• Immigration enforcement, local resistance, and competing narratives
• Contempt, polarization, and the psychology of public discourse
• Historical lessons: post–World War I vs. post–World War II reconstruction
• Institutions, judicial process, and limits on charismatic leadership
• Identity politics, DEI overreach, and political backlash
• Masculinity, self-censorship, gun rights, and cultural pendulum swings
• The “middle path” as a civic and developmental necessity

• Contempt destroys dialogue; dignity keeps it possible.
• Compassion doesn’t require agreement.
• Cultural overcorrections often fuel backlash and counter-movements.
• Strong institutions help stabilize polarized systems.

• “The minute you throw the punch, you’ve lost the fight.” — applying martial arts ethics to politics
• The comparison between the Treaty of Versailles and post-WWII reconstruction
• Why “believe all women” and “silence is violence” lost nuance in public discourse
• The idea that development sometimes “goes down a blind alley” and must backtrack
• Tending your own garden — inspired by Voltaire’s Candide

What if your imagination holds memories from other lifetimes? What if humanity is being quietly guided through a massive evolutionary transition — one that includes free energy, advanced physics, and contact beyond Earth?

In this expansive conversation, we explore past life memory research, suppressed scientific breakthroughs, zero-point energy, extraterrestrial contact, and why mainstream institutions resist paradigm-shifting ideas. This episode challenges materialism, invites curiosity, and offers a hopeful vision of where humanity may be headed next.

This episode is for thinkers, seekers, scientists-at-heart, and anyone feeling the tension between skepticism and spiritual knowing — and wondering what comes after the current world model breaks.

Main Topics Covered

• Childhood imagination as a doorway to past life memory

• Scientific research into reincarnation (Dr. Ian Stevenson, James Leininger case)

• Why psychic phenomena and past lives remain outside mainstream academia

• Academic incentives, tenure, and resistance to paradigm shifts

• Unified physics, spacetime as a structured energetic field, and challenges to the Standard Model

• CERN, black-box research, and suppressed discoveries

• Zero-point energy, free energy systems, and why open-sourcing is essential

• Alleged silencing of disruptive energy researchers

• Extraterrestrial contact, drone encounters, and nuclear deactivation events

• Humanity’s transition toward abundance, free energy, and galactic civilization

• AI, free energy, and the coming singularity

Key Takeaways

• Imagination may not be fantasy — it may be memory

• There is substantial research supporting past life recall in children

• Paradigm-shifting science is often delayed by institutional self-preservation

• Free energy and gravity-based technologies could radically reshape civilization

• If disruptive technology exists, openness is the safest path forward

• Humanity may already be protected from self-destruction by non-human intelligence

• Hope, curiosity, and openness are essential during times of global transition

One-Liner Quotes

• “Imagination might be memory — our brains just haven’t caught up yet.”

• “If Independence Day was going to happen, it would have happened already.”

• “Open-source your breakthrough — that’s your safety net.”

• “The darkest moments in history often precede the greatest awakenings.”

• “We are standing at the threshold of becoming a galactic civilization.”

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In this urgent and deeply moving episode, Julian Royce speaks with D, an anonymous Iranian PhD student living in the U.S., who shares why staying silent has sometimes been the only way to survive.

From firsthand experiences with Iran’s morality police to witnessing how academic institutions in the West can erase lived realities, D offers a rare, unfiltered perspective on power, fear, and human rights.

This episode is for listeners who care about truth beyond political narratives, the global struggle for women’s rights, and the cost of speaking out. It matters because real lives—and voices—are still being silenced, both abroad and closer to home.

Main Topics Covered

• Why the guest remains anonymous and the real risks of speaking publicly

• Life as an Iranian woman under the morality police

• The ongoing protests in Iran and mass human rights violations

• Fear of deportation and ICE from the perspective of a student immigrant

• Silencing of Iranian voices within Western academic institutions

• Ideology vs. human rights in global and campus politics

• Historical context: foreign intervention, revolution, and the Iranian regime

• The psychological toll of living between multiple systems of power

Key Takeaways

• Silence is often a survival strategy, not a lack of courage

• Human rights abuses can be ignored when they conflict with ideology

• Power is not only exercised by governments, but also by institutions and individuals

• Lived experience should never be erased in the name of political narratives

• Supporting human rights requires consistency, nuance, and moral clarity

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What happens when spiritual practices designed to liberate instead become tools of control?

In this episode of A State of Mind, Julian sits down with educator, researcher, and ritualist Rayann Gordon to explore spiritual abuse, cult dynamics, and the hidden risks of coercive meditation environments. Together, they unpack how teachings around “no self,” thought dissolution, and surrender can undermine discernment, memory, and agency—and how healing begins by reclaiming choice, body wisdom, and an organic relationship with the sacred. This episode is for seekers, therapists, spiritual practitioners, creatives, and anyone navigating or recovering from high-demand spiritual groups. Why it matters: understanding these dynamics reduces shame, prevents harm, and helps people find their way back to themselves.

Main Topics Covered

• What defines spiritual abuse and cult dynamics (beyond belief systems)

• How coercive control operates in spiritual and meditation settings

• The shadow side of “no self,” oneness teachings, and thought-stopping techniques

• Why meditation retreats can create conditions where abuse goes unnoticed or unreported

• The role of memory, discernment, and healthy ego in spiritual life

• Healing after spiritual abuse and reclaiming personal authority

• Rebuilding spirituality after leaving a high-demand group

• The importance of body care, creativity, awe, and beauty in recovery

Key Takeaways

• Cults are defined by patterns of control and harm, not strange beliefs

• Healthy spirituality supports autonomy, discernment, and the freedom to choose

• Dissolving thoughts without balance can weaken decision-making and self-trust

• Healing often involves grief, creativity, and reconnecting with the body

• Authentic spiritual practice expands life—it doesn’t compress it Key Takeaways

• Cults are defined by patterns of control and harm, not strange beliefs

• Healthy spirituality supports autonomy, discernment, and the freedom to choose

• Dissolving thoughts without balance can weaken decision-making and self-trust

• Healing often involves grief, creativity, and reconnecting with the body

• Authentic spiritual practice expands life—it doesn’t compress it

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In this episode of A State of Mind, Julian sits down with Dr. Christine, a holistic functional medicine practitioner with a background in cognitive neuroscience, for a wide-ranging conversation on what real healing actually requires.Dr. Christine shares her unconventional path into healthcare and why she ultimately chose a model rooted in collaboration, nervous system regulation, and whole-person care rather than prescription-based treatment. Together, they explore the limits of credentialism, the failures of the industrialized healthcare system, and the quiet truth most people resist: sustainable healing requires participation, not outsourcing.They discuss why nervous system regulation and sleep must come before gut protocols, supplements, or hormone interventions; how trauma, stress, and emotional states directly affect cellular health and energy; and why so many people feel like they’re “doing everything right” yet still feel exhausted or stuck.The conversation also moves into somatic healing, parts work, and the importance of engaging the body—not just the story—when working with trauma and mental health. Dr. Christine shares how helping people understand their own physiology empowers them to take ownership of their health rather than remaining dependent on practitioners.They also touch on food systems, reading labels, taking responsibility without shame, and how small, consistent lifestyle changes can restore agency in a culture that often undermines it.This is a grounded, honest conversation about health, responsibility, and the deeper work of listening to the body before it has to scream.Learn more about Dr. Christine Smith: https://wellnessevolutioncommunity.com/

A deep, unfiltered conversation on men’s vitality, sexual energy, emotional integration, and why conscious embodiment—not repression—is the path to healing, intimacy, and leadership.Main Topics Covered:

• Sexual energy as life force, creativity, and vitality—not just sex

• Sacred masculinity vs. toxic masculinity

• Emotional repression, trauma, and men’s disconnection from feeling

• Daily embodiment practices: breath, movement, self-inquiry, and sexual transmutation

• Porn, outsourcing intimacy, and the cost to relationships and presence

• Consent as a healing force for individuals and the collective

• Community, men’s groups, and the necessity of being witnessed

• Integrating biology, spirituality, and consciousness without bypassing reality

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Dr. Stephinity joins Julian Royce for this far reaching conversation

About Stephinity:

Stephinity is a bioenergetic and natural medicine doctor with a focus on biophysics and frequency medicine. She has a private practice, Your Body Electric, and is an adjunctive professor at IBEM school in Denver. She has two original polymathic theories, both based around the subjects of sovereignty, health and unified physics and additionally loves to share wisdom on other related subjects. She is a retired performing artist and producer of transformational events, has many hobbies, and a voracious appetite for all that life has to offer.

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YourBodyElectric.com

SovereignLiaison.com

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Julian Royce talks with Clayton Ickes about the state of legal psychedelic therapy and natural plant medicines in the state of Colorado.

Topics include cutting edge psychedelic science specifically on psylocibin and mental health and well being, current laws and regulations, ways in which psychedelic therapy differs from traditional therapy and psychiatric approaches, Clay's journey to being the first licensed psychedelic therapist in Colorado and more

0:00 - 11:07 Intro

11:08 - End Conversation with Clay Ickes

References:

• Learn more about Clay Ickes:
• • https://www.kykeonwellness.com
  • https://www.instagram.com/themushroomtherapist

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Scientific Studies:

• Griffiths, R. R., et al. (2016). Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer. Journal of Psychopharmacology.

• Davis, A. K., et al. (2020). Effects of psilocybin-assisted therapy on major depressive disorder. JAMA Psychiatry.

• Carhart-Harris, R., et al. (2021). Trial of psilocybin versus escitalopram for depression. The New England Journal of Medicine.

• Griffiths, R. R., et al. (2006). Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences. Psychopharmacology.

• MacLean, K. A., et al. (2011). Increased openness following psilocybin. Journal of Psychopharmacology.

- Laws and Regulations and the Natural Medicine Health Act in Colorado: https://dpo.colorado.gov/NaturalMedicine