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The Freke Show

Explore the deep mysteries of existence with philosopher and bestselling author Tim Freke
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WHAT IS LIFE? #34 Tim Freke & Alexander Bard

Tim and Alexander discuss Zoroastrianism, individualism and tribes, and the role of information technology in history. Alexander Bard is a philosopher, futurologist, and political and spiritual activist, based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the author of five books: "The Netocrats, "The Global Empire", "The Body Machines", "Syntheism - Creating God in The Internet Age" and "Digital Libido - Sex, Power and Violence in The Network Society" with his co-writer Jan Söderqvist. Bard has also enjoyed a hi...

Feb 25, 20211 hr 39 minEp. 108

Philosopher Tim Freke looks back on 2020 and forward to 2021

Philosopher Tim Freke looks back on 2020 and forward to 2021, discussing his major new online project exploring Unividualism, and the development of the International Community of Unividuals. Find out more about the ICU (Tim's Online Community) here https://timfreke.com/ICU.aspx

Jan 29, 202113 minEp. 109

WHAT IS LIFE? #33 Tim Freke and John Vervaeke

Tim and John discuss the meaning crisis and the importance of dialogue, ways of knowing and states of awakening, the ancient gnosis and the evolution of a future of spirituality. John Vervaeke is the author and presenter of the YouTube series, Awakening from the Meaning Crisis. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto where he is the director of the Cognitive Science program and director of the Consciousness and Wisdom Studies Laboratory. He has published articles on relevance r...

Jan 22, 20211 hr 32 minEp. 107

WHAT IS LIFE? #32 Tim Freke and Theresa Cheung

Theresa and Tim discuss dreams, angels, mediums and the importance of doubt. Theresa Cheung is a Sunday Times bestselling spiritual, dreams and paranormal author. Since leaving King’s College, Cambridge University with a degree in Theology and English Theresa has written numerous bestselling books and encyclopaedias which have been translated into dozens of different languages. She runs a popular author page on Facebook, has appeared on ITV GMB to discuss spirituality with Piers Morgan and be th...

Jan 15, 20211 hr 21 minEp. 106

WHAT IS LIFE? #31 Tim Freke and Zak Stein

We discuss Zak's beautiful assertion that 'Existence is over saturated with meaning and significance' and explore his philosophy of Cosmo-Erotic Humanism Zak Stein is a philosopher of education working at the interface of psychology, metaphysics, and politics. He has published two books, including Education in Time Between Worlds, along with dozens of articles. He has worked co-founding a non-profit and think tank, teaching graduate students at Harvard, and consulting with technology start-ups. ...

Jan 09, 20211 hr 7 minEp. 105

WHAT IS LIFE? #29 Tim Freke and Forrest Landry

During my conversation in this series with Daniel Schmachtenberger, he reccommended I talk with Forrest Landry … so I have done just that. This episode is definitely for philosophy geeks because I ask him to explain his ideas which I have struggled to understand. Forrest Landry has a unique and varied background as a master woodworker, software architect, engineer, author, philosopher, mystic, researcher, and many other roles and titles. Find out more here http://ronininstitute.org/research-sc.....

Jan 05, 20211 hr 20 minEp. 104

Consciousness - and why I was wrong about it

Talk and Q&A from 'Beyond the Brain Online' Conference 2020 organised by The Scientific and Medical Network. All of the sessions are now available to purchase as recordings at a very reasonable price. Please go to https://www.beyondthebrain.org for more details. T!M FREKE Most Spiritually Influential Living People 2020, Watkins Magazine Winner of Writer of the Year 2020, Kindred Spirit Founder of ‘Unividualism’, which combines evolutionary science and deep spirituality to offer a visionary n...

Dec 30, 20201 hr 5 minEp. 103

WHAT IS LIFE? #30 Tim Freke and Ervin Laszlo Pt 2

In part 2 of our conversation, Ervin and I discuss his new book HOW WE CAN BUILD A BETTER WORLD Ervin Laszlo, Doctorat d’Etat Sorbonne (1970), is Founder-Director of the Laszlo Institute of New Paradigm Research (Italy), Founder and President of The Club of Budapest, Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Science and of the International Academy of Philosophy of Science, Senator of the International Medici Academy, and Editor of the international perio...

Dec 29, 202033 minEp. 102

WHAT IS LIFE ? #28 : Tim Freke and David Fuller

conversation with David Fuller, founder of the Rebel Wisdom YouTube channel Synchronicity, Jordan Peterson, and are things really getting worse? David Fuller worked for the UK' Channel 4 News for ten years as reporter, producer and director. He was the first mainstream TV journalist to cover the renaissance of psychedelic science back in 2008, and has consistently focused on the revolutionary ideas and technologies on the fringes of the culture, and attempted to shift the cultural conversation. ...

Dec 04, 20201 hrEp. 101

What is life #3 Tim Freke and Ken Wilbur

In this discussion the two philosophers explore the deep questions of existence; what is life, what does it mean, and what do we do about it?

Nov 19, 20201 hr 17 minEp. 100

What is Life? #27 Tim Freke and Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore is the author of the number one New York Times bestseller Care of the Soul. He has written twenty-four other books about bringing soul to personal life and culture, deepening spirituality, humanizing medicine, finding meaningful work, imagining sexuality with soul and doing religion in a fresh way. In his youth he was a Catholic monk and studied music composition. He has a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Syracuse University and was a university professor for a number of years. He is...

Nov 15, 20201 hr 22 minEp. 99

WHAT IS LIFE? #26 Tim Freke and Daniel Schmachtenberger

Daniel is a founding member of The Consilience Project, aimed at improving public sensemaking and dialogue. The throughline of his interests has to do with ways of improving the health and development of individuals and society, with a virtuous relationship between the two as a goal. Towards these ends, he’s had particular interest in the topics of catastrophic and existential risk, civilization and institutional decay and collapse as well as progress, collective action problems, social organiza...

Oct 31, 20201 hr 13 minEp. 98

WHAT IS LIFE? # 25 Tim Freke and David Lorimer

David Lorimer, MA, PGCE, FRSA is a writer, lecturer, poet and editor who is Programme Director of the Scientific and Medical Network. He has also been editor of Paradigm Explorer since 1986 and completed his 100th issue in 2019. He was the instigator of the Beyond the Brain conference series in 1995. David is the originator of the Inspiring Purpose Values Poster Programmes, which has reached over 350,000 young people all over the world. He is also Chair of the Galileo Commission which seeks the ...

Oct 16, 20201 hr 2 minEp. 97

WHAT IS LIFE? #24 Tim Freke and Ervin Laszlo

It was a honour to chat with the remarkable Ervin Laszlo. We discussed his notion of the Akashic field of information that underlies the universe, which resonates closely with ideas I am exploring in my Unividualist philosophy. It's a short episode because Ervin is now 88. He contacted me immediately afterward to say 'I enjoyed our chat — truly substantive. The deepest questions.' I hope you agree Ervin Laszlo, Doctorat d’Etat Sorbonne (1970) is Founder-Director of the Laszlo Institute of New Pa...

Sep 25, 202027 minEp. 96

Tim Freke interviewed by Luke Hancock about the Jesus Mysteries and unividualism

Originally featured on the Graham Hancock youtube channel. The Jesus Mysteries: https://amzn.to/34S1RAa | Soul Story: https://amzn.to/3bbyXvZ Interview by Luke Hancock. International bestselling author Tim Freke joins us to discuss the historical Christ myth, Gnosticism, and what we can take from the Jesus story to help us in our evolution as individuals, and as The Totality, towards a state where we recognise our oneness and fall in love with creation so that we may create a heaven on earth. Ti...

Sep 20, 20201 hr 26 minEp. 95

WHAT IS LIFE? #23 Tim Freke and Robert Saltzman

Robert is a depth psychotherapist who had an interesting response to my previous episode in this series with Rupert Spira so I decided to connect. We discuss our mutual desire to be radically honest and explore our shared frustration with aspects of the 'spiritual’ world. In that spirit, Robert asked me to include this message from him with this video: "At one point, I mentioned a Rupert Spira video in which I said that Rupert had intimidated a questioner with false logic. I did see that. I went...

Aug 16, 20201 hr 23 minEp. 93

Individuals evolving into unividuals

This is Tim's presentation for an online conference held May 2020. Tim Freke is a philosopher, transformational leader and bestselling author. If you’d like to discuss ideas with Tim, you may be interested in his online community: https://timfreke.com/ICU.aspx...

Aug 01, 20201 hr 33 minEp. 92

WHAT IS LIFE #22 Tim Freke and Rupert Spira

This is a series of private philosophical conversations that I have made public. In this episode Rupert expresses the essence of the non-dual understanding of existence with his characteristic clarity, ... and I explain why I've come to question this worldview and invite him to consider an alternative possibility. You can hear more about the realisation that made me change my mind here https://youtu.be/NKXM2hHUESs Tim Freke is a philosopher and author of 35 books, translated into more than 15 la...

Jul 05, 20201 hr 8 minEp. 91

WHY I WAS WRONG ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS

Philosopher Tim Freke explores how he came to see a basic error in his thinking, which led him to change his mind about an idea central to most of his 35 books! If you’d like to discuss ideas with Tim, you may be interested in his online community: https://timfreke.com/ICU.aspx For more on Tim’s new ideas see his latest book Soul Story https://timfreke.com/Product/215/Soul... View his TED talk https://youtu.be/YXuDaMkcjvY...

Jun 29, 202011 minEp. 90

WHAT IS LIFE? #21 A philosophical conversation with Tim Freke and Ilia Delio

Private conversations made public for you to explore ideas with us. Ilia and I discuss the pioneering work of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, life and death, the power of love and being 'pilgrims from the future'. Ilia Delio, OSF holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova Universe. She is the author of twenty-two books and numerous articles. Prior to Villanova she taught at Georgetown University where she was the Haub Director of Catholic Studies and Washington Theologica...

Jun 13, 20201 hr 13 minEp. 89

WHAT IS LIFE? #20 : A philosophical conversation with Tim Freke & Bernardo Kastrup

Philosophy nerds will love this episode! Bernardo shares his 'Idealist' philosophy that see consciousness as the ground of reality ... and I explain why that, whilst I've agreed with that in 34 of my 35 books, I have now changed my mind. Bernardo's most recent book is The Idea of the World: A multi-disciplinary argument for the mental nature of reality. For more information, freely downloadable papers, videos, etc., please visit https://www.bernardokastrup.com Tim Freke is a philosopher and auth...

Jun 05, 20201 hr 34 minEp. 88

Evolution Of The Soul

OLAM life meeting with Tim Freke 20/05/2020 interview : Alain Eskenazi Realisation: Denis-fabien Corlin

May 31, 202050 minEp. 87

WHAT IS LIFE#19 Tim Freke and Chris Bache : LSD and Awakening

Philosopher Tim Freke talks with Professor Chris Bache about his revelation after 20 years of high dosage LSD trips as explored in his book 'LSD and The Mind of the Universe'. Tim Freke is a philosopher and author of 35 books, translated into more than 15 languages, including a Sunday Times bestseller and Daily Telegraph 'Book of the Year'. He is one of ‘The 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People’ on the 2020 list in Watkins Magazine (# 50). He is the founder of ‘Unividualism’, which com...

May 23, 20201 hr 20 minEp. 86

Journey into Parenting

Becoming a parent is the single most transformational experience I have had, and one I feel extremely grateful for. But it is a topic I rarely speak about ... In this interview with Journey into Parenting I share my personal experiences as a parent. We explore the transition that takes place when becoming a parent, the role we have in raising our children, and how parenting is a way of connecting with our Unividuality. I hope you enjoy it! Other courses to help you prepare for parenting via: htt...

May 19, 202037 minEp. 85

The Art of Humanity

Tim Freke interviewed by Jessica Ann of "The art of humanity" In this conversation, they dive into a number of topics such as: how Emergent spirituality can replace the need to “numb out” with money, alcohol, food and consumerism how emotions create your reality how the internet is an extension of our nervous system and they also discuss: how to receive the level of compassion that’s never been experienced before on Earth how Unity Consciousness changes everything and much more!...

May 13, 20201 hrEp. 84

WHAT IS LIFE? #18 The Philosopher and the Shaman

A conversation between Tim Freke and Ya'Acov Darling Khan about the essence of Shamanism, its relevance in the modern world, and how we should understand the ancient idea of nature spirits. At the end Yaacov drums and guides us to find a vision of the new world we want to live in after the coronavirus crisis. Tim is a philosopher and author of 35 books, translated into more than 15 languages, including a Sunday Times bestseller and Daily Telegraph 'Book of the Year'. He is one of ‘The 100 Most S...

Apr 22, 20201 hr 34 minEp. 83

EASTER SPECIAL - The Gnostic Origins of Christianity

The Gnostic Origins of Christianity This is a recording an ‘Easter Special' online meetup of the International Community of Unividuals. Based on my international bestseller 'The Jesus Mysteries' I explore ‘The Gnostic Origins and Meaning of Christianity and its influence on Unividualism’ Contact Jessica@timfreke.com to join the ICU

Apr 15, 20201 hr 27 minEp. 82

MAKING SENSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC : A message to the spiritual community

An appeal to the spiritual community to stop sharing memes about Coronavirus which are actually similar to the fundamentalist Christian response to AIDS Sense-making in the spiritual community is often faulty because it is common for spiritual people to reject rational thinking. We need to create a trans-scientific spirituality which can support us taking the next evolutionary jump. TIM FREKE is a philosopher, transformational leader and bestselling author. He is one of 'The Most Spiritually Inf...

Mar 28, 202034 minEp. 81

WHAT IS LIFE? #17 : Gnosticism, the daemon, death, quantum physics... and more!

Anthony has written eight books, co- authored a ninth (with Nobel-prize nominee, Professor Ervin Laszlo) and been a co-editor of a tenth which was nominated for the British Medical Association Psychiatric Book of the Year in 2012. His writing focuses on the mysteries of the consciousness-reality interface with regards to extraordinary human experiences. In December 2019 his tenth book, “The Hidden Universe” was published. This is a review of the evidence for non-human intelligences active on Ear...

Mar 12, 20201 hr 21 minEp. 80
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