Third Eye Science
Blurring the lines between science and spirituality.
In the Third Eye Science podcast, Susan von Thun and her guests will explore the lines between science and spirituality. As a scientist and yogi, Susan has found that these two realms do not have to be mutually exclusive. With the perspective of a logical scientist, she has navigated her own spiritual journey with a curious, open mind. She’ll share lessons and tools she found along the way and have compelling conversations with spiritual leaders, teachers, yogis, healers and fellow travelers about their experiences and practices. In this age of information and misinformation, it’s time to interpret and understand the world with your third eye.
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Ep. 198: Letting go of the stories we tell ourselves
We all have stories that we tell ourselves that are not contributing to our evolution as souls. Often, those stories aren't even ours—they are fears and limiting beliefs installed by collective or familial programming and conditioning. Now, more than ever, we are being invited to release those stories and be the true self that exists beneath all of that conditioning. In this episode, I share some ways that you can begin to observe and let go of the mind loops that just don't serve a purpose.
Ep. 197: The Equinox, eclipse season, and preparing for a new chapter
Over the next couple of weeks, we are in a potent portal with two eclipses and the Autumn Equinox sandwiched in between. The Lunar Eclipse in Pisces on September 17 marks the beginning of a new cycle. The Equinox invites us to tune into the harmony in nature and invite more balance into our lives. This is the perfect time to clear out the old habits, patterns, and energies no longer relevant to your expansion and call in the new. In this episode, I talk about this eclipse season and how you can work with all of the current Cosmic energies to heal and evolve.
Ep. 196: Authenticity, childless cat ladies, and cultivating a strong foundation for your life
Whether you're feeling aligned and flowing with ease through life, or the challenges mounting feel like major obstacles, we all can benefit from knowing and expressing ourselves in a deep, authentic way. The intensity of August's astrology will not be letting up much in September as we enter eclipse season. In this episode, I discuss some of my recent observations about the collective and share the best way I know to create a strong and stable foundation for life. At this moment, the key is to reaffirm your commitment to practices, habits, and lifestyle routines that nourish you. Meditation teaches us to observe ourselves and find stillness and neutrality in the discomfort. The more you practice, the more that skill translates to everyday life. And when you become more aware of your authentic truth and express that in all that you do, you will be able to glide over the bumps!
Ep. 195: Leo season, Mercury retrograde, and preparing for the tumult ahead
Leo season is one of my favorite times of the year. It's a time to step into your courage, leadership, and heart and let your authentic light shine. This year, Mercury retrograde coincides with it, but do not fear! This retrograde is inviting us to review and tune into how we communicate, learn, and inform ourselves, along with editing the details of daily schedules and to-do lists. It's the perfect time to curate our lives—which behaviors, routines, and people are nourishing us and which are not. August and September have some bumpy astrology, and the world around us will continue to surprise us. Now is the time to set yourself up with supportive people and techniques to create a stable foundation for the ride ahead.
Ep. 194: Summer astrology, nourishing self care, discipline, and cultivating invincibility
As the turbulence of the world continues, it's more important than ever to cultivate discipline and intuitive knowing to nourish and support our body, mind, and soul. In this episode, I highlight a few of the significant astrological energies happening in July and August to keep an eye on and be ready for. When we balance disciplined self-care practices for our physical, emotional, and mental well-being with nourishment and rest, we cultivate an invincible field, a force of love and good in the world. I believe in us!
Ep 193: How to leverage the Solstice energy
This week's Solstice is an opportunity to level up your daily practice, your self-awareness, and your inner fire. This week is a great time to tune in to your Self and allow the solar force to empower your connection to—and alignment with—the Cosmic flow. In this episode, I share some recent experiences that helped me see how my daily practice has allowed me to tap into that flow and navigate the chaos of the world and the challenges of our human experience.
Ep 192: 10 years of self discovery
The path of self-inquiry and awareness is long and winding. Cultivating the willingness and discipline to embark on—and continue—the journey is critical to our evolution as humans having a human experience. In this episode, I reflect on a decade since I hit rock bottom and the steps I've taken towards self-illumination and truly BEING myself.
Ep 184: New Year’s Revelations with Sat Devbir
My favorite intuitive guide, teacher, healer, and Lightworker, Sat Devbir, is back to share wisdom about the coming year. In this conversation, he shares guidance that he has received in the past few weeks from the Spirit Guides about the energy of 2024 and how we can all leverage that energy to create a stable foundation for our future expansion.
Ep 183: Year-End Pep Talk: Give yourself the gift of self awareness this holiday season
This is my annual year-end pep talk encouraging you to make space to sit quietly with yourself this holiday season! Yes, I'm sure you are busy. But meditating every day—even for just 11 minutes—will help you have more self-awareness, self-compassion, and ease, despite the hustle and bustle.
Ep 182: Finding Peace in Chaos and Conflict
While the chaos and conflict in the world continue, it is more important than ever to create stability and security in your own field. From this place of calm, neutral balance, and peace within, we can have a tremendous impact on the collective. I'm not talking about spiritual bypass—meditating our way out of real-world atrocities—but about that deep inner work that includes being honest with yourself about how you create resistance and struggle for yourself. Whether you feel called to speak out against or for something or take action for a cause, the most important thing we can each do as individuals is address the conflict, distraction, and fear within ourselves. As more people consciously disengage from the fear and conflict programming inundating our screens, the more momentum we will build toward a new way of operating on this planet.
Ep 181: The Space Between
Have you ever felt like you are in between who you were and who you are meant to become? That liminal space is a moment in your spiritual evolution to be revered, not ignored! It is an invitation to pause, contemplate, and surrender to the flow of the Cosmos. The death and rebirth cycle is a critical process to embrace. It happens on time scales from moments to days to years. In our world filled with distractions and noise, it is so important to allow yourself to be nourished by this sacred pause.
Ep 180: Create space in your life to allow your true essence emerge
It's easy to be swept up by our busy lives and all the external things competing for our attention. When we create a little space each day to be quiet and detach from the barrage of distractions, we open up to our true essence. Then, our inner guidance, creativity, and messages from the ether realms become more prominent. Meditation, journaling, and time in nature are just a few of the ways to turn our attention inward and allow for a more profound connection to emerge.
Ep 179: A simple way towards world peace—cultivate peace within
Prayers for world peace may seem like a lofty—or even naive—dream. But I believe that we can, and will, create a more peaceful, just planet by starting with ourselves. If those of us in the privileged, relatively safe parts of the world can't hold compassion, empathy, and love for ourselves and the people around us, how can we ask that to happen on the world stage? When you cultivate inner peace and serenity, you radiate it our into the morphogenic collective field. We can do that in simple ways, such as a smile to a stranger, an intentional burst of light to a passerby, or forgiveness to someone (or yourself) for some wrongdoing. If we simply remember each other—recognize the divinity in all—we create a pathway to harmony on this planet.
Ep 178: How can we more actively work to become the person we want to be?
We all have behaviors we'd love to shift or release, and they are often related to triggers that touch on sensitive issues that we haven't yet healed or transcended. But when something or someone triggers you into a trauma response, you can look at it as a moment to learn more about yourself. The programming and conditioning from childhood and beyond can be stuck deep in the subconscious. You may not even be aware of why you react in extreme ways in any given situation. In this episode, I share some recent experiences observing myself in less-than-enlightened reactions and some steps we can all take to do the self-inquiry required to heal our past traumas. As we continue to evolve emotionally, more is revealed to be healed. I believe this is a lifelong process towards your true Self.
Ep 177: How can you create a refuge within where you can believe?
The world around us is not transforming on the time scale that makes our lives easier. But we can create—and believe in—a refuge within. In this episode, I share some ways to create a refuge of peace and prosperity for yourself. You can invite this energy into your life in simple yet profound ways. We can create a space where we believe all the magic, miracles, love, and peace are available. Each day, if you create a container—a reminder—for yourself, you begin to transform your inner world. You can manifest your biggest dreams from that sanctuary of faith in yourself. And from that space, the energy is so abundant that it will overflow and create a wave of peace in the world.
Ep 176: Embracing our differences
As humanity continues to evolve and learn from the past, more and more people identify in ways that are "different" from the traditional norm. But what if we look at these beautiful ways that make people unique as strengths? What if we saw neurodivergence as a natural progression of how humans are able to sense the world and connect in new ways? In this episode, I contemplate some of these concepts and invite you to take a wider perspective on our differences. Let's embrace the diverse ways we can navigate and be in this world!
Ep 175: Why community connection is so important
Whether you're an introvert or an extrovert, we all receive benefits from engaging in community. As we connect with other human beings, our own gifts are amplified through that heart connection. In this episode, I reflect on my experience at a recent yoga retreat and how it reinforced for me how much collaboration and immersion in collective energy is for my own evolution. Maybe it will help inspire you to join a community or start to cultivate your own!
Ep 174: Leverage the astrological energies for deep healing and activation
There’s so much happening in our skies right now—Venus retrograde in Leo, the Sun and Mercury in Leo, and a new nodal shift to name a few. In this episode, I share some of the ways to connect with these energies and leverage them for profound healing and activation.
Ep. 173: How can we nourish the body and the soul at once?
In this episode, share some of the ways to connect with your Soul and be fully embodied at the same time. When we listen to what our bodies need—move and find stillness when our intuitive guidance tells us it aligns—we can truly be ourselves.
Ep. 172: Listen to your body
In this episode, I share some of the ways I've been listening to my body and how you too can engage more consciously with your body, a practice that I've found to be deeply healing and nourishing.
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