EPISODE · Sep 5, 2021 · 6H
Leo Gura: Infinite Consciousness, God Realization, and Free Will
from Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · host Theories of Everything
Curt Jaimungal and Leo Gura explore infinite consciousness, god realization, free will, and love, weaving together physics, philosophy, and personal experience. The conversation dives into nondualism, solipsism, psychedelics, and moral questions while questioning the nature of reality.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:04:15 - Disclaimers + physicalism vs nondualism- 00:10:12 - Truth is merciless + developing one's own Weltanschauung- 00:14:05 - Embodying a philosophy- 00:22:35 - Chris Langan, the CTMU, and Distributed Solipsism- 00:27:08 - Physics and consciousness depend on one another- 00:32:36 - Reality is a dream and truth- 00:45:12 - Epi-consciousness and Gödel's incompleteness theorem- 01:11:02 - Epistemology, nescience vs ignorance, and hierarchies- 01:27:25 - Using language is delusive and deficient- 01:30:49 - The two kinds of "love"- 01:43:19 - Being precise with one's words- 01:59:25 - Free will- 02:15:23 - The reason the universe was created- 02:23:55 - Creation and destruction (the same? different?)- 02:30:03 - Paradoxes and contradictions- 02:41:34 - Meditative exercise for God realization- 02:55:56 - On Donald Hoffman- 03:08:15 - Steelmanning the materialist (how do you insights from psychedelics are true?)- 03:19:34 - Ego, and free will- 03:26:43 - Leo's own self-deception- 03:29:37 - The "woo" of paranormal healers and psychics (Leo's personal stories)- 03:49:50 - On Sam Harris' morality and the Moral Landscape- 04:01:35 - Experimentations with psychedelics- 04:09:42 - How to not have a bad trip / become suicidal from nihilism- 04:19:05 - On attachment (beneficial or not?)- 04:22:51 - Thomas Campbell- 04:30:31 - Bernardo Kastrup- 04:33:47 - Frank Yang- 04:51:28 - Raymond Smullyan (excerpt reading by Curt)- 05:03:49 - Curt is too selfish to have a TOE- 05:05:52 - When you realize you're God, the universe ends- 05:09:11 - Why use the term "God"?- 05:12:58 - Principle of impermanence not impermanent?- 05:14:39 - Proof that you have free will- 05:19:49 - "Everyone has good intentions"- 05:23:08 - Hate comes from love- 05:31:45 - Interview with Matthew Phillips of TranscendSPONSORS:- Project Transcend: https://www.projecttranscend.com/- Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE- Algo: http://algo.comRESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/R-w8k4smC74- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything- Better Left Unsaid documentary: http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Curt Jaimungal and Leo Gura explore infinite consciousness, god realization, free will, and love, weaving together physics, philosophy, and personal experience. The conversation dives into nondualism, solipsism, psychedelics, and moral questions while questioning the nature of reality.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:04:15 - Disclaimers + physicalism vs nondualism- 00:10:12 - Truth is merciless + developing one's own Weltanschauung- 00:14:05 - Embodying a philosophy- 00:22:35 - Chris Langan, the CTMU, and Distributed Solipsism- 00:27:08 - Physics and consciousness depend on one another- 00:32:36 - Reality is a dream and truth- 00:45:12 - Epi-consciousness and Gödel's incompleteness theorem- 01:11:02 - Epistemology, nescience vs ignorance, and hierarchies- 01:27:25 - Using language is delusive and deficient- 01:30:49 - The two kinds of "love"- 01:43:19 - Being precise with one's words- 01:59:25 - Free will- 02:15:23 - The reason the universe was created- 02:23:55 - Creation and destruction (the same? different?)- 02:30:03 - Paradoxes and contradictions- 02:41:34 - Meditative exercise for God realization- 02:55:56 - On Donald Hoffman- 03:08:15 - Steelmanning the materialist (how do you insights from psychedelics are true?)- 03:19:34 - Ego, and free will- 03:26:43 - Leo's own self-deception- 03:29:37 - The "woo" of paranormal healers and psychics (Leo's personal stories)- 03:49:50 - On Sam Harris' morality and the Moral Landscape- 04:01:35 - Experimentations with psychedelics- 04:09:42 - How to not have a bad trip / become suicidal from nihilism- 04:19:05 - On attachment (beneficial or not?)- 04:22:51 - Thomas Campbell- 04:30:31 - Bernardo Kastrup- 04:33:47 - Frank Yang- 04:51:28 - Raymond Smullyan (excerpt reading by Curt)- 05:03:49 - Curt is too selfish to have a TOE- 05:05:52 - When you realize you're God, the universe ends- 05:09:11 - Why use the term "God"?- 05:12:58 - Principle of impermanence not impermanent?- 05:14:39 - Proof that you have free will- 05:19:49 - "Everyone has good intentions"- 05:23:08 - Hate comes from love- 05:31:45 - Interview with Matthew Phillips of TranscendSPONSORS:- Project Transcend: https://www.projecttranscend.com/- Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE- Algo: http://algo.comRESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/R-w8k4smC74- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything- Better Left Unsaid documentary: http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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