New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Apr 9, 2026 Vladimir Miskovic was formerly Assistant Professor of Psychology and Integrative Neuroscience at Binghamton University (SUNY) and a research scientist at X: The Moonshot Factory, previously known as Google X. He is also a former novice monk. He is coauthor with Stephen Jay Lynn of Dreaming Reality: How Neuroscience and Mysticism Can Unlock the Secrets of Consciousness. Vladimir explores how neuroscience and mystical traditions converge in their understanding of consciousness as a participatory and deeply layered phenomenon. He explains how trained introspection, meditation, and neurophenomenology can reveal dimensions of mind beyond conventional scientific models. Miskovic suggests that reality may be more like an interface than a fixed structure, opening the possibility of direct contact with a deeper, unifying ground of being. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:50 Bridging science and mysticism 00:07:03 Contemplative traditions and introspection 00:12:24 Third wave of meditation research 00:16:30 Fundamental ground of being 00:20:02 Consciousness as virtual interface 00:25:16 Microphenomenology and inner observation 00:31:04 Attention, distraction, and modern life 00:37:06 Inner combat and self-remembering 00:55:02 Conclusion New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on March 17, 2026)