WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS? with KEANU HEYDARI | take 34
Episode description
- here, we learn about consciousness, religion, spirituality and more! If this episode doesn't resonate with you, please send it to someone for whom you think it might. Have a lovely day! --- Keanu Heydari is a historian of nineteenth and twentieth century Europe and French cultural, intellectual, and migration history. His research focuses on the out-migration of Iranians (especially intellectuals and cultural leaders) from Tehran to Paris before and after the 1953 coup d’état. Keanu is also interested in questions of culture, spirituality, and religious belonging in the contemporary world. --- Recorded on July 1, 2021 --- What's new on SwS these days : http://instagram.com/storieswithshastri What Keanu's up to these days : http://instagram.com/keanuheydari What I'm up to these days : http://instagram.com/sanghamitrashastri For enquiries, contact storieswithshastri@gmail.com
0:00 Introduction
02:20 Defining conscience and consciousness
03:35 Defining religion and spirituality
04:11 Are we the only sentient beings?
05:35 Realising what we don't know
06:55 Is religion scientific?
09:15 The spirit of God
10:44 Omega Point and Christ Consciousness
11:51 The cosmic Christ
13:18 The advent of human language
14:15 Are religion and spirituality synonymous?
15:18 Faith
15:39 Spirituality
17:05 The relevance of religion today
21:20 Is religion political?
21:41 Is religion binary?
27:57 Our perception of God and self-gratification
33:20 Placing Faith outside ourselves
38:51 What is sin?
40:51 The motive behind seeking the divine
43:15 Our Purpose on Earth
54:07 Heaven and Hell
54:55 Eastern religion and the West
57:15 Suffering and existence
1:03:51 Being One with the Divine
1:06:02 Is consciousness collective or individualistic?
1:08:25 God-loving or God-fearing?
1:13:11 Imagining God
1:15:49 Do we live in a spirit-based world?
1:18:06 What is Apocalyptic Studies?