Mark Gober is a best-selling author, a Partner at Sherpa Technology Group in Silicon Valley, a former investment banker with UBS in New York, and former captain of the Princeton tennis team. His worldview was turned upside down in late 2016 when he was exposed to world-changing science which suggested that, contrary to mainstream assumptions, consciousness is not produced by the brain. After researching extensively, he wrote An End to Upside Down Thinking: Dispelling the Myth That the Brain Produces Consciousness, and the Implications for Everyday Life
Mark’s book has been endorsed by leading thinkers such as former Harvard neurosurgeon Eben Alexander, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Dr. Ervin Laszlo, Pixar founder Loren Carpenter, Institute of Noetic Sciences Chief Scientist Dr. Dean Radin, University of Virginia professor of neurobehavioral sciences Dr. Ed Kelly, Dr. Rupert Sheldrake, Guru Singh, Chicken Soup for the Soul author Jack Canfield, actress Goldie Hawn, and many others.
Website: markgober.com
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Interview recorded February 16, 2019
YouTube Video Chapters:
- 00:00:00 – Introduction to Buddha at the Gas Pump
- 00:04:30 – Background and Transition into Writing
- 00:08:09 – A Shift in Worldview
- 00:11:50 – Paradigm Shifts and Anomalies
- 00:15:15 – Anomalies in Science
- 00:18:58 – The Fundamental Nature of Consciousness
- 00:22:42 – Understanding the Limits of Our Perceptual Systems
- 00:26:22 – Studies on Psychic Spies during the Cold War
- 00:29:55 – Repression in the Scientific Community
- 00:33:29 – The Importance of Publishing Studies on Psychic Phenomena
- 00:37:08 – Assumptions about Reality and their Impact
- 00:40:35 – The Illusion of Materialism
- 00:43:45 – The Connection between Materialism and Spiritual Practice
- 00:47:10 – The Consciousness of the Brain
- 00:50:37 – Reflection and Settled Mind
- 00:54:19 – Anomalous Occurrences and Spiritual Practices
- 00:57:53 – Humility and Open-Mindedness
- 01:01:36 – The Qualities of Consciousness
- 01:04:56 – Modulations of Consciousness
- 01:08:32 – Awareness independent of biology
- 01:12:20 – The Play of Consciousness
- 01:16:16 – Evaluating Anomalies and Questioning the Paradigm
- 01:19:56 – Free Will and Consciousness
- 01:23:58 – Research on Reincarnation at the University of Virginia
- 01:27:30 – Reincarnation and the Continuity of Consciousness
- 01:30:52 – Reincarnation and Continuity
- 01:34:32 – The Nature of Altruism
- 01:37:56 – Is Time Linear?
- 01:41:25 – Discussing Predicting the Future and Psychic Phenomena
- 01:45:02 – Nonlinear Effects and Shifting Consciousness
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