenario and Integral fundamentalism (00:52)All fear drops in the new developmental tier (03:38)On integrating multiple perspectives; cultivating discernment and fostering acceptance simultaneously (05:32)How mindfulness practice can go bad (10:52)Peter Levine and somatic releasing: spiritual practice alone doesn’t do it (13:04)Finding God, faith, a don’t know space, 2nd person practice (13:47)On being in the zone and Ken Wilber’s early flow days (24:21)The practice of remembering God (27:12)Making friends with death (31:36)How Ken Wilber’s Integral illuminates reality (33:17)Current metatheories and the developmental lens (39:08)One’s own suffering becomes a portal into the suffering of others: the Bodhisattva aspiration (46:51)Physical body, energetic body, spiritual body (51:11)Resources & References - Part 2Carl Jung, Psychology and Religion: West and East, Vol II*Dan Lawton, When Buddhism Goes BadPeter Levine, Waking the Tiger*Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled*Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow*Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass*Rabbi Meshulam Zusha of AnapoliCritical realismEdgar Morin, Complexity Theory*Jeff Salzman’s The Daily Evolver podcastJeff Salzman’s The Post-Progressive Post podcast* As an Amazon Associate, Deep Transformation earns from qualifying purchases.Podcast produced by Vanessa SantosShow Notes by Heidi Mitchell

Ep. 1 (Part 1 of 2) | A candid conversation with endearing, brilliant, and optimistic Integral pundit Jeff Salzman of The Daily Evolver podcast, ranging from global current events to personal spiritual turning points. This talk delves into culture wars, polarization, discernment versus condemnation, how our psychological development determines political attitudes and values, and how Integral perspectives help us understand them all. Jeff Salzman is a current events junkie who delights in interpreting emerging politics and culture through a lens of consciousness evolution, presented in his lively and informative podcast, The Daily Evolver. For three years, Jeff worked with Ken Wilber in developing the Integral Institute and their historic seminars on integral application in business, psychology, and spirituality. Jeff is also on the board of philosopher Steve McIntosh’s think tank, The Institute for Cultural Evolution, and co-founder of CareerTrack Training, an adult education company. A long-time practitioner in several spiritual traditions, Jeff has taught meditation and led many retreats. He has a master’s degree in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism from Naropa University.Topics & Timestamps - Part 1Bringing Integral theory, big-picture, deep-picture, multiple perspectives to current events: that’s Jeff! (03:59)Stages of development and how culture wars & our current polarization is necessary for our evolution (09:00)Our individual cosmic address, integrating stages of consciousness, the mythic self, and the new tier emerging from post-modernity (10:55)Jeff’s own life stages — the tribal stage, the red f*** you phase, modern Jeff vs. traditional Jeff vs. postmodern Jeff and how Integral can make all of it work for all of us (13:58)MAGAstan vs. Woke-astan (21:39)Traditionalists, modernists, and postmodernists dysfunctional sides: welcome to evolution (28:35)The agenda of the universe (40:55)Resources & References - Part 1Jeff Salzman’s The Daily Evolver podcastJeff Salzman’s The Post-Progressive Post podcastKen Wilber, One Taste*Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead*Fifth studio album by English rock band Yes, Close to the Edge*Ken Wilber, Up from Eden*Joseph Campbell, The Hero’s Journey*Clare Graves, the Sensitive Self, adult developmental stages psychologist foundational to Spiral Dynamics* As an Amazon Associate, Deep Transformation earns from qualifying purchases.Podcast produced by Vanessa SantosShow Notes by Heidi Mitchell

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