Sacrifice, Meaning, Nietzsche, Consciousness & The Daimon - Dr Bernardo Kastrup, PhD

[@mailumairalam]

I just love this host, this is my first time on his channel and I’m super impressed by his calmness and humble opinion, the way he engaged Barnardo to explore the depth of his philosophy is truly inspiring ❤

[@josejrtuti]

Bernardo is currently my favorite philosopher

[@goldwhitedragon]

Who is your non current favorite?

[@BUGZYLUCKS]

Yeah he’s a cool dude 😊

[@odeholon4590]

As long as he stays away from politics.

[@sxsmith44]

@@odeholon4590 he’s a passionate philosopher… he’s not gonna do that! You might as well take him off your cool list now!

[@gmw3083]

It's odd that he doesn't know the daimon doesn't understand words or speak in them. It understands action. That's all.

[@kellyalamanou5185]

12.12: Yes, i remember many years ago when i was going through a serious depression that my circle of friends at that time, was looking at me, as if i was responsible of not been happy! As if it was my responsibility, i was going through depression. I was suffering and i had to feel guilty because i was suffering!! To follow a solitary existence for some years at that time, it has revealed to be the best option for me.

[@DavidTizzard]

I really enjoyed this particular interview because the host was fantastic at allowing Bernardo to speak. It's very difficult sometimes to shut up when the mic is on but this was expertly done. Bravo.

[@SoyOtroTu]

We are very very very fortunate. Thank you Bernardo. I really appreciate your "appearance" in our World. Now I know that I "came" from Love and I will "return" to Love!

[@Igor-kv1eg]

This man has a great mind and humility/humanity of a sage, as is normally the case, but also he is a natural- born communicator.

[@laisa.]

Been addicted to Bernardo Kastrup interviews for 2.5 years. Bernardo, if you wrote biographies of these great philosophers and tell their stories like you do about Nietzsche her, I would buy every single one. ❤

[@phoenixrising1675]

I found Bernardo through Rupert Spira- another brilliant sage…. What a gift these teachers are.

[@richardg.lanzara3732]

The greatest description of Nietzsche I've ever heard.

[@Resmioglu]

at the end he barked like a dog. What an awful end...

[@jenmdawg]

I agree. Hands down the best overview of the man and his history of ideas.

[@krishnapartha]

Bernardo is on fire. He’s a love machine who is blessing us all. ❤ great interviewer too. Excellent work keep it up.

[@denniswinters3096]

As Jung said, " We are not of today, or yesterday, we are of an immense age."

[@Durga-ct2eb]

I’ve read Nietzsche and Bernardo clarified some questions that have lingered in my mind for decades - thank you for that and for your ability to take ideas & concepts and delineate them in a digestible way. And Bernardo it’s okay to call a spade a spade so don’t be too harsh on yourself about getting angry about nasty people who are trying to railroad you, not really have a constructive dialogue with you.😊

[@constancewalsh3646]

Just discovered. Dr Bernardo's words on Nietzsche bring tears to my eyes.

[@duncanmckeown1292]

Bernardo...what a mega-mind this man has! I love Kastrup because he has an (almost) unique ability to turn the most rarified complex problems of philosophy into scenarios that the ordinary intelligent non-specialist can comprehend. His books are wide-ranging in subject matter...and I have found them all edifying.

[@TosiaZraikat48]

Dr Kastrup man is a true philosopher, a very rare breed these days, and sheer pleasure to listen to. I learn and am inspired by every word he speaks, and thank God - whatever one calls It- that I have lived long enough (75 years) to discover this man and hear him speak...and to see Jung speak on videos. Thank you so much, Niall, for this very meaningful important interview. This conversation needs to be heard, so thank you.

[@scottnorvell2955]

I agree completely!!!

[@maryammajdiyazdi2344]

Thank you Bernardo. The way you explained that we are not in control and life is doing it through us is so profound. It gives me a freedom and allow me to release control whenever the illusion of control arises in me I’m aware of it and that awareness creates space to go with the flow. It is not easy to change the lifetime patterns but it reminds me that I am not in control and that’s huge freedom to ground myself to what’s showing up. I feel the resistance but i know I need to let go and be with what IS. It is huge.

[@steveflorida8699]

Does not free will give you control? Control to better one's life choices and results.

[@greatunborn]

​@@steveflorida8699the choice to let go is itself an exercise in "control."

[@maryammajdiyazdi2344]

The thought of it is not in my control.

[@goldwhitedragon]

​@@steveflorida8699better for who or what?

[@crazy1gadgets1]

We are free to buy any lottery ticket life has to offer, but we cannot "will" a winning number - what we get is "determined" by external rules of the game (what universal nature presents to us) outside of our dissociated internal egoistic wishes or control...

[@chipkyle5428]

An hour in I had to comment ….Beautiful interview because you prepared so will. Bernardo at his most expressive. Thanks.

[@santacruzman8483]

Dr. Kastrup is one of those rare philosophers that are also brilliant psychologists.

[@HighCountryStudio]

I think Bernardo’s take on the recent state of affairs in the U.S. is so useful and accurate. I especially appreciate the summary of Nietzsche’s philosophy and also, the discussion of the Diamon. Thank you so much for such an excellent interview.

[@mystic_physicist]

After hearing the discussion with Swami Sarvapriyanda I'm become a fan of Bernardo Kastrup ❤

[@jota55581]

Your life is about earning your ticket to the next and th good thing about it is that following the right path makes this life easier ...consciousness is greater than time and space.

[@VeronicaBrent]

This Diamond is an energy force that I have been trying to tame inside of me for years… it causes anxiety, the thought of meaningless life etc… I have been trying to understand what this energy is exactly… thank you Bernardo for the explanation. I thought it was Kundalini energy, the real “I” yet it has its own will…for example I am shy but I usually engage in activities at work such as volunteering to facilitate group of conversation in order to create a safe workplace for everyone… The only thing I ask my diamond is if I’m going to serve you please be gentle on the body and give me the courage and all the tools/pathway to do so. If o did anything else he has helped me to see this diamond with clarity. And thank you Niall for not cutting Bernardo off when he’s speaking! Bravo 👏🏾

[@therezac]

Just this one hour of listening to Bernardo Kastrup was enough for me to reorganize so much in my mind that I'd compare it to a dozen sessions with a therapist. Thank you for the great content.

[@ashrafulhaque8759]

Very humble of you Bernardo! I remember that interview when you cut it short -because you felt disrespected. But your evaluation of that situation is what we all can/should do.

[@viswanathhebbale2673]

Salutations to Bernardo. Truth about the abstract being wonderfully put across through language. Tears of joy running down my eyes as he was explaining the truth. Thanks again and Psalms again Bernardo.

[@PaulaDTozer]

I love his answer to what he will regret at the end of his life. That’s how I feel as well. When you convert what is happening into a reason for suffering, regret is the result.

[@JessicaCooper-m4i]

Mr. Kastrup , has become one of my favorite philosophers .

[@jimkearns135]

Bernardo hits on Jnana, Karma, and Bhakti yogas with ease and simplicity without even mentioning them by name.

[@wendyharris9346]

thank you SO MUCH to BOTH of you. brilliant conversation between 2 brilliant lights in our universe

[@childofkhem1.618]

What a great conversation!! One of my favorites with Dr kastrup. I would love to know Bernardos thaughts on the idea that dreams might be the process in which we "upload" our data to the "source" and/or receive information from "source"

[@astrocatcity]

i'm not sure about that, but I would say that dreams are the method by which we could attempt to dialogue with the Daimon. This was Carl Jung's approach, and James Hollis also speaks very eloquently about the diamon

[@sciagurrato1831]

Dreams are discussed in several of Dr Kastrup’s books.

[@myotherlefthand4880]

One of the best interviews of BK I've seen. Excellent guys. Thanks.

[@HigoWapsico]

I love the ending… I love Bernardo for this “gusto”

[@angelotuteao6758]

I was very interested in the discussion with regard to the daemon- always a pleasure listening to DrKastrup ❤

[@JessicaCooper-m4i]

Bernardo I really like and appreciate how you described Nietzche as a lived philosopher . I agree that he was very interesting .

[@shirleymoore362]

An absolutely excellent conversation, thank you Niall and Bernardo.

[@PatsyC57]

The blossom analogy took my breath, yes, old age is a withering flower that dispersed its seeds to bloom again. I am a collection of my ancestors, pieces of them reside within me and they affect my daily life.

[@bobbygrewal5547]

Watching this for a second time because it is so good

[@phoebetaptiklis5122]

So wonderful. Your conversation here is evolution to me.

[@tabularasa2015]

Beautifully spoken on sacrifice dr Kastrup! Greetings from Sweden

[@thehumancondition111]

Upanishads out there speaking in the interview :) Heartwarming to watch

[@lisettebordeleau3765]

Thank you Bernardo. You are a beautiful soul.

[@paulgarrett3608]

Thankyou Bernado. You help everything. Blessings ❤

[@Neti-Netti]

41:46…..we relabel them… 53:01… so accurate so well put I feel part of this understanding

[@ayougo]

The existential question of whether our lives possess inherent meaning remains elusive. While alive, we have the capacity to imbue our existence with personal significance, albeit within the confines of our perception of reality. It is crucial to cultivate an acceptance of both potential outcomes - a continuation into a broader consciousness post-death or a cessation of existence. Despite our desire for a profound purpose to consciousness, embracing the possibility that life may lack inherent meaning becomes essential while navigating our present existence.

[@GuerrillaNature]

Literally just finished writing a lyric that references the story of Adam and Eve. Overjoyed with it. Then started to watch this. First question from the interviewer drew some synchronistic smiles and even a little guffaw. Very reassuring. Thank you.

[@GuerrillaNature]

Was it not specifically the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, by the way?

[@kappla]

Literally or for realz like literally?

[@GuerrillaNature]

One more thing. Sorry, it was not the channeling of impersonal power that caused the damage in the example cited, was it? Surely, it was specifically channeling it for the purpose of manipulation of others, with whatever intent. It was the manipulation that created the danger, not the impersonal power itself. The impersonal power is the true power, but it can not be used selfishly in order to manipulate others; especially to manipulate others to manipulate others (kill their freedom to choose).

[@dominicestebanrice7460]

Thanks for bringing these insights to us. It needs to be stated firmly: FN didn't go mad because he was living his philosophy and realized his life had no higher purpose, he went mad because of his biological inheritance and the lack of available treatments during his lifetime. Plenty of great, erstwhile religious, thinkers went through the same epiphany (Camus for one) without ending up in the asylum.

[@bigron7009]

Interesting take on Adam and Eve. Such an interesting take, so rich in symbolism

[@ARTNETWORKTV]

I have also experienced death smoking DMT, it is not scary, it could be for some people not curious about life. I realized That I needed to relax and let the energy go through my body. He is also currently my favorite philosopher, the one I have been listening more lately. I only wonder how he has the time to be in so many KZbin interviews.

[@deebaker9199]

Wow! Thankyou for this! I'm a 12 stepper and before recovery I experimented of course with various psychedelics having numerous horrific experiences which often really seemed to create a greater gulf toward Reality 😮 oh I'm gestating what your saying, so greatful....I'm a student of conscious dying via the literature works of Stephen Levine and others like him and an avid meditation practitioner. This is pure gold for me. Thankyou 🙏🎉

[@EddyDJIMini3Pro]

There will be a book soon called "Spiritual Enlightenment and the 12-Step Game". You might like it.

[@theflowmaestro]

How many years clean? Congratulations!!

[@EddyDJIMini3Pro]

@@theflowmaestro For me, 15. Escaping addiction to mindless conformity is the kicker. Dudes like UG Krishnamurti are a handy spectacle for a spell 😋😋✌✌

[@deebaker9199]

I'm 3.5 years sober, sane and living in the fourth dime, for a lot of the rhyme! 😂 🎉 Profound experiences of synchronisty so often..so greatful. I had so many rock bottoms in consciousness 😢 before I found the Solution in the Steps 🙏🎉 Loving this chanel and comments posted, thankyouuuuu so much everyone! 🙏❤😊

[@deebaker9199]

"Spiritual Enlightenment and the 12 Step..." ❤ Thankyou so much, shall keep lookout for this! 😊 Love Krishnamurti, thankyou 🙏❤️

[@clumsydad7158]

Good discussion of the selflessness implicit in life and how we are just expressions of the great chain, and in modernity thru our intelligence we easily deceive ourselves into rationalized illusions of personal separateness and otherness ... well explicated by Mr. Kastrup.

[@deebaker9199]

Wow yeah 😮the "tragedy of meaningless" this is gold. A student of Nietzsche...omg, I'm signing up for your channel 🎉 thankyou so so much, your navigational capacity is pure gold to me right now! Haha, have commented twice as so enthralled! Thankyou 🙏🎁🎉

[@BUGZYLUCKS]

I just subscribed and I look forward to listening to more of your thoughts on life, existence, ontology and consciousness.

[@johnwebb4863]

As always a great interview. It's been wonderful to watch BK deepen and broaden his "view" which has contributed mightily to my own. One area I think could be "rethought", although I acknowledge my own arrogance to suggest it, is the notion of "sacrifice" and I think encourages BK's current "disclaimers" about does he or any individual matter. As I hear him, he says "no". I say yes. BK tends to dismiss how his function contributes to not just "us all" but the whole, moving from this state of perfection to a greater state of perfection (in Spinoza's terms). I agree that we can not consciously correctly asses our role and function and that when I attempt to "help" or contribute consciously (from the ego's plan) I will fail miserably. Sacrifice is "giving something up". How can you contribute something you don't have or find Joy in or feel strengthened by. What is BK sacrificing? No he is giving from his abundance. He is abundant because he "selfishly" pursued his own truth. Sacrifice separates us. Giving is a "selfish" act, recognizing that when I give both the giver and receiver benefit.

[@CGMaat]

Thank you bernardo….sobresaliente ‘ one of your recent best.

[@michaelflynn987]

Great perspective. Herman Hesse talks of the Daimon and so does Jim Hollis. The doctor mentions only certain individuals a little bias in my opinion.

[@gregedmonds7152]

Such beauty and compassion these are the highest form of intelligence in fact they are beyond the mind that compares and weighs. this man oozes them he is very close to that which frees you

[@makdaddi3921]

If you commit to making every decision thru rational decision and not impulse you have no regrets. Having made decisions using all the information you had at the time… renders regret impossible.

[@canisronis2753]

The Sage of our time

[@GuerrillaNature]

We concur.

[@JA-gz6cj]

he is always interesting to listen to and everything he says makes sense

[@clivejenkins4033]

Absolutely agree, bernardo shines the light on reality

[@atmannityananda-autognosia]

❤Sage is the one who has realized his Divine nature and is free from all conditioning, egoic tendencies and desires.😮

[@tomsmith2361]

🎉😁👍

[@kengemmer]

Brilliantly illuminating! One correction though : the " whole self-help industry" that you said is based on the notion that our lives are about us also includes people like Victor Frankel and the Existential Psychotherapists who point to the same transcendent meaning of life that you did earler in this interview.

[@doriesilverman985]

Rp 40:54

[@ollyr_3710]

Very informative and thought- provoking. Thanks

[@Luxcanum]

Bernardo is simply beautiful.

[@JessyGreene]

Thanks for this interview! Bernardo Kastrup ❤❤❤

[@KnightofEkron]

I've come to a similar perspective to Mr.Kastrup from a very different direction. Interesting.

[@Halifauxer]

"We lose freedom the moment we place on our shoulders a responsibility that we cannot live up to"....damn.

[@beatleswithaz6246]

There are a few philosophers that have great things to say about personal purpose and attitude. Nietzsche, Zhuangzi, the Stoics, Existentialists, ect. I count Bernardo among these rare few.

[@ritatayeh4187]

Thank you 🙏🤍

[@user-wb2yv7ll9d]

How to define the life of service? How does one recognize and interact with the Damon's impersonal will? How does one personify it? Having some practical and specific examples help bring these concepts down to Earth. Thank you. ❤ The example at the very end about always PAYING ATTENTION to one's "spontaneous" actions and seeing one's own humanity is one good example. I would love to have heard more of these.

[@darshanmujumdar]

What Dr Beranardo said is also said in Vedas in ancient times.

[@oioi9372]

He's plagiarising Vedas and Schopenhauer

[@KassJuanebe]

Not plagiarizing. Explicating for a new generation.

[@AsifKhan-bv3iu]

Outstanding presentation.

[@yedeydreamer777]

Bernardo is amazing! I love listening to him. I want a debate with Ian Gilchrist

[@anavartalitis8425]

Delightful! 😊

[@CampingforCool41]

I honestly disagree when Bernardo says other animals don’t have metaconsciousness. There is plenty of evidence that animals, even animals like cats and dogs, are capable of “suffering” psychologically like he describes it vs just pain. Humans are certainly the MOST metaconscious and thus suffer the most from it but other animals certainly experience a lesser level of it still.

[@sidekickmusic5936]

Agree 100%.

[@czowiekpierwotny2160]

Isn't he making a difference that animals have consciousness but doesn't have metaconsciousness?

[@CampingforCool41]

@@czowiekpierwotny2160 yes that’s the part I disagree with. Other animals do have metaconsciousness. It’s not like a binary “either you have it or you don’t”, it’s a spectrum. You could say probably “no other animals have metaconsciousness at the level of humans”

[@czowiekpierwotny2160]

@@CampingforCool41 I fully agree with your point. I'm curious what Bernardo's stance really is.

[@comenadgetme]

METACOGNITION, duh.

[@iainmackenzieUK]

I have a question regarding suffering and choice. I am experimenting these days with simply reminding myself a few times each day to choose to appreciate my experience of life. in these moments I feel a sense of wonder and gratitude. It does not feel like madness or illusion but I am interested to know your thoughts. Based on these experiences so far, it seems to me that we do have choice to transcend suffering (as you define suffering). Could the blossom on your metaphorical apple tree choose not to suffer? Through self awareness, acceptance, compassion, choose to simply relish in its own beauty and (part of) nature rather than get weighed down with (cultural?) expectations of purpose or meaning. Or is this fantasy? self-self-generated madness? Any thoughts?

[@AlmaNaturaleza]

Amazing interview! Thanks ❤

[@HaosCosmic]

I took lsd and read the bible, the impact for my ego, mind and overall persona, put me in thinking all my past traumas and blessings. I could reflect in the mirror with the kid i was, and broth him back. Made me cherish more life, but in time, after the shock stopped. Realizing who is the god and devil, whats good and bad, male and female..having lucid dreams and seeing how is to be light. But hey, we all know that we live differently days of the fathers, words, traditions, all change with us, just nature remains the same... I wish that everybody can face his darkness, but then lots will lose money, cloud, in a narcissistic world made for materialists, just with agendas, less soul for the others, especially for the noobs. Yet to see a world with more "sons of man", guess wars would die, not the spirit of man. Immortality can be reach in the state of mind, our body is for decay and fertility of the soul we take ground.( some things wrote in the books, seems like they are not written sober, at all, but who to tell thy truth, when money is the only god on this earth)😂😂😂, what a paradox..

[@PMKehoe]

Would luv to hear Dr. Kastrup riff on Heidegger’s aesthetics, sometime? :)

[@MichaelJones-ek3vx]

Wow holy COW!!😮😮😅 THIS DISCUSSION GIVES ME TOOLS TO USE implementing IMPLEMENTING IDEALISM idealism.

[@SuperMilec]

Thank you for such a great explanation of fundamental phenomenon of the world, humans, all beings, nature and cosmos at whole. I would like to add subtitles in my language (Czech). Can I get your aprooval?

[@BobbyClements]

I would love to talk to him about photography and the sacred geometry in composition

[@Ann-ed1bq]

Diamon ABRAXAS The Abraxas force of nature with the devouring lion on one side (Ahrimanic) and the egocentric serpent on the other (Luciferic). Abraxas is the uniting factor between Steiner and Jung though the two never wanted to interact with the other. Both understood the impersonal forces of Abraxas (for lack of a better term). Both also understood the balancing of these forces as the archetypal sacrifice of Christ. Bernardo sums it up beautifully, by entering in a dialogue with this force, we become the unit of balance and the only way this is possible is to live a sacrificial life, walking the middle path. Sacrificing the urge to list to one extreme or the other. Entering in dialogue with this force brings us into maturity.

[@juanmontoya9326]

I love how you think

[@simplyherenow]

In regards to the Garden of Eden this might be helpful -- Our condition is described in the story of the Garden of Eden. In the beginning, Adam and Eve knew themselves to be God (both immanent and transcendent), but eventually they began to only identify with their bodies and its egoic pleasures (symbolized by eating fruit from the tree of duality). As their transcendent nature became veiled, they lost their intimate connection to God, the garden, the animals, and found themselves in a world of separateness.

[@JohnMccart777]

Powerful Stuff. I feel realigned.

[@Jagombe1]

I like BK's contention that our lives are not about us. Humanity has missed the point he is raising, because the species' ability of metacognition makes the species think that they are a special breed of life. But NO. Life is life; even that of an ant, bee or plant is just as important as that of a human being. His use of the apple tree and the ability to bear the apple fruit is quite appropriate. The apple tree does not bear the fruits for its own use. The fruits are 'enjoyed' by other species of existence. Life, is for the benefit of the environment and those close by; what the bees, earthworms do without complaint. When one's life is lived for one's own (selfish) end, such a life is toxic, and is the cause of animosity and wars, because the ego is in control. I could not agree with BK more. He has tacitly brought out the basis for existence that is hard for the average mind to comprehend!

[@clumsydad7158]

Humanity has millions of years of natural inheritance but is obsessed with making plastic crap ... makes one wonder

[@FAK_CHEKR]

Versions of The Great Filter are proposed to explain The Fermi Paradox. Another version might be that although individuals can achieve a higher, selfless orientation, societies cannot or do so very rarely. Civilizations waste their resources on wars and such, never advancing further by recognizing the folly of ego. We destroy things and kill people instead of cooperating to make a better world. We die off, or our sun burns out, before we advance to interstellar levels.

[@PromoMIAR]

Love BK.

[@innerlight617]

Same here!

[@wendyharris9346]

i have had 3 spontaneous kundalini awakenings. was not seeking out these experiences. i have had to learn this process of TELLING UNIVERSAL ENERGY what I NEED, especially to slow down! i am in a physical body!

[@andrewcutler4599]

The interpretation of the fall of Adam and Eve as discovering meta-cognition is interesting, and something I've been exploring at length. Kastrup doesn't say whether he thinks the story is a cultural memory of that discovery, but given myths can last tens of thousands of years and signs of inner life are quite recent in evolutionary terms, Genesis could have lasted from the human genesis. I develop that idea, and surface plenty of evidence in the Eve Theory of Consciousness (which you can find via search)

[@GMANLOVE]

Fantastic interview

[@daniellearame3370]

Bravo Bernardo perfect knowledge

[@JessicaCooper-m4i]

I’am interested in the Daimon .

[@theplanetruth]

21:00- I’d love to see more episodes on the purpose of dreams, or even episodes on the movie WAKING LIFE.

[@ili626]

37:40 assumptions here regarding what led to Nietzsche’s mental health struggle. Existentialism is renown for the idea of realizing meaning in the absurd.

[@ribeirojorge5064]

From the UnConscious Hell ❤️ To the Conscious Hell 💚 Until the Paradise of Consciousness 💜 Thaaannnk Yooouuu ❤️ 💚 💜

[@InnerLuminosity]

This man is on to something...

[@ALavin-en1kr]

It is never either/or its and/both. Our lives are about us and they are about the whole because we are also the whole.

[@iainmackenzieUK]

45:00 Service to...?... nature? or something/ someone else?

[@CandidDate]

I was reading "Beyond Good and Evil::" the other day.

[@sciagurrato1831]

Kastrup is in the line that links Lucretius to Spinoza to d’Holbach to Schopenhauer. Imho the greatest Western philosopher of our time and more than equal to anyone produced by the so called “analytical” thinkers of the Anglo-American school of the twentieth century. That is not to say that his expressed political positions are, closely examined, a logical extension of the metaphysical viewpoint he espouses. To say that Putin or Xi are “crushing others” is not a convincing argument, but Kastrup is human.

[@jonathansolero7]

La bestia de Holanda 🔥

[@peterbuckley9731]

Love this chap