Episode # 166: How To Think Impossibly
Dear Rosies,
Ever wondered what happens when we stop trying to explain away the mysterious and start truly listening to the extraordinary? Join us for a mind-expanding conversation with Dr. Jeffrey J. Kripal, a pioneering scholar who's not afraid to explore the weird, wonderful, and unexplainable.
In this episode, we cover:
- The Concept of Superhuman Experiences
- The Importance of Experiences as Entry Points
- The Varying Degrees of Mystical Experiences
- The Role of Trauma and Suffering in Accessing the Extraordinary
- The Challenge of Integrating Extraordinary Experiences of the Impossible
- The Role of Imagination in Mediating Extraordinary Experiences
- The Sacred is Not Necessarily Good
- How to Think Impossibly
- Allowing the Weird
All Love,
Christine
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Frequently asked
Who is Dr. Jeffrey Kripal?
A scholar who studies extraordinary, mystical and seemingly impossible human experiences, exploring what it means to take them seriously rather than explaining them away.
What does "thinking impossibly" mean in this episode?
Guest Dr. Jeffrey Kripal frames it as engaging with mystical or extraordinary experience as a real entry point for understanding, rather than dismissing it as delusion or coincidence.
What role does trauma play in accessing the extraordinary, per the episode?
The conversation explores how suffering and trauma can, for some people, become an unexpected opening into extraordinary or mystical experience.
References
- Listen: How To Think Impossibly with Dr. Jeffrey Kripal— The Rose Woman Podcast
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Christine Mason
Founder & Author, Rosebud Woman
Christine Marie Mason is the founder and CEO of Rosebud Woman, a leading brand in women’s intimate wellness and self-care. She is the author of six books on embodiment, intimacy, and awakening, and the host of The Rose Woman podcast—ranked in the top 5% worldwide. A longtime yoga and consciousness teacher, Christine writes and speaks on women’s health, sexuality, and midlife vitality, helping people cultivate love, reverence, and radiant wellbeing in every stage of life.