“It’s us and our relationship to the world.”
In short: Gregg Braden is an author and former geologist who joined Brian Rose in 2019 for this London Real Success Secrets clip. Asked how one person can write about everything from Earth’s magnetic fields to ancient civilizations and consciousness, he explains why he sees it all as a single subject.
Brian opens by saying he has rarely had a guest with such a diverse range of interests. Gregg replies with a story about a hostile radio interview in which the host asked why he could not stick to one topic like everybody else.
His answer is that each of his books is a deep exploration of one facet of the human experience, and that he has stayed on one very big topic throughout.
Key takeaways
- One topic, not many. Gregg says his subject is people and their relationship to the world, whatever the book is about.
- Science and spirituality are not separate. As a child he never drew a line between them, or between chemistry, biology, geology and physics.
- Nature does not divide itself. He says the world works as one system, even though college courses split it into subjects.
- Cross the boundaries. His geologist friends sent him to biologists when he asked what weaker magnetic fields mean for people, and he sees that gap as a problem.
- Aim to thrive. He wants a holistic view that helps people thrive, not just survive.
- Choose with understanding. Deeper understanding, he says, lets people make wise choices instead of knee-jerk reactions.
The hostile radio interview
Gregg describes an early-morning commuter radio programme on the US East Coast where the host skipped the usual introduction and asked why he was all over the map, writing about Earth’s magnetic fields, ancient civilizations, consciousness and spirituality.
He told the host that each book explores one facet of the human experience. The host did not like the answer and went to a station break.
Seeing science as one system
Gregg says that as a child he made no distinction between science and spirituality, or between the individual sciences. Nature does not make those distinctions, he says, and thinking that way gives him an integrated, holistic story about the past and the present.
He wants that view to serve other people too, helping them thrive in the extremes of the world today.
The magnetic field question
As a young geologist he was looking at climate and at the Earth’s magnetic fields, which he said were declining and becoming weaker. He asked what that means for people.
Geologists told him to ask a biologist, and biologists told him they knew nothing about magnetic fields. For Gregg this is a good example of why crossing traditional boundaries gives people a clearer picture and better choices.
Who is Gregg Braden?
Gregg Braden is an author who writes on subjects including Earth’s magnetic fields, ancient civilizations, consciousness and spirituality. He says he began as a geologist, and in this 2019 London Real clip he explains why he treats his wide range of topics as one subject: people and their relationship to the world.
Frequently asked questions
He says each of his books is a deep exploration of one facet of the human experience, so he sees himself as staying with one big topic: people and their relationship to the world.
In this clip he describes himself as a young geologist who was looking at climate and the Earth's magnetic fields.
He says he never made a distinction between them as a child, and that nature does not separate chemistry, biology, geology and physics either.
You can watch the full clip free on this page, with the transcript below the video.
