

Access Your Divine Intelligence! Dr. Bernardo Kastrup Provides a Mind-Expanding Explanation of Consciousness that Leads You to Higher Meaning
24 snips Sep 30, 2025
Dr. Bernardo Kastrup, a philosopher and executive director of the Essentia Foundation, delves into profound existential questions, challenging our understanding of reality and consciousness. He proposes that physicalism fails to explain human experience and introduces cosmopsychism, where consciousness is fundamental. The discussion touches on how the mind-body connection can heal and the universe's structure resembles a brain network. Bernardo also examines the impact of capitalism on meaning and emphasizes the need for compassionate acceptance in the face of suffering.
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Perception Is Not Complete Reality
- Our perceptual apparatus evolved to pick out survival-relevant features, not complete metaphysical truth.
- Bernardo Kastrup argues that assuming sensory reality is all there is is unjustified and limits meaning.
Gaps Challenge Materialism
- Both quantum foundations and consciousness science reveal major explanatory gaps in materialism.
- Kastrup says these gaps are strong indications that there is more than physicalism can explain.
Broaden Methods Beyond Lab Experiments
- Use observational science and broader methods when studying phenomena that depend on emotional or large-scale contexts.
- Do not dismiss phenomena just because they resist tight laboratory replication, says Kastrup.