{"id":5151,"date":"2013-05-22T12:55:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T19:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/?p=5151"},"modified":"2014-04-25T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T19:34:45","slug":"inner-worlds-adams-interactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/22\/inner-worlds-adams-interactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam&#8217;s &#8216;Interactions&#8217;: Struggling to Understand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">In Adam\u2019s next interview, he takes us through the time after his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philborges.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/20\/inner-worlds-adams-vipassana\/\">Vipassana<\/a> and how his experiences in alternate states of consciousness continue to grow stronger. Though he has managed to stay off pharmaceutical medications through meditation, he also shares with us how increased \u2018interactions\u2019 are making it difficult to hold down his job at Whole Foods.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/66340840?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It is clear to me how sincerely Adam is trying to cope with and understand what is happening to him. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cosmosandpsyche.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Tarnas<\/a>, a cultural historian, has a very insightful way of describing how the interpretation of Adam\u2019s experience could differ looking through another cultural lens.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/65244885?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This leaves me wondering\u2013without the \u2018safe cultural container\u2019 accessible to the Shamans, what communities of support are available for Adam?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Adam\u2019s next interview, he takes us through the time after his Vipassana and how his experiences in alternate states of consciousness continue to grow stronger. 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