Freedom from Reality: Part 1; Good, Functionality and Unease with DC Schindler Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-04-16 | This is part 1 of an ongoing series of discussions on Dr. Schindler's masterpiece exploration of the modern misconception of Freedom, Freedom from Reality. Freedom seems to be the ultimate good for many in the west, and American culture broadly speaking. But what is Freedom? What does it mean to be free? And does our conception of this fundamental notion bind us to reality, or tear us away?A link to purchase the book on Amazon:https://a.co/d/hmQ2bAK
Balancing Space and Time with Gabriel Stuckey and Steve Piggott Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2024-09-07 | Steve's X: @GorillaDolphinGabriel's X: @thesuperegonaut
The fringes of Christianity, Egyptology and Spirit vs Content with Lucas Vos Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2024-08-11 | @Lucasvoz
AI: Horror, Home and Hope with Jonathan Pageau, John Vervaeke and DC Schindler Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2024-04-23 | Part 2 of an ongoing dialogue about the advent of LLMs and possibility of AGI in the future.
Eternity, Cronos and Kairos with Repentance toward Joy with Jordan Hall Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2024-04-02 | Book: For the Life of The World by Fr Alexander SchmemannFractals of the Mountain in Language.
Realizing the Body of Christ, AI and Personal Transformation with Steve Piggott Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2024-03-03 | Steve is a good friend of mine and one of the original supporters and inspirations for starting this channel! With a fascinating perspective and deep commitment to integration and wholeness, Steve brings a wonderful spirit to dialogue which quickly becomes Dialogos.A longer episode, this ties together many aspects of both of our current perspectives on Reality, our historical moment and the path forward.
Religion, Faith and our Relationship with/as Church with Jordan Hall Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2024-02-14 | https://x.com/jgreenhall?s=21youtube.com/@JordanGreenhall?si=qNfmSgiKFQkIwgQXTweet which sparked this conversation:https://x.com/jgreenhall/status/1743709964017848506?s=46Jim Rutt and Jordan Hallopen.spotify.com/episode/21e64M8e1R07xJRriXEDSI?si=Odw19ZnOTV6QQBIBsh9feAJordan Hall and Daniel Thorsonopen.spotify.com/episode/71DFxtLf2H72Je2U6p1RUJ?si=nSF1NKH1Qfq6cHoNojcTDg
Can AI become Rational? Divinization and Hope with John Vervaeke, Jonathan Pageau and DC Schindler Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2024-02-09 | John's Video Essay on AIyoutu.be/A-_RdKiDbz4?si=w6-AOP-U0tITk8TqJohn Vervaeke:youtube.com @johnvervaeke awakentomeaning.comJonathan Pageau:youtube.com/@JonathanPageauthesymbolicworld.comDC Schindler:amazon.com/Books-D-C-Schindler/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AD.+C.+Schindler
Encountering the Mystery of Jesus, with and without Plant Medicine with Jacob Kishere Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2024-01-18 | More about Jacob:jacobkishere.comhttps://x.com/JacobKishere?s=20@sensespacepodcast
East and West, Jesus, The Incarnation and Finding Spiritual practice with Matthew Widen Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2024-01-07 | ...
Metanoia into Freedom: Jesus Christ and the Incarnation. Freedom from Reality pt 4 Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-12-18 | The fourth and (probably) final episode of the Freedom from Reality series with DC Schindler. Less closely tied with the text than the previous adventures, this uses a section on the Incarnation as being pivotal to participating True Freedom as a launch pad into a journey toward Faith, Redemption and the existential contemplation of Jesus Christ.
Reflections on ongoing Wrestling with Christianity with Aaron Lowry Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-11-07 | The primary driving force of much of my exploration of Mt Sophia is a wrestling with Christianity. Interlaced throughout my personal life, as well as our collective life, whatever we mean by "Christianity" plays a central role in the journey of Becoming Real. In this conversation, my brother and I reflect on various aspects of our journeys and insights this wrestling has afforded.
Relation is Ultimate: Trinity and Reason in Dialectic with Hegel-John Vervaeke and David Schindler Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-10-31 | Timestamps:0- 12:00 Intro and Framing 12:00-17:05 David: God as Trinity affirms Absolute individual identity as perfectly co-incident with Total and Complete Relationality17:05-20:00 Non-Pluralistic Convergence of Neoplatonism and Buddhism to The Trinity in an unfolding of Geist20:10 -24:50 The paradoxical co-incidence of Reality always is encountered as Revelation and this harmonizes with our Cognition24:50 - 33:45 Hegel's ambition to Appropriate as well as Appreciate Revelation. Is there place for Mystery in Hegel?34:00 Ken's reflection on Life as Revelation36:30 Direct Revelation in Beauty in Surprise requesting Welcome38:30 Dielectic between Plato and Hegel around Appropriation of Mystery and Mystery as Exhaustible44:00 Aristotle and Plato in Dielectic on the highest Being of God as Thought Thinking Itself, vs Absolute Mystery of Kenosis47:30 Is God Mysterious to God?50:00 Understanding as collecting concepts vs Appreciation of abiding Mystery. Wonder, Mystery and Knowledge are Identical54:00 God as Di-Polar Suffering and Sufferer56:00 Is Intelligibility identical with conceptuality for Hegel? Intellectus and Ratio or Noesis and Dianoia1:03:00 Poesis as the flow of creative knowledge which is a surprise. Procession of the Word1:07:00 What is the Relationship Between God and Geist?1:08:00 Sophia proposed as a place for Geist in Theology1:12:00 Closing remarks and AppreciationJohn Vervaeke:youtube.com/@UCpqDUjTsof-kTNpnyWper_Q twitter.com/vervaeke_johnjohnvervaeke.comDavid (DC) Schindleramazon.com/Platos-Critique-Impure-Reason-Goodness/dp/0813228247amazon.com/Love-Postmodern-Predicament-Rediscovering-Goodness/dp/1532648731Books RecommendedHeidegger, Neoplatonism, and the History of Being: Relation as Ontological Ground By James Fillerlink.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-30907-6#:~:text=About%20this%20book,that%20Being%20is%20fundamentally%20Relationality.
Beauty, Art and Freedom with Jonathan Pageau and DC Schindler Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-09-22 | Referenced from Jonathan's recent commentaries on Contemporary Art and David Schindler's work Freedom From Reality and associated series on this channel, this conversation explores the convergence of these ideas around the themes of Technology vs Techne, and participation in Beauty. Jonathan on Contemporary Art: youtu.be/EWc7TKm9jho?si=hi4o2LXo4ALYb1cJDavid and Ken series on Freedom from Reality: youtube.com/watch?v=kSoCVbcmXfg&list=PLx0vMnPj22YWWlyvGso4oI0SAHn3rdAiy
Imaginal Flow with Reality and Response to Tragedy with Cameron Hicks and Gage Murphy Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-09-19 | Gage and Cameron are two fellow seekers with a deep sense of Phileo-Sophia. In this conversation we have a beautiful free flowing dialogue and explore aspects of coming into right relationship with ourselves, others and reality.
Compassion: A Dialectic into Dialogos with John Vervaeke, Christopher Mastropietro and Ryan Barton Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-09-05 | In an attempt to exemplify the practice of Dialectic into Dialogos, the four of us embark on a journey to track the Virtue of Compassion. Deeply misunderstood and trivialized in our world, Compassion shows herself to be a Virtue in the fullest sense in this rise of genuine Dialogos.Upcoming Dialectic into Dialogos events:After Socrates Weekend Workshop (Oct 21-22: circlinginstitute.com/circling-dialogos)12 week Dialectic into Dialogos Intensive (Sept-Dec: awakentomeaning.com/series/dialectic-into-dialogos-training-course)
Dialogos with Christopher Mastropietro: Kierkegaard, Faith and Suffering Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-08-31 | ...
Mindfulness, Philosophy and Being Earnest with Rick Repetti Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-08-26 | Rick Repetti is a Professor of Philosophy at Kingsborough Community College at City University of New York. Rick is currently leading several workshops at awakentomeaning.com the community hub of The Vervaeke Foundation. He is a tremendously gifted guide for meditation practice, and a deeply helpful voice in navigating the difficulties for a westerner in approaching eastern practice. He rickrepetti.com/my-story
A Society of Devils- Freedom From Reality Pt 3.1 with DC Schindler Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-08-19 | In this episode, we strive to elucidate several of the Diabolical forms which are idolized in the modern West in the effort to effect a sort of exorcism of the Eidos.Several spectacular views of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ emerge as side quests, with deep existential import.
Medicine and The Meaning Crisis, the response from Psilocybin Therapy with Tracy Townsend, MD Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-07-21 | Dr. Tracy Townsend trained as a Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, and following significant personal transformation has since left active practice in allopathic medicine to work in the emerging field of clinical Psilocybin therapy.In this conversation we explore aspects of The Meaning Crisis in Medicine and the response Psilocybin has to offer practitioners. Dr. Townsend's Twitter: twitter.com/tracyktownsendPrevious conversation: youtu.be/IXxJMyak8csThe Meaning Crisis in Medicine: youtu.be/u1-1h6hr2k4
Embodied Feedback: Flying, Combat and being a Soldier. Dialogos with Cory Kodel Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-07-04 | Cory Kodel serves as a fighter pilot in the US Airforce. We connected at a recent conference, and wanted to continue following this strand of Logos around coming more fully into our bodies. Especially the roles which movement and more specifically combat, may serve in holding us in our embeddedness. Disclaimer:The views and opinions expressed in this interview do not in any way represent the US Government of Department of Defense.
Koryos- the Masculine in Proto-Indo-European Culture with Robin Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-06-27 | Robin is the host of The Moment Podcast, youtube.com/@themomentpodcast and an explorer of Symbolism especially in the ancient Northern European context. In this episode we explore the Koryos, a coming of age/initiation brotherhood of the ancient times.
From Suicide to A Conversion of The Heart with David Potts Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-06-21 | David is a wonderful friend of mine from younger years, and currently serves as a youth ministries leader in The Orthodox Church in Canada. This is a part of his story.
Freedom from Reality, Pt 2: Reality as Good vs Reality as Pain with DC Schindler Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-06-13 | This is part 2 of an ongoing series with DC Schindler based on his book Freedom from Reality: The Diabolical Character of Modern Liberty. In this conversation we continue our exploration and discover several significant aspects of the shift in core ontology leading to our collective modern "flight from the Real".Freedom From Reality: https://a.co/d/jkJoKnV
Dialogos on Prayer, with Ryan Barton Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-05-06 | Ryan Barton currently serves as the Executive Director at the Vervaeke Foundation. We have become good friends via our mutual love for, and benefit from, John Vervaeke's work. We are both interested in bridging John's work with our backgrounds, and current stances within, Christianity. In this conversation, we attempt to articulate difficulties we have experienced regarding prayer, and what we have discovered in deepening this ancient and important practice.
Anxiety, Fantasy vs Imaginal, and Elises Journey with Horses: Episode 3 Climbing Together Forever Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-05-03 | In this episode we circle around the notion of Anxiety and the ways it has shown up for us in the recent past. We suggest some ways of recognizing this aspect of being human, and tools we have found helpful.
Dialogos with Christopher Mastropietro: Imagination and the Will, Justice and Courage Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-04-12 | In the attempt to be in the way of life which might be called Philosophy, the training of the will and it's inextricable partner, the imagination, has been particularly challenging for me of late. Christopher joins to help provide some increased resolution to these difficult concepts and their interpenetration.
Christianity: a Lineage of Brokenness, Death and Rebirth with Seth Taylor Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-03-30 | Seth is back with incisive perspectives on his journey with Christianity. We explore the temptation of the ego to hijack the narrative and the deep connections of all things. As usual, we take several passes around the notions of evolving consciousness, both individual and collective, and the dangers on that journey. Seth's website: sethalantaylor.com
Social Justice: Having/Being needs, Rivalrous/Anti-Rivalrous Resources and Modal Confusion Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-03-21 | Social Justice is one of the most significant issues we face collectively. In this video I attempt to point out a lens of evaluating two distinct "planes" or "dimensions" of this need for justice, and suggest we might do well to take good care in evaluating the needs/wounds to be healed. An article on the San Francisco Reparations proposal:nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/san-francisco-decide-black-reparations-plan-5m-person-rcna74873
Surrender, Integration and becoming parents: Episode 2 Climbing Together Forever, with Elise Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-03-18 | ...
How to bring someone into a Lineage, and a tracing of Legacy Lineages. Dialogos with Jordan Hall Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-03-15 | Our second conversation, starting with the question of how to bring someone into (seduce) into a Lineage.
Following Christ, After Socrates EP2: Metaxu with Jacob Kishere Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-03-11 | Jacob on @sensespacepodcast
Our Story-Episode 1 of Climbing Together Forever with Elise Lowry Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-03-02 | ...
Truth as Symbolic Harmony with DC Schindler and Christopher Mastropietro Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-02-26 | ...
The Symbolic, Diabolical, and the Luciferian: Jonathan Pageau and David Schindler Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-02-18 | A journey with two of the most learned guides into the territory of the Symbol, and where and how it goes wrong; in the language of Christianity.
Episode 1: What does it mean to Believe in Christ, and how can following Socrates help? Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-02-11 | ...
Biblical Authority, Sin and Growth in Current Christianity with Samuel Gray Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-02-09 | ...
Jordan Hall: Towards a Realization of Being Properly Human. A Dialogos Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-02-07 | Jordan Hall:@JordanGreenhall Twitter: @jgreenhall
Churn and Flow: Guilt, Forgiveness and the Space Between with Steve Piggot Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-02-02 | This was an impromptu conversation and as such I apologize for the poor audio/video quality. However, this dialogue felt very meaningful and helpful in mapping existential dealings with the Self in Finite Transcendence.
A Practical Tool for Resilience of Emergence: Cancellation Insurance with Tyler Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-01-26 | ...
Rational Ritual and Finite Transcendence: Dialogos with John Vervaeke and Steve Piggot Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-01-21 | ...
A life of Love toward The Good: Dialogos with DC Schindler Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-01-17 | D. C. Schindler works as a professor of metaphysics and anthropology at the John Paul II Institute, Washington, DCA tremendously wise choice, in my estimation, would be to purchase and read David's work, especially Plato's Critique of Impure Reason, which we discuss in this conversation.amazon.com/Platos-Critique-Impure-Reason-Goodness/dp/0813228247?ref_=ast_sto_dpamazon.com/Freedom-Reality-Diabolical-Character-Catholic-ebook/dp/B072J3S2NH?ref_=ast_sto_dpamazon.com/Love-Postmodern-Predicament-Rediscovering-Goodness-ebook/dp/B07D3L2LVJ?ref_=ast_sto_dp
What is Christianity? A three layer view of the Lineage with Paul Vanderklay Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-01-13 | ...
The Spiritual Path in Post-Evangelical Christianity with Josh Klaasen Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2023-01-11 | Josh and I went to college together at Biola University, one of the pre-eminent Evangelical Christian colleges. In this conversation, we rely a great deal on contrasts from the difficulties we both felt from that worldview to chart a course toward a deeper understanding of God, Christ and ourselves.Josh's Youtube: youtube.com/@JoshKlaasen
God and Self viewed through Christology and Realizing Being with Jordan Wood and Steve Piggot Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2022-12-29 | Jordan Wood resources:Twitter: @JordanW41069857The Whole Mystery of Christ amazon.com/Whole-Mystery-Christ-Incarnation-Confessor/dp/0268203474Steve Piggot:Twitter: @GorillaDolphin
Chess and Mapping Internal Landscapes with Elijah Logozar Climbing Mt. Sophia. 2022-12-27 | Elijah is a frequent commenter and viewer of the channel, and reached out asking to have a conversation. It was wonderful to find connections between our journeys and I deeply appreciated Elijah's openness and enthusiasm!
