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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...
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Time is an illusion but meaning is real
Recording 6th January 2026: Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup on Time
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-big-bang-is-now-in-the-illusion-of-time/
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"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/
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Time
Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 6th January 2026
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/time/
5 days ago
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16 days ago
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...
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Solstice & the symbols of nature
The power and importance of ritual. Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup on 23rd Dec, 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/solstice-the-symbols-of-nature/?fbclid=IwY2xjawO43ixleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe_mNhvDvNDrORhIXhlGlu4x3dYb69RMj4ktWDhubYsh5PJRuh1AJgK67dZOc_aem_Vyk5WhLabnu844SsfKS0SA
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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...
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https://www.withrealityinmind.com/dreams-horror-beauty.../
19 days ago
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Wondering
22 days ago
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...
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Recording: Is love fundamental? (and is there a plan?)
Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 16th Dec 2025 on prayer and if creation is planned
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-is-love-fundamental-and-is-there-a-plan/
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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
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James Hollis | Bernardo Kastrup: With Meaning in Mind
Mon 8th Dec 2025, 10am – 12pm EST (UTC -05:00)
https://dandelion.events/e/h77lv
about 1 month ago
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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
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Christopher TImmermann | Bernardo Kastrup: DMT & the nature of reality
Tue 25th Nov 2025, 1pm – 3pm EST (UTC -05:00)
https://dandelion.events/e/v3wjm
about 2 months ago
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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
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How to discover new minds - Michael Levin
YouTube video by Adventures in Awareness
https://youtu.be/N0_nUt-UpV4
about 2 months ago
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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
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Michael Levin | Bernardo Kastrup: placebo, psychology & cure for cancer in our time
YouTube video by Bernardo Kastrup 🇪🇺
https://youtu.be/lZLbM505J_U
about 2 months ago
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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
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Michael Levin | Bernardo Kastrup: Cells that hear & learn
YouTube video by Bernardo Kastrup 🇪🇺
https://youtu.be/X1lm0pmSDtw
about 2 months ago
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Conversation today with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
on the relationship between perception and reality, will and representation:
www.withrealityinmind.com/the-meaning-...
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The meaning and modes of perception
Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 4th Nov 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-meaning-and-modes-of-perception/
2 months ago
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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...
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Recording: No need to transcend the human experience
Recording 28th Oct 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-no-need-to-transcend/
2 months ago
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But could the very nature of perception evolve? Obviously, other species are experiencing the planet with very different senses to our own. What about our ancestors and future selves? Discussion tomorrow with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
www.withrealityinmind.com/the-evolutio...
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The evolution of perception
Can our relationship to reality transform? Q&A with Bernardo 28th Oct 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-evolution-of-perception/
2 months ago
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It’s not a professional recording so perhaps more spontaneous and revealing than formal presentations tend to be. Shared with Shamil's permission:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr1j...
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Dr Shamil Chandaria: The body as a full path to awakening
YouTube video by Adventures in Awareness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr1jEMXGB-s
3 months ago
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Most people think that the sun and stars, the rivers and trees are what is 'out there.'
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
contends that this is impossible - our experience is a dashboard about reality, not a window onto it. Summary of this conversation is here:
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-th...
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Recording: What perception veils and reveals
Dashboards, dials and what lies beyond. Q&A with Bernardo on 14th Oct 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-the-dials-the-dashboard-beyond/
3 months ago
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Is perception more like a dream or a shadow? Does the brain tune into frequencies like a radio, or generate a dashboard like a simulation? Tomorrow we discuss the nature of experience, and what lies beyond with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
www.withrealityinmind.com/the-dials-th...
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The dials, the dashboard & beyond
The nature of perception and what lies beyond, Q&A with Bernardo on 14th Oct 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-dials-the-dashboard-beyond/
3 months ago
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In Trika, raw emotions like love, humour, and grief can connect us to the absolute. But in this dialogue
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
did not shy away from a deeply human response to the horror reality can contain.
www.withrealityinmind.com/dreams-horro...
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Dreams, horror & beauty are real
Dr Sthaneshwar Timalsina & Bernardo Kastrup dialogue 7th Oct 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/dreams-horror-beauty-are-real/
3 months ago
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I've often wondered what exactly
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
means when he talks about the importance of paying attention to life. Well in this session, he comes clean!
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-pa...
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Recording: Paying attention to life
Art as the purpose of life and the collapse of opposites on the Western Path Recording 30th Sept 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-paying-attention/
3 months ago
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we're online with
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social
and
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
in 3 hours 🙂 You can join here:
dandelion.events/e/w32nr
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Michael Levin | Bernardo Kastrup: On the intelligence pervading life and the Platonic Realm
Wed 24th Sep 2025, 12pm – 2pm CDT (UTC -05:00)
https://dandelion.events/e/w32nr
4 months ago
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Join
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social
"one of the most creative biologists working today" and
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
Wed 24th Sept, as they question and inspire each other's ideas on consciousness, reality and life:
dandelion.events/e/w32nr
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Michael Levin | Bernardo Kastrup: On the intelligence pervading life and the Platonic Realm
Wed 24th Sep 2025, 12pm – 2pm CDT (UTC -05:00)
https://dandelion.events/e/w32nr
4 months ago
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discussion yesterday on Idealism, Art & Creativity
www.withrealityinmind.com/art-creativi...
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Art & Creativity: Emptiness Dancing
Who is the author and how to stay authentic - discussion with Bernardo Kastrup on 16th Sep 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/art-creativity-emptiness-dancing/
4 months ago
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Last week I invited artists from our weekly discussion group with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
if they would like to share examples of their work inspired by themes from our meetings, and I'm delighted to share the results here:
www.withrealityinmind.com/art-from-our...
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Art from our members - inspired by idealism
Poetry, painting, video and improvisation
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/art-from-our-members-inspired-by-idealism/
4 months ago
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When starting the 'With Reality in Mind' membership group with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
, I expected mainly scientists & philosophers. To our surprise, many who joined are artists, writers, poets and musicians, inspired by idealism & all that it implies
www.withrealityinmind.com/16th-sept-cr...
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16th Sept - Creativity, Expression & Art
“What we call imagination is actually a universal library of what’s real. You couldn’t imagine it if it weren’t real, somewhere, sometime.” - Terrence McKenna When we started this group, I expected m...
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/16th-sept-creativity-expression-art/
4 months ago
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@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
on The Western Path, the Cosmic Itch, and navigating the forces of nature.
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-on...
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Recording: One journey. Many paths.
The Western Path, the Cosmic Itch, and navigating the forces of nature. Bernardo Kastrup 9th Sept 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-one-journey-many-paths/
4 months ago
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Today with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
we discuss how appearances may symbolise deeper truths, continuing the western spiritual tradition of engaging with reality rather than transcending it...
www.withrealityinmind.com/the-western-...
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Today: The Western Path
The rich symbolism of reality -- Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 9th Sep 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-western-path/
4 months ago
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Could poetry be a better way to see the world? To let the soul of things shine through them? Reflections from a dialogue yesterday with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-pa...
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Recording: Patrick Harpur & Bernardo Kastrup - Subatomic particles, fairies & finding your God
Recording 2nd Sept 2025 - dialogue on Bernardo's book The Daimon and the Soul of the West
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-patrick-harpur-bernardo-kastrup/
4 months ago
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Zoom call with Bernardo Kastrup and Patrick Harpur in 2 hours time :)
www.withrealityinmind.com/special-gues...
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Tues 2nd Sept: Patrick Harpur & Bernardo Kastrup - Archetypes, Daimons and the Western Mind
Archetypes, Daimons and Idealism in the Western Mind - with Special Guest Patrick Harpur
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/special-guest-patrick-harpur/
4 months ago
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Some people say the more you meditate, the more ethical your behaviour will become. So how come abuse is so common? In this short clip Andrew Holecek recounts his personal perspective, based on several decades studying and teaching around the world:
youtu.be/BSxkyh6nswk
What do you all think?
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Andrew Holecek - meditation is not enough
YouTube video by Adventures in Awareness
https://youtu.be/BSxkyh6nswk
4 months ago
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@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
considers Patrick amongst the top 3 authors worthy of far more exposure, so I'm excited to have them in dialogue this coming Tues to discuss Bernardo's new book, archetypes, daimons and the imagination:
www.withrealityinmind.com/special-gues...
4 months ago
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What can life teach us if we pay careful attention to it? I was inspired to hear
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
's deeply personal response yesterday, drawing on the early loss of his father in Brazil and the unraveling of a career, marriage & identity
www.withrealityinmind.com/life-the-ult...
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Life, the ultimate guru
Recording of "The Daimon and the Soul of the West" book launch 26th August 2025 with Bernardo Kastrup
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/life-the-ultimate-guru/
5 months ago
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Book launch tomorrow with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
- a personal journey with an inspiring conclusion "There is a Western path...it offers the potential for breakthroughs that will fill you with meaning and contentment to the point of bursting."
www.withrealityinmind.com/the-daimon-t...
5 months ago
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What links trauma and spiritual revelation? Could anomalous encounters be aspects of our own repressed nature? Q&A yesterday with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
and Jeffrey Kripal
www.withrealityinmind.com/recori-the-s...
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Recording: "The Sacred is not the Good" special guest Jeffrey Kripal
On trauma, revelation and the impossible - Q&A 19th August with Jeffrey Kripal and Bernardo Kastrup
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recori-the-sacred-is-not-the-good-special-guest-jeffrey-kripal/
5 months ago
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Jeffrey Kripal joins
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
tomorrow to reflect on UAPs, high strangeness, and what these phenomena might reveal about the nature of reality....
www.withrealityinmind.com/uap-high-str...
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"UFO = extraterrestrial is naive" Jeffrey Kripal, special guest tomorrow
19th August: UAP discussion with Jeffrey Kripal and Bernardo Kastrup
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/uap-high-strangeness-with-guest-jeffrey-kripal/
5 months ago
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"Why the Hindu will see Krishna and the Christian will see Christ" -
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
on anomalous encounters:
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-we...
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Recording - We are aliens to ourselves
Bernardo Kastrup on UAPs, part 1 recorded 12th August. Part 2 coming up - 19th August: Discussion & Q&A with guest Jeffrey Kripal PhD & Bernardo Kastrup. "Meaning in Absurdity: UAPs & High Strangene...
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-we-are-aliens-to-ourselves/
5 months ago
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This month with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
we're taking questions on the paranormal, with the next two sessions dedicated to the UAP phenomena. The following page contains links to several free resources on the topic, including an essay from Bernardo.
www.withrealityinmind.com/youtube-clip...
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Youtube clips & resources on UAPs & the Paranormal
This month we're taking questions on the paranormal, with the next two sessions dedicated to the UAP phenomena. An excellent introduction to Bernardo's take on this can be found in his 2024 essay her...
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/youtube-clips-resources-on-uaps-the-paranormal/
5 months ago
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Studies of psychic phenomena are criticized for being unrepeatable, or of only small statistical significance. In response,
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
highlights the inconsistency of this critique when compared with other scientific fields
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AihU...
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Bernardo Kastrup responds to critiques of paranormal studies
YouTube video by Bernardo Kastrup 🇪🇺
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AihUtBpa57U
5 months ago
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Perception almost certainly captures only a fraction of reality. What would science discover with different metaphysical assumptions? Discussion yesterday with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-ex...
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Recording: Exceptional human experiences
Discussion with Bernardo Kastrup 5th August, 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-exceptional-human-experiences/
5 months ago
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Science is neutral, but not scientists. In this clip,
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
explains why the same statistical pattern that wins a Nobel Prize at CERN can be interpreted as random if found in psychic phenomena.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Z9...
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Why science ignores psychic phenomena - Bernardo Kastrup
YouTube video by Bernardo Kastrup 🇪🇺
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Z9t0W9vgg
5 months ago
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Yesterday with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
and Christof Koch we discussed potential non-biological substrates for consciousness, how (psychedelic & mystical) experience inform science, and how metaphysics should not...
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-ch...
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Recording: Christof Koch - The neural correlates of being the world
Special guest in dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup, 29th of July
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-christof-koch-2/
5 months ago
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Today, Q&A with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
Christof Koch, one of the most celebrated figures in consciousness science, renowned for spearheading the modern search for the neural correlates of consciousness, initiated with Francis Crick.
www.withrealityinmind.com/christof-koc...
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Christof Koch: The neural correlates of being the world
Special guest in dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup, 29th of July
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/christof-koch-2/
5 months ago
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On Tuesday,
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
explained the basic premise of IIT - that we should expect the physical correlates of consciousness to reflect the qualities of experience that we can all observe.
youtu.be/Qj8EQ_C-iho
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Bernardo Kastrup on Integrated Information Theory and its implications
YouTube video by Bernardo Kastrup 🇪🇺
https://youtu.be/Qj8EQ_C-iho
6 months ago
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Tomorrow's session with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
, (22nd of July), will be a chance to better understand IIT and its implications, so that we can make the most out of the dialogue with Christof Koch the following week. I hope to see you there!
www.withrealityinmind.com/integrated-i...
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Integrated Information Theory & Idealism
IIT discussion with Bernardo Kastrup, 22nd July 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/integrated-information-theory/
6 months ago
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Yesterday with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
we discussed if AI could be a conduit for Mind at Large. Link includes excerpt
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-ai...
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Recording: AI - It's our show
A conduit for Mind at Large? Bernardo Kastrup on Agentic AI, 15th July 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-ai-its-our-show/
6 months ago
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We're online with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
in just over 2hrs, continuing the discussion on Agentic AI and the future of humanity. Though unconscious, could AI serve as a conduit for Mind at Large?
www.withrealityinmind.com/ai-conduit-f...
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Zoom in 2hrs: AI as a conduit for Mind at Large?
Bernardo Kastrup on Agentic AI and Idealism
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/ai-conduit-for-mind-at-large/
6 months ago
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Last night with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
we discussed his ambitions for the Agentic AI hardware company he founded, the differences between intelligence, creativity and consciousness, and why the responsibility for AI will remain with us...
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-ro...
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Recording: Robots will be tools, not tyrants
The future of AI depends on us: Bernardo Kastrup on Agentic AI, 8th July 2025
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-robots-will-be-tools-not-tyrants/
6 months ago
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A reminder this is happening TODAY with Bernardo Kastrup Free to members of With Reality in Mind, and available as a one-off event to anyone curious at this link:
dandelion.events/e/v1bkd
Recording sent to everyone registered if you can't make it live.
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Bernardo Kastrup: Agentic Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Humanity
Tue 8th Jul 2025, 1pm – 3pm EDT (UTC -04:00)
https://dandelion.events/e/v1bkd
6 months ago
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Earlier this year I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr Ruben Laukkonen about how advanced meditation can bring consciousness to a complete stop. We discuss implications for awakening & our understanding of reality:
youtu.be/E6xhctwX970
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Ruben Laukkonen: Meditation and the cessation of consciousness
YouTube video by Adventures in Awareness
https://youtu.be/E6xhctwX970
6 months ago
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"What AI does today, the average person on the street would not believe..."
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
predicts that “the amplifying effect of AI on human creativity will be so discombobulating it WILL LOOK LIKE ANOTHER SPECIES ON THE PLANET. Discussion next Tues:
dandelion.events/e/v1bkd
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Bernardo Kastrup: Agentic Artificial Intelligence & the Future of Humanity
Tue 8th Jul 2025, 1pm – 3pm EDT (UTC -04:00)
https://dandelion.events/e/v1bkd
6 months ago
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Science should remain metaphysically agnostic, but right now, a bias is corrupting results. Yesterday's conversation with
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-ca...
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Recording: Can science & religion be friends?
Bernardo Kastrup on spiritual technology, scientific bias, and the fear of death - Tues 1st of July
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-can-science-religion-be-friends/
6 months ago
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So grateful for the clarity I got when
@bernardokastrup.bsky.social
walked us through this evolution of idealist thought—from Berkeley to Kant to Schopenhauer—and how Analytic Idealism builds on that tradition.
www.withrealityinmind.com/different-ki...
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Short clip: Understanding the different kinds of idealism
A short clip from Bernardo on subjective, epistemic and objective idealism.
https://www.withrealityinmind.com/different-kinds-of-idealism/
7 months ago
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