A curated collection of documentaries, scientific insights, and philosophical perspectives on quantum physics, non-duality, and the mysteries of existence.
This vault archives YouTube transmissions and corresponding literature across meditation, neuroscience, ontology, ecology, AI, spirituality, and cosmology.
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Lectures
Rizwan Virk | The Simulation Hypothesis | Talks at Google
2019 marks the 20th anniversary of what is arguably one of the best Science fiction movies ever made - The Matrix. It popularized an ancient idea that the world we live in may not be real. In other words, our world is just an illusion,...
https://youtu.be/UHlfe2HE_gQ?si=S1VfHH8lgsPkNcmR
2019 marks the 20th anniversary of what is arguably one of the best Science fiction movies ever made - The Matrix. It popularized an ancient idea that the world we live in may not be real. In other words, our world is just an illusion, a simulation -- a video game. So, Are we really living in a video game? Game industry veteran Rizwan (Riz) Virk believes this could be true. Rizwan (“Riz”) Virk is a successful entrepreneur, angel investor, bestselling author, video game industry pioneer, and indie film producer. Virk currently runs Play Labs @ MIT (www.playlabs.tv) a startup accelerator for playful technologies held on campus at the MIT Game Lab and Bayview Labs (www.bayviewlabs.com). Virk’s books include: Startup Myths and Models: Secrets They Don't Teach You at Stanford Business School, from Columbia University Press (2020), Zen Entrepreneurship: Walking the Path of the Career Warrior (2013), and Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success (2017). Virk’s video games have been played by millions, including Tap Fish, and games based on TV shows like Penny Dreadful and Grimm. Virk has been an investor in many video game companies, including Telltale Games (creator of narrative games based on The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones), Disruptor Beam (creator of Star Trek: Timelines game), Pocket Gems, Tapjoy, Sliver.tv, and Discord.
Biology/Ecology
Could the Cordyceps Fungus Really Take Over?
A science explainer on cordyceps, the parasitic fungus that hijacks the nervous systems of insects — and the speculative question of whether anything similar could touch human biology. A vivid case of how thoroughly one organism’s information can override another’s.
https://youtu.be/jM5jf-8ekVA
A science explainer on cordyceps, the parasitic fungus that hijacks the nervous systems of insects — and the speculative question of whether anything similar could touch human biology. A vivid case of how thoroughly one organism’s information can override another’s.
Advaita Vedanta
PAPAJI – Look within yourself and you will find that You Are God
The first 9 and half minutes of this amazing satsang from the 12th of February 1993 are in silence. Papaji speaks about Consciousness: "You are already free, and this freedom is consciousness. You think that contact with the objects of the senses gives you happiness,...
https://youtu.be/Z24FKRCpbnU
The first 9 and half minutes of this amazing satsang from the 12th of February 1993 are in silence. Papaji speaks about Consciousness: "You are already free, and this freedom is consciousness. You think that contact with the objects of the senses gives you happiness, therefore everybody is involved with the objects of the senses. Whenever there is pleasure, it is from the Self, of the Self, of the consciousness; not of any objects. Objects are temporary. It is the Self that is bliss. Once you know it and you are one with it, then whosoever you will meet, you will meet from the Self and you will not find any difference between you and other objects. Your love will be forever; not with the name, not with the form, but of the Self, to the Self, of the Self, within the Self." Highlights of this satsang are: *Riya: "All doubts have been removed. All that was 'I' has disappeared into stillness. Who is free? It isn't 'I' because 'I' isn't there." Papaji quotes Kabir: "Let the body be still, and let the mind be still, and let the intellect be still. That's all you have got to do, and then this stillness will attract what is called enlightenment, freedom, emancipation, emptiness. They will follow behind." Papaji gives her the name Aruna. He speaks about no need for any sadhana, and asks her to explain her experience. Aruna: "I realized that there was no 'I.' It was like the 'I' was absolutely a thought and had nothing to do with anything else. It was fiction. And when I realized that it was fiction everything else disappeared. And every thought that came, I asked to whom is this thought addressed? And I got nothing. It disappeared." *Sambuddha: "I get hooked wanting to open my heart more to deepen my understanding." Papaji: "This 'I' is a hook, and you are being fished. Around that 'I' some meat is there and everybody goes there. So, wiser are the fish who don't touch it. This net is samsara, slowly moving. Get out of it any time." *Angelica: "Please talk to me about love." Papaji: "Love can be only of the Self. All the rest is lusting about. If you want to see what is love, direct your mind not to any person but to the source of the mind. Love is so pure, immaculate and there's no demand, no command. Love is to give away without any kind of interest, to give yourself up. Nothing in exchange. Only that person can be happy who loves That." *Jerry: "I am consciousness." Papaji: "You are that which has no limitations, and no time, and no space also. Everything is included into this consciousness because there are no limits. We construct a veil between emptiness and ourself, therefore we get into trouble. And emptiness, consciousness can never be touched. Look within yourself and you will find that you are God." *Sammy: "In a flash I experience that the Self is everyone, everywhere, everything; that the Self manifests in whatever form, or as whatever experience is needed to lead one back to the Self. Sometimes I see a bright white dot in front of my eyes. Is there any, any significance to this?" Papaji: "All lights are still subtle mind. You have become seer to see the lights, then light has become object.Let your mind not abide anywhere, let it be anything, gross or subtle, light or darkness. You go on going, go on going, without abiding anywhere, and then you will continuously go on going." This is the official YouTube channel of H.W.L. Poonja, well known as Papaji, run by the Avadhuta Foundation, a non-profit organization supported by donations and grants. To donate (thank you) to help this channel continue and keep all content accessible for everyone, visit http://avadhuta.com/donate To learn more about Papaji and his teachings, visit http://avadhuta.com To buy physical copies in India of Papaji videos, books and audio CDs, see http://satsangbhavan.net
Altruism
Meet Alain de Botton | A philosopher of the modern times | Leaders in Action Society
A profile of Alain de Botton, the philosopher who brought consolation, meaning, and emotional intelligence back into public conversation through the School of Life. Philosophy practiced as a therapeutic art.
https://youtu.be/KkB-kpet3eo
A profile of Alain de Botton, the philosopher who brought consolation, meaning, and emotional intelligence back into public conversation through the School of Life. Philosophy practiced as a therapeutic art.
T R U T H
Why Physicists Think The Future Changes the Past – Retrocausality Explained
Retrocausality, a mind-blowing quantum concept, proposes that future events impact the past. Challenging time's traditional flow and exploring interconnected temporal relationships. Can the universe communicate with its past-self?
https://youtu.be/WugRN6xe9XQ
Retrocausality, a mind-blowing quantum concept, proposes that future events impact the past. Challenging time's traditional flow and exploring interconnected temporal relationships. Can the universe communicate with its past-self?
Astronomy/ Cosmology
Time Does Not Exist. Let me explain with a graph.
How do we really move through spacetime? A physics explainer arguing that time as we intuit it — a flowing river carrying us forward — does not appear anywhere in fundamental physics. What the equations describe instead is a timeless structure in which change and...
https://youtu.be/YpyXVkqkQgg
How do we really move through spacetime?
A physics explainer arguing that time as we intuit it — a flowing river carrying us forward — does not appear anywhere in fundamental physics. What the equations describe instead is a timeless structure in which change and sequence are perspectival, not fundamental.
Lectures
Marko Rodin – Unleashing the Rodin Solution, Part 1, Extraordinary Technology Conference, 2012
Marco Rodin - Unleashing the Rodin Solution, Part 1 ExtraOrdinary Topics Featured... Tesla Technology • Magnetic Motors • Zero-Point Energy Energy Saving Devices • Cosmic/Radiant Energy • Brown's Gas Low Temperature Plasma • GEET • ElectroGravitation ElectroMedicine • Magnetic Healing Some people believe that this...
https://youtu.be/HjgqSVgBUVA
Marco Rodin - Unleashing the Rodin Solution, Part 1 ExtraOrdinary Topics Featured... Tesla Technology • Magnetic Motors • Zero-Point Energy Energy Saving Devices • Cosmic/Radiant Energy • Brown's Gas Low Temperature Plasma • GEET • ElectroGravitation ElectroMedicine • Magnetic Healing Some people believe that this information should be suppressed... However, TeslaTech will bring this info to YOU!!
Consciousness cannot be reduced to brain activity: Doctor Raymond Tallis on the mind-body problem
Professor Tallis—a philosopher, poet, novelist, cultural critic, retired medical physician and clinical neuroscientist—discusses the relationship between mind and brain, as well as the big questions about the nature of reality.
https://youtu.be/Q8_8udq3D18
Professor Tallis—a philosopher, poet, novelist, cultural critic, retired medical physician and clinical neuroscientist—discusses the relationship between mind and brain, as well as the big questions about the nature of reality.
Analytic Idealism
Is Everything Made of Matter or Consciousness? | Rupert Spira & Bernardo Kastrup in Conversation
Is everything in the world made of matter or consciousness? What exactly are matter and consciousness? Rupert Spira joins Bernardo Kastrup, scientist and author, in a deep exploration of science and spirituality and how they inevitably meet on the same path to truth. The conversation...
https://youtu.be/MQuMzocvmTQ
Is everything in the world made of matter or consciousness? What exactly are matter and consciousness? Rupert Spira joins Bernardo Kastrup, scientist and author, in a deep exploration of science and spirituality and how they inevitably meet on the same path to truth. The conversation proves that anyone, from any background, can come to the same universal understanding that non-duality teaches; that peace and happiness is who we truly are. Rupert came to this understanding through 40 years of spiritual practice in the vedantic and tantric traditions, while Bernardo studied the professional fields of computer science and engineering. Moderated by Simon Mundie, the discussion covers various topics as Rupert and Bernardo dissect solipsism, idealism and materialism. Through it all, they both came to the same recognition which is that peace and love surpasses all understanding, and is the very nature of everyone and everything.
Psychedelics: Chemicals, Consciousness, and Creativity
Could psychedelics make you more creative? Shift your mind, connect you to others, and help you access a younger, more malleable version of yourself? Activist Rick Doblin, neuroscientist Gül Dölen, and musician Reggie Watts join Brian Greene for a mind-bending and multidisciplinary conversation about the...
https://youtu.be/kxFTWk9lLDU
Could psychedelics make you more creative? Shift your mind, connect you to others, and help you access a younger, more malleable version of yourself? Activist Rick Doblin, neuroscientist Gül Dölen, and musician Reggie Watts join Brian Greene for a mind-bending and multidisciplinary conversation about the promises and pitfalls of these "magic" molecules and their impact on creativity, connection, and consciousness.
Altruism
Should We Fear A Lonely Life? | The Age of Loneliness (Full Documentary) | Only Human
This documentary investigates the social isolation in modern society that many people of all age and class suffer from. A documentary on the modern epidemic of isolation: how societies built for individual autonomy produced widespread disconnection, and what the research shows about its cost to...
https://youtu.be/r4g5tqcoH_4
This documentary investigates the social isolation in modern society that many people of all age and class suffer from.
A documentary on the modern epidemic of isolation: how societies built for individual autonomy produced widespread disconnection, and what the research shows about its cost to body and mind.
Artificial Intelligence
AlphaGo – The Movie | Full award-winning documentary
With more board configurations than there are atoms in the universe, the ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence. On March 9, 2016, the worlds of Go and artificial intelligence collided in South Korea for an extraordinary...
https://youtu.be/WXuK6gekU1Y
With more board configurations than there are atoms in the universe, the ancient Chinese game of Go has long been considered a grand challenge for artificial intelligence.
On March 9, 2016, the worlds of Go and artificial intelligence collided in South Korea for an extraordinary best-of-five-game competition, coined The DeepMind Challenge Match. Hundreds of millions of people around the world watched as a legendary Go master took on an unproven AI challenger for the first time in history.
Directed by Greg Kohs and with an original score by Academy Award nominee Hauschka, AlphaGo had its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. It has since gone on to win countless awards and near universal praise for a story that chronicles a journey from the halls of Oxford, through the backstreets of Bordeaux, past the coding terminals of DeepMind in London, and ultimately, to the seven-day tournament in Seoul. As the drama unfolds, more questions emerge: What can artificial intelligence reveal about a 3000-year-old game? What can it teach us about humanity?
