Brief Peeks Beyond - Bernardo Kastrup

Brief Peeks Beyond - Bernardo Kastrup
0:00 Acknowledgements
5:04 Foreword by Deepak Chopra
12:02 1. Introduction
20:04 2. On metaphysics and cosmology
23:20 2.1 A more parsimonious, logical, non-materialist worldview
48:15 2.2 Materialist arguments and why they are wrong
1:20:21 2.3 Finding truth within the dream
1:27:12 2.4 Survival of consciousness beyond death: an implication of common sense
1:32:20 2.5 The actual difference between living beings and inanimate objects
1:40:19 2.6 Finding God in metaphysical parsimony
1:54:57 2.7 Quantum physics: a parsimonious solution to the measurement problem
2:05:59 3. On consciousness, neuroscience and the media
2:07:55 3.1 Consciousness: an unsolvable anomaly under materialism
2:21:48 3.2 The incredible trick of disappearing consciousness
2:32:23 3.3 What are memories, after all?
2:51:44 3.4 Misleading journalism and the notion of implanted memories
2:59:30 3.5 Psychedelics and the mind-body problem
3:15:33 4. On skepticism and science
3:17:46 4.1 Intellectual fundamentalism
3:27:53 4.2 Living in a cocoon of mere hypotheses
3:41:20 4.3 Scientific dogmatism and chance
3:46:55 4.4 Science and the defacement of reason
3:53:00 4.5 The taboo against meaning
4:00:13 4.6 Darwinian evolution: an open door to purposefulness
4:12:56 4.7 To understand the anomalous we need more skepticism, not less
4:20:42 5. On culture and society
4:24:08 5.1 The idolatry of a new priesthood
4:32:06 5.2 Education and the meaning of life
4:38:07 5.3 Has academic philosophy lost its relevance?
4:44:13 5.4 Myths in contemporary culture
4:52:28 5.5 Enchantment: the lost treasure
4:56:47 5.6 A cultural narrative of projections
5:02:29 5.7 Direct experience, philosophy and depth-psychology: why we need them all
5:11:30 5.8 Unfathomable change is on the horizon
5:24:37 6. On the strange and mysterious
5:26:03 6.1 Near-Death Experiences and the afterlife
5:32:40 6.2 Why Sam Harris is wrong about Eben Alexander's visit to 'Heaven'
5:47:56 6.3 UFOs: even more mysterious than you'd think
5:57:39 6.4 Extraterrestrial life: implications for the materialist paradigm
6:01:58 7. On free will
6:02:47 7.1 What is free will?
6:10:34 7.2 Where is free will to be found?
6:22:10 8. On practical applications
6:23:42 8.1 Pragmatism and the meaning of life
6:30:35 8.2 What difference does it make if reality is in consciousness?
6:37:11 8.3 The case for integrative mind-body medicine
6:50:30 8.4 Can our thoughts directly affect reality at large?
6:59:50 8.5 It starts and ends with us: what can we do individually?
7:11:07 9. Takeaway message
7:21:00 Afterword by Rupert Spira
7:26:46 Notes
7:52:00 Bibliography