Projecting Reality: How Our Mind Creates the World We Experience

May 19, 2025 · 30 min

This week, Debra and Rob peel back the curtain on the concept of non-dual consciousness—a perspective rapidly gaining momentum in science and transformative coaching. Are you just your body and brain, reacting to an outside world? Or are you the consciousness that gives rise to your entire experience?

Here’s what you’ll uncover in this episode:

The Shift from Materialism to Consciousness: Why leading-edge scientists—and great seers of the past—say consciousness is the ultimate reality, not matter.The Rope & The Snake Story: How our minds project meaning onto the world, sometimes mistaking a harmless rope for a dangerous snake. What are you projecting onto your life right now?Dreamlike Nature of the World: Are your experiences as solid as you think—or more like passing scenes in a dream?Coaching Implications: Learn how these profound frameworks can empower you (or your clients) to move beyond surface-level change and access profound creative power.Dealing with Suffering: Why acknowledging the “apparent reality” of your challenges actually opens the door to relief, creativity, and deep joy.

00:00 Introduction & Recap of Consciousness00:54 Why Non-Dual Consciousness Matters03:12 Shifting Scientific Paradigms & What It Means for Coaches04:45 The Upanishads and the Nature of Reality06:22 Appearance vs. Reality: The Dream Analogy08:21 Awareness as Absolute Reality09:16 The Concept of Maya: Apparent Reality10:31 Implications for Personal Growth and Coaching11:27 Projecting Happiness and Power Outside Ourselves13:39 How the Mind Constructs Reality15:04 Transactional and Apparent Reality16:20 Does Anything Matter if Reality is an Illusion?19:30 Is Suffering Real?21:42 Understanding Suffering Through Awareness22:21 Coaching Through Questioning Apparent Reality26:57 Will Life Become Numb Without Suffering?28:10 Living a Full, Enlightened Life

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