# Bernardo Kastrup: With Reality in Mind
> Weekly online meetings, special events, video archive and a dynamic community of scientists, philosophers, meditators and mystics
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## Pages
- [Asking Questions](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/asking-questions.md) - "Curiosity has its own reason for existing." - Albert Einstein Bernardo gives very comprehensive answers to every question, which means on average we cover 6-8 questions per session. When we have an invited guest we typically take questions from the chat during the live meeting, rather than questio…
- [Community Meetups](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/community-meetups.md)
- [Membership](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/membership.md) - With Reality in Mind is supported by our members, creating a dedicated space for intimate and expansive exploration of idealism and its implications
- [Newcomers start here!](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/newcomers-start-here.md) - If you are new to analytic idealism, there are a few ways you can learn the basics: either through Bernardo's books and essays, or the free online courses linked below. Then if you have questions or want to discuss this deeply with Bernardo and others, join the membership programme! If you've alrea…
- [Recordings Archive](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recordings.md) - With Reality in Mind recording library Conversations for life Meetings, Q&As and special guests including Rupert Spira, Michael Levin, Iain McGilchrist and many more. Search full transcripts Find a word, idea or question inside past meetings Search recordings Clear Search titles, timestamps and mee…
- [Recordings - archived version](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recordings1-2.md) - Search past meetingsSearch across all recorded session transcripts by topic, theme, or keywordBernardo Kastrup: With Reality in MindAmir Giles 2025 Link for list as text Motivations & AspirationsThe different kinds of idealism, the value of suffering, and questions of meaning and purposeBernardo Ka…
- [Upcoming Weekly Meetings](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/schedule.md) - With Reality in Mind · Live programme Upcoming weekly meetings Regular meetings with Bernardo Kastrup are every Tuesday and feature deep dives, special guests and Q&As to deepen our understanding of idealism and its implications. Upcoming dates ↓Shape future discussions ↓Recordings → Next Meeting T…
- [Search past meetings](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/search-past-meetings.md) - Search across all recorded session transcripts by topic, theme, or keyword

## Posts
- [Francis Lucille](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/francis-lucille.md) - A dialogue on Advaita Vedanta with Bernardo Kastrup
- [AI as Archetypal Urge](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/ai-as-archetype.md) - On the risks and rewards of Artificial Intelligence
- [Death](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/death.md) - A session with Bernardo Kastrup on what death is and what it means under Analytic Idealism.
- [The Science of the First Person with Richard Lang](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/headless-way.md) - Clues to ultimate reality hiding in plain sight: Exploring the Headless Way
- [The Science of the 1st Person with Richard Lang](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/1st-person-science.md) - Clues to ultimate reality hiding in plain sight | Tues 8th Sep, 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT
- [Are you one mind or many? Dr Thomas Pollak](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/pollak.md) - 3rd Nov. Psychiatry & idealism in conversation: 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm ET
- [God, soul & the problem of evil](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/god-soul-the-problem-of-evil.md) - 22nd Sept | A dialogue with guest Jamey Hecht
- [Is this a simulation, or a dream?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/simulation-or-a-dream.md) - Is Mind at Large a matrix or a mirror? On fine-tuning, near death & negating deception
- [Free Will?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/free-will.md) - "We must believe in free will. We have no choice." - Isaac Bashevis Singer
- [Avi Loeb: UAPs, Non-human intelligence - evidence & implications](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/avi-loeb.md) - 20th Oct, 6-8pm UK / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm ET | Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup
- [What God cannot do without you](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/mal-metaconsciousness.md) - Suffering, metaconsciousness and agency in Mind at Large
- [Mind at Large - does it have agency, suffering and self-awareness?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/mind-at-large.md) - 1st Sept 2026 Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT
- [Weekly Meeting with Bernardo - 27th Oct](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/29th-sept.md) - Theme to be determined.
- [Meeting with Bernardo - 22nd Sept](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/22nd-sept.md) - Weekly meeting with Bernardo 22nd Sept 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT
- [Meeting with Bernardo - 15th Sept](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/15th-sept.md) - Weekly meeting with Bernardo 15th Sept 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT
- [Meeting with Bernardo - 8th Sept](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/8th-sept.md) - Weekly meeting with Bernardo 8th Sept 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT
- [Meeting with Bernardo - 1st Sept](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/1st-sept.md) - Weekly meeting with Bernardo 1st Sept 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT
- [Science fiction, eat your heart out: Michael Levin redefining the rules of life](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/michael-levin-2026a.md) - Recorded dialogue: Michael Levin with Bernardo Kastrup 26th August 2026
- [The scientist & the wounded healer.](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/scientist-healer.md) - Science is one powerful tool, but life requires many. On Western Enlightenment, neural correlates and IIT aiming at Markov Blankets | Recording with Bernardo Kastrup 25th Aug 2026
- [Michael Levin & Critiques of Idealism: double session this week](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/doublefeature.md) - Tues & Wed meetings this week with Bernardo Kastrup
- [Michael Levin: Mind is Everywhere](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/michael-levin-2026.md) - 2026 dialogue part 2: dialogue on the frontier of biology, computer science and philosophy
- [Critiques of Analytic Idealism](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/criticism-of-idealism.md) - 25th August 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT | Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup
- [Dr. Anita Goel: Quantum effects in living systems?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/anita-goel-2.md) - RECORDING: Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup at the frontier of biology, quantum physics, life & consciousness | 18th August, 2026
- [Anita Goel (MD, PhD): Do we need a new physics of living systems?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/anita-goel.md) - Tues 18th August, dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup
- [As part of Universal Consciousness, can you really change the world?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/agency.md) - Recording with Bernardo, 11th Aug 2026 | Perception, Agency and if God can have a point of view
- [Does God have a point of view?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/gods-view.md) - Q&A with Bernardo, 11th August 2026 | 7-9pm UK time / 8-10pm CEST / 2-4pm EDT
- [Do we share the world, or live in private dreams?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/shared-world-or-private-dream.md) - Objective vs Subjective Idealism | Recorded with Bernardo 4th August 2026.
- [What is the world - Will, or just Representation?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-world.md) - 4th August 2026 Q&A with Bernardo | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CEST / 1-3pm EDT
- [The Odyssey: An ancient guide to awakening with Athena Potari](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-odyssey.md) - Recording: 28th July 2026
- [The spiritual homecoming of Odysseus, with Athena Potari](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/odysseus.md) - 28th July 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EDT
- [Rupert Spira on awakening, ego & sorrow](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/rupert-spira.md) - On the courage to face the full human experience.
- [Rupert Spira: Direct recognition of who you are](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/rupert-spira2.md) - 21st July 2026 | Dialogue & Q&A with Bernardo - 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- [The freedom to transform suffering to joy](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/suffering-meaning-joy.md) - Sthaneshwar Timalsina & Bernardo Kastrup on the joy, horror & meaning of existence
- [Sthaneshwar Timalsina: The world is your body](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/sthaneshwar-timalsina.md) - 14th July 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- [AI, consciousness & awakening | Shamil Chandaria](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/ai-awakening.md) - Recording: In a world of words... could AI wake up? Shamil Chandaria in dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup | 7th July, 2026
- [Nondual July: Rupert Spira, Shamil Chandaria, Sthaneshwar Timalsina](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/nondual-july.md) - Bernardo joined by some incredible guests this month with rich meditation experience.
- ["Ask my anything" with Bernardo](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/ask-my-anything-with-bernardo.md) - Date to be confirmed
- [Q&A with Bernardo - 11th August](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/11th-august.md) - 11th August 2026 | 7-9pm UK time / 8-10pm CEST / 2-4pm EDT
- [Bernardo's caution to young philosophers](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/flow.md) - Going with the flow isn't easy | Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 30th June 2026
- [The rich symbolism of life](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/meeting-with-bernardo-today-on-the-rich-symbolism-of-life.md) - If you want to wake up to reality, dreams could be nature’s biggest clue | Q&A with Bernardo 30th June, 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- [Overwhelming evidence for purpose, but is it instinctive or planned?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/instinct-or-plan.md) - Recording: Jude Currivan & Bernardo Kastrup, 23rd June 2026, exploring a living, evolving universe
- [Dr Jude Currivan: Time is real, reality has purpose](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/physics-time-purpose.md) - Evidence for a living, evolving universe with Jude Currivan & Bernardo Kastrup, 23rd June 2026
- [Dreams of reality](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/dreams-of-reality.md) - How idealism reveals the significance of dreams and the rich symbolism of waking life | Q&A Recording with Bernardo 17th June 2026
- [You are the one free miracle](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/one-free-miracle.md) - Why is nature this way, not that? | Recorded Q&A Bernardo Kastrup, 10th June 2026
- [Why am I here & now, not there & then?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/why-am-i-now.md) - Q&A WEDNESDAY 10th June: Bernardo on the edge of what we can know | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- [Guest Suggestions](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/guest-suggestions.md) - We previously collated guest suggestions on Telegram, but now that the comment and voting work better on this site, feel free to add suggestions below!
- [Birth](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/birth.md) - and why your life is not a test | Recording of Bernardo on the origin of thought, creativity & life, 2nd June 2026
- [The Birth of Thought](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-birth-of-thought.md) - On the origin of creativity, the universe & you - Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup, 2nd June 2026
- [Meeting with Bernardo - 28th July](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/meeting-with-bernardo-7.md) - Theme to be confirmed 28th July 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- [Meeting with Bernardo - 14th July](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/meeting-with-bernardo-5.md) - 14th July 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- [Seeing through the illusion of self](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/seeing-through-the-illusion-of-self.md) - and remembering life before birth. Recording 26th May, 2026
- [Awakening](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/awakening.md) - 26th May 2026 | On seeing through the illusion of separation
- [The Feminine, The Masculine & The Collective Shadow](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/feminine-masculine.md) - Is the fundamental archetype of nature the feminine? | AMA with Bernardo Recorded 19th May 2026
- [Questioning consensus reality](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/patrick-harpur-reality-in-two-modes.md) - Patrick Harpur on how even the literal is metaphor | Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup recorded Wed 13th May 2026
- [Shamil Chandaria: AI, Awakening & Predictive Processing](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/shamil-chandaria-awakening-neuroscience-flourishing.md) - 7th July 2026 - dialogue with Shamil Chandaria & Bernardo Kastrup. 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- [You only need to know the next step](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-next-step.md) - Members share their art & ideas with Bernardo | recorded 5th May 2026
- [Ask your question to Bernardo! AMA Meeting tomorrow](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/ama-meeting-with-bernardo.md) - Proprioception, gender and Western assumptions of neutrality: 19th May 2026 | AMA with Bernardo
- [Is there a moon when no one is looking? On Rovelli & Relational Quantum Mechanics](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/rovelli-relational-quantum-mechanics.md) - Bernardo on the incoherence of physicalist assumptions - recording 29th April 2026
- [Explanation vs Computation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/explanation-computation.md) - On the archetype of humanity's ultimate breakthrough | Q&A 21st April 2026
- [We need a mildly schizophrenic relationship to myth.](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/more-than-allegory-recording.md) - Religion as neither true of false | Recording with Bernardo Kastrup on More Than Allegory | 14th April 2026 Q&A
- [Wed 29th: Could the laws of physics be evolving?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/physics-deep-dive-relational-process-views.md) - Rovelli, Smolin views of reality as not fixed or observer independent: 29th April Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup hosted by Nour. 7-9pm UK / 8-10 CET / 2-4pm EST
- [Explanation, Computation, and Reality](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/explanation-computation-and-reality.md) - 21st April Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup hosted by Nour. 7-9pm UK / 8-10 CET / 2-5pm EST
- [Iain McGilchrist, Bernardo Kastrup: to perceive is to participate in reality](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/iain-mcgilchrist-2.md) - On the dashboard, the daimon, & if time is frames or flow | 7th April 2026
- [A symphony of intuition & reason](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/living-idealism-2.md) - Keys to a powerful, balanced mind & a new foundation for your life | Q&A 31st March 2026
- [Share your idea or inspiration with Bernardo](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/share.md) - TBC | Meeting with Bernardo
- [Actually experiencing idealism: challenges & gifts](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/living-idealism.md) - 31st March | Q&A with Bernardo
- [The biggest misunderstandings about archetypes, synchronicity & causality](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/archetypes-synchronicity.md) - On Jung, multiple perspectives & physics | Q&A 24th March 2026
- [Mathematics, Apollo, Dionysus & Truth](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/mathematics-the-archetypes-of-mind.md) - Reconciling the unreasonable effectiveness & limits of maths | 18th March 2026
- [What the shadows reveal..](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/shadows-reveal.md) - On Blackholes, Jung & karma | 12th March 2026
- [Wed 13th: Patrick Harpur - Archetypes, Daimons & the Western Mind](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/patrick-harpur-archetypes-daimons.md) - Wed 13th May 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- ["Not one serious defender of materialism left"](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/not-one-serious-defender-of-materialism-left.md) - On the future & past of idealism, non-human civilisations, ethics, & the place for prayer
- [AMA Meeting with Bernardo](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/meeting-with-bernardo-4.md)
- [Meeting with Bernardo](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/meeting-with-bernardo-3.md) - 5th May 2026 | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- [Meeting with Bernardo 24th March](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/meeting-with-bernardo-2.md) - 24th March | 7-9pm UK / 8-10 CET / 3-5pm EST
- [Thurs 12th March - Meeting with Bernardo](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/meeting-with-bernardo.md) - 12th March | 7-9pm UK / 8-10 CET / 3-5pm EST
- ["Western thought has produced some monsters" - Dr Athena Potari on reviving the non-duality of ancient Greece](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-hidden-non-duality-of-ancient-greece.md) - 24th Feb 2026 | Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup
- [Seeing Without Eyes: The cusp of a major step forward?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/seeing-without-eyes-2.md) - 18th Feb 2026 Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup on naturalism, empiricism & following your own intuition
- [Wed 18th Feb - The biggest challenge to Bernardo's Naturalism: Seeing Without Eyes](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/seeing-without-eyes.md) - 18th Feb 2026 | Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- [The Precognition of Unconditional Love - with Dr Julia Mossbridge](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/dr-julia-mossbridge.md) - 10th Feb 2026 dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup on time, reality & prejudices of science
- [Seeing future, changing past, with Dr Julia Mossbridge](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-future-of-time-with-dr-julia-mossbridge.md) - 10th Feb 2026 Bernardo Kastrup & Julia Mossbridge on what time teaches us about reality
- [Why Bernardo is distressed by the idea of a soul](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/duality-near-death-soul-with-guest-marjorie-woollacott-2.md) - 3rd Feb 2026 - Bernardo Kastrup & Marjorie Woollacott on Near Death, Duality & Seeing without Eyes
- [A Worldview for Global Change](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-a-worldview-for-global-change.md) - Idealism, cosmology & regenerative economics with Jude Currivan & Bernardo Kastrup 27th January 2026
- [Community meetup this Saturday](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/community-meetup-this-saturday.md)
- [Consciousness Beyond the Body with Marjorie Woollacott](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/consciousness-beyond-the-body-with-marjorie-woollacott.md) - Recording 20th Jan 2026 Q&A with Marjorie Woolacott
- [Time & the Crystal of Eternity](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/time-the-ultimate-ri.md) - Recorded 13th Jan 2026: Bernardo Kastrup on the ultimate Koan
- [Time continues now](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/time-continues-now.md) - 13th Jan 2026 Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup
- [Iain McGilchrist, Bernardo Kastrup - representing reality](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/iain-mcgilchrist.md) - 7th April 2026 - 6-8pm UK / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST | Dialogue on perception, time & meaning
- [Tues 24th March: Maths & Archetypes](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/maths-archetypes.md) - 18th & 24th March Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup hosted by Nour. 7-9pm UK / 8-10 CET / 3-5pm EST
- [The Daimon & Western Non-Duality in Ancient Greece | Dr Athena Potari](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-daimon-non-duality-in-ancient-greece-with-dr-athena-potari.md) - 24th Feb 2026 | Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup comparing Hellenic philosophy & Analytic Idealism
- [Time is an illusion but meaning is real](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-big-bang-is-now-in-the-illusion-of-time.md) - Recording 6th January 2026: Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup on Time
- [Seeing future, changing past, with Dr Julia Mossbridge](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/seeing-future-changing-past-with-dr-julia-mossbridge.md) - 10th Feb 2026 Bernardo Kastrup & Julia Mossbridge on what time teaches us about reality
- [A Worldview for Global Change](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-business-of-idealism.md) - Jude Currivan & Bernardo Kastrup in conversation, 27th January 2026: Idealism & global economy
- [Recordings](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recordings-3.md)
- [Meditation & Enlightenment](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/meditation-enlightenment.md) - The power of resonance to change your mind. Date to be confirmed.
- [Duality, Near-Death & Soul, with guest Marjorie Woollacott](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/near-death-duality-soul-with-guest-marjorie-woollacott.md) - 3rd Feb - Discussion with Bernardo Kastrup & Marjorie Woollacott
- [More than Allegory: Religious belief at its best](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/more-than-allegory.md) - 14th April Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup on myth, truth & belief
- [New Year: Reflections, intentions, ritual & soul](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/new-year-reflections-intentions-ritual-soul.md) - Reflection and memory as forms of time travel
- [Integrating the experience of idealism](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/integrating-the-experience-of-idealism.md) - Discussion with Bernardo Kastrup & the With Reality in Mind Community
- [Dreams](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/dreams.md) - Q&A with Bernardo 16th June 2026 on the deepest layers of reality | 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST |
- [Time](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/time.md) - 6th & 13th Jan Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup
- [30th Dec: Threshold to the New Year](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/30th-dec-threshold-to-the-new-year.md) - Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 30th Dec 2025
- [Ambassadorship: Obstacles & Opportunities](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/obstacles-to-ambassadorship.md)
- [Solstice & the symbols of nature](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/solstice-the-symbols-of-nature.md) - The power and importance of ritual
- [Solstice & the symbol of light](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/solstice-the-symbol-of-light.md) - Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup, Tues 23rd of Dec. 6-8pm UK time / 7-9pm CET / 1-3pm EST
- [Is love fundamental? (and is there a plan?)](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-is-love-fundamental-and-is-there-a-plan.md) - Does nature have plan, and is love fundamental to it?
- [Is love fundamental?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/is-love-fundamental.md) - Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 16th Dec 2025
- [Birth, DNA, Disability](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-birth-dna-disability.md) - Diving into the nature of dissociation when it comes to our bodies
- [Live your questions, listen to soul](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/james-hollis-living-your-questions.md) - James Hollis and Bernardo Kastrup in conversation
- [Leading Jungian James Hollis: Does idealism reduce suffering at the cost of meaning?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/james-hollis.md) - Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup, MONDAY 8th of Dec 2025, 3pm - 5pm UK time / 4pm - 6pm Central European Time / 10am - 12pm EST
- [Rescheduled: Conception, Birth, DNA & Death](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/rescheduled-conception-birth-dna-death.md) - Q&A with Bernardo rescheduled for 9th Dec 2025
- [DMT & the nature of reality](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/dr-christopher-timmermann-dmt.md) - Dr Christopher Timmerman and Bernardo Kastrup in conversation
- [Could the answer be looking for you?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/q-a-michael-levin-bernardo-kastrup.md) - Michael Levin and Bernardo Kastrup in conversation
- [Interview with Michael Levin "What questions are you willing to ask?"](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/interview-with-michael-levin-what-questions-are-you-willing-to-ask.md) - Youtube interview with Michael Levin on how to recognise unconventional minds
- [On Conception, Birth, DNA & Death](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/on-conception-birth-and-dna.md) - Q&A with Bernardo 9th Dec 2025
- [What makes the body special?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/what-makes-the-body-special.md) - Why life is a unique process in nature
- [The body and its boundaries](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-body-and-its-boundaries.md) - Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 11th Nov 2025
- [All perception is archetypal](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/all-perception-is-archetypal.md) - Distinguishing between internal states in mind at large
- [The meaning and modes of perception](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-meaning-and-modes-of-perception.md) - Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 4th Nov 2025
- [No need to transcend the human experience](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-no-need-to-transcend.md) - Accepting and loving our perceptual dashboards
- [The evolution of perception](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-evolution-of-perception.md) - Can our relationship to reality transform? Q&A with Bernardo 28th Oct 2025
- [How to propose themes for the schedule](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/whiteboardfor2026.md) - Down the bottom of this page is the link to the white board where you can read questions, 'vote' on your favorites using the 'heart' emoticon, and submit your own questions for the coming months. Please sign into zoom when you access the whiteboard so the post-it notes show your name. The whiteboar…
- [Have your say & "Find the Others"](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/scheduling-meeting.md) - 21st Oct 2025 Members meeting and discussion of upcoming themes.
- [Dashboards, dials and what lies beyond](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-the-dials-the-dashboard-beyond.md) - What perception veils and reveals
- [Dr Christopher Timmermann: DMT, entities & ego death](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/christopher-timmerman-dmt-entities-pure-conscious-experience.md) - Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup 25th Nov 2025
- [Wed 24th Sept: Michael Levin on the intelligence pervading life and the Platonic Realm](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/wed-24th-sept-michael-levin.md) - Dialogue on the frontier of biology, computer science and philosophy
- [The dials, the dashboard & beyond](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-dials-the-dashboard-beyond.md) - The nature of perception and what lies beyond, Q&A with Bernardo on 14th, 28th Oct and 4th Nov 2025
- [Dreams, horror and beauty are real](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/dreams-horror-beauty-are-real.md) - Dr Sthaneshwar Timalsina and Bernardo Kastrup in conversation
- [Paying attention to life](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-paying-attention.md) - Art as the purpose of life and the collapse of opposites on the Western Path
- [Today - Creativity & the Western Path Q&A continued](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/creativity-the-western-path-q-a-continued.md) - Q&A with Bernardo 30th Sep 2025
- [Michael Levin and Bernardo Kastrup in conversation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-michael-levin-life.md) - “Hey liver, why do I feel like crap today?” The frontier of biology, computer science and philosophy
- [Art & Creativity: Emptiness Dancing](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/art-creativity-emptiness-dancing.md) - Who is the true author of an artwork?
- [Art from our members - inspired by idealism](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/art-from-our-members-inspired-by-idealism.md) - Poetry, painting, video and improvisation
- [16th Sept - Creativity, Expression & Art](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/16th-sept-creativity-expression-art.md)
- [One journey. Many paths.](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-one-journey-many-paths.md) - The Western Path, the Cosmic Itch, and navigating the forces of nature
- [Patrick Harpur and Bernardo Kastrup in conversation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-patrick-harpur-bernardo-kastrup.md) - Subatomic particles, fairies and finding your God
- [Tues 18th Nov: Michael Levin Q&A on the intelligence pervading life and the Platonic Realm](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/michael-levin-q-a.md) - Q&A on the frontier of biology, computer science and philosophy
- [Life, the ultimate guru](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/life-the-ultimate-guru.md) - In theme with the launch of Bernardo's book, "The Daimon and the Soul of the West"
- [Jeffrey Kripal and Bernardo Kastrup in conversation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recori-the-sacred-is-not-the-good-special-guest-jeffrey-kripal.md) - "The Sacred is not the Good" - trauma, revelation, and the impossible
- [We are aliens to ourselves](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-we-are-aliens-to-ourselves.md) - UPAs, UFOs, and alien encounters
- [Youtube clips & resources on UAPs & the Paranormal](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/youtube-clips-resources-on-uaps-the-paranormal.md) - This month we're taking questions on the paranormal, with the next two sessions dedicated to the UAP phenomena. An excellent introduction to Bernardo's take on this can be found in his 2024 essay here. UAPs and Non-Human Intelligence: What is the most reasonable scenario?This is the homepage of phi…
- ["UFO = extraterrestrial is naive" Jeffrey Kripal, special guest tomorrow](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/uap-high-strangeness-with-guest-jeffrey-kripal.md) - 19th August: UAP discussion with Jeffrey Kripal and Bernardo Kastrup
- [Exceptional human experiences](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-exceptional-human-experiences.md) - Telepathy, placebo, and the outer edges of human experience
- [Christof Koch and Bernardo Kastrup in conversation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-christof-koch-2.md) - The neural correlates of being the world
- [Exceptional human experiences](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/exceptional-human-experiences.md) - Discussion with Bernardo Kastrup 5th August, 2025
- [IIT: A Rosetta Stone for Mind at Large?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-iit-a-rosetta-stone-for-mind-at-large.md) - Could Integrated Information Theory help us map consciousness?
- [Tues 2nd Sept: Patrick Harpur & Bernardo Kastrup - Archetypes, Daimons and the Western Mind](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/special-guest-patrick-harpur.md) - Archetypes, Daimons and Idealism in the Western Mind - with Special Guest Patrick Harpur
- [7th Oct: Kashmiri Shaivism with guest Sthaneshwar Timalsina (1hr earlier)](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/kashmiri-shaivism-with-sthaneshwar-timalsina.md) - Dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup 7th Oct, 5-7pm UK time / 6-8pm CET / 12-2pm EST
- [Integrated Information Theory & Idealism](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/integrated-information-theory.md) - IIT discussion with Bernardo Kastrup, 22nd July 2025
- [Zoom in 2hrs: AI as a conduit for Mind at Large?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/ai-conduit-for-mind-at-large.md) - Bernardo Kastrup on Agentic AI and Idealism
- [AI - It's our show](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-ai-its-our-show.md) - Could AI be a conduit for Mind at Large?
- [Some words from Bernardo + zoom link - online in 2hrs time](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/some-words-from-bernardo.md) - "I've been asked why I'm doing almost no interviews these days..."
- [Robots will be tools, not tyrants](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-robots-will-be-tools-not-tyrants.md) - Agentic AI and what the future holds for humans & AI
- [We're online with Bernardo in 20 minutes: zoom link](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/were-online-with-bernardo-in-20-minutes-zoom-link.md) - Can idealism change society?
- [Can science & religion be friends?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-can-science-religion-be-friends.md) - Spiritual technology, scientific bias, and the fear of death
- [Short clip: Understanding the different kinds of idealism](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/different-kinds-of-idealism.md) - A short clip from Bernardo on subjective, epistemic and objective idealism.
- [Idealism will not be televised](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-education-economy-culture.md) - A new vision for education, economy, and culture
- [Christof Koch: The neural correlates of being the world](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/christof-koch-2.md) - Special guest in dialogue with Bernardo Kastrup, 29th of July
- [The Western Path](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-western-path.md) - The rich symbolism of reality -- Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup 9th Sep 2025
- [The Daimon & the Soul of the West](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-daimon-the-soul-of-the-west.md) - 26th August book launch discussion: Finding identity, meaning, and purpose in a sacrificial life
- [Could idealism transform society?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/could-idealism-transform-society.md) - A re-evaluation of our institutions and the moral assumptions that underlie public life with Bernardo Kastrup, 24th of June & 1st of July.
- [Agentic Artificial Intelligence & the future of humanity](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/8th-july-agentic-artifici-the-future-of-humanity.md) - "It will look like there is another species on the planet"
- [What on earth do UFOs have to do with Idealism?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/meaning-in-absurdity.md) - 12th August: Discussion & Q&A with Bernardo Kastrup. 19th August: Discussion & Q&A with guest Jeffrey Kripal PhD & Bernardo Kastrup. "Meaning in Absurdity: UAPs & High Strangeness"
- [Jung's "Answer to Job" - on suffering, evil & meaning](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-jungs-answer-to-job.md) - The birth of metacognition, morality and meaning
- [Could meaning be healing? Bernardo Kastrup on suffering, purpose & ethics](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/could-meaning-be-healing-bernardo-kastrup-on-suffering-purpose-ethics.md) - A deeper meaning to suffering may provide new means by which to alleviate it.
- [Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D., and Bernardo Kastrup in conversation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-things-have-to-get-worse-before-they-get-better-with-alexey-tolchinsky-psy-d.md) - Do things have to get worse before they get better?
- [Ethics & living your life to its full](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-ethics-living-your-life-to-its-full.md) - Ethics, determinism, and the moral catastrophe of our time
- [How to follow your daimon](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-how-to-follow-your-daimon-and-the-importance-of-remembering-you-are-a-monkey.md) - And the importance of remembering you are a monkey
- [3rd June - Idealism & Ethics](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/3rd-june-ethics.md)
- [17th June - Therapeutic implications of idealism](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/10th-june-therapeutic-implications-of-idealism-with-guest-alexey-tolchinsky.md)
- [Idealism on Spiritual Leadership & Ethics](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-idealism-on-spiritual-leadership-ethics.md) - How do we organise and teach spirituality ethically in today's world?
- [20th & 27th May - Spiritual Leadership & Living an Example](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/spiritual-leadership-living-an-example.md)
- [Rupert Spira & Bernardo Kastrup in conversation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-rupert-spira-bernardo-kastrup-the-limits-virtues-of-understanding-awakening.md) - Consciousness, not as something we have, but as something we are
- [Mystical, Spiritual & Psychedelic Experiences](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-mystical-spiritual-psychedelic-experiences.md) - What is the common ground between psychedelic and spiritual experiences?
- [13th May: Rupert Spira | Bernardo Kastrup - The Limits of Understanding & Experience](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/13th-may-rupert-spira-bernardo-kastrup.md) - Rupert Spira's approach centers on direct investigation of consciousness, emphasizing that awareness is not something we have, but what we are.
- [Tues 6th of May - Share your introduction or idea on idealism](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/tues-6th-of-may-share-your-introduction-or-idea-on-idealism.md) - Anyone that wants to fully step into the role of 'ambassador for idealism' will get a chance to present your best introduction, held in a supportive and friendly space.
- [Thurs 8th May - mystical, spiritual & psychedelic experiences](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/thurs-8th-may-mystical-spiritual-psychedelic-experiences.md)
- [Buddhism, Emptiness & Idealism #2](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-buddhism-emptiness-idealism-2.md) - Panel discussion on how Buddhist thought meets analytical idealism
- [Swami Sarvapriyanada & Bernardo Kastrup in Conversation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-swami-sarvapriyanada-bernardo-kastrup-in-conversation.md) - Buddhist, Hindu and Western percpectives on enlightenment, Self vs No Self & Emptiness as medicine for non-duality
- [Members' hangout this Sat 26th April + Jungian & Bookclub meetups](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/members-hangout-sat-26th-april.md)
- ["Irreducible" Federico Faggin Book Club](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/irreducible-federico-faggin-book-club.md)
- [Buddhism, Emptiness & Idealism #1](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-buddhism-emptiness-idealism-1.md) - Can Buddhism and analytical idealism meet in the middle?
- [Quantum Entanglement & the Alchemy of Integralism](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-quantum-entanglement-the-alchemy-of-integralism.md) - Quantum physics, entanglement, & the measurement problem in the idealist framework
- [How has your experience been so far?](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/how-has-your-experience-been-so-far-2.md)
- [What Nature Represents](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-what-nature-represents-2.md) - The symbolism and meaning present in nature
- [22nd April - Swami Sarvapriyanda & Bernardo Kastrup in Dialogue](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/22nd-april-swami-sarvapriyanda-bernardo-kastrup-in-dialogue.md)
- [29th April - Buddhism, Emptiness & Idealism #2](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/29th-april-buddhism-emptiness-idealism-2.md)
- [15th April - Buddhism, Emptiness & Idealism #1](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/buddhism-emptiness-idealism.md)
- [The Purpose of Life & the Meaning of Suffering](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-the-purpose-of-life-the-meaning-of-suffering.md) - What is the connection between suffering and meaning in life?
- [Death, Near Death Experiences & Reincarnation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-death-near-death-experiences-reincarnation.md) - What can we learn from near death experiences? What is the nature of death?
- [Jungian psychology and idealism: Regular community meetup every 2nd Wednesday](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/jungian-psychology-and-idealism-regular-community-meetup.md)
- [Dreams & the Hierarchies of the Subconscious](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-dreams-the-hierarchies-of-subconscious-2.md) - Can dreams be objective? What can they reveal about our "waking life"?
- [Recording: The physical body, internal dissociation & metacognition](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-mind-at-large-dissociation-catch-up-questions-2.md)
- [The Physical Body, Internal Dissociation & Metacognition](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/4th-march-frontiers-of-thought-q-a-with-bernardo-kastrup.md) - Can we become less dissociated and follow our inner guidance? Is reality a lesson or research lab?
- [The Laws and Habits of Nature](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/recording-laws-of-nature-or-habits-2.md) - Naturalism, anomalous experiences, and creativity's source
- [8th April - Quantum Physics, Entanglement & Mind](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/8th-april-quantum-entanglement-wave-function-2.md)
- [1st April - What Nature Represents](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/1st-april-what-nature-represents-2.md)
- [25th March - The Purpose of Life & the Meaning of Suffering](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/25th-march-the-purpose-of-life-the-meaning-of-suffering-2.md)
- [18 March - Death, Near Death & Reincarnation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/18-march-death-near-death-reincarnation.md)
- [Frontiers of Thought with Michael Levin & Bernardo Kastrup](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/tues-18th-feb-frontiers-of-thought-discuss-your-idea-with-michael-levin-bernardo-kastrup.md) - Special event raising money for Compassion in World Farming
- [11th March - Dreams, Deep Sleep &  the Continuity of Self](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/11th-march-dreams-deep-sleep-the-continuity-of-self.md)
- [Mind at Large vs Universal Consciousness](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/tues-11th-feb-mind-at-large.md) - The physical universe as an abstraction, alters, and momentary vs self-sustaining dissociations
- [Tues 25th of Feb - Members' meeting: Share your introduction to idealism / Focus Groups!](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/community-gathering-thursday.md) - Anyone that wants to fully step into the role of 'ambassador for idealism' will get a chance to present your best introduction, held in a supportive and friendly space.
- [The Hierarchies of Dissociation](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/dissociation.md) - What is the difference between the self, the ego, and the subconscious?
- [Thurs 6th Feb - Members' meeting + Focus Groups](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/thurs-6th-feb-community-meeting-focus-groups.md) - An evening to meet, connect and to initiate focus groups on the subjects you are most passionate.
- [Do you want to help shape the schedule for the year? Contributions on the whiteboard Deadline is today - 7th of Feb!](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/help-shape-the-schedule-for-the-year.md)
- [Mind at Large vs Universal Consciousness [link from email]](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/tues-11th-feb-mind-at-large-vs-universal-consciousness.md)
- [How to propose themes for the schedule](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/how-to-proposquestions-and-themes.md)
- [Motivations & Aspirations](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/launch-meeting-recording-motivations-aspirations-2.md) - The different kinds of idealism, the value of suffering, and questions of meaning and purpose
- [Our launch meeting Tues 28th Jan: Motivations & Aspirations](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/our-first-meeting-why-do-philosophy-2.md)
- [Welcome!](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/introductions.md) - Introduce yourself to the community!

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