FTP099: John Vervaeke - Meaning, Wisdom And Transcendence

John Vervaeke is a lecturer at the University of Toronto and author of Awakening From The Meaning Crisis lecture series on YouTube.

In Part 2 of our interview we talk further about self-transformation, transcendence and strategies for creating meaning. 

Show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/99 

Part 1 of the interview: http://www.futurethinkers.org/98 

 

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99: John Vervaeke - Meaning, Wisdom And Transcendence

99: John Vervaeke - Meaning, Wisdom And Transcendence We had a great pleasure to interview John Vervaeke, a lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science and Buddhist psychology. John’s excellent lecture series on YouTube called Awakening From the Meaning Crisis has inspired us to invite him on the show and discuss how to overcome the meaning crisis in today’s world. In this interview we also dive deep into the topics of integrating scientific and traditional views of the search for meaning, multiple kinds of knowing, and the ecology of transformational practices. We draw on various resources from cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, religion and spirituality that you can check out in the links section below. This episode is in two parts - in Part 1 we talk about what is the meaning crisis, why it has emerged and what are some of the practices and solutions to deal with it. You can check out Part 1 at https://ift.tt/31Ykkan In Part 2 we talk further about self-transformation, transcendence and strategies for creating meaning. In This Episode of Future Thinkers: - What are the symptoms of the meaning crisis and how we can recognize it - The two components of the meaning crisis - scientific and historical analysis - Why we no longer fit into a scientific worldview and what are some of the ways we search for meaning in post-religious societies - The lack of wisdom institutions and the traps of auto-didactic search for meaning - Why training deep, systematic rationality is key for overcoming self-deception - Different psycho-technologies for integrating science, spirituality and society - The importance of serious play and commitment to the process instead of the result - The place of mindfulness, meditation and contemplation practices in the search for meaning - Psychedelics as radical frame-breakers in the process of self-transcendence - The role of deconstruction of meaning and why it's inseparable from meaning creation - Participatory knowing or we-knowing as a gateway to the creation of new meaning "Serious play is very important. Our culture doesn’t know how to deal with play. We either trivialize it into entertainment and fun, or we think it must be work." - John Vervaeke Click to tweet: Links and Resources Mentioned In This Episode: - Awakening From The Meaning Crisis, YouTube lecture series by John Vervaeke, http://tiny.cc/l0qm8y - Understanding Addiction, the website of neuroscientist Mark Lewis, https://ift.tt/2Yj0g06.... - The Memetic Tribes of Culture War 2.0, by Peter Limberg and Conor Barnes, https://cutt.ly/JiuhLD - The Kyoto School of Philosophy, https://ift.tt/31YkkqT... - Shinzen Young - American meditation teacher, https://ift.tt/2Cyst8W Book Recommendations: - Zombies in Western Culture: A Twenty-First Century Crisis by John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro and Filip Miscevic, https://amzn.to/2IZgcOK - Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming by Agnes Callard, https://amzn.to/2Ip7ji4 - Cohering The Integral We Space: Engaging Collective Emergence, Wisdom And Healing In Groups by Olen Gunnlaugson and Michael Brabant, https://amzn.to/2Rksrca - Religion and Nothingness (Nanzan Studies in Religion and Culture) by Keiji Nishitani, https://amzn.to/2IqwoZZ - Transformative Experience by L.A. Paul, https://amzn.to/2L0R3FR - Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir, https://amzn.to/31JkPEQ - Circling and Authentic Relating Practice Guide by Marc Beneteau, https://amzn.to/2Roanhs - Kosmic Consciousness by Ken Wilber, https://amzn.to/2niS9AA - Books by Evan Thompson, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, https://amzn.to/2IYI8lw More From Future Thinkers: - FTP097: Sovereignty vs. Identity, https://ift.tt/31UNGGv - FTP095: Michael Taft - The Path of Self-Development And Spiritual Awakening, https://ift.tt/2YgKsee - FTP089: Deconstructing Your Identity And Why Do It, https://ift.tt/2tZPkH5 - FTP062, 063: Jordan Greenhall - Deep Code: Learning How To Learn, https://ift.tt/2YgKtyO - FTP050: Daniel Jeffries - The Evolution of Systems And The Meaning of Life, https://ift.tt/31UNJ59 - FTP038: Jordan Peterson - Failed Utopias, Mapping the Mind And Finding Meaning, https://ift.tt/2YgKuCS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Now Open: A Course in Personal Evolution - Take the course designed to help you create a life of meaning, purpose and impact: https://ift.tt/2ENvBiO Cultivating Sovereignty (Part 1) - https://ift.tt/2YgL03M Integrating the Shadow (Part 2) - https://ift.tt/31UNLKj #futurethinkers #johnvervaeke #meaningcrisis

John Vervaeke - The Connection Between Meaning, Wisdom, and Self-Transcendence

John Vervaeke - The Connection Between Meaning, Wisdom, and Self-Transcendence An excerpt from the interview with John Vervaeke, a lecturer at the University of Toronto and author of Awakening From the Meaning Crisis lecture series Check out Part 1 of the interview at: http://bit.ly/2IvMyRO #meaningcrisis #johnvervaeke #futurethinkers #podcast ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Now Open: A Course in Personal Evolution - Take the course designed to help you create a life of meaning, purpose and impact: http://bit.ly/2Hy5HBb

John Vervaeke - We Forgot About The Serious Play

John Vervaeke - We Forgot About The Serious Play Excerpt from the interview with John Vervaeke, a lecturer at the University of Toronto and author of Awakening From the Meaning Crisis lecture series Check out the full interview at: http://bit.ly/2IvMyRO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Now Open: A Course in Personal Evolution - Take the course designed to help you create a life of meaning, purpose and impact: http://bit.ly/2Hy5HBb

FTP098: John Vervaeke - Overcoming The Meaning Crisis

We had a great pleasure to interview John Vervaeke, a lecturer at the University of Toronto in the departments of psychology, cognitive science and Buddhist psychology. John’s excellent lecture series on YouTube called Awakening From the Meaning Crisis has inspired us to invite him on the show and discuss how to overcome the meaning crisis in today’s world.

In this interview we also dive deep into the topics of integrating scientific and traditional views of the search for meaning, multiple kinds of knowing, and the ecology of transformational practices. We draw on various resources from cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, religion and spirituality. 

This episode is divided in two parts. In Part 1 we talk about what is the meaning crisis, why it has emerged and what are some of the practices and solutions to deal with it. 

Show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/98 

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98: John Vervaeke - From Meaning Crisis to Meaning Creation

98: John Vervaeke - From Meaning Crisis to Meaning Creation

Can You Have Sovereignty Without Having an Identity?

Can You Have Sovereignty Without Having an Identity? Check out the full episode "Sovereignty vs. Identity" at http://bit.ly/2HX8GV1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Now Open - A Course in Personal Evolution - Part 1: Cultivating Sovereignty, Part 2: Integrating The Shadow Take the course designed to help you create a life of meaning, purpose and impact: http://bit.ly/2Hy5HBb

Every Crisis is an Opportunity to Grow

Every Crisis is an Opportunity to Grow Check out the full episode "Sovereignty vs. Identity" at http://bit.ly/2HX8GV1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Now Open - A Course in Personal Evolution - Part 1: Cultivating Sovereignty, Part 2: Integrating The Shadow Take the course designed to help you create a life of meaning, purpose and impact: http://bit.ly/2Hy5HBb

How Can You Talk About Yourself in a Sovereign Way?

How Can You Talk About Yourself in a Sovereign Way? Check out the full episode "Sovereignty vs. Identity" at http://bit.ly/2HX8GV1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registration Now Open - A Course in Personal Evolution - Part 1: Cultivating Sovereignty, Part 2: Integrating The Shadow Take the course designed to help you create a life of meaning, purpose and impact: http://bit.ly/2Hy5HBb

97: Sovereignty vs. Identity

97: Sovereignty vs. Identity In this episode we discuss further on one of our favorite topics - how to gain more sovereignty in modern world, as well as how it relates to the notion of identity. We use Jordan Greenhall's framework to describe sovereignty as developing and practicing three basic capacities: perception, sense making and agency. We discuss these capacities in the context of the dominant framework of secular thought in the Western world, the crisis of meaning, entrepreneurship, identity politics etc. The ideas and inspiration for our discussions come from weekly group calls that are part of the Course in Personal Evolution that we are currently facilitating. "How can you become an entrepreneur of your own mind?" - Euvie Ivanova Click to Tweet: http://tiny.cc/2juu7y In This Episode of Future Thinkers: - Where our need for having an authority and guidance through life comes from - Perception, sense-making and agency - unpacking the three basic capacities - How sense-making is easily corrupted by the overflow of information - Why is the secular meaning structure breaking down and how it effects people - Fear of uncertainty and no-self and how it relates to entrepreneurship - Fragmentation of self-expression and how labeling and attachment to certain identities can take away your freedom - How can you have sovereignty if you don't have an identity? - Sovereignty as a continuous process and why it is useful in modern life Mentions And Resources: - John Vervaeke - Awakening From The Meaning Crisis Series - http://tiny.cc/3muu7y - The Memetic Tribes of Culture War 2.0, by Peter Limberg and Conor Barnes - https://cutt.ly/JiuhLD - On Sovereignty by Jordan Greenhall - https://cutt.ly/9iuh3N - A Course in Personal Evolution - Part 1: Cultivating Sovereignty, Part 2: Integrating The Shadow - http://bit.ly/2Hy5HBb "There is a huge freedom in not having an identity, not being anyone for anybody, even for just a few moments." -Euvie Ivanova Click to Tweet: http://tiny.cc/kvuu7y More From Future Thinkers: - FTP089 - Deconstructing Your Identity and Why Do It - http://bit.ly/2KLNAMI - FTP071 - Embracing Novelty and Uncertainty For a Life Worth Living - http://bit.ly/2Ilxfdr - FTP064 - Developing and Practicing Your Self-Sovereignty - http://bit.ly/2HZ1Oql - FTP062, 063: Jordan Greenhall - Deep Code: Learning How to Learn - http://bit.ly/2IpYMdt

FTP097: Sovereignty vs. Identity

In this episode we discuss further on one of our favorite topics - how to gain more sovereignty in modern world, as well as how it relates to the notion of personal identity. We use Jordan Greenhall's framework to describe sovereignty as developing and practicing three basic capacities: perception, sense making and agency. We discuss these capacities in the context of dominant framework of secular thought in the Western world, the crisis of meaning, entrepreneurship, identity politics etc.

The ideas and inspiration for our discussions come from weekly group calls that are part of the course in personal evolution that we are currently facilitating.

Show notes: http://www.futurethinkers.org/97 

Listen to the episode!