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What if consciousness isn’t in your brain at all?



In this episode I sit down with Dr. Amit Goswami, a theoretical physicist and author whose decades of work bridge quantum physics with questions of consciousness, love, and God. His book The Self-Aware Universe was one of the first that spoke to both my scientific side and my spiritual questions.

We get into why conventional science struggles to even define consciousness, how ancient traditions already understood it, and why meditation is key to breaking out of the trap of materialism. Dr. Goswami explains concepts like non-locality, tangled hierarchy, and the role of the heart and chakras in experiencing love and unity. He also shares his personal path from purely cerebral thinking to learning to feel love from the heart.

You’ll Learn:

• The reason mainstream science can’t solve the problem of consciousness
• What happens when meditation expands awareness beyond the self
• The link between quantum physics and ancient wisdom traditions
• The damage of treating consciousness as just another object
• What it feels like to open the heart and experience love beyond thought
• The reason tangled hierarchy explains how the brain traps consciousness
• The link between chakras and our ability to sense unity and connection
• What happens when intellect and intuition are integrated into daily life

Timestamps:

[00:00] Introduction

[06:12] Consciousness as subject and object, not an object itself

[09:45] Meditation as the path to expand awareness

[12:58] God as oneness and the link with quantum physics

[18:42] Tangled hierarchy and how the brain traps consciousness

[21:55] Chakras and the body’s role in consciousness

[25:05] Cognition as feeling as well as thinking

[27:45] Ancient wisdom traditions and what modern science ignores

[33:58] Why mainstream science resists spirituality and consciousness

[43:51] Teaching unity and creativity through his PhD program

[48:15] The role of meditation in creativity and intuition

[50:12] Learning to feel love from the heart

[55:37] Quantum yoga and finding wholeness

[57:44] Integrating intellect and intuition as the path to manifestation

[1:03:12] The movement of quantum activism and invitation to join

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Resources Mentioned:

God Is Not Dead by Amit Goswami | Book or Audiobook

The Self-Aware Universe by Amit Goswami | Book

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