Diving Into the MindwithBernardo Kastrup

Books Mentioned In This Interview

bernardo kastrup brief peeks beyond: critical essays on metaphysics, neuroscience, free will, skepticism, and culture bernardo kastrup decoding jung's metaphysics: the archetypal semantics of an experiential universe bernardo kastrup decoding schopenhauer's metaphysics bernardo kastrup dreamed up reality: diving into the mind to uncover the astonishing hidden tale of nature bernardo kastrup meaning in absurdity: what bizarre phenomena can tell us about the nature of reality bernardo kastrup more than allegory: on religious myth, truth, and belief bernardo kastrup rationalist spirituality bernardo kastrup the idea of the world bernardo kastrup the idea of the world: a multi-disciplinary argument for the mental nature of reality bernardo kastrup why materialism is baloney

Bernardo Kastrup, PhD, is a computer scientist. He is author of Rationalist Spirituality, Why Materialism is Baloney, Dreamed Up Reality, Meaning in Absurdity, Brief Peeks Beyond, More Than Allegory, and The Idea of the World. He has published several papers in Scientific American arguing for metaphysical idealism.

Here he describes a process of examining the mind deeply to discover the inner realities that exist at layers deeper than our cultural conditioning and personal psychology. He enumerates various approaches including meditation, biofeedback, breathing, and psychedelic drug use. Then he describes several experiences of his own after each of which he recorded detailed notes. Based on these experiences, he reflects on the nature of reality.

(Recorded on January 3, 2019)

Published on January 24, 2019

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Bernardo is launching a new organization, #EssentiaFoundation, and has produced some wonderful short videos that can be viewed at https://youtu.be/Nls4o_mR-sY and https://youtu.be/wJG6yL4ncK8.

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This is an unusual video because it runs for over three hours, and also because it is a very personal discussion in which both Bernardo and Jeffrey reveal aspects of their own inner life that are rarely discussed publicly. Bernardo maintains that his intensive focus on arguing for analytical idealism, both philosophically and scientifically, is [...]

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Bernardo has launched a new organization, #EssentiaFoundation, and has produced some wonderful short videos that can be viewed at https://youtu.be/Nls4o_mR-sY and https://youtu.be/wJG6yL4ncK8.

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Bernardo has launched a new organization, #EssentiaFoundation, and has produced some wonderful short videos that can be viewed at https://youtu.be/Nls4o_mR-sY and https://youtu.be/wJG6yL4ncK8.

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Bernardo has launched a new organization, #EssentiaFoundation, and has produced some wonderful short videos that can be viewed at https://youtu.be/Nls4o_mR-sY and https://youtu.be/wJG6yL4ncK8.

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