Freud and Vedanta

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There is a deep connection between psychoanalysis and vedant. Freud himself, for all his powerful insights, was quite dismissive of spirituality. Max muller actually wrote to freud about sirama crishna. But karl yung was highly appreciative. He said there is a lot of interface between vedanta and yogals,. vedanta, yoga and the inside of psycho analysis. If iam wrong, am ok. Now what's my view on this? In our order, there are two schools of thought on this, not just psychoanalysis, but modern psychology and spirituality.

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Nov 7th, 2021. List of questions with timestamps: 05:10 - What happens to the reflected consciousness after death, and after enlightenment? 19:10 - What is my swadharma? 35:20 - What is the difference between the knower and the witness? 41:20 - Where does Sri Ramakrishna stand in the triad of Iswara, Jiva, and Jagat? 51:15 - Is enlightenment a gradual process or a “wow” moment? 01:02:40 - What is Shraddha? 01:15:33 - Is there any overlap between psychotherapy and Vedanta?