{"id":25311,"date":"2026-04-07T03:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=25311"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:43:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T20:43:49","slug":"peter-russell-meeting-exponential-change-with-a-quiet-mind","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/peter-russell-meeting-exponential-change-with-a-quiet-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Russell: Meeting Exponential Change with a Quiet Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-25311-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PD07831W_IATE_Russell-for-QA.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PD07831W_IATE_Russell-for-QA.mp3\">https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PD07831W_IATE_Russell-for-QA.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We live in a world accelerating faster than the human mind was built to handle. So what do we do with that?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week, Tami Simon speaks with Peter Russell\u2014author, speaker, and leading thinker on consciousness and spirituality, with degrees in theoretical physics, psychology, and computer science from Cambridge\u2014about his new book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Meditate Without Even Trying<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, featuring a foreword by Eckhart Tolle. Decades after coining the term &#8220;global brain&#8221; and predicting the internet, Russell turns his visionary lens on the present moment: a world of staggering technological power and equally staggering stress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join Tami and Peter to explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From global brain to global mind: how AI represents the next threshold in humanity&#8217;s collective evolution<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why exponential change is not going away\u2014and the hidden costs it&#8217;s placing on our personal and planetary systems<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forgiving Humanity<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: why the crises facing our species may be the inevitable result of accelerating development, not human failure<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accepting the possibility of extinction\u2014and how that acceptance can paradoxically free us to live and serve more fully<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shift from &#8220;saving the world&#8221; to navigating these times with grace, compassion, and groundedness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why meditation is more necessary now than ever\u2014and how effortlessness, not discipline, is the key<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Letting in&#8221; before letting go: a practice for metabolizing emotion and releasing tension at its root<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tension in thinking\u2014and how noticing it during meditation changes how we think outside of it<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you&#8217;re overwhelmed by the pace of the world or simply looking for a steadier way to move through it, Peter Russell offers both perspective and practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Listen now and find your way back to the quiet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This conversation offers genuine transmission\u2014not just concepts about awakening, but the palpable presence of realized teachers exploring the growing edge of spiritual understanding together. 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