The concept of self and free will can be a difficult and complex topic to understand. Through his own experiences and observations, the speaker explains the illusion of self and how it can be disabused to reveal what truly persists.
The speaker talks about how experiencing a lack of things that were taken for granted makes it easy to feel grateful, without intentional effort. He shares his personal experience of traveling to countries and not being able to access certain things, which made him appreciate them more upon returning to the US.
This podcast discusses how to train your brain and regain control over your thoughts, actions, and emotions. By asking yourself what the greatest ideal of yourself for that day, you can take back your control over your mind and body.
The guest speaker talks about how creating space has allowed her to jump steps and find unexpected insights and answers, while also emphasizing the importance of doing the inner work and letting go of expectations.
Assembly theory attempts to understand complex objects such as molecules and living things as assembled from a set of component parts encoding all possible histories. It also gives hints about the physics of life, existence, and consciousness, and the physics of consciousness is probably morphing just like how gravity morphs space-time.