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Consider supporting us by donation via PayPal, Patronage or by becoming an Academy member: https://parallax-media.eu/donate A deep conversation about the relevance of Gurdjieff And The 4th Way. Hosted by Andrew Sweeny Raised in rural and outback Australia, Luke’s background in biomedical science and physical education, with diverse interests in philosophy, religion and art - ultimately drew him to Gurdjieff’s system, where he has been a practitioner working with groups and individuals from around the world since 2000. Explorations related to Gurdjieff’s Fourth Way and Christianity can be found on his blogsite at 'Faith made Flesh. Parallax Events: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy: https://parallax-media.eu/curriculum Membership: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy is an educational and media-based network of friends, writers, teachers, and podcasters offering online study circles, classes, and offline events all over Europe

Tom and Andrew ramble about Sophemes, Spandrels and Spaces inbetween

Consider supporting us by donation via PayPal, Patronage or by becoming an Academy member: https://parallax-media.eu/donate The 2nd of a monthly series of discussions, Love or Die, in which Marc elaborates on what he has called 'The global intimacy crisis' and 'CosmoErotic Humanism'. How can we rewrite the source code of the present epoch and create a new story? The stakes are high. It’s Love or Die! This week we delve into Hebrew Wisdom and Radical Kabbalah. "Dr. Marc Gafni is a visionary thinker, social activist, and passionate philosopher. He is known for his “source code teachings,” including Unique Self theory, the Five Selves, the Amorous Cosmos, A Politics of Evolutionary Love, A Return to Eros and Digital Intimacy. He is author of over twenty-five books, including the award-winning Your Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford University, as well as Orthodox rabbinic ordination. He teaches on the cutting edge of philosophy and spirit in the West, with the aim of participating in the articulation of what Dr. Gafni together with Dr. Zak Stein and colleagues are calling CosmoErotic Humanism. At the core of CosmoErotic Humanism is what Dr. Gafni and Dr. Stein are calling ‘First Principles and First Values,’ Anthro-Ontology and a “Universal Grammar of Value.” This shared story rooted in First Principles and First Values can then serve as the matrix for a global ethos for a global civilization. Dr. Gafni is the Co-Founder and Co-President of the Office for the Future, the Center for World Religion and Philosophy and the Foundation for Conscious Evolution. At the core of their shared missions is the articulation and delivery into culture of a Great Library - in multiple forms - which participates in evolving the source code of consciousness and culture in response to the Meta Crisis. Links: Website Dr. Marc Gafni: http://www.marcgafni.com Your Unique Self: the Radical Path to Personal Enlightenment (book): http://bit.ly/3FkFhli A Return to Eros: the Radical Experience of Being Fully Alive (book): https://bit.ly/3XRCA28

Alexander Bard - Jim Rutt - Alex Ebert - Thomas Hamelryck in dialogue, hosted by Tom Amarque Tristan Harris proclaimed that 50% of all A.I. researches believe that there is a 10 % chance that humans go extinct because of our inability to control A.I. What should our relationship to A.I. be? Will only the elites have the chance to be disconnected? Will A.I. completely accomodate our pleasure principle? Will we maintain freedom? Should be be worried, cautious, or adventorous. Guests are: Swedish Philosopher Alexander Bard, Jim Rutt, Former Chairman Santa Fe Institute, Co-initiator of the Game B, and host of the popular podcast the Jim Rutt Show, American Philosopher and musician Alex Ebert and Thomas Hamelryck, a specialist in Bayesian modelling and probabilistic machine learning.

A delightful and weirdly optimistic conversation with Daniel and Michelle Garner about the AI revolution, raising kids, and the importance of intrinsic as opposed to extrinsic motivation. A finalist for the UNO Press Lab Prize and Pushcart Nominee, O.G. Rose’s creative works appear at The Write Launch, Allegory Ridge, Ponder Review, Iowa Review online, The William and Mary Review, Assure Press, Toho Journal online, O:JA&L, West Trade Review, Broken Pencil, Burningword, and Poydras Review. While at the University of Virginia, O.G. Rose worked collaboratively with other artists at Eunoia, a creative community Rose helped develop. Rose now lives on a farm with three children, manages a venue named Mead Lake Lodge, and teaches piano using visuals from the DLG Pattern Method. Their published books include The Conflict of Mind (2021), Thoughts (2022), and Belonging Again: Part 1 (2023). Parallax Events: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy: https://parallax-media.eu/curriculum Membership and Donation: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar

Masha Anderson, podcast host from Pangburn, joins Tom and Andrew for a wide-ranging and mind-bending discussion about sex and archetype. Find her at @mashadiaspora Consider supporting us by donation via PayPal, Patronage or by becoming a Academy member under https://parallax-media.eu/donateABOUT PARALLAXNEW NARRATIVES FOR A COMPLEX WORLDThe Grand narratives that once sustained us are broken and diverse ideologies have captured our attention. Parallax wants to explore the underlying issues of our current sense-making crisis and offer constructive new perspectives and stories. Who are we and who can we become in the death throes of modernism and postmodernism? WHAT IS PARALLAX?Parallax is an European online media platform offering constructive and fresh perspectives for the post-post modern age. We publish essays and podcasts, webinars and lectures, and are a hub for original and heterodox thinking.The word ‘parallax’ stems from the old greek παράλλαξις parállaxis, which means to shift the viewpoint of the observer. The name suggests psychoactive and alternative sensemaking, as opposed to mainstream narratives and ideologies.Through our work with various european ‘digital tribes’, we create media and Bildung (education), and promote social, cognitive and spiritual development. Moreover, we aim provide a european counterpoint to the dominant anglo-saxon narratives.

Shozan Jack Haubner talks to Andrew Sweeny about Zen, Comedy, Love, Learning to Die, Leonard Cohen, and other things that matter the most. Shozan describes himself as a Zen priest, writer, bon vivant, and confused renunciate. Failed screenwriter, poet, stand-up comic, and Catholic. Available for parties. He is also the award-winning author of Single White Monk: Tales of Death, Failure, and Bad Sex (Although Not Necessarily in that Order) and Zen Confidential: Confessions of a Wayward Monk He also runs a great YouTube channel called Zen Confidential: Links: Zen Confidential: https://www.youtube.com/@zenconfidential25 Books by Shozan: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shozan-Jack-Haubner/e/B00BU82XU6%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Parallax Events: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy: https://parallax-media.eu/curriculum Membership and Donation: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy is an educational and media-based network of friends, writers, teachers, and podcasters offering online study circles, classes, and offline events all over Europe.

Tom and Andrew ramble about the the irregularities around the margins

Tammy Peterson catches up with Andrew Sweeny and speaks about her Catholic conversion, storytelling, her husband Jordan Peterson's tours, a critique of feminism, the need for deep listening, prayer, beauty, negotiation and wrestling with God. A wise and quiet but articulate counterpart to her firebrand husband! Links: https://www.youtube.com/@Tammy-Peterson/about Parallax Events: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy: https://parallax-media.eu/curriculum Membership and Donation: https://parallax-media.eu/parallax-academy-calendar Parallax Academy is an educational and media-based network of friends, writers, teachers, and podcasters offering online study circles, classes, and offline events all over Europe

Tom and Andrew ramble about pyramids, critical paths, AI, doom and gloom, Baudelaire´s great poem on drunkenness, and beauty in the streets of Palma.