Analyzing transformative occasions in human historical past, Dr. Damer discusses how psychedelics can amplify our consciousness and spark each private and international change.
On this episode of Mindrolling, Raghu and Dr. Damer discover:
- Dr. Damer’s current work with the resurgence of psychedelics as instruments for perception, creativity, and expanded consciousness
- Altered states of notion and Dr. Damer’s groundbreaking chemical mannequin for the origin of life
- Ram Dass’ teachings on transcending roles and realizing the phantasm of separateness
- Constructing supportive, heart-centered sanghas and collective religious communities
- How MDMA fosters deep emotions of compassion, empathy, and human connection
- Raghu’s mystical expertise bathing within the Ganges River
- Evolutionary patterns in historical past that reveal how teams overcome stress and awaken
- The influence of social media on youth psychological well being and emotional well-being
- The significance of aware, compassionate youth mentorship and nurturing the following era
- Holding onto optimism for our new digital panorama and the people who find themselves creating it
Study extra about current analysis into psychedelic science in one other fascinating Mindrolling episode HERE.
About Dr. Bruce Damer:
Dr. Bruce Damer is a scientist, psychonaut, and humanitarian. Dr. Damer is Chief Scientist at BIOTA Institute, UC Santa Cruz. He’s an astrobiologist engaged on the science of life’s origins, spacecraft design, psychedelics and genius. Dr. Bruce has spent his life pursuing two nice questions: how did life on Earth start, and the way can we give that life (and ourselves) a sustainable pathway into the cosmos? A decade of scientific analysis together with his collaborator Prof. David Deamer on the UC Santa Cruz Division of Biomolecular Engineering resulted within the Scorching Spring Speculation for an Origin of Life revealed within the journal Astrobiology in 2019. Dr. Damer additionally has a protracted profession working with NASA on mission simulation and design and lately co-developed a spacecraft to make the most of sources from asteroids. Advancing analysis into altered-state innovation, Dr. Damer lately cofounded the Heart for MINDS. You’ll be able to sustain with Dr. Bruce Damer on Twitter.
Take a look at a few of Dr. Damer’s different appearances on the Be Right here Now Community: BHNN Visitor Podcast Ep.170, Mindrolling Ep. 516, and extra!
“For a geeky scientist like me, it was seeing the origin of life from a special perspective, from the primary cell division, which led me to suggest the chemical mannequin, which now has gone by means of the sector. That was an perception that was completely inaccessible to me with out some type of amplification or exaltation of states of consciousness.” – Dr. Bruce Damer
