New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Dec 14, 2025 Jason Gregory is a student of the world’s spiritual traditions. He is the author of The Science and Practice of Humility. Jason Gregory is an author, philosopher, and teacher whose work draws from Eastern philosophy, comparative religion, psychology, cognitive science, metaphysics, and ancient cultures, bridging timeless wisdom with contemporary understanding. Jason Gregory explores the essence of Taoism, emphasizing its critique of social conditioning and its guidance toward naturalness, spontaneity, and effortless being. He explains how Taoist ideas intersect with Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, and wider metaphysical traditions, revealing a shared vision of an undivided reality beneath cultural structures. Gregory also discusses practices such as wu wei, aimless wandering, and inner alchemy as pathways for aligning with the Dao in modern life. 00:01 Introduction: understanding Daoism 06:00 Eastern thought and cultural evolution 12:03 Laozi, the Dao De Jing, and socialization 18:00 Analogies across traditions and ultimate reality 24:05 Confucianism, critique, and social conditioning 30:02 Fundamental goodness and the Ox Mountain metaphor 36:05 Education, nature, and innate character (li) 42:00 Aimless wandering and the ease of mind 48:00 Wu wei, spontaneity, and being in the zone 54:10 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 **** 00, 2025)