Christopher Wallis & Bernardo Kastrup | Part 2: Kashmir Shaivism & Analytic Idealism

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In this second conversation, Christopher and Bernardo Kastrup explore the connections between Kashmir Shaivism and Analytic Idealism, offering a fresh perspective on consciousness, reality, and the nature of self.

Christopher Wallis, also known as Hareesh, is a renowned scholar, teacher, and practitioner of the Tantric traditions of India, specializing in Kashmir Shaivism. With a Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Indian Studies from UC Berkeley, he has dedicated his life to exploring and sharing the profound insights of non-dual Shaiva philosophy. As the author of The Recognition Sutras and a respected voice in the modern spiritual landscape, Hareesh bridges ancient wisdom with contemporary understanding.

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0:00 Intro
4:46 Kashmir Shaivism Overview
5:15 Challenging convention of the spiritual tradition
7:15 First order & second order reality
8:37 Radical deconstruction of mental and cultural constructs
9:29 First-order reality from first-person perspective
14:41 The Will of formless consciousness
16:19 Pre-cognitive Will & energy
17:32 Synchronization of language
18:40 The world we think we perceive is not raw perception
22:17 Can we access the thing in itself?
24:50 All phenomena are representations of the One
26:54 No division of internal/external
30:43 Dashboard metaphor refined
35:44 Existence of the external world
43:44 Barclay’s “To be is to be perceived.”
48:11 Excitation of the Subject
54:17 Did the Sages go far enough?
55:47 Cause and effect
1:05:15 Q&A: “Does the Absolute exist without the Will?”
1:05:54 “Is Will empty?”
1:08:20 Guitar string metaphor
1:09:36 Mathematical archetypes
1:12:40 The matrix: a pattern or structure that gives rise to more complex patterns
1:13:40 IIT
1:18:04 The ending, the destruction is beautiful
1:22:59 Belonging in humanity
1:24:26 Love as the source
1:25:44 Love and the Will
1:27:45 We know harmony when we feel it
1:30:12 Loving the pattern of reality
1:31:25 Self and suffering
1:37:32 Falling away of the self
1:39:18 Suffering on behalf of others
1:43:04 Existential angst
1:46:46 Free will in mind-at-large
1:48:54 Convergence of science and mysticism
1:52:27 Physicalism is on the way out
1:53:28 Neutral monism
2:02:08 What is the universal subject when not excited?
2:08:02 Upcoming projects

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