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Enlightenment as Strange Loop Dissolution: Notes on a 10-Day Vacation from Myself
What if the self is something you're actively doing – and what if you stop? Notes from a 10-day silent retreat, dissolution of the narrative self, emergence of the "now-self", and of something vast and simple becoming briefly, unmistakably visible.
Pavel Chvykov
Mar 2711 min read


Complexity Science as Bridge to Eastern Philosophy
A recent talk exploring how complexity science provides a rigorous bridge between hard science and Eastern contemplative traditions, recovering the philosophical depth that Western mindfulness has lost.
Pavel Chvykov
Feb 93 min read


Christianity vs. Tantra vs. Sex – one spiritual path?
Conversation between a Catholic and a Tantric about the similarities of the two spiritual paths, using sexual ethics as a focal point for comparison.
Pavel Chvykov
May 22, 202526 min read


Work as meditation
You can try a guided work-meditation session with me by following this video Join for one of our 2 upcoming retreats where we will live and work together in the beautiful Pyrenees mountains, with guided co-working sessions and other mindfulness and community practices to cultivate a radically joyful attitude towards our work, and our life: September 20-27, 2026: Honest Science Workshop - a meta-conference for researchers to connect with the deepest scientific curiosity and p
Pavel Chvykov
May 13, 20259 min read


Academia as a happy place?
Are academics miserable? Could science help us to be happy? In this conversation about alternative research environments we explore these questions and what sort of a research environment we might want. Pavel is now creating such spaces - like a week-long mindful research retreat this summer.
Pavel Chvykov
Apr 24, 202521 min read
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