Episode 41: Dr. Jim Hardt—What is a Biocybernaut, the Ego & Living Outside of Time

 

We're back in 2021 with the first episode of the year. Number 41 features Dr. Jim Hardt, founder of Biocybernaut, "the pioneer in neurofeedback training, helping you to tune into Zen-like states in days not decades." I recently had the opportunity to go to Sedona and do the Alpha 1 Training with Dr. Hardt, and it was an incredibly life-changing experience. Dr. Hardt was one of the most incredible and inspiring individuals I've come across and I feel so lucky to spend a week with him, as well as dive into his work, life and teachings in this conversation. We cover how he came to biofeedback, how time and the Ego can cause suffering in our lives, some of the teachers Dr. Hardt has studied with and much more in what became the longest episode yet, there was just too much so we had to keep going.

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Expressing your anger only gives you practice in expressing your anger, and usually hurts the people around you. Anger is a form of public littering, and I strongly discourage it. However, I strong encourage experiencing your anger...
— Dr. Jim Hardt

SHOW NOTES

• 4:00 Dr. Hardt’s discovery of neurofeedback & what is a biocybernaut

• 9:40 Working with Dr. Joe Kamia in San Francisco

• 16:00 Studying anxiety in 1973

• 22:00 How breathwork and swimming can help develop our brains

• 30:00 What is the Alpha 1 Training at Biocybernaut

• 40:30 What are the difference brainwaves and how do they work in the brain

• 50:00 The mystical side of brainwave training and what is really possible?

• 62:20 The importance of forgiveness and meditative prayer

• 70:00 Why is awareness of our pain important to the process and experiencing anger

• 76:30 What is the Ego, understanding it and the view of it as an ‘independent consciousness’

• 86:00 How can we diminish our Ego and “I” thought with forgiveness and compassion

• 94:00 Anything that works, works because it affects our brainwaves, “Brainwaves rule”

• 68:00 “If you want to live high, you have to live outside of time” —Ram Das

• 120:00 How the effects of Biocybernaut continue to improve well beyond the trainings

• 138:00 What is the Schumann resonance?