> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.withrealityinmind.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # You only need to know the next step - URL: https://www.withrealityinmind.com/the-next-step/ - Published: 2026-05-06T14:13:07.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-20T14:07:16.000Z - Description: Members share their art & ideas with Bernardo - Author: Amir Giles - Tags: recording Recording details Date: 5 May 2026 Duration: 2h 12m Free preview Chapters 0:00:00 Art, ideas and the next step 0:04:34 **Euclyd**: a Trojan horse for idealism? 0:11:06 A childhood drawing returns as a personal mandala 0:17:18 Can you overthink a symbol? 0:18:37 Could perception reveal quantum entanglement? 0:28:17 **Daniel Ambrosi**: landscapes beyond the photograph 0:38:43 What does a **bodhisattva** choose? 0:40:09 Enlightenment as seeing through dissociation 0:48:49 Can **thermodynamics** dissolve the hard problem? 0:52:11 An illusion still needs someone to experience it 0:55:07 Quantities describe experience—but can they create it? 0:57:38 What happens when philosophy becomes a profession? 1:00:15 Olivier’s drawings: ideas becoming images 1:04:31 Art as communication from the unconscious 1:09:31 Ruben’s novel: dreams finding their story 1:18:04 When interpreting a symbol could spoil the work 1:25:06 Can we study pure **consciousness without metaphysics?** 1:32:23 Neuroscience and its hidden assumptions 1:37:17 Two meanings of the physical brain 1:42:05 **Tristano’s invention**: music, mathematics and code 1:50:04 What happens when a chord becomes a shape? 1:56:25 What do images sound like? 1:59:24 Sharing a creation without carrying it alone 2:05:56 **You only need to know the next step** 2:08:27 Be kind to yourself: you don’t need every answer This session was a beautiful reminder of how many generous, talented, creative and inspiring people are amongst us, with members sharing art, poetry, novel excerpts and novel ideas for Bernardo to reflect on. If you're unsure where its all going, Bernardo has this advice to share: all you need to know is the next step. Follow your instinct rather than some masterplan. Later in life when you look back is when it could all make metacognitive sense. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c5/20/c520bbe6-927b-460d-bf38-d4f48d5dc338/content/images/2026/05/AMBROSI-EpicEngadinDreamscape.jpg) “Epic Engadin” by Daniel Ambrosi ([dreamscapes.ai](http://dreamscapes.ai/?ref=withrealityinmind.com)) - **A 16:9 5K desktop wallpaper image depicting Daniel Ambrosi’s interpretation of Bernardo’s beloved Upper Engadin, free for community members to use and share. High res download available here:* [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MbuVUarBnjCgDRmACcOohc9tB0OIyvUw/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MbuVUarBnjCgDRmACcOohc9tB0OIyvUw/view?usp=sharing&ref=withrealityinmind.com) ***We also discussed:*** - Enlightenment & **Bodhisattva** in analytic idealism - Steps towards a metaphysically agnostic neuroscience - Euclyd's effect on Bernardo's impact - The stubborn challenge of the hard problem of consciousness We'll have another session to share inspiration later this year, giving space to the [many contributions we didn't have time for yesterday.](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/share/) Details for next week's session are now uncertain, but I'll email as soon as its confirmed. Meanwhile, you can share upcoming questions in this Ask Me Anything page: [AMA Meeting with Bernardo19th May 2026 | AMA with Bernardo![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Bernardo Kastrup: With Reality in MindAmir Giles![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c5/20/c520bbe6-927b-460d-bf38-d4f48d5dc338/content/images/size/w1200/2026/02/bernardo.png)](https://www.withrealityinmind.com/ama-meeting-with-bernardo/) I look forward to seeing you soon! Amir ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c5/20/c520bbe6-927b-460d-bf38-d4f48d5dc338/content/images/2026/05/image.png) By Olivier Goethals - from a series of drawings inspired by topics discussed in our meetings [https://oliviergoethals.info/play/book10](https://oliviergoethals.info/play/book10?ref=withrealityinmind.com) Speakers ![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c5/20/c520bbe6-927b-460d-bf38-d4f48d5dc338/content/images/2026/09/Bernardo-Kastrup-profile.jpg) Bernardo Kastrup Analytic idealism Bernardo Kastrup is the Executive Director of Essentia Foundation and Founder/CEO at AI systems company Euclyd BV. His work has set off the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence). As a scientist, he has worked for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the Philips Research Laboratories (where the ‘Casimir Effect’ of Quantum Field Theory was discovered). He has also been creatively active in the high-tech industry for almost 30 years, having founded parallel processor company Silicon Hive (acquired by Intel in 2011) and worked as a technology strategist for the geopolitically significant company ASML. Most recently, he has founded AI company Euclyd BV. Formulated in detail in many academic papers and books, his ideas have been featured in *Scientific American*, the magazine of *The Institute of Art and Ideas*, the *Blog of the American Philosophical Association* and *Big Think*, among others. His most defining book is *Analytic Idealism in a Nutshell: A straightforward summary of the 21st-century’s only plausible metaphysics.* [Explore Bernardo’s work →](https://www.bernardokastrup.com/?ref=withrealityinmind.com)