Topic: Samkhya

Steven introduces the "TATVA chart" from classical Yoga and Samkhya philosophy to explain the layers of human experience. He distinguishes between "Asmita" (I am-ness/ego) and "Ahamkara" (I-making/the sense of being a separate actor). He emphasizes that the "Sacred" is like a plant pushing through tarmac; it cannot be fully suppressed because it is the substrate of existence.

Around 3100 BC, a global shift occurred where patriarchal gods like Ra, Amen, and Shiva replaced mother goddesses across Egypt, China, and India. Scranton explains this not as a political coup, but as a result of the Yuga cycle and Samkhya philosophy, where the universe oscillates between material and non-material states. This transition is compared to an hourglass where the shift in "energy sand" necessitates a change in how symbols are applied to the physical world.

Scranton compares the state of the non-material universe at certain points in the cycle to "Locked-In Syndrome," where there is perfect knowledge but no time in which to act. Göbekli Tepe, or "Het Pet Kaya," is interpreted as a sanctuary built to facilitate communication between these "locked-in" non-material beings and material humans. The non-material side establishes societal structures and symbolic systems to ensure they have caretakers on the material side who remain aware of their existence.