🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon Dr. Alex Gómez-Marín enters the mind meld! Alex is a neuroscientist and physicist whose work dances at the edge of science and spirit. He’s the director of the Pari Center where he explores the frontiers of consciousness, cognition, and life itself. Alex has also had his own brush with the infinite — a near-death experience that further shattered his assumptions about mind, matter, and reality In this one, we navigate the mysterious terrain where neuroscience and physics meet metaphysics. We explore what his NDE revealed about the nature of consciousness, why materialism may be reaching its limits, and how physics might point toward a universe that is alive, aware, and participatory. Along the way, we dive into ancient and modern models of mind, from platonism to panpsychism. If you’ve ever felt that consciousness is more than neurons firing — that awareness is woven into the very fabric of reality — this one’s for you. Riffs include: -Alex’s near-death experience and how it changed his worldview -Consciousness, neuroscience, and the limits of materialism -Physics, metaphysics, and the living universe -The continuity of mind before and after death -Ancient philosophical echoes in modern science -Why the science of tomorrow must take consciousness seriously Links for Alex: Bio: https://paricenter.com/alex-gomez-marin/ X account: https://x.com/behaviOrganisms Links For Third Eye Drops 🌀 🥰 Support TED and join the community on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thirdeyedrops Get access to our Youtube Member's Library: https://www.youtube.com/@THIRDEYEDROPS/membership Hear our 300-plus other podcasts: 🎧 Apple Podcasts: thirdeyedrops.com/itunes 🎧 Spotify: https://shorturl.at/ahnB1 🌀 Website https://www.thirdeyedrops.com ✌️Follow Michael on Instagram https://instagram.com/third_eye_drops Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices