EPISODE 13
Ben Stewart: Beyond the Veil of Deception
Ben Stewartâs life as a traveler has been one of transitions from the military to art, to the music industry and, now, to a filmmaker exploring psychedelia and the mysteries of the world in short- and long-form productions on YouTube and Gaia TV.
Paul finds a long-lost brother in his wide-ranging Living 4D conversation with Ben that veers from having a relationship with God to organized science behaving like a mobâĻ
SHOW NOTES
- Ben connects with Paul via Pete Evans. (2:19)
- Benâs crash course in filmmaking. (4:20)
- Burning Man, Waking Infinity and the unlimited power of the question mark. (11:30)
- Benâs first real love: Music. (14:36)
- âAllegorical teaching is more important than facts.â (19:33)
- Why Ben is an artist. (23:00)
- Maintaining a balance between skepticism and open-mindedness. (26:57)
- Consciousness is a psychic substance. (30:48)
- Benâs relationship with God is one thatâs constantly improving. (37:35)
- What percentage of the ideas in your head are truly yours versus the ones that came from external influences and authority figures like your parents? (44:35)
- Do the actions of one person in a world of 7 billion really matter? (48:20)
- The ego â one of Godâs greatest inventions â helps us learn to love. (51:20)
- Learning how to embrace and integrate âthe enemyâ from The Matrix and Star Wars. (58:29)
- Why science isnât âtotally clearâ about anythingâĻ (1:07:04)
- Science is an institution operating with a mob mentality. (1:12:40)
- âReligion starts the wars and science builds the weapons to kill people.â (1:14:40)
- âMy entire life is a series of disappearing steps.â (1:20:22)
- Going deep into sonic geometry. (1:26:16)
- All of us are âimmature magicians.â (1:32:25)
- Is history a static concept and really true as weâve always been taught? (1:40:12)
- âWhen you canât make a decision because you canât rely on the experts, thatâs your soul inviting you to an honest exploration of your own.â (1:47:23)
- Traveling to other dimensions of reality. (1:50:08)
- Myth is written as if itâs the history of humanity when itâs really the future of humanity. (1:58:45)
- Create your own kind of meditative ritual that works best for you. (2:07:13)
- âEnrich your mundane experiences of life by bringing more awareness into them.â (2:11:36)
RESOURCES & FURTHER READING
- Psychedelica and Waking Infinity on Gaia TV
- Benâs Esoteric Agenda, Kymatica and Ungrip on YouTube
- David Ickeâs The Peopleâs Voice
- The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
- The work of Thomas Campbell
- Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- The work of Edward Edinger
- The work of Amy and Arnold Mindell
- Where is Science Going? by Max Planck
- The Field: The Quest For The Secret Force in the Universe by Lynne McTaggart
- It Didnât Start With You by Mark Wolynn
- Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery by Rupert Sheldrake
- The Vedas and Logos
- Secret Drugs of Buddhism by Mike Crowley and Ann Shulgin
- Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by James Loewen
- The Holographic Universe: The Revolutionary Theory of Reality by Michael Talbot
- Forbidden Archeology: The Hidden History of the Human Race by Michael Cremo and Richard Thompson
- Contact Ben via Facebook or email him directly at [email protected].
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