Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda A Dialogue on Consciousness | Swami Sarvapriyananda and Bernardo Kastrup
Dec 28, 2025
In a fascinating dialogue, Swami Sarvapriyananda, a head monk of the Ramakrishna Order, teams up with Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher known for his work on consciousness. They dive into analytic idealism, arguing how consciousness forms the basis of reality, contrasting it with the physical world. Topics include the hard problem of consciousness, how AI's intellect differs from subjective experience, and the search for meaning in today’s society. They also discuss the roles of spiritual practices and the ongoing cultural shift away from materialism, urging a deeper understanding of consciousness.
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Reality As An Experiential Dashboard
- Bernardo Kastrup: Reality is an experiential field where the physical world is a dashboard representation of mental states.
- Individual minds are dissociated complexes of one underlying field of subjectivity, explained via dissociation and dream metaphors.
One Limitless Consciousness
- Swami Sarvapriyananda: Advaita posits one limitless consciousness (Brahman) appearing as mind, body, and world.
- The Mahavakya 'Tat tvam asi' encapsulates that the individual self is essentially that one consciousness.
Consciousness As The Primitive
- Bernardo: Consciousness must be treated as a primitive that explains everything else, not reducible to something more fundamental.
- Experiences are excitations or configurations of that fundamental consciousness field.
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