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Biocentrism

Robert Lanza ISBN 9781935251743

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This book by Robert Lanza came up once on Tim Ferriss in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Tim Ferriss. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

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Every now and then, a simple yet radical idea shakes the very foundations of knowledge. The startling discovery that the world was not flat challenged and ultimately changed the way people perceived themselves and their relationships with the world. For most humans of the 15th century, the notion of Earth as ball of rock was nonsense. The whole of Western natural philosophy is undergoing a sea change again, forced upon us by the experimental findings of quantum theory. At the same time, these findings have increased our doubt and uncertainty about traditional physical explanations of the universe's genesis and structure.

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Henry Shukman — Zen, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, and an Intro to Koans | The Tim Ferriss Show

“it does a decent job of introducing thought exercises... it's an interesting read”
“there's a book called biocentrism that does a decent job of introducing thought exercises although i disagree with some of the things in the book it's an interesting read”— Tim Ferriss

The guest here is Henry Shukman: An appointed Zen teacher in the Sanbo Zen lineage and guiding teacher of Mountain Cloud Zen Center in New Mexico. He is also an award-winning poet and author, including the memoir One Blade of Grass, and has taught meditation at Google, Harvard Business School, and other venues. Zen teacher Henry Shukman tells Tim Ferriss how meditation, koans, and a spontaneous beach awakening reshaped his life, comparing them with ayahuasca.

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