How to Expand Your Consciousness | Dr. Christof Koch

My guest is Dr. Christof Koch, PhD, a pioneering researcher on the
topic of consciousness, an investigator at the Allen Institute for
Brain Science and the chief scientist at the Tiny Blue Dot
Foundation. We discuss the neuroscience of consciousness—how it
arises in our brain, how it shapes our identity and how we can
modify and expand it. Dr. Koch explains how we all experience life
through a unique “perception box,” which holds our beliefs, our
memories and thus our biases about reality. We discuss how human
consciousness is changed by meditation, non-sleep deep rest,
psychedelics, dreams and virtual reality. We also discuss
neuroplasticity (rewiring the brain), flow states and the
ever-changing but also persistent aspect of the “collective
consciousness” of humanity. Read the episode show notes at
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(2:31) Consciousness; Self, Flow States (8:02) NSDR, Yoga Nidra,
Liminal States; State of Being, Intelligence vs Consciousness
(13:14) Sponsors: BetterHelp & Our Place (15:53) Self,
Derealization, Psychedelics; Selflessness & Flow States (19:53)
Transformative Experience, VR, Racism & Self; Perception Box,
Bayesian Model (28:29) Oliver Sacks, Empathy & Animals (34:01)
Changing Outlook on Life, Tool: Belief & Agency (37:48)
Sponsors: AGZ by AG1 & Helix Sleep (40:23) Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA) & Higher Power (42:09) Neurobiology of Consciousness;
Accidents, Covert Consciousness (51:09) Non-Responsive State;
Disability Bias, Will to Live, Resilience (55:34) Will to Live,
Akinetic Mutism, Neural Correlates of Consciousness (57:43)
Conflicting Perception Boxes, Meta Prior, Religion, AI (1:06:47)
AI, Violence, Swapping Perception Boxes, Video (1:12:19) 5-MeO-DMT,
Psychedelics, Light, Consciousness & Awe; Loss of Self
(1:20:54) Death, Mystical Experience, Ocean Analogy; Physicalism
& Observer (1:27:57) Sponsor: LMNT (1:29:29) Meditation, Tool:
Spacetime Bridging; Ball-bearing Analogy; Digital Twin (1:36:16)
Mental Health Decline, Social Media, Pandemic, Family & Play,
Tool: Body-Awareness Exercises (1:41:34) Dog Breeds; Movement,
Cognitive Flexibility & Longevity (1:47:17) Cynicism, Ketamine,
Tool: Belief Effect; Heroes & Finding Flaws (1:52:46) Cynicism
vs Curiosity, Compassion; Deaths of Despair, Mental Health Crisis
(1:57:26) Jennifer Aniston, Recognition & Neurons; Grandmother
Hypothesis (2:03:20) Book Recommendation; Meaning of Life (2:09:10)
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