The Freke Show

WHAT IS LIFE? #35 Tim Freke and George Ellis

Professor George Ellis and I discuss whether some things are ‘evil as a matter of fact, ’downward causation’ and why determinism is wrong, whether numbers exist in an eternal Platonic realm, and what give meaning to life George Ellis is Emeritus Professor in the Mathematics Department at the University of Cape Town, and visiting Professor in the Physics Department, University of Oxford. He is considered one of the world's leading theorists in cosmology. He is an active Quaker and in 2004 he won the Templeton Prize. On 18 May 2007, he was elected a Fellow of the British Royal Society. He co-authored, with Stephen Hawking, The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (Cambridge, 1975). He has been awarded the Star of South Africa Medal by President Nelson Mandela

T!M FREKE is a spiritual explorer since a spontaneous awakening when he was 12 years old. He is the  Founder of ‘Unividualism’, which combines evolutionary science and deep spirituality to offer a visionary new understanding of the nature of reality and the purpose of life

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• Author of 35 books, translated into over 15 languages including an international bestseller and Daily Telegraph ‘Book fo the Year’.
• #50 Most Spiritually Influential Living People 2020, Watkins Magazine
• 📚 Winner of Writer of the Year 2020, Kindred Spirit

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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 highly successful 25-year-career as a producer and artist in the international music industry, followed by ten years as a tough love, reality-checking judge on TV shows "Swedish Idol" and "Sweden's Got Talent", and is an outspoken and provocative You Tube and Twitter celebrity.  He is one of the co-founders of the European Men's Gathering.

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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.

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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 realization, general intelligence, mindfulness, flow, metaphor, and wisdom.

He is first author of the book Zombies in Western Culture: A 21st Century crisis which integrates Psychology and Cognitive Science to address the meaning crisis in Western society.

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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 the guest on episode 71 of Russell Brand's Under the Skin. Theresa has been written many features for the natural press and been a guest on numerous radio shows and podcasts. Her mission is to make spirituality and the paranormal more credible, engaging and mainstream. Find out more at https://www.theresacheung.com

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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. Zak is a long time meditator, musician and caregiver, which has shaped him more than any professional engagements. http://www.zakstein.org

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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.

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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

1. Most Spiritually Influential Living People 2020, Watkins Magazine
2. Winner of Writer of the Year 2020, Kindred Spirit
3. Founder of ‘Unividualism’, which combines evolutionary science and deep spirituality to offer a visionary new understanding of the nature of reality and the purpose of life
4. Spiritual explorer, since a spontaneous awakening when he was 12 years old
5. Author of 35 books, translated into over 15 languages including an international bestseller and Daily Telegraph ‘Book fo the Year’.

https://timfreke.com/

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 periodical World Futures: The Journal of New Paradigm Research. He is the recipient of the Goi Peace Prize (2002), the International Mandir of Peace Prize (2005), the Conacreis Holistic Culture Prize (2009), the Ethics Prize of Milan (2014), and the Luxembourg World Peace Prize (2017). Laszlo is Honorary citizen of the City of Buenos Aires and Honorary Professor of the Buenos Aires Institute of Technology and holds Honorary Ph.D’s from the United States, Canada, Finland, and Hungary. He is the author or co-author of hundred and one books translated into twenty-four languages. Laszlo was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 and 2005. https://www.clubofbudapest.com

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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. His documentary ‘The Invisible People’, about the plight of disabled Syrian refugees in Lebanon was shortlisted for the "Royal Television Society awards in 2015. This experience, combined with his intense interest in the evolution of ideas and philosophy – led to the birth of Rebel Wisdom – as a platform to make highly complex ideas accessible to as many people as possible. https://rebelwisdom.co.u

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