episode TWENTY: Consciousness in a Nutshell

Overthinkers Anonymous

09-02-2024 • 2 hrs 4 mins

“You are an individual, unique piece of this whole that we are all part of, and it’s not complete without you.”

– Lindy Nelson

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In this psychonautical odyssey, some sober guy named Tom (NOT from Myspace) is joined by two lovely humans, Jay and Lindy Nelson, authors of a book titled Consciousness in a Nutshell, to crack open the endlessly complex black box that is consciousness.


This episode won't teach you more than a 4-year degree — but it's more compact, less costly, and lightyears more enjoyable than a lecture from an uptight professor who insists on everyone calling him "Doctor." (You know who you are, Dr. Robert. 👀)


Turn on, tune in, and D̶R̶O̶P̶ O̶U̶T̶ voyage inward with us!


Course Outline:

  • The enlightening potential of Creative Nonfiction storytelling
  • Self-awareness: is it possible to truly perceive yourself the way others perceive you?
  • Social media algorithms pushing outlandish conspiracy theories (like Dave Chapelle being replaced by a clone of himself)
  • Jay’s revelatory Near Death Experience (NDE) — “The Life Review Boomerang”
  • Altered States 101: how to override the narrative self (EGO) and the default mode network (DMN), with or without psychedelics


Producer credits for musical interludes/segments:


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Learn more about Jay and Lindy's work on their official website and YouTube channel.

Consciousness in a Nutshell is available to order worldwide via Amazon.


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