Jesse Michels

What Jesse Michels Says About Consciousness

9 episodes about consciousness

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Key Insights on Consciousness

Meta-awareness, the ability to know what your mind is doing, is a trainable prerequisite for all mental transformation

  • Free Will research by Sam Harris and Behave by Robert Sapolsky suggest humans may lack true Free Will due to subconscious brain processes
  • Quantum consciousness cannot be digitized because quantum uncertainty prevents perfect knowledge of every brain particle - Charles
  • Leibniz's 1700 monadology anticipated modern consciousness problems, dismissing physical explanations in just one paragraph about mills and cogs
  • Underground chambers at Chavin de Huantar create altered consciousness effects even without hallucinogens, according to firsthand experience
  • Every human being is born naturally spiritual with hardwired brain circuits for spiritual awareness
  • Spirituality is one-third inborn, two-thirds environmentally shaped, requiring active cultivation of awakened awareness
  • Synchronicities and 'yellow doors' represent divine guidance beyond our narrow achieving awareness

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