• Bernardo Kastrup and Shinzen Young on Mysticism and Science

  • Dec 14 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Bernardo Kastrup and Shinzen Young on Mysticism and Science

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  • This is an exploration between Shinzen Young and Bernardo Kastrup on mysticism, science, and liberation. Shinzen Young is a mindfulness teacher, the author of the Science of Enlightenment, and is the co-director of the SEMA lab at the University of Arizona. Bernardo Kastrup is an analytic philosopher, computer engineer, metaphysical idealist, and executive director of the Essentia Foundation.

    Essentia Foundation: https://www.essentiafoundation.org/

    Shinzen Young: https://www.shinzen.org/

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    Video episode: https://youtu.be/syb-oSaDZZE?si=ShNPJXXmuEBHGVDC

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    Timestamps:

    0:00 Intro
    2:46 Can philosophy, science, and mysticism align?
    7:39 What does liberation consist of?
    11:38 Bernardo’s path to insight
    17:43 The paradox of cultivated improvement vs. nothing to improve
    31:16 Blocking ourselves from life’s teaching
    36:01 Did Spinoza have mystical experience?
    48:58 The truth is not vulnerable
    51:29 Training people in the spirit of science
    1:06:59 Reflecting on Bernardo’s insight

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