A New Way of Being

In this episode, Simon sits down with Dr Eben Alexander, a Harvard-trained neurosurgeon whose dramatic near-death experience – documented in his bestseller Proof of Heaven – overturned his materialist worldview.
Simon shares his own kensho (awakening) from last year and explores a central question with Eben: do an awakening and an NDE point to the same underlying reality?
Together they dive into:
Why both experiences reveal love as the essence of reality
How Eben’s NDE challenged the belief that consciousness comes from the brain
Life reviews, reincarnation and what may happen when we die
The ego as a survival programme – and why “loving it to death” can be more powerful than fighting it
Awakening as a form of inner richness that no amount of money can buy, and Eben’s stark views on hoarding wealth

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In this solo episode, I share why—after powerful conversations with Donald Hoffman, Rupert Spira, and Bernardo Kastrup which have been viewed over half a million times —I’ve had to stop talking about consciousness in the way I used to.
Since a profound Kensho experience 10 months ago, something fundamental has shifted. It’s not that those intellectual, non-dual conversations were wrong or unhelpful; in fact, they were an essential doorway for me and many listeners. But what’s become clear is this:
The mind can’t grasp awakening—and trying to think our way there keeps us stuck.
Awakening happens at the level of the heart, as loving presence, not as a set of concepts.
Merely “witnessing” or “accepting” experience can hide a subtle indifference and rejection, whereas the true shift is an embracing, loving yes to what is.

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In this conversation I sit down with Peter Russell – physicist, pioneering meditation teacher, and author of How to Meditate Without Even Trying – to explore what happens when we stop striving so hard to “do” spirituality.
Peter studied mathematics and theoretical physics at Cambridge and worked under Stephen Hawking, before realising that no amount of theory could explain the simple fact that we have experience at all. That insight drew him towards meditation, Transcendental Meditation, and eventually a life devoted to exploring consciousness from the inside out.
We cover:
Effortless meditation – why trying to meditate usually makes the mind more active, and how to approach practice as “just sitting quietly with yourself.”
My own kenshō-style shift – including the terror that came beforehand, the prayer “please be gentle with me,” and the subsequent recognition that it’s not “Simon” speaking, but the universe speaking through everyone.
Big experiences vs gradual awakening – why Peter rarely talks about dramatic spiritual events, and why chasing them can keep us stuck.
Intuition and the body – how real wisdom often emerges when we drop out of the story and into sensation, and Peter’s powerful example of tracking a current trigger back to a subtle childhood imprint.
A new relationship to the ego – seeing the ego as a survival pattern that’s trying to help, and how simple gratitude (“thank you for trying to protect me”) can soften intrusive thoughts and reactive patterns.
Forgiving humanity – Peter’s perspective on why our current global crisis is an almost inevitable result of exponential growth, and how inner stability and community become crucial as the pace of change accelerates.

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Ten months ago I had a kensho. Then the fireworks went. Here's what I found on the other side — and why it matters more than the peak.

Chapters:

0:00 — The fireworks went (and what that actually means)
1:20 — Presence hasn't faded — it's deepened
2:45 — When the inner commentary stops
4:30 — The nervous system still reacts (but I'm not the storm)
6:30 — The heart: from mostly closed to mostly open
8:00 — What integration actually looks like in a body
10:30 — What I'd tell someone just starting this journey

#SpiritualAwakening #AwakeningIntegration #Kensho

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What actually happens in the brain when you awaken – when “you” fall away and only presence remains? In this episode, pioneering neuroscientist Dr Andrew Newberg helps me unpack my own spiritual awakening (Kensho) and maps it onto decades of research into enlightenment, meditation and non‑duality.
I share my experience of two weeks of bliss, non‑separation and a resulting “thin” Simon who can't seem to leave the present moment, while Andrew brings in neurotheology, brain imaging and the science of spiritual transformation.

In this episode we explore:
My Kensho: bliss, non‑separation and why “Simon feels thin” is a classic non‑dual shift
How enlightenment shows up in the brain – parietal and frontal lobes, the thalamus, dopamine and serotonin
The difference between altered states and altered traits after awakening
Dr Newberg’s own “infinite sea of doubt” and why radical not‑knowing can be deeply peaceful
How meditation, prayer, retreats and psychedelics can rewire perception and behaviour
The role of surrender, flow states and hypofrontality in losing the sense of a separate doer

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