Vipassana Meditation transforms an awful Indian prison (52 min)

I was so moved when I saw this video in late 1999.  It really inspired me, especially coming from a psychology background and being aware of its limitations.

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Wim Hof - The Iceman, Ted Talk

Wim Hof can withstand extremely cold temperatures for long periods of time, and also has a scientifically-tested boosted immune system.  The scientists who tested him said he was an exception, but he countered them by saying he could teach it...

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"Fierce Grace" documentary about Richard Alpert aka Ram Das (1hr 33min)

The almost unbelievable adventure of how Richard Alpert, a Harvard psychologist and one of the movers of the LSD revolution in the 1960's, went to India, had several unbelievable adventures with an old mystic and became Ram Das, Americal spiritual...

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Rupert Sheldrake - "The Science Delusion" banned Ted Talk (18 min)

Another banned Ted Talk by the brilliant biologist Rupert Sheldrake.  Such an out-of-the-box explorer, reveals how scientific constants are not really constant.  Wow, I had never even contemplated such a possibility.

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Graham Hancock - "The War on Consciousness" banned Ted Talk (18 min)

Graham Hancock is an out-of-the-box thinker.  His books and lectures have been so mind-opening for me.  Here is a Ted Talk that was banned due to what he said about society purposely dumbing down its citizens.  This is what I have a...

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Lao Tzu quote

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

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Rainer Maria Rilke quote 1

Our deepest fears are like dragons guarding our deepest treasure.

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Albert Einstein quote 3

In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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Albert Einstein quote 2

The ancients knew something which we seem to have forgotten.

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Albert Einstein quote 1

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

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Leo Tolstoy quote

People suffer from thinking more than from anything else.

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Steve Jobs quote

I began to realize that an intuitive understanding and consciousness was more significant than abstract thinking and logical analysis.

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Who are you really? (9 min)

A lovely and healthy reminder of what we are not, and that we are much more than the person we see in the mirror.  Reminds me of the American poet e.e. cummings quote - "To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and ...

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Chinese Proverb

The heart never speaks, but you must listen to it to know.

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DSM 5: Psychiatry's Deadliest Scam (4 min)

This is the manual used to categorize mental disorders.  But is it legitimate?  When I studied it in graduate school (Master's program in Marriage & Family Therapy) I intuitively felt that the DSM is not legitimate, it's put together...

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