{"podcast":{"title":"Strange and Mysterious World","slug":"the-strange-and-mysterious-world-podcast-6666487","podcast_index_feed_id":6666487,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6a4662283dd2dcc100f1e021","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/strange-and-mysterious-world","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6a4662283dd2dcc100f1e021/1782999088508-073657f4-d4bf-4a21-9978-7cd8a1c85d18.jpeg","author":"Strange & Mysterious World","episode_count":140,"summary":"Strange & Mysterious World is a weekly podcast exploring the biggest mysteries of our reality. Join hosts William Collinson and Lee Strydom as they investigate UFOs, ancient civilizations, consciousness, remote viewing, near-death experiences, spirituality, paranormal phenomena, hidden history, secret societies, and the science behind the unexplained. Through conversations with leading researchers, scientists, experiencers, and authors from around the world, each episode challenges conventional thinking and explores the questions that could change everything. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T06:17:22.161170+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-and-mysterious-world-podcast-6666487"},"episode":{"title":"10 Days of Silence: Meditation, Ego Death, Psychic Experiences & Why I Was Chasing Awakening(S04E24)","slug":"10-days-of-silence-meditation-ego-death-psychic-experiences-why-i-was-chasing-awakening-s04e24","published_at":"2025-12-23T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-and-mysterious-world-podcast-6666487/10-days-of-silence-meditation-ego-death-psychic-experiences-why-i-was-chasing-awakening-s04e24","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-and-mysterious-world-podcast-6666487","url":"https://strangeandmysteriousworld.podbean.com/e/10-days-of-silence-meditation-ego-death-psychic-experiences-why-i-was-chasing-awakenings04e24/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pjk9tygyzh7qc3u6/S4_EPISOED_246bs2w.mp3","summary":"What happens when you sit in total silence for 10 days, meditate for 10 hours a day, give up your phone, your voice, and every distractionand finally stop chasing enlightenment? In this deeply raw and unfiltered episode of Strange and Mysterious World, William shares his second Vipassana meditation retreat experience, and why it completely reframed his entire spiritualjourney.This wasn’t about visions, kundalini fireworks, aliens, angels, or downloads.This was about misery, attachment, ego, and the truth of awakening.We dive into:• Why William missed the entire point of Vipassana the first time• The brutal physical and psychological challenges of 10 days of silence• Why chasing spiritual experiences can actually delay awakening• Vipassana as the ultimate anti-anxiety and anti-depression practice• Breaking the cycle of craving, aversion, and suffering• Fasting, meditation, and altered states of consciousness• Psychic experiences, vivid dreams, psychometry, pendulums, and remote viewing• Strange dream-states, past-life imagery, and intense bodily sensations• Interstellar objects, cosmic cycles, Kali Yuga, and end-times speculationThis episode is honest, funny, controversial, grounded, and deeply personal a reflection on spirituality without fantasy, escapism, or spiritual ego.If you’re on a spiritual path or questioning one, this conversation might be exactly what youneed to hear right now.🎧 Listen with an open mind. Music by Ashes of Truth","meta_description":"What happens when you sit in total silence for 10 days, meditate for 10 hours a day, give up your phone, your voice, and every distractionand finally stop…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2875,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-strange-and-mysterious-world-podcast-6666487/episodes/10-days-of-silence-meditation-ego-death-psychic-experiences-why-i-was-chasing-awakening-s04e24/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-and-mysterious-world-podcast-6666487/10-days-of-silence-meditation-ego-death-psychic-experiences-why-i-was-chasing-awakening-s04e24.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}