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Series 1 Episode 4: When Jim met Sue

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Tip Jar - Professor Susan Blackmore, Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth and author of several books on Consciousness, Parapsychology and Memes meets non-duality teacher Jim Newman. This playful, feisty dialogue explores the value of suffering; spirituality; retreats; the illusion of a self; nothing happening here; false reality; ridding oneself of spirituality; seeking; that which can't be known; form and emptiness; intellectual understanding; suffering is seeking; separating the two kinds of seeking; favourite colour; is 'what is it like to be you?' a meaningful question; Nagel's famous paper; Chalmers' hard problem; how does the brain construct this illusion?; the muddle of consciousness studies; is there something for the bat; nothing actually really happens; once there was a boy; how can we do science then?; the endeavour does not come from the individual; why does the universe make sense?; taking responsibility!; there is no progress; materialist or not; nothingness; the heart sutra; it's impossible to realise this; meaning and purpose; freedom is in no meaning; evolution; illusions of God the creator; just stuff happening; making yourself more accident prone to enlightenment; daily meditation; spiritual materialism; this is not a teaching; a very hard message to follow. Susan Blackmore is at Jim Newman is at 0:00 Introduction to the episode with Iwan Brioc 01:56 Preamble 05:25 Who are you? 18:50 What is it like to be you? 37:05 What is this? 41:47 Why is this? #nonduality #consciousness #jimnewman #jimnewmansimplythis #susanblackmore #parapsychology #heartsutra #formandemptiness #neildegrassetyson

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