Leo Gura: Infinite Consciousness, God Realization, and Free Will

I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE Curt Jaimungal and Leo Gura explore infinite consciousness, god realization, free will, and love, weaving together physics, philosophy, and personal experience. The conversation dives into nondualism, solipsism, psychedelics, and moral questions while questioning the nature of reality.0:00 Introduction4:15 Disclaimers + physicalism vs nondualism10:12 Truth is merciless + developing one's own Weltanschauung14:05 Embodying a philosophy22:35 Chris Langan, the CTMU, and Distributed Solipsism27:08 Physics and consciousness depend on one another32:36 Reality is a dream and truth45:12 Epi-consciousness and Gödel's incompleteness theorem1:11:02 Epistemology, nescience vs ignorance, and hierarchies1:27:25 Using language is delusive and deficient1:30:49 The two kinds of "love"1:43:19 Being precise with one's words1:59:25 Free will2:15:23 The reason the universe was created2:23:55 Creation and destruction (the same? different?)2:30:03 Paradoxes and contradictions2:41:34 Meditative exercise for God realization2:55:56 On Donald Hoffman3:08:15 Steelmanning the materialist (how do you insights from psychedelics are true?)3:19:34 Ego, and free will3:26:43 Leo's own self-deception3:29:37 The "woo" of paranormal healers and psychics (Leo's personal stories)3:49:50 On Sam Harris' morality and the Moral Landscape4:01:35 Experimentations with psychedelics4:09:42 How to not have a bad trip / become suicidal from nihilism4:19:05 On attachment (beneficial or not?)4:22:51 Thomas Campbell4:30:31 Bernardo Kastrup4:33:47 Frank Yang4:51:28 Raymond Smullyan (excerpt reading by Curt)5:03:49 Curt is too selfish to have a TOE5:05:52 When you realize you're God, the universe ends5:09:11 Why use the term "God"?5:12:58 Principle of impermanence not impermanent?5:14:39 Proof that you have free will5:19:49 "Everyone has good intentions"5:23:08 Hate comes from love5:31:45 Interview with Matthew Phillips of TranscendSPONSORS:- Project Transcend: https://www.projecttranscend.com/- Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE- Algo: http://algo.comEvery episode days early, ad-free, plus my essays: https://curtjaimungal.substack.com/subscribeRESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/R-w8k4smC74- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto: https://nowpayments.io/donation/TOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverything- Better Left Unsaid documentary: http://betterleftunsaidfilm.com Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices