Also see batgap.com/bernardo-kastrup/
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Introduction & Background
00:05:18 - The Path of Intellectual Discernment
00:10:39 - Defining Materialism and Consciousness
00:15:35 - Brain Function and Subjective Experience
00:20:22 - The Mistake of Materialists and the Localization of Mind
00:25:21 - Consciousness as the Ultimate Reality
00:30:37 - The Consciousness of a Glass of Water
00:35:26 - The Difference Between Water Flowing and Forming a Whirlpool
00:39:30 - The Glass of Water and Consciousness
00:43:46 - Materiality and Consciousness
00:47:56 - The Danger of Objectifying Consciousness
00:52:03 - The process of splitting off
00:56:06 - The Nature of Consciousness and Self-Recognition
01:00:07 - The Excitation of Mind and Self-Reflection
01:04:14 - The Dreamer and the Dream
01:08:13 - The Localization of Consciousness
01:12:10 - The Whirlpool and the Ripples
01:15:58 - The individuation of consciousness
01:20:18 - The Meaning of Reality and Consciousness
01:24:17 - A Hierarchy of Localization, a Hierarchy of Self-Reflection
01:28:23 - Mind as a Vibrating Membrane
01:32:40 - Existential Experience of Pure Unmanifest Existence
01:36:44 - The Illusion of Reality and the Nature of Mind
01:40:56 - The Truth in Illusions
01:45:04 - The Natural Unfolding Process
01:49:08 - The Battle between Intellect and Intuition
01:53:14 - The Crack in the Armor of the Ego
01:57:19 - Seeking Enlightenment through Different Paths
02:01:29 - Embracing the Unknown Journey
02:05:25 - Spiritual Awakening and Ordinary Perspective
02:09:27 - Harri Alto Returns by Popular Demand
Bernardo Kastrup has a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering and has worked as a scientist in some of the world's foremost research laboratories, including the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the "Casimir Effect" of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). He has authored many scientific papers and four philosophy books: Rationalist Spirituality, Dreamed up Reality, Meaning in Absurdity, and Why Materialism Is Baloney. This latter book is a grand synthesis of his metaphysical views. Bernardo has also been an entrepreneur and founder of two high-tech businesses. Today, he holds a managerial position in the high-tech industry. In parallel, he maintains a philosophy blog, an audio/video podcast, and continues to develop his ideas about the nature of reality. Bernardo has lived and worked in four different countries across continents.
Books:
Why Materialism Is Baloney: How True Skeptics Know There Is No Death and Fathom Answers to life, the Universe, and Everything
Meaning in Absurdity: What bizarre phenomena can tell us about the nature of reality
Dreamed Up Reality: Diving into the Mind to Uncover the Astonishing Hidden Tale of Nature
Rationalist Spirituality: An exploration of the meaning of life and existence informed by logic and science
Website: bernardokastrup.com
Interview recorded 7/12/2014
5 авг 2024
