We are almost fated to have an unhealthy relationship with myth, says @bernardokastrup.bsky.social
Taken literally, these stories lead to fundamentalism. Taken as metaphor they lose their emotional power.
I share some discussion highlights here:
www.withrealityinmind.com/more-than-al...
a hard won map of all the different kinds of meditation and their aims, encompassing many contemplative traditions.
The map is not the terrain, but it can be a big help if you get lost, or want to discover new wonders.
Have a little look, and let me know what you think!
youtu.be/3ehQ4WGdqbA
Iain McGilchrist & @bernardokastrup.bsky.social spoke on Tues, clearing up apparent disagreement on the nature of perception - can we know the world as it is, or is it hidden behind a dashboard?
They agreed on idealism & daimsons but disagree about time:
www.withrealityinmind.com/iain-mcgilch...
They agree consciousness is primary. But is experience immediate, or perceived? @bernardokastrup.bsky.social and Iain McGilchrist discuss time, meaning, beauty and truth this coming Tues 7th, online:
dandelion.events/e/r5yfz
Perhaps our most personal conversation to date, @bernardokastrup.bsky.social confronts the lived experience of idealism through dream analysis, navigating chronic pain & toxic families even as life bursts forth with its boundless creativity.
www.withrealityinmind.com/living-ideal...
Some reflections on yesterday's meeting with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social - reconciling archetypes, synchronicity and causality, the meaning behind the astounding universality of maths, and the limits of analysis, including analytic idealism.
www.withrealityinmind.com/archetypes-s...
Tomorrow with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social we discuss "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences", Gödel's incompleteness theorems and could maths be, in some sense, the grammar of consciousness?
www.withrealityinmind.com/maths-archet...
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social discusses the state of the debate on physicalism & consciousness and his predictions for the future
youtu.be/IJtcx8FaoW4
Based on many private discussions with academics, @bernardokastrup.bsky.social's view is that 'there is not one serious defender of materialism left' & this will be accepted mainstream thinking within 10-20 years
We discuss the future and past of idealism:
www.withrealityinmind.com/not-one-seri...
Some words from @bernardokastrup.bsky.social on the recent topic - seeing without eyes and the challenge to the naturalism of Analytic Idealism
www.withrealityinmind.com/seeing-witho...
Tomorrow we discuss the biggest challenge to @bernardokastrup.bsky.social Naturalism (the idea that the reality we experience is spontaneous and based on natural laws, rather than planned.)
www.withrealityinmind.com/seeing-witho...
Is there a Western path to nondual realisation hiding in plain sight?
I had an inspiring discussion with scholar Athena Despina Potari (linked to Harvard & Oxford) about how science and philosophy were understood in the Hellenic culture of Ancient Greece.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_ef...
Meeting tomorrow with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social and Julia Mossbridge: www.withrealityinmind.com/seeing-futur...
Watching this right now in anticipation of tomorrow's meeting between @bernardokastrup.bsky.social and Julia Mossbridge.
It opens with a feminist critique of neuroscience assumptions about glial cells, so I'm liking it already!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLle...
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social and Dr Jude Currivan discuss the implications of materialist and idealist perspectives on the economy, an extract from this week's dialogue:
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-a-...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlji...
What if the patterns of the cosmos could guide better ways to do business? Dialogue tomorrow with Jude Currivan & @bernardokastrup.bsky.social
dandelion.events/e/s3i6r
"A man should keep his feet solidly on the ground"
Sums up my feelings about meditation.
This coming Thursday near Angel, London:
Group Awareness Meditation + Movement with Music
dandelion.events/e/g9cqw
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHFt...
Feeling energized by Jude's brilliant mind and passionate heart in prep for this event with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social - translating recent cosmology science indicating a living universe to inform new ways to do business, global economy & life on this planet
dandelion.events/e/s3i6r
Here @bernardokastrup.bsky.social guides two powerful thought experiments which, despite his protestations, place him on a par with any spiritual teacher I've encountered. The conclusion is that everything exists, not in time, not in space, but in you:
www.withrealityinmind.com/the-big-bang...
"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know.
If I wish to explain, I know not" - Saint Augustine
This week, we discuss with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social time from the perspective of Analytic Idealism. You can find out more, and join the session via this link:
www.withrealityinmind.com/time/
Rituals tune our internal state into sympathetic resonance with the flow of the world. @bernardokastrup.bsky.social finds rich meaning in the symbols of nature. Winter solstice can attune us to a rhythm of pause and reflection, and welcome the coming light.
www.withrealityinmind.com/solstice-the...
In this clip, Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina explains some historical background to Kashmir Shaivism, or Trika philosophy, and what distinguishes it from other Non-Dual schools like Advaita Vedanta.
From With Reality in Mind with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPxf...
Experiences of mysticism, near death, and psychedelics suggest that love is fundamental to existence. @bernardokastrup.bsky.social explains that reason does not require us to elevate love above other experiences, but the idea is compatible with idealism.
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-is...
Does idealism support a life of meaning? Dialogue with world-leading Jungian analyst James Hollis and @bernardokastrup.bsky.social Mon 8th Dec
dandelion.events/e/h77lv
Christopher Timmermann & @bernardokastrup.bsky.social next week on what DMT implies about the nature of reality and consciousness. Chris presents new brain imaging studies on entity encounters and experiences of 'pure consciousness' devoid of self and time.
dandelion.events/e/v3wjm
A chat with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social including a very brief summary of why physicalism 'is dead on arrival,' and how we can experimentally discover new minds in unexpected places: youtu.be/N0_nUt-UpV4
An amazing insight into the future of medicine & healing with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social & @bernardokastrup.bsky.social
One day, instead of 'Hey Siri' it might be common to say 'Hey liver! Why do I feel like crap today?'
youtu.be/lZLbM505J_U
Was happy to host @drmichaellevin.bsky.social and @bernardokastrup.bsky.social in conversation in Sept - in this excerpt, they update each other on their work during the last year, including
- Reversing ageing
- Cells that hear and learn
- Starting a new AI company
youtu.be/X1lm0pmSDtw
Conversation today with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social on the relationship between perception and reality, will and representation:
www.withrealityinmind.com/the-meaning-...
If you're a 'seeker,' you might think your dashboard onto reality is something to be transcended, but @bernardokastrup.bsky.social disagrees. Human perception is also part of reality, governed by the same archetypal templates as Mind at Large:
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-no...