amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dialogue with Francis Lucille & @bernardokastrup.bsky.social this coming Tuesday: www.withrealityinmind.com/francis-luci...withrealityinmind.comFrancis Lucille: Nonduality, physics & philosophyA dialogue on Advaita Vedanta with Bernardo Kastrup 011
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@bernardokastrup.bsky.social 's case for AI optimism, why humans are the main risk, and why even utopia will need idealism: www.withrealityinmind.com/ai-utopia/withrealityinmind.comThe best time to be alive?Bernado’s case for AI optimism, why humans are the main risk, and why even utopia will need idealism 011
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Discussion & Q&A today with Bernardo Kastrup on Artificial Intelligence as an Archetypal Urge. Risks, rewards and visions for our future. www.withrealityinmind.com/ai-... To join you can register here: dandelion.events/e/y1m8r Or become member of With Reality in Mind: www.withrealityinmind.comwithrealityinmind.com 000
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@bernardokastrup.bsky.social shares his latest thoughts on risks, rewards and future of AI, in light of recent developments, this Sun 27th Sept www.withrealityinmind.com/ai-as-archet...withrealityinmind.comAI as an Archetypal UrgeBernardo Kastrup on the risks, rewards and future of Artificial Intelligence | SUNDAY 27th Sept 021
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The celebrated neuroscientist Ramachandran once asked a split-brain patient if he believed in God. With his left brain he answered no. But with his right, he pointed to 'yes'. Preview of this week's conversation with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social www.withrealityinmind.com/belief-in-godwithrealityinmind.comBelief in GodJamey Hecht & Bernardo Kastrup consider a metaconscious God, the problem of evil & the divided brain. 032
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I had a dream that we are living in a simulation... we discuss the reasons to beleive reality is one or the other with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social online in 1 hr. You can plan to attend or join spontaneously: www.withrealityinmind.com/simulation-o...withrealityinmind.comIs this a simulation, or a dream?Is Mind at Large a matrix or a mirror? On fine-tuning, near death & negating deception 001
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sadly, Bernardo Kastrup can no longer make it today because of urgent developments with work. I'm delighted to welcome Richard Lang in his place introducing Headless Way, a science of the first person of deep significance to our qeekly enquiry. www.withrealityinmind.com/1st-person-s...withrealityinmind.comThe Science of the 1st Person with Richard LangClues to ultimate reality hiding in plain sight | Tues 8th Sep, 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT 000
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Is reality a matrix, or a mirror? This week @bernardokastrup.bsky.social responds to the fine-tuning problem: How the physics that allow the emergence of life are so unlikely it indicates a universe that knew what it was doing, right from the very start. www.withrealityinmind.com/simulation-o... 001
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Last week @bernardokastrup.bsky.social shared the reasons he doesn't believe Mind at Large is self-reflective. This week, we'll discuss the counter-evidence: NDEs, our own simulations, and the exquisite fine-tuning in physics that makes life possible. www.withrealityinmind.com/simulation-o...withrealityinmind.comIs this a simulation, or a dream?Tues 8th Sept | Is Mind at Large a matrix or a mirror? Fine-tuning, NDEs & deception 100
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The familiar religious picture is of a mind behind nature that knows what it is doing. But for @bernardokastrup.bsky.social , the evidence is the reverse, and it fills life with meaning. Here I share the evidence based on our discussion this week... www.withrealityinmind.com/mal-metacons...withrealityinmind.comWhat God cannot do without youSuffering, metaconsciousness and agency in Mind at Large 041
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026For @bernardokastrup.bsky.social the 'inanimate' universe is what Mind at Large looks like 'from the outside'. But what is its internal experience? Does it suffer? Have agency? Self-awareness? The full conversation happens later today... www.withrealityinmind.com/mind-at-larg...withrealityinmind.comMind at Large - does it have agency, suffering and self-awareness?1st Sept 2026 Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT 021
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 27/08/2026An incredible conversation yesterday with Michael Levin and @bernardokastrup.bsky.social that puts most science fiction to shame... - Cells 'conditioned' to placebos - Robots making new lifeforms - Ageing cells forgetting what species you are www.withrealityinmind.com/michael-levi...withrealityinmind.comScience fiction, eat your heart out: Michael Levin redefining the rules of lifeRecorded dialogue: Michael Levin with Bernardo Kastrup 26th August 2026 021
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Science is one powerful tool, but life requires many. Our discussion yesterday with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social covered Western Enlightenment, why idealism better explains neural correlates than physicalism, and IIT hoping to explain even Markov Blankets www.withrealityinmind.com/scientist-he...withrealityinmind.comThe scientist & the wounded healer.Science is one powerful tool, but life requires many. On Western Enlightenment, neural correlates and IIT aiming at Markov Blankets | Recording with Bernardo Kastrup 25th Aug 2026 031
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Today @bernardokastrup.bsky.social is joined by Michael Levin, the groundbreaking biologist who's work is challenging assumptions about life, cognition and reality. Hope to see you there! Amir www.withrealityinmind.com/michael-levi...withrealityinmind.comMichael Levin: Mind is EverywhereWed 26th August: dialogue on the frontier of biology, computer science and philosophy 062
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Perfectionism cranks up an error-hunting prior. If you're always on the lookout for what is wrong, you're bound to find it. (Or create it.) Deferral of joy is a self-fulfilling prediction. Relaxing these priors can bear immediate fruit. Tomorrow with Shamil Chandaria dandelion.events/e/c1ez7dandelion.eventsEnergy, Awareness & the Nature of Mind with Shamil ChandariaSun 23rd Aug 2026, 12pm – 2pm CDT (UTC -05:00) 010
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Meditation tomorrow with Dr. Shamil Chandaria dandelion.events/e/c1ez7dandelion.eventsEnergy, Awareness & the Nature of Mind with Shamil ChandariaSun 23rd Aug 2026, 1pm – 3pm EDT (UTC -04:00) 000
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The next nobel prize? Dialogue with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social and Dr. Anita Goel at the frontier of biology, quantum physics, life & consciousness, and the implications if quantum effects are discovered in living systems....withrealityinmind.comDr. Anita Goel: Quantum effects in living systems?RECORDING: Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup at the frontier of biology, quantum physics, life & consciousness | 18th August, 2026 051
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Dialogue later today with Dr. Anita Goel & @bernardokastrup.bsky.social on the frontiers of physics, biology and why 20th-century physics frameworks, built primarily for closed systems, may need to be revisited to come to terms with life and consciousness www.withrealityinmind.com/anita-goel/withrealityinmind.comTODAY: Anita Goel (MD, PhD) "Do we need a new physics of living systems?"Tues 18th August, dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup 033
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 09/08/2026@bernardokastrup.bsky.social taking questions raised during last week's talk on objective vs subjective idealism www.withrealityinmind.com/gods-view/withrealityinmind.comDoes God have a point of view?Q&A with Bernardo, 11th August 2026 | 7-9pm UK time / 8-10pm CEST / 2-4pm EDT 131
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This session was an immersive comparison of subjective and objective idealism, and the reasons @bernardokastrup.bsky.social considers objective idealism the superior philosophy. Summary of the highlights and link to recording below: www.withrealityinmind.com/shared-world...withrealityinmind.comAre we in a shared world, or a private dream?Objective vs Subjective Idealism | Recorded with Bernardo 4th August 2026. 021
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Both subjective and objective idealism hold that everything that exists is made of mind. The difference between them is about the status of the world. More thoughts shared below, and we discuss both with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social later today: www.withrealityinmind.com/the-world/withrealityinmind.comWhat is the world - Will, or just Representation?4th August 2026 Q&A with Bernardo | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT 111
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Some insights from yesterday's talk with Athena Despina Potari - such an inspiring take on a story we thought we were getting to know! open.substack.com/pub/withreal...open.substack.comThe Odyssey: An ancient guide to spiritual awakeningDiscussion with Athena Potari 000
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Today! Come discover the hidden meaning behind The Odyssey: dandelion.events/e/h5hjkdandelion.eventsThe spiritual homecoming of Odysseus, with Athena PotariTue 28th Jul 2026, 1pm – 2:30pm EDT (UTC -04:00) 001
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 22/07/2026@bernardokastrup.bsky.social and Rupert Spira share their share their experiences and understandings of sorrow, emptiness and awakening. Free excerpt and full recording for members linked here: www.withrealityinmind.com/rupert-spira/withrealityinmind.comRupert Spira: on the heights of awakening & the depths of sorrow.Recorded dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup. 21st July 2026 051
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Descartes flirting with emptiness :) "though on approaching the fire I feel heat, and even pain on approaching it too closely, I have, however, from this no ground for holding that something resembling the heat I feel is in the fire, any more than that there is something similar to the pain"lancaster.ac.ukDescartes' Meditations : Veitch's English Translation 100
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 20/07/2026As you may know, @bernardokastrup.bsky.social and Rupert Spira have been inspiring each other for several years, so I'm excited to be hosting a conversation tomorrow with these two beautiful reflections of one mind... www.withrealityinmind.com/rupert-spira2/withrealityinmind.comRupert Spira: Direct recognition of who you are21st July 2026 | Dialogue & Q&A with Bernardo - 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST 231
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Come reinvigorate your practice and your life! We're meeting with Shamil Chandaria later today to investigate energy, awareness and the nature of mind. “Shamil's enthusiasm is so contagious.” Sun 19th July, 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT dandelion.events/e/x74jy?v2dandelion.eventsEnergy, Awareness & the Nature of Mind with Shamil ChandariaSun 19th Jul 2026, 1pm – 3pm EDT (UTC -04:00) 010
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Could the multiplicity and suffering we experience actually be expressions of freedom and purpose? Notes on a dialogue between @bernardokastrup.bsky.social and Sthaneshwar Timalsina www.withrealityinmind.com/suffering-me...withrealityinmind.comThe freedom to transform suffering to joySthaneshwar Timalsina & Bernardo Kastrup on the joy, horror & meaning of existence | 14th July 2026 142
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 12/07/2026What if the world is not illusion but illumination? In the nonduality of Kashmir Shaivism, consciousness is inherently dynamic. Every colour, sight and sound radiate its freedom. intelligence and power. @bernardokastrup.bsky.social a Timalsina discuss on Tues: dandelion.events/e/g71v4dandelion.eventsThe World is Your Body: Sthaneshwar Timalsina & Bernardo Kastrup in dialogueTue 14th Jul 2026, 12pm – 2pm CDT (UTC -05:00) 131
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 08/07/2026What are the criteria for awakening, in both human and machine? Conversation with Shamil Chandaria and @bernardokastrup.bsky.social www.withrealityinmind.com/ai-awakening/withrealityinmind.comAI, consciousness & awakening | Shamil ChandariaRecording: In a world of words... could AI wake up? Shamil Chandaria in dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup | 7th July, 2026 011
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Enjoyed speaking with Prof. Kudesia about what makes Kashmir Shaivism a unique presentation of spirituality and non-duality - one that engages with the world with a very sophisticated philosophy born out of very deep practice... I hope you enjoy! youtu.be/cekzfey5Vt0youtu.beThe supreme nonduality of Kashmir Shaivism | Prof. Ravi S. KudesiaYouTube video by Adventures in Awareness 010
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Dialogue with Beranrdo Kastrup and Shamil Chandaria in 1 hour from now: dandelion.events/e/g3u1i www.withrealityinmind.com/shamil-chand...dandelion.eventsShamil Chandaria & Bernardo Kastrup Predicting RealityTue 7th Jul 2026, 1pm – 3pm EDT (UTC -04:00) 000
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 01/07/2026When you are in flow with life doors may open, but that doesn't diminish the sacrifice involved. Meeting yesterday with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social www.withrealityinmind.com/flow/withrealityinmind.comBernardo's caution to young philosophersGoing with the flow isn't easy | Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 30th June 2026 021
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Meeting with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social in one hour, on the rich symbolism of life... www.withrealityinmind.com/meeting-with...withrealityinmind.comThe rich symbolism of lifeIf you want to wake up to reality, dreams could be nature’s biggest clue | Q&A with Bernardo 30th June, 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST 021
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Imagine a desert in which there is just ONE grain of sand that represents the conditions needed to create life. Then imagine this selection happens correctly, many times in a row. Discussion with Jude Currivan & @bernardokastrup.bsky.social www.withrealityinmind.com/instinct-or-...withrealityinmind.comOverwhelming evidence for purpose, but is it instinctive or planned?Recording: Jude Currivan & Bernardo Kastrup, 23rd June 2026, exploring a living, evolving universe 142
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Based on research in multiple fields, Jude Currivan, PhD, MSc, contends that the universe is a finite, is evolving with purpose, and you're part of it! youtu.be/7LxGW7ot1H4youtu.beThe physics of a living universe - with Oxford trained Jude Currivan PhD MScYouTube video by Adventures in Awareness 000
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 20/06/2026A summary of a recent discussion with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social on the significance of dreams and the rich symbolism of waking life, in light of analytic idealism: www.withrealityinmind.com/dreams-of-re...withrealityinmind.comDreams of realityHow idealism reveals the significance of dreams and the rich symbolism of waking life | Q&A Recording with Bernardo 17th June 2026 041
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Awakening & Human Flourishing with Shamil Chandaria this Sunday dandelion.events/e/q9ap4dandelion.events 000
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Why is nature this way and not that? When you arrive at a first cause that has no cause, some questions are answered, others dissolve. Thoughts from yesterday's meeting with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social www.withrealityinmind.com/one-free-mir...withrealityinmind.comYou are the one free miracleWhy is nature this way, not that? | Recorded Q&A Bernardo Kastrup, 10th June 2026 161
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Why are things this way and not that? Why am I now and not then? This week we probe the edges of what the space/time mind can know, with philospher @bernardokastrup.bsky.social www.withrealityinmind.com/why-am-i-now/withrealityinmind.comWhy am I here & now, not there & then?Q&A WEDNESDAY 10th June: Bernardo on the edge of what we can know | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST 121
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 03/06/2026If @bernardokastrup.bsky.social is correct, your life is a whirlpool of thoughts in universal mind so internally integrated a new perspective is formed on all other thoughts. So how are thought-patterns born? And where do they go when we "die"? www.withrealityinmind.com/birth/withrealityinmind.comBirthand why your life is not a test | Recording of Bernardo on the origin of thought, creativity & life, 2nd June 2026 012
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 01/06/2026What gives rise to creativity, to the universe, to a thought, and to you? From the perspective of Analytic Idealism, these could all be variations on the same question. Q&A with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social tomorrow: www.withrealityinmind.com/the-birth-of...withrealityinmind.comThe Birth of ThoughtOn the origin of creativity, the universe & you - Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup, 2nd June 2026 032
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 28/05/2026If meditation/awakening is causing you to feel more sensitive, you might notice it can be both a blessing and a challenge! I highly recommend this video from Shamil Chandaria on what to do about it, & why most traditions developed methods of protection youtu.be/h7Lmn6b8H0syoutu.beWhy we need protection as we awaken (and how to do it) - Shamil ChandariaYouTube video by Adventures in Awareness 010
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 27/05/2026We discussed seeing through the illusion of self, awakening, and letting life 'play you' with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social this week. www.withrealityinmind.com/seeing-throu...withrealityinmind.comSeeing through the illusion of selfand remembering life before birth. Recording 26th May, 2026 021
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Meditation master on whether consciousness is primary, or empty of inherent existence. You can find the conversation on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=khTq... or substack open.substack.com/pub/adventur...youtube.comDelson Armstrong: awakening is individual, & the future of dharmaYouTube video by Adventures in Awareness 000
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 14/05/2026"It took me two-thirds of my life to encounter a cat for the first time" says @bernardokastrup.bsky.social . His dialogues with Patrick Harpur are full of exotic fairies and UFOs, but the fundamental message is how mysterious "ordinary" reality truly is www.withrealityinmind.com/patrick-harp...withrealityinmind.comQuestioning consensus realityPatrick Harpur on how even the literal is metaphor | Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup recorded Wed 13th May 2026 031
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Bernardo considers Patrick amongst the top 3 authors worthy of far more exposure, and our last conversations with transformed how I engage with fairy-tales I have known my whole life, and revived a deeper respect for Western traditions. www.withrealityinmind.com/patrick-harp...withrealityinmind.comWed 13th: Patrick Harpur - Archetypes, Daimons & the Western MindWed 13th May 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST 000
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 27/04/2026"Does the moon exist when no one is looking at it? Einstein posed a version of this half in jest, but embedded in that teasing question is one of the most unresolved problems in physics. Discussion with @bernardokastrup.bsky.social this week: www.withrealityinmind.com/physics-deep...withrealityinmind.comWed 29th: Could the laws of physics be evolving?Rovelli, Smolin views of reality as not fixed or observer independent: 29th April Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup hosted by Nour. 7-9pm UK / 8-10 CET / 2-4pm EST 131
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 15/04/2026We are almost fated to have an unhealthy relationship with myth, says @bernardokastrup.bsky.social Taken literally, these stories lead to fundamentalism. Taken as metaphor they lose their emotional power. I share some discussion highlights here: www.withrealityinmind.com/more-than-al...withrealityinmind.comWe need a mildly schizophrenic relationship to myth.Religion as neither true of false | Recording with Bernardo Kastrup on More Than Allegory | 14th April 2026 Q&A 012
amirgiles.bsky.social @amirgiles.bsky.social · 14/04/2026a hard won map of all the different kinds of meditation and their aims, encompassing many contemplative traditions. The map is not the terrain, but it can be a big help if you get lost, or want to discover new wonders. Have a little look, and let me know what you think! youtu.be/3ehQ4WGdqbAyoutu.beMap of all meditation types - Shamil Chandaria 2.2YouTube video by Adventures in Awareness 000
