Re:Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
by namero999 on Monday December 27, 2021 @10:21AM
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Nice, similar exp. Check Bernardo Kastrup. Good friend of Spira, computer scientist who worked at CERN, now pushing idealism which is essentially western Advaita Vedanta.
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Re:Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
by skinney6 on Monday December 27, 2021 @02:09PM
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I'm going thru Bernardo Kastrup's site now. Thank you.
Re:Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
by namero999 on Monday December 27, 2021 @03:55PM
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I think he shines best either in his books (the first, "Rationalist Spirituality" is very short and gives a good intro to his thought) or in YT interviews. The one with John Vervaeke or Curt Jaimungal are good picks. The blog is interesting but tend to also be an outlet for personal tantrums :) I've started a telegram channel to chit-chat about this topic.
Anyway I guess the only relevant thing I want to share is that there are at least 2 paths to build for ourselves a consistent, integral worldview (one where meaning can be found, as meaning can only be found where there is structure): Propositional to Participative, or Participative to Propositional. That is, satisfy the brain, and open up the space to the transcendental, or go all the way into direct experience and then let the brain catch up. BK is path #1, Spira is path #2, and they have been very helpful to me.
Re:Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
by skinney6 on Monday December 27, 2021 @05:37PM
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I've just watched a few of his vids he links to on his site, very interesting. I just read https://www.bernardokastrup.com/2016/04/conquering-fear-of-o... so well put. I'll read Rationalist Spirituality. Thanks again. Fascinating.