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Topics and timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:12 Does consciousness consist of beliefs in qualities?
14:18 What is a bounded system in the living mirror theory?
20:55 What happens when the ‘I system’ breaks down during ego dissolution
23:43 How do alcohol and cannabis affect the brain and do they have uses in spirituality?
31:58 Why is nondual awareness difficult to maintain in certain cognitive states?
35:26 Is creativity a survival mechanism?

Paper on bounded systems:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2017.0792

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