E94: Mike Berger - Personal Causation and Psychedelics

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The Explorer Poet Podcast

Josh Mortensen

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When we listen intently, we become guests in the sitting rooms of other people’s minds, and in a small way experience each other’s version of consciousness. Through conversation we can check our abstract reality against the abstract realities of others, ensuring we move forward as a whole. All we need to do is make sure we keep talking.

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E94: Mike Berger - Personal Causation and Psychedelics

The Explorer Poet Podcast

1 hour 13 minutes 21 seconds

2 months ago

E94: Mike Berger - Personal Causation and Psychedelics

My guest today is Mike Berger, the founder of Psychedelic STL. Mike stands at the intersection of consciousness exploration, community building, and advocacy. Having dedicated his life to the study of the mind, Mike has established himself as a key figure in the psychedelic community of St. Louis. He began his career with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Washington University then delved deeply into the study of Personal Causation, the intricacies of motivation and human agency, psychedelic experiences, and quantum physics. Mike also co-hosts a podcast with Polly Young-Eisendrath called, "Waking Up is not Enough: Flourishing in the Human Space."

We discussed psychedelics, dysfunctional families, severe trauma, hidden children, seeing things from other’s perspectives, hypnosis, subjective consciousness, Grok, latchkey children, set and setting, sociology, personal causation, locus of control, motivational psychology, Timothy Leary, response ability, consciousness, Ken Wilbur, transpersonal psychology, stage theory, waking up, victimhood, intrinsic motivation, external rewards, paradox, John Lilly, psychological or cognitive filters, Aldus Huxley, synchronicities, how we view reality and make meaning, Real Dialogue, adulthood, MDMA, LSD, Ibogaine, developmental windows, octopuses, imprinting, and dominion over all things.

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Guest Name: Mike Berger

Website: https://psychedelicstl.org/

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