A curated collection of documentaries, scientific insights, and philosophical perspectives on quantum physics, non-duality, and the mysteries of existence.
This vault archives YouTube transmissions and corresponding literature across meditation, neuroscience, ontology, ecology, AI, spirituality, and cosmology.
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Biology/Ecology
The Amazing World of Mycelium: Paul Stamets
In the first half of an extended talk at SAND 18, Paul Stamets, author, mycologist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, gives a self-styled "immersion lecture" about mushrooms and mycelium. He tells us that terrestrial organisms have evolved to be interconnected with the mycelial web of life,...
https://youtu.be/JpCERNXtvMA
In the first half of an extended talk at SAND 18, Paul Stamets, author, mycologist, medical researcher and entrepreneur, gives a self-styled "immersion lecture" about mushrooms and mycelium. He tells us that terrestrial organisms have evolved to be interconnected with the mycelial web of life, and that we are its descendants. He informs us that many primates consume mushrooms, and mentions Terence McKenna’s Stoned Ape Theory as a possible explanation for the neurogenesis that resulted in the striking expansion of hominid brain size in the last two million years. In the second half of this presentation, Paul Stamets explores magic mushrooms.
Michael Pollan – Psychedelics and How to Change Your Mind | Bioneers
Michael Pollan's new book "How To Change Your Mind" surveys the highly controversial terrain of the renaissance of both the science and popular usage of psychedelic substances. As one of our most brilliant and clear-eyed explorers of such topics as plant intelligence and how we...
https://youtu.be/5DrM90dg5t4
Michael Pollan's new book "How To Change Your Mind" surveys the highly controversial terrain of the renaissance of both the science and popular usage of psychedelic substances. As one of our most brilliant and clear-eyed explorers of such topics as plant intelligence and how we feed ourselves, Michael will share his luminous insights from what began as investigative reportage and became a very personal interior journey into the mystery of consciousness and the nature of spirituality.
Documentaries
In the Age of AI (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
A documentary exploring how artificial intelligence is changing life as we know it — from jobs to privacy to a growing rivalry between the U.S. and China. FRONTLINE investigates the promise and perils of AI and automation, tracing a new industrial revolution that will reshape...
https://youtu.be/5dZ_lvDgevk
A documentary exploring how artificial intelligence is changing life as we know it — from jobs to privacy to a growing rivalry between the U.S. and China. FRONTLINE investigates the promise and perils of AI and automation, tracing a new industrial revolution that will reshape and disrupt our world, and allow the emergence of a surveillance society.
Altruism
#PouredOver: Ed Yong on AN IMMENSE WORLD
AN IMMENSE WORLD is the delightful new book from The Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong, and he joins us on the show to talk about meeting animals on their own terms, the connection between Jane Austen and mice, peacocks and The Bee Gees; how hearing...
https://youtu.be/bQS0Ioch05E
AN IMMENSE WORLD is the delightful new book from The Atlantic staff writer Ed Yong, and he joins us on the show to talk about meeting animals on their own terms, the connection between Jane Austen and mice, peacocks and The Bee Gees; how hearing is also a kind of touch and how deer-like creatures transformed into whales; his pandemic puppy and his literary inspirations (including Mary Roach) and much more, with Poured Over’s host, Miwa Messer. And we end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Becky.
Documentaries
Viktor Schauberger – Comprehend and Copy Nature (Documentary of 2008)
The first film about Viktor Schauberger’s life’s work. A comprehensive survey of historical facts, current research and various practical applications into both technology and the natural world.
https://youtu.be/yXPrLGUGZsw
The first film about Viktor Schauberger’s life’s work. A comprehensive survey of historical facts, current research and various practical applications into both technology and the natural world.
Documentaries
The Secret Life of Plants
The classic 1979 documentary, scored by Stevie Wonder, on the research of Cleve Backster and others suggesting plants sense, respond, and communicate in ways science was unprepared to accept. A pioneering, controversial look at sentience beyond the animal kingdom.
https://youtu.be/H2aAd5gXixY?si=EuaAPG9CoRr40GOY
https://youtu.be/7X0Wy_sCho4
The classic 1979 documentary, scored by Stevie Wonder, on the research of Cleve Backster and others suggesting plants sense, respond, and communicate in ways science was unprepared to accept. A pioneering, controversial look at sentience beyond the animal kingdom.
Documentaries
The Road To Dharma
The Road To Dharma from Adam Schomer on Vimeo. Adam Schomer’s series follows a motorcycle pilgrimage through the Himalayas with the teacher Anand Mehrotra — outer roads of cliff-edge danger mirroring the inner road to freedom. Adventure as a vehicle for dharma.
Adam Schomer’s series follows a motorcycle pilgrimage through the Himalayas with the teacher Anand Mehrotra — outer roads of cliff-edge danger mirroring the inner road to freedom. Adventure as a vehicle for dharma.
Documentaries
The Highest Pass Documentary Trailer
on DVD, iTunes, Netflix: This documentary that us takes on a motorcycle journey through the Himalayas of India over the highest motorable road in the world, and follows a dare devil yogi leading seven Americans to make decisions about life and death while traversing steep,...
https://youtu.be/BO0rD-K2fIA
http://www.TheHighestPass.com on DVD, iTunes, Netflix: This documentary that us takes on a motorcycle journey through the Himalayas of India over the highest motorable road in the world, and follows a dare devil yogi leading seven Americans to make decisions about life and death while traversing steep, icy cliffs and the chaos of India's "road killer" traffic. Carrying a prophecy of death in his late twenties, their Yogi leader Anand Mehrotra inspires us to question what it means to truly live and pushes them to the limits of his teachings: "Only the one who dies, truly lives". Produced by Adam Schomer & Jon Fitzgerald WINNER Audience Aware, San Diego Film Fest WINNER Cinema Libre Award, Topanga Film
Lectures
How trauma shapes the mind | Anand Mehrotra
In this video, Anand Mehrotra explains the gravity of having unresolved trauma within you and the adverse effects it has on the brain, the overall physiology, and the perception of the individual.
https://youtu.be/PXa8-E6H8-M
In this video, Anand Mehrotra explains the gravity of having unresolved trauma within you and the adverse effects it has on the brain, the overall physiology, and the perception of the individual.
Advaita Vedanta
Talks on Sri Ramana Maharshi: Narrated by David Godman – Papaji (Parts I+II)
Description from David Godman's YouTube channel: While I was sitting in Annamalai Swami's ashram, talking about various aspects of Bhagavan's teachings, Henri Jolicoeur, the man who was filming me, asked a question about Papaji and his devotion to Krishna. What followed was an impromptu interview...
https://youtu.be/7lUBsFohUAM
https://youtu.be/JJ5GCrlYRZs
Description from David Godman's YouTube channel:
While I was sitting in Annamalai Swami's ashram, talking about various aspects of Bhagavan's teachings, Henri Jolicoeur, the man who was filming me, asked a question about Papaji and his devotion to Krishna. What followed was an impromptu interview in which I managed to cover most aspects of Papaji's early life and his association with Ramana Maharshi. The talk was quite a long one, so we have split this particular story into two episodes.
Blogs/ Websites
The Culturium
The Culturium is an online journal exploring the meeting point of the world’s contemplative traditions and the arts — literature, painting, music, and film as vehicles of the sacred. A rich companion resource for anyone drawn to beauty...
The Culturium is an online journal exploring the meeting point of the world’s contemplative traditions and the arts — literature, painting, music, and film as vehicles of the sacred. A rich companion resource for anyone drawn to beauty as a doorway to truth.
Books
The Master Game: Pathways to Higher Consciousness- by Robert S. De Ropp
Robert S. de Ropp’s 1968 classic argues that the only game worth playing is the Master Game: the pursuit of full awakening. Drawing on Gurdjieff, yoga, and Western psychology, it maps the inner disciplines required to move beyond the lower games of wealth, fame, and...
Robert S. de Ropp’s 1968 classic argues that the only game worth playing is the Master Game: the pursuit of full awakening. Drawing on Gurdjieff, yoga, and Western psychology, it maps the inner disciplines required to move beyond the lower games of wealth, fame, and power toward genuine transformation of consciousness.
