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How to Turn a Philosophical Understanding Into a Way of Life. | Ethan Hsieh and the TIAMAT Process

Something is coming: https://lectern.johnvervaeke.com/p/wh... What if mastery isn’t about perfection—but about transformation? In part one of this Lectern Dialogues series, John Vervaeke is joined by Ethan Hsieh to explore how the cultivation of virtuosity—typically reserved for the arts—can be brought into the heart of philosophical and existential transformation. Ethan introduces his TIAMAT ecology of practices, a three-tier developmental framework that integrates performance training, cognitive science, and philosophical practice to help individuals map their inner world and embody transformation. The dialogue navigates the contrast between therapy and transformative practice, emphasizing relational ontology, participatory knowing, and distributed empowerment. Ethan draws on his background in acting, philosophy, and pedagogy to offer a new mode of deliberate self-development, grounded in both rigor and trust. This first conversation lays the groundwork for deeper engagement with how agency, feedback, and embodied practice can become central tools for personal and communal growth. Ethan is the creative and philosophical heart of 5ToMidnight. As Artistic Director, he weaves together theatre, ritual, psychology, and systems thinking to design the architectures of transformation that define TIAMAT. Over the past decade, he has developed TIAMAT through deep practice-as-research across Asia and Europe—working at the intersection of actor training, 4E cognitive science, post-Jungian depth work, and the many tangled threads of being human. Equal parts performance-maker, teacher, and systems designer, Ethan crafts pedagogies for everyone from first-time participants to facilitators-in-training—always with an eye toward what’s possible when practice meets presence, and presence meets fellowship. Whether he's facilitating a group ritual, sketching a theory map, or building new pathways for character development, virtue cultivation, and existential resilience, Ethan's work is grounded in one animating principle: transformation is artful and relational. He currently splits his time between Singapore and the UK, and also serves as Platform Manager and Business Development Lead of John Vervaeke's Lectern. Learn more about 5ToMidnight and TIAMAT here: https://5tomidnight.org/ - 00:00 – Opening and intentions 03:00 – Ethan’s background in theater and philosophy 07:30 – What is TIAMAT? Three-tiered developmental model 11:00 – Mapping metacognition through embodied practice 14:00 – Why “meta-maps” matter 17:00 – Habituation and interrupting automaticity 20:00 – TIAMAT vs traditional therapy 24:00 – Participatory transformation and co-regulation 29:00 – Why agency must be distributed 30:00 - "If we can get people in wise flow states with rituals that trans further, that would be like a, a great gift that we could give people that is far beyond making them better at entertaining." -John 33:00 – Feedback loops and vulnerability 40:00 – Practice containers vs performative self-help 45:00 – The role of trust and shared commitment 47:00 - "TIAMAT is an Aristotelian character intervention process. ... What we're trying to do with ecologies of practice is to be able to develop the character traits that compensate for shortfalls in our personality." -Ethan 50:00 – Postures of presence and the relational self 55:00 – Complexification as a developmental path 1:00:00 – Where transformation lives: tier two dynamics 1:05:00 – Ending reflections and next steps -- TIAMAT Process – Ethan’s three-tier model integrating metacognition, agency, and performance Meta Maps – Structures used for mapping inner experience and metacognition Postures of Presence – Ethan’s term for enacted, embodied states of awareness Five to Midnight – Ethan’s community and collaborative practice grouprk: http://5tomidnight.org/ Deliberately Developmental Civilization – Term from Ken Wilber & Dustin Dene Ken Wilber on Integral Life Unified Theory of Knowledge – Cognitive science/metatheory foundation https://unifiedtheoryofknowledge.org - If you would like to donate purely out of goodwill to support John’s work, please consider joining our Patreon.   / johnvervaeke   The Vervaeke Foundation is committed to advancing the scientific pursuit of wisdom and creating a significant impact on the world. https://vervaekefoundation.org/ If you would like to learn and engage regularly in practices that are informed, developed and endorsed by John and his work, visit Awaken to Meaning’s calendar to explore practices that enhance your virtues and foster deeper connections with reality and relationships. https://awakentomeaning.com/join-prac... - John Vervaeke: https://johnvervaeke.com/   / drjohnvervaeke      / @johnvervaeke     / johnvervaeke   - Thanks for watching!