Ep. 3: Telepathy

Summary

This episode explores the concept of innate telepathy, featuring insights from leading researchers in the field of consciousness and psychic phenomena. Host Mark Gober interviews notable figures like Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and Dr. Dean Radin, discussing experimental evidence and theoretical implications of telepathy. The episode challenges conventional views of communication and opens the door to understanding human consciousness in a new light.

Key takeaways

• 1Dr. Rupert Sheldrake: Known for his work on telepathy and the dog experiment demonstrating psychic connection.
• 2Dr. Dean Radin: Recognized for his research on psi phenomena and consciousness.
• 3Dr. Eztel Cardeña: Published a paper in the American Psychologist journal in 2018 discussing psychic effects.
• 4Dr. Larry Dossey: Advocates for the concept of non-local consciousness in medicine and healing.
• 5Dr. Diane Powell: Explores the intersection of consciousness and psychic abilities.
• 6Russell Targ: A pioneer in remote viewing and exploration of psychic phenomena.

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Transcript excerpt

So Matt, have you ever had something happen where you think of a person that you haven't thought of in a really long time and then you get a text from that person? I mean, yeah, that just sounds like a coincidence to me. So many people have reported that. It's happened to me too. What we're going to talk about today is the evidence that maybe sometimes when that happens, it's not just a coincidence. I've subsequently developed a whole series of experiments for telephone telepathy, the phenomenon whereby you think of somebody who then calls and you say, that's funny, I was just thinking about you. Then the question is, is it chance coincidence and you only remember when you're right, forget the millions of times you're wrong, or is there more to it? That was former Cambridge biochemist Rupert Sheldrake. More from him later. Mark, you're saying that guessing who's texting you is telepathic. Come on, man, that seems like a stretch. The theory of this podcast is that consciousness isn't confined to our brains. And if that's true, as we've said, psychic abilities like telepathy should be real. This episode is all about telepathy. Telepathy? Like, hold on, like real telepathy? Yeah. It happens all the time. It's just very subtle. This goes back to our whirlpool analogy again from Dr. Bernardo Kastrup. Let's hear the water. Each of us is like a whirlpool in this stream of consciousness. And what if water from one whirlpool flows into another whirlpool in the stream? That would be like one person's consciousness flowing into another's. And maybe that's like telepathy. It's communicating without words, communicating with the mind or our consciousness alone. ...

Excerpt from Where Is My Mind?, Aug 22, 2019. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.