Q&A

    Is There Such a Thing as Too Spiritual?

    A live Q&A session with David Verdesi. Following audience reflections on relationships, David outlines the horizontal drives of health, wealth and relationships and the vertical drive toward transcendence, and discusses psychedelics, honest self-reflection, suffering, the fantasy of control and orthorexia.

    Key topics: Horizontal & Vertical Drives · Psychedelics · Control · Relationships

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    Recording · 94 min. If the player is unavailable, watch on Vimeo.

    In This Conversation

    1. 01:31Audience Reflections on Relationships
    2. 03:38The Three Horizontal Drives: Health, Wealth, and Relationships
    3. 04:42The Vertical Drive: Transcendence and Spirituality
    4. 05:58The Role of Psychedelics in Transcendence
    5. 09:18The Interconnectedness of Nature and Human Experience
    6. 15:49The Darwinian Imperatives and Human Drives
    7. 32:02The Necessity of Relationships for Fulfillment
    8. 35:58The Importance of Honest Self-Reflection
    9. 41:14The Necessity of Love and Relationships
    10. 50:23The Illusion of False Prophets
    11. 54:39Embracing Suffering as Part of Life
    12. 56:21The Necessity of Personal Experience
    13. 58:48The Misconception of Psychedelics
    14. 1:08:50The Fantasy of Control
    15. 1:18:08Orthorexia and the Obsession with Perfection
    16. 1:31:54The Importance of Relationships and Love

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