Inside The Minds Eye

We dig into the depths of meditation on this weeks episode of the Salty Bro Book Club! Chapter 4 "Meditation" from Sam Harris' book: Waking Up Peep the website for more essays, meditations, and podcasts about the introspective nature of reality: www.InsideTheMindsEye.com Support the show at here: www.Patreon.com/InsideTheMindsEye And as always, we would love to hear from you! Hit us with your thoughts, ideas, or feedback Until next time! In the words of Bill & Ted: Be excellent :) InsideTheMindsEye@gmail.com Music Featured: "Let it Whip" -Dazz Band "Dreadlock Holiday" -10CC

Freddy used to eat out of dumpsters, get high, and play Madden all day. Today, he's a writer, speaker, and CEO of his own company. When there's no COVID, he's traveling the country to share his message. This is: Inside the Minds Eye w/ Frederick Shegog (@TheMessageLLC) Check out Frederick's website and videos here: www.TheMessageLLC.com If ya have any questions, comments, or ideas please shoot us a message! We'd love to hear from you. And if ya wanna support the show, please check out our Patreon page: www.Patreon.com/InsideTheMindsEye Thanks for reading, listening, and being excellent :) -Adam ALSO! Don't forget to hit our website: www.InsideTheMindsEye.com and press that follow/subscribe button to get fresh podcasts, essays, and meditations delivered directly to your inbox!

Am I me? Are you, you? What is "me"? What is the thinker of the thoughts? *Zoolander voice* "Who am I???" cue the blue steel as Stefan G. joins us for a discussion all about the nature of consciousness, spirituality, and the illusion of the self! This is the Salty Bro Book Club, and this week, we break down the chapter: "Riddle of the Self" from Sam Harris' book Waking Up. And also! Peep the new Patreon we set up. It's got tiers, merch, and a totally TAO! coffee mug #pitted www.Patreon.com/InsideTheMindsEye With your patronage, we shall surf the self on a journey to excellence! Totally pitted, like Swayze and Reaves (Keanu that is) And if ya wanna check the video of this weeks show, its on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/eu6ZVPV1zjI And, as always, plz reach out with suggestions, comments, feedback, ideas, or any other salty shit. We wanna make the show better for all of us (even if "we" don't really exist)

All about the psychedelic path to spiritual awakening: Markham Jenkins takes us on a trip to Peru where he discovered the mind bending, conscious opening powers of Ayahuasca. Listener Discretion Advised! Also! Markham has traveled many paths: He's an artist, a musician, an entrepreneur, and a photographer. Check out his website to peep a glance at his work: www.MarkhamJenkins.com (his website has the final result of the vision he describes in this episode.) And, as always, be excellent! and reach out if you have any questions, comments, or would like to get involved: www.InsideTheMindsEye.com

We talk about our meditative and mindful practices, The Force (from Star Wars), and the experience of consciousness as we try to make sense of Sam Harris making sense of brain stuff. This week we dig into Chapter 2 of Sam Harris' book Waking Up "The Mystery of Consciousness". Its real deal science. Hail Sagan. Praise the Sun. Enjoy the show! Watch the video version of the show on the TubeDude here: https://youtu.be/GaJtaZmaCF4 www.InsideTheMindsEye.com

Lindsey's mom passed away and she had been incarcerated. In the jail cell, alone with nothing but her self, her surroundings, and her grief, she experienced something. This is her story! Watch the video version on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/Y9BPublBThk Inside the Minds Eye w/ Lindsey Sizemore Listen anywhere you get podcasts: www.InsideTheMindsEye.com

We discuss Chapter 1 "Spirituality" of Sam Harris' book "Waking Up". Just a couple of salty bro's getting their learn on. One book, one chapter, and one Dave at a time. www.InsideTheMindsEye.com

Adam talks about his work with Shared Space, the direction of the show, and his experience traveling to Montana in an RV with a Rotarian and a Minister Watch the Video Version on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/DOdLczbleiI Music Featured in this episode: Kalaido- "Hanging Lanterns" Poolside- "Take Me Home" Different Sleep- "Conflict" A-Ha Midi Keyboard Cover of- "Take on Me" Shapeshifter- "Equinox" We also talk about weird religious organizations, recovery renovations, and some serious philosophizing. ALSO! (Podcast Only) We've got a radio DJ portion (fast forward to 22 minutes in to listen)

We went on a tour of America, saw a bunch of buffalo's, and had a MOTHA FUGGIN WIZARD on the show! hit this link: https://youtu.be/4JHlu2wg9QA to watch the full podcast on YouTube full of Adventuring, Spellcraft, and Wizardry the likes of which you've never seen!! www.InsideTheMindsEye.com and plz! Shoot us an e-mail if you'd like to share your adventures in the land of Murrrrrrrrrr (that means Mordor i mean Murrrrrder) InsideTheMindsEye@gmail.com

Sam Rathvon is a man of many talents. He has his own woodworking Etsy shop, a coup full of chickens, and an eye for all things artistry. He’s a savant of a drawer (he designed my tattoo) and he’s also been institutionalized for bi-polar and depression #swag Our paths crossed 7 years ago when we began a relationship as sponsor/sponsee, and today, he joins me for a conversation all about the way. And not just any way, but “the way” #taoism frick ya Getting out of our own way to realize spontaneity and authenticity in our lives. It’s very Zen and my ego totally got destroyed by the end of the convo. He also shares his experience in a psych ward and we discuss how our relationship has evolved over the years. When the student pwns the teacher, and the teacher becomes the student: This is Inside the Minds Eye w/ Sam Rathvon www.InsideTheMindsEye.com and feel free to hit us up with your thoughts, ideas, and experience with the episode! InsideTheMindsEye@gmail.com

This conversation was one of the best I've ever had and it was absolutely inspiring. From losing his mother at the age of 14, to working through a neurological disorder with his little brother, Stephen Jensen shares his life story. He went from a soul sucking job in retail to interviewing, creating, and producing content about the stuff he loves: MMA and Pro Wrestling This week, Stephen Jensen joins us for a conversation about the trials of life. Realizing where we are, accepting it, and dreaming a way forward. He's the video editor for MMA on Point: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbQ_WJsfwZvrSYHv6ywzyOA And he hosts his own podcast called "Fight Talk" (available everywhere you get podcasts and on Twitter @FightTalk_) If you wanna know how to get started in whatever endeavor your heart desires, listening to this episode would be a great start. AND we would love to hear from you if you need any help Stephen Jensen on Twitter: @FightTalk_ InsideTheMindsEye@gmail.com or on Twitter: @ShadeOfMyMind www.I

What does it feel like when your life is arranged for action and there's nowhere to go? Ross Turner joins me for a conversation all about corona, creativity, comedy, stand-up, artistry, depresh, alcoholism, recovery, sponsorship (he was mine), and love. And not just any love, but that romantic falling in love "how did this happen to me and i better not frick it up" type love. Available to listen everywhere you get podcasts! www.InsideTheMindsEye.com Shoot us an e-mail! InsideTheMindsEye@gmail.com Ross Turner is a DJ for 98.1 The Max in Memphis, TN. He's also a stand-up comedian and the lead singer/guitarist of two bands: Native Blood and Deaf Revival. If there's something to do, he's doing it. But today, he's quarantined. Send him some love @artificialross on Twitter Music Featured: "Hanging Lanterns" by Kalaido "Inertiatic ESP" by The Mars Volta "Pace" by Native Blood

We watch the 2020 Nicholas Cage science fiction fiasco "Color out of Space" and it was terrible with a capital T. With a side of "why did this happen to me?" with an extra dose of "did you know Super Mario 64 is coming out on Switch?" with an intravenous injection of "i want to forget everything that ever existed and go back to when things made sense and it didn't hurt." Seriously. Steel yourself and do anything else. Or! Listen to this episode and learn all about Lunchable sauce sticks, easy bake trinity cakes, and that time i ate chips for like a whole week straight. This is: Movie Show Ep. 7 "Color out of Space" www.InsideTheMindsEye.com E-mail: insidethemindseye@gmail.com but plz don't reach out we need some space. We need healing

From selling dime bags to 10th graders, to trafficking pounds of product for the amigo cartel, Keaton Mack breaks down the escalation of hood rat sh!t in East Cobb. He was also a psychotic wizard and a drug addict (i can relate) serving 18 months in federal prison. This is: Inside the Minds Eye w/ Keaton Mack www.InsideTheMindsEye.com for more stuff! and also, shoot us an e-mail if you wanna share your thoughts or have an idea you'd like to explore InsideTheMindsEye@gmail.com

Is Kim Jong Un dead? What up with this Coronavirus? Are you a peasant? Am i a peasant? Have you ever seen a grown man naked? We break it down on this weeks episode of Movie Show when we screen the 1985 masterpiece of war time cinema "Come and See" "Come and See" available to watch w/ English Subtitles on Youtube: https://youtu.be/NJYOg4ORc1w Send us your thoughts, emotions, and experience with the film! E-mail: InsideTheMindsEye@gmail.com (we'll follow up with listener experience on next weeks show) and as always, we got more stuff available to listen, watch, and read on ye old webby: www.InsideTheMindsEye.com

After a grueling week experiencing the inner most sanctum of an existential sadness, Average Joey joins me for a conversation about all things Depresh. We talk about creativity, artistry, comedy, depression, manic bi-polar, stinking thinking, family trauma, our hopes and dreams and all sorts of other shit Video version of the podcast available on our YouTube page! (https://youtu.be/xTHB-ZoK9UE) You can find Average Joey and his comedy at: www.facebook.com/TheAverageJoeyOffical If your into his military experience check out his page: www.facebook.com/StoopidGunner MUSIC FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE! "Hanging Lanterns" by Kalaido "Avril 14th" by Aphex Twin FILM CLIPS FEATURES IN THIS EPISODE! "Rebel Without a Cause" "Baraka" "Metropolis (1927)" And as always, plz reach out if you'd like to get involved, share your hopes and dreams, or just chop it up about the issues InsideTheMindsEye@gmail.com and if ya feel the funk, check out www.InsideTheMindsEye.com for more stuff!

This episode is all about creativity, artistry, Zen Mysticism, heroin addiction, states of psychosis, falling in love, and much much more. I hope ya'll enjoy! ALSO theres music ;) ALSO ALSO i produced a full length video for this episode that you can watch on YouTube! (hit my website www.insidethemindseye.com for the link or just search "Inside the Minds Eye" on YouTube) Shouts out to the music and films featured in this episode: Music: M83 "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" their songs "Outro" and "Wait" BADBADNOTGOOD and their song "Time Moves Slow Kalaido and their song "Hanging Lanterns" Air and their song "Alone in Kyoto" Alan Watts audio lecture "on Zen" Film: Music Video for "Wait" by the band M83 The films "Baraka" and "Samsara" by Ron Fricke Archive Footage of Alan Watts Lectures The film "Breathless" by Jean-Luc Godard and as always, reach out to me if ya have any suggestions, questions, ideas, or feeeeeeeeeeeelings insidethemindseye@gmail.com www.InsideTheMindsEye.com do download/stream all sorts

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We met when I was 0 days sober and he was 9 (he's a child) and this week, we talk about the issues: Life, Career, and the Pursuit of Happiness. ALSO! Can people change? Have I changed? Have we changed? Whose changed??? This week features my sober swingman David K. as he joins me for a trip through memory lane www.InsideTheMindsEye.com

A stream of consciousness from the beginning of last week to today. Also, Michael F. joins to not talk about the Illuminati or Lizard People. www.InsideTheMindsEye.com Music Featured: "Make a Change" by Durand Jones and the Indications "The Force" by Aim, Qnc