Ep. 1 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - Introduction

New videos released every Friday.<br><br>List of Books in the Video:<br><br>•Michael Anderson - After Phrenology: Neural Reuse and the Interactive Brain <br>•Barry Boyce (Editor) - The Mindfulness Revolution: Leading Psychologists, Scientists, Artists, and Meditation Teachers on the Power of Mindfulness in Daily Life <br>•Andy Clark - Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence <br>•Michel Ferrari and Nic Weststrate (Editors) - The Scientific Study of Personal Wisdom: From Contemplative Traditions to Neuroscience<br>•Harry Frankfurt – On Bullsh*t <br>•David Lewis-Williams - The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art <br>•L. A. Paul - Transformative Experience <br>•Massimo Pigliucci - How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life <br>•Matt Rossano - Supernatural Selection: How Religion Evolved <br>•Daniel Siegel - Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation<br>•Steve Taylor - Waking From Sleep: Why Awakening Experiences Occur and How to Make Them Permanent <br>•John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro, and Filip Miscevic - Zombies in Western Culture: A Twenty-First Century Crisis<br>•Michael Winkelman - Shamanism: A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing<br>•Susan Wolf - Meaning in Life and Why It Matters<br><br>Series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ<br><br>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vervaeke.John/<br>Twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john<br><br>First episode of Dr. John Vervaeke's Awakening from the Meaning Crisis.

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Vladimir Putin: Modern day czar, KGB man, billionaire, reformer, murderer. In part 1, we examine his rise to power. Tune in next Thursday for part 2.

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René Girard's Mimetic Theory - Lecture 2

Mimesis, mimetic desire, and metaphysical desire are the fundamental building blocks of Girard’s psychology. They will show us how even the most intimate aspects of our identity can be radically shaped by others and how to distinguish vanity from authenticity. These psychological fundaments are what make humans social animals, why prestige and recognition matter so much to us, and how we are able to form cultures and even language itself. They are responsible for humanity’s greatest achievements, but they also render us helplessly fallen. Under scrutiny, metaphysical desire will reveal itself to be none other than original sin. <br><br>00:00:00 Introduction<br>00:03:51 Mimesis<br>00:08:16 Mimesis and Normativity<br>00:17:34 Mimetic Desire<br>00:29:17 What is Meant by "Being"<br>00:31:53 The First End of Being: Reality<br>00:34:38 The Second End of Being: Persistence<br>00:35:31 The Third End of Being: Self-sufficiency<br>00:41:36 Metaphysical Desire<br>00:50:14 The Malleability of Metaphysical Desire<br>00:52:09 The Power of Metaphysical Desire<br>00:53:30 The Deceitfulness of Metaphysical Desire<br>00:58:18 The Ungovernability of Metaphysical Desire<br>01:00:31 Original Sin

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Ep. 2 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis - Flow, Metaphor, and the Axial Revolution

New videos released every Friday.<br><br>Books in the Video:<br><br>•Karen Armstrong - The Great Transformation: The Beginning of Our Religious Traditions<br>•Robert Bellah and Hans Joas (Editors) – The Axial Age and its Consequences<br>•Eric Cline - 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed<br>•Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi - Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience<br>•The Dhammapada<br>•Robert Drews - The End of the Bronze Age: Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 B.C.<br>•Robin Hogarth – Educating Intuition<br>•Karl Jaspers - The Origin and Goal of Hist<br>•George Lakoff and Mark Johnson - Metaphors We Live By<br>•Steven Pinker - The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined<br>•Arthur Reber - Implicit Learning and Tacit Knowledge: An Essay on the Cognitive Unconscious<br>•Joseph Schear (Editor) - Mind, Reason, and Being-in-the-World: The McDowell-Dreyfus Debate<br><br>Series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ<br><br>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Vervaeke.John/<br>Twitter: https://twitter.com/vervaeke_john<br><br>Second episode of Dr. John Vervaeke's Awakening from the Meaning Crisis.

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