December 2024 – New Thinking Allowed Audio Podcast

How Matter Became Conscious and Alive with James Cooke

James Cooke PhD trained as a neuroscientist after an awakening as a teenager that showed him the reality of spiritual states of consciousness. He holds three degrees from Oxford University (a PhD and Masters in Neuroscience & a BA in Experimental Psychology). He has conducted scientific research for over a decade at institutions such as Oxford University, University of California, Berkeley, University College London, Trinity College Dublin, and Riken Brain Sciences Institute in Tokyo. James is the author of The Dawn of Mind: How Matter Became Conscious and Alive, which synthesizes science and spiritual insight to offer a radical solution to the Hard Problem of Consciousness. His website is https://www.drjamescooke.com/

Here he describes his position as a philosophical monist who maintains that life requires consciousness and that consciousness requires life. He sees himself as a “naturalist,” but only in the sense of rejecting dualistic interpretations of reality. If supposed supernatural evidence is genuine, he maintains that it will fit into a monistic description of the world.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He serves as Co-Director for Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science.

(Recorded on November 30, 2024)

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Astrology, History, and the U.S. Election

Professional astrologer Nick Dagan Best, author of Uranus USA: Astrology Looks at the First Nation and Planet of the New World, incisively predicted Donald Trump’s re-election in 2024. In this conversation, Best and guest host Christopher Naughton explore the astrological implications of the 2024 election, the significance of Uranus in American history, and how Donald Trump’s chart connects with the United States. He reflects on the upcoming years and addresses the cyclical nature of history and astrology, emphasizing the potential for a great American reset amidst current conflicts.

New Thinking Allowed Guest Host Christopher Naughton is a former trial attorney and multiple Emmy® Award-winning host of The American Law Journal television program. His website is ChristopherNaughton.com. Naughton is author of “America’s Next Great Awakening: What the Convergence of Mysticism, Religion, Atheism, and Science Means for the Nation. And You.” To order America’s Next Great Awakening by Christopher Naughton, click here: https://amzn.to/3P1ab7x

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Naughton’s co-producer and editor is Valerie Jones, valerieajones.com.

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Download and read Jeffrey Mishlove’s Grand Prize essay in the Bigelow Institute competition, Beyond the Brain: The Survival of Human Consciousness After Permanent Bodily Death. https://www.bigelowinstitute.org/docs/1st.pdf

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What is Time? with Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor, PhD, is the author of Time Expansion Experiences: The Psychology of Time Perception and the Illusion of Linear Time. He is the author of 15 other books including The Adventure, The Leap and Spiritual Science, He is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University and a past chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. Steve also writes the popular ‘Out of the Darkness’ blog for Psychology Today. His work has been described by Eckhart Tolle as “an important contribution to the shift in consciousness that is happening on our planet.” His website is https://www.stevenmtaylor.com/

Here he examines time from the perspective of altered states of consciousness that result in a sense of time expansion, time contraction, or even time cessation. While such states can be triggered by emergencies, they are also relatively common among athletes. He also looks at the radical implications of near-death experiences and research on precognition.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science.

(Recorded on November 24, 2024)

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Gaining Power Over Thoughts and Feelings with Jill Bolte Taylor

Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD, is a Harvard-trained and published neuroanatomist whose research specialized in understanding how our brain creates our perception of reality. At the age of 37, she experienced a severe hemorrhage in the left hemisphere of her brain. From this rare form of stroke (AVM), she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life. It took eight years for her to completely rebuild her brain to recover all physical, emotional, and thinking abilities. In 2008, Jill gave a presentation about her experience with her stroke at the TED Conference in Monterey, CA, which was the first TED talk to ever go viral through the internet. She has been an active member of NAMI (the National Alliance on Mental Illness) and is the National Spokesperson for the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center. Jill is author of the My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey and Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters that Drive Our Life. Her website is drjilltaylor.com.

Jill shares her profound experience with a rare stroke that shut down the left hemisphere of her brain that altered her perception of self and gave her a sense of peaceful euphoria and oneness with the universe. She describes the intricacies of the two brain hemispheres, emotions, and creativity, including the four characters of ourselves. She explores the nature of consciousness and emphasizes how understanding these four characters can lead to greater self-awareness, emotional regulation, and a better relationship with ourselves and others. She suggests that our primary consciousness, and who we are, is love.

New Thinking Allowed CoHost, Emmy Vadnais, OTR/L, is an intuitive healer and health coach based in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is the author of Intuitive Development: How to Trust Your Inner Knowing for Guidance With Relationships, Health, and Spirituality. Her website is https://emmyvadnais.com

(Recorded on October 28, 2024)

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