Empowering Our Joy For Life Through Honoring Our Pain for the World | John Seed ~ ATTMind 191
In this episode of the podcast, we interview deep ecology teacher and rainforest activist John Seed.
Together, we discuss the importance of altering our sense of self such that it includes the natural world, the role psychedelics can play in that process, and how, even if the world as we know it burns and collapses, life itself will thrive through it all as it always has.
We also talk about the philosophy of deep ecology and healing ourselves from the illusion of anthropocentrism; falling into the apathy of the modern world; “honouring our pain for the world” and how, when expressed, despair becomes empowerment. As well as the dance between present ecological crisis and the thriving of life for billions of years; the Disney-fication of nature vs the brutality of life being itself; and where psychedelics fit into deep ecology and environmental activism.
Far from being a downer episode, as one might expect with topics such as these, I found my conversation with John refreshing, empowering, and genuinely inspiring. To me, this is one of the small handful of interviews I have done that impacted me in a significantly positive way. I hope you experience something similar.
Enjoy.
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**Full Topics Breakdown Below**
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Episode Breakdown
00:00:00 Opening and Guest Bio
00:04:47 Interview Begins
00:06:20 The value and importance of activism; turning citizens into consumers
00:09:23 The dance between present crisis and the thriving of life for billions of years
00:14:25 Deep ecology and healing the illusion of anthropocentrism
00:27:13 Patreon Thanks
00:29:05 Grief and “honouring our pain for the world”; when expressed, despair becomes empowerment
00:36:08 Seeing the world with new eyes
00:39:38 Falling into the apathy of the modern world
00:44:56 The importance of community in facing our grief
00:47:43 A story of psychedelic cannabis and being healed by the forest
00:52:42 The Disney-fication of nature vs the brutality of life being itself
00:57:27 Exchanging stories of meaningful psychedelic visions
01:05:09 How psychedelics put John on his journey into environmentalism
01:08:27 Where psychedelics fit into deep ecology and environmental activism
01:11:31 What looks like chaos and destruction might be a greater intelligence at work
01:19:16 If we can cause less death and destruction, we should try
01:22:17 The drinking of psychedelic acacias in Australia; how acacia courtii saved John’s life
01:29:22 The challenge of facing one’s aging as one’s desire to give more to the world grows
01:33:23 Follow up links and contact information
01:34:24 Outro
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