Nate Hagens

So does a darkness practice enable people to be more in the present generally in their life when the lights are on?

So, um, this has been really interesting, uh, and, and, uh, personally, uh, valuable to me.

Um, what, what sort of research questions are driving you right now?

I mean, I know you just finished your book, um, and you're doing retreats and other things, but you're a scientist and you're curious, like what are the couple things that you are most passionate about looking into and discovering in the rest of this year?

Any closing comments for people watching or listening who either understand and agree with what you've laid out here or are very curious about it?

To be continued.

Super fun.

Thank you, Nate.

Thank you.

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Something happened to me a few weeks ago that precipitated this frankly.

I sat down with a cup of coffee at around 530 in the morning.

I get up early so I can feed the animals and get a bike ride in before it gets too hot.

Um, the light was coming over the field behind the house and it was that gray pink that lasts just a few minutes before it turns into an ordinary day.

I had my coffee in my hand and I was facing the window and at some point, like five minutes later,

I came back to myself and realized that I had not really seen any of it.