5 Ways to Find Meaning and Trust in a Skeptical World – Jamie Wheal, Part 3 with Dave Asprey : 847

<p>When Jamie Wheal comes on Bulletproof Radio we always dig into mind-bending topics. This time, our conversation spans a special four-part mini-series to discuss his new book: “<a href="https://www.recapturetherapture.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Recapture the Rapture: Rethinking God, Sex and Death in a World That’s Lost its Mind</a>.”&nbsp;</p><p>In this Part&nbsp;3&nbsp;episode, we talk about&nbsp;the “meaning crisis” and the role of biohacking in human consciousness.</p><p>Jamie makes the case that more than ever people generally distrust and scrutinize larger governing institutions. When people don’t trust the things they used to trust, they’re led to greater stress, less connection and are more likely to reach for extremism and nihilism.&nbsp;</p><p>“​​Any belief system where people are doubling and tripling down in the face of contravening evidence, that’s happening, and so is nihilism, where people are just giving up knowing anything at all or the fact that anything is actually ever truly knowable,” Jami says. “We see the rise in diseases and despair and all the accompanying rudderlessness. We’re in a tight spot, and it’s not happening in a vacuum, right?”</p><p>Our conversation focuses on ways to find belonging and how you can be in tune with the part of yourself that wants to flee in times of stress. You can get out of a hive-mind centered world, which keeps your body in hyper-stress mode, and instead get into prioritizing range and resiliency in your body, mind and heart.&nbsp;</p><p>In order to transform cultural consciousness, Jamie’s research found five techniques that most commonly help you do that: respiration, embodiment, sexuality, substances and music. You’ll learn how to do each of these activities intentionally and get the best results for you.</p><p>“We need to reclaim the story of what's happening and where do we all go now together,” Jamie says.</p><p>Jamie studies neuroanthropology, which brings together culture, biology, and psychology. He’s the founder of th