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Psychologist, John Churchill is the co-director of Karuna Mandala and co-founder of Samadhi Integral, which is focused on consciousness, human potential, and psychedelic integration. John does both initiatives with his wife, fellow therapist Nicole Churchill. In his early life, John became a Buddhist monk at Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland—his book, Becoming Buddha, explores paradigm shifts of the dharmic wheel and serves as a gateway to integrating Buddhist theory and teachings into western psychology.
In today’s conversation, we talk about the dire need for our culture to evolve and grow up, the level of consciousness at which we’re creating technological advances like artificial intelligence, and the journey to self-realization. With vast expertise and experience, he invites us to explore our individual development and existence within the larger organism of our universe. This is a heady episode, as John has a fascinating brain—fair warning that you might need to listen more than once. And I highly recommend reading Ken Wilber if the topics we discuss stoke your mind—I’d start with A Brief History of Everything. John has studied and worked with Ken for decades.
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ELISE LOEHNEN: It's so nice to meet you. As mentioned, I have listened to many of your conversations, some of which I can follow and some of which are beyond me, they're not really beyond me, I'm kind of teasing, but I love Ken Wilber and I can go go to most of those places with you, but will you talk a little bit about what you're about essentially and the different worlds that you're weaving together into a new kind of tapestry?