Paul Lenda is an author and mindfulness guide, who has been residing in Laos during the 2020 lockdowns.

Right now, what we have in our relationship to ourselves and each other is largely a Dark Order, the maintaining of a chaotic state of fear-based repression of Self because the Mind is in an anarchistic state. The belief in the religions called Government, Money, and Authority is strengthened by fear of Chaos, and so we have a negative feedback loop where more fear leads to more control and less personal freedom.

The total solar eclipse was truly a magnificent sight. In this episode I speak to a few friends during the festival about some weird stuff, like UFO sightings. In fact, I had a sighting myself, the story of which is also in this episode. There's a good chat with Nathan Crabtree of Nathan's Freedom Zone and a bit of a solo rant from me at the end, which is pretty rare!