Swami Sarvapriyananda unpacks the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta and its central claim: you are not the body, not the mind, not even your thoughts — you are pure consciousness itself. Through rigorous reasoning rather than blind belief, he guides us step by step into a direct inquiry of who we truly are.

We explore the limits of faith-based religion, the pitfalls of mystical experience, the distinction between intelligence and consciousness in the age of AI, and the profound implications of non-duality. This conversation is not about adopting a belief system — it is about dismantling false identities until only the undeniable remains.

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00:00 Intro

01:18 What Is Advaita Vedanta

06:44 The Promise Freedom From Suffering

10:16 Liberation While Living

15:09 The Three Spiritual Paths

23:38 The Path of Knowledge Jnana Yoga

28:42 Discovering Our Ignorance

29:49 Descartes and the Indubitable Self

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34:50 Deconstructing the Self

37:18 Are You the Body

42:09 From Body to Breath to Mind

47:30 AI and the Difference Between Intelligence and Consciousness

49:12 Consciousness in Deep Sleep

52:23 If Not Body or Mind What Are You

53:23 Pure Consciousness Explained

55:04 Dualism vs Non Dualism

57:42 The Dream Analogy

59:17 Maya and the Appearance of the Universe

01:00:28 Ocean and Wave Analogy

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01:03:35 The Shift From Person to Awareness

01:10:00 Awareness as the Ground of Reality

01:18:00 The Root of Suffering

01:26:00 Ego Attachment and Fear

01:34:00 Living as Pure Awareness

01:42:00 Practical Self Inquiry

01:50:00 Free Will Karma and Responsibility

02:02:00 The Illusion of Individuality

02:14:00 Consciousness and Modern Science

02:26:00 Death Rebirth and Liberation

02:38:00 What Enlightenment Really Means

02:50:00 Final Clarifications on Non Duality

02:55:00 Closing Reflections

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Joscha Bach explores the nature of consciousness, free will, and reality through the lens of computation, cognitive science, and philosophy. Rather than treating the mind as a mystical entity, Joscha frames consciousness as a constructed dream—a model generated by the brain to make sense of the world and coordinate behavior.

We examine why beliefs should remain provisional, how the self functions as a useful fiction, and why suffering emerges when internal learning signals misfire. Joscha explains why free will feels real even if decisions arise before awareness, how meaning exists beyond the individual ego, and why wisdom is not simply knowledge but the ability to orient oneself within larger systems of value.

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00:00 Intro: Josha Bach

04:24 Agnosticism, Evidence, and Logical Alternatives

11:20 Reality as a Mental Simulation

13:00 What Physicalism Actually Claims

16:55 Telepathy, Rituals, and Distributed Minds

19:45 Consciousness Does Not Make Decisions

22:55 Free Will as a Post-Hoc Story

24:00 Consciousness as a Trance State

26:00 Meditation and the Illusion of Self

29:10 Out-of-Body Experiences Explained

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36:30 Why the Brain Fills in Missing Reality

39:50 Dreams, Selves, and Narrative Identity

43:20 Intelligence, Models, and World-Building

47:10 Why Reality Feels Stable

51:00 Meaning, Agency, and Mental Compression

55:10 Why Consciousness Feels Central (But Isn’t)

59:30 The Psychological World vs Physical Reality

1:04:10 Intelligence Without Awareness

1:08:45 The Cost of Believing the Self Is Real

1:13:30 Waking Up From the Narrative

1:18:40 What a Cognitive Science View Really Implies

1:23:30 Final Thoughts: Living Inside the Dream

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In this conversation, David Ghiyam shares the spiritual framework that has guided his life for over 25 years—one rooted in the idea that reality operates according to universal spiritual laws, just as it does physical ones. Drawing from Kabbalistic wisdom and lived experience, David explains how the soul’s purpose is not comfort, but transformation, and how life’s challenges are designed to reconnect us with a deeper source of fulfillment.

We explore the concept of the “light of the Creator,” the idea of spiritual baggage carried across lifetimes, and why pain, relationships, and adversity act as mirrors for inner growth. David reflects on periods of profound darkness in his own life—financial collapse, loss, doubt—and how a shift from victimhood to responsibility opened the door to unexpected clarity, healing, and abundance.

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00:00 Intro - David Ghiyam

04:57 The light of the Creator

08:25 External teaching vs internal understanding

12:36 Kabbalah in the life of David

18:39 What is the source of consciousness?

26:50 The trap of “needing” energy

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32:21 Does everything happen for a reason?

39:43 The magnetic quality of being whole

52:51 The role of business in our spiritual paths

59:55 Protecting the seed

1:09:08 How to practice trust in your intuition

1:18:18 One spiritual law people violate daily

1:29:26 Closing thoughts

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