8 Circuit Yoga is framework we can use to transform the mundane Status Quo into something transcendent. We can root our personalities in something deeper within. This episode describes Circuit 1 through Circuit 4 - all together they create the Status Quo. Mentions: Gurdjieff, Robotic Life, Shaun of the Dead Zombies, Vampires, C.G. Jung, Gabor Mate, Christina Grof, Buddha, and Alain de Botton.

8 Circuit Yoga is framework we can use to transform the mundane Status Quo into something transcendent. We can root our personalities in something deeper within. Xavier introduces 8 Circuit Yoga. Mentions: Timothy Leary, Robert Anton Wilson.

I’ve been working on a new project for six months. Didn’t expect that to happen. It’s slightly more academic in nature than the SWI e-book, though the SWI teaching fits within this framework quite well. Not sure why writing is so painful, but boy it’s never easy. Thankfully, I think the worse is over and a new video series is likely on the way.

In his excellent book In the Dark Places of Wisdom, author Peter Kingsley explains that Parmenides, the early Greek philosopher credited with establishing Western logic, was more than just a boring rationalistic thinker. He, and other notable figures of his time, were mystical shaman-like figures. That’s certainly something I’d never heard of when learning about Greek philosophers in school.