Talking About Free Will with ChatGPT

Back in 2011, when I wrote The Three Illusions, my book about science and philosophy and living a life of peace and serenity, I didn’t have a scientist I could chat to about the scientific aspects. These days, I have ChatGPT. So I sat down with ChatGPT, or “Newton” as she asked me to call […]

Three Illusions Podcast #11 – Do Brain Injuries Affect Free Will?

I’ve heard a few stories lately about people with brain injuries and how they might affect their “free will”. On today’s show I talk about those stories and think about them from a Three Illusions perspective. Want to subscribe to the series? You can find us on iTunes, or click the “Subscribe” links below this […]

Three Illusions Podcast #10 – Realisation v Awakening with Terry

UPDATE:  Sorry, folks. Terry demanded that I take this podcast down. Back for our first new episode in a long time! But time is an illusion, so don’t worry about it! Today I’m talking with a dear old friend of mine, a guy who helped me a lot in my early days around non-duality, Terry […]

Three Illusions Podcast #9 – Dave, Depression and Suicidal Thoughts

My guest on this episode is Dave from Brisbane. We talk about his problems with chronic depression and suicidal ideation. It’s a long one – two hours. Want to subscribe to the series? You can find us on iTunes, or click the “Subscribe” links below this post and you’ll get what you need. If you […]

Three Illusions Podcast #8 – Jon the Ex-Minister

Our guest on this episode is Jon from Minnesota. We talk about his journey from growing up in a fundamentalist religion, to being a minister, to first hearing me talk about free will five years ago and thinking I was “full of shit”, to where he is today. Want to subscribe to the series? You […]

Three Illusions Podcast #7 – Adin Asks About Time

Our guest on this episode is Adin from Portland. He came on to clarify my position on the nature of time, tells us about his experiences living in a Buddhist monastery and there’s some discussion about Tina Turner. Want to subscribe to the series? You can find us on iTunes, or click the “Subscribe” links […]

Three Illusions Podcast #6 – Muddled & Befuddled

We chat with our first guest, Martin Darlington, who has condensed the book down into a witty poem – and improved it tremendously in the process. Want to subscribe to the series? You can find us on iTunes, or click the “Subscribe” links below this post and you’ll get what you need. If you know […]

Three Illusions Podcast #5 – The Illusion of Identity Part II

The last episode taken from the book and the one where we get to the final message. Want to subscribe to the series? You can find us on iTunes, or click the “Subscribe” links below this post and you’ll get what you need. If you know how to manually subscribe to a podcast, use this […]

Three Illusions Podcast #4 – The Illusions of Identity

Who – or what – are you? Most people will say something about mind, body, soul, spirit – but as we’ll see in this episode, as soon as you scratch the surface, those concepts quickly fall apart. They are merely what one neurologist calls a “confabulation”. We’re going to argue that your misunderstanding about what […]

Three Illusions Podcast #3 – Time

On this episode we discuss chapter two of the book – the illusion of time. You might think of time as an arrow, where your past is gone forever and your future is yet to be written. But that’s not how a physicist sees it. According to Einstein, past, present and future is an illusion. […]