Does Consciousness Lead to God? | Episode 912 | Closer To Truth

Why does the mystery of consciousness lead some to the existence of God and others to only the brain? I'd like to believe in God. Can consciousness help me? Featuring interviews with Keith Ward, Susan Blackmore, Varadaraja Raman, Paul Davies, and John Leslie.

Season 9, Episode 12 - #CloserToTruth

Closer To Truth host Robert Lawrence Kuhn takes viewers on an intriguing global journey into cutting-edge labs, magnificent libraries, hidden gardens, and revered sanctuaries in order to discover state-of-the-art ideas and make them real and relevant.

Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.

#God #Consciousness

[andybrown]

“I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God” Rumi

[bazurk_dot_com]

A lot of open and beautiful minds. And then there is Sue the Psychologist. It's easy to spot those who are unable or unwilling to imagine something outside of there comfort zone.

[eltatoyo]

When someone begins an answer with a cackle, like Sue. it tells me more about that person and their insecurities. Demeaning others right off. is a sure sign of self doubt.

[danielmartins]

Sue is so unsure of what she is saying that she cannot hold an argument without getting angry. When you are sure of something, there is a certain peace in your way of being, and she does not have that.

[hero]

For a psychologist, Sue seems pretty damn closed-minded.

[sunshine]

This is the best channel I have ever seen on YouTube and Robert Lawrence Kuhn, the best anchor, in quest of Truth. Ironically, this channel has only 171K subscribers, out of which only 4.8K viewed this video and even worse, only 221 liked the video. The worst comes now...11 people even disliked it. Somehow I feel that the human consciousness is not headed in the right direction.. 😀 😂

[ndindamule]

I came out of this whole discussion knowing that agnosticism is still the best stand

[birdman]

(8:00) Kuhn was excellent in countering Blackmore's flippant disregard for consciousness-based theories.

[davidsocha]

Thank you so much to be curious like that! 👩🏽‍🚀🙈🙉

[hubertlavelle]

Robert and team thank you for making this series of programs which I so enjoy. You ask the questions we all want to know and you have access to some wonderful minds
Thank you so much.

[smashhimmungo]

So Called Scientist will never ever get it when they realise the ego is an illusion !! GOD IS ETERNAL CONSCIOUNESS AND YOUR A PART OF IT !! 😀

[ramithuday]

My experience says the more conscious I am, the less idiot I will be...If you explore deeply inside your core, you will become a Sage experiencing the entire universe inside you, if you explore deep outside digging into atoms, then you will be a scientist lost in the outside world knocking on the quantum field only accessible by an inner experience..
The only door the unified qunatum field opens is to one who dives into his core, singularity..every other door you open is illusive and equal to death or ignorance.

[cvsree]

Pure consciousness IS God
We experience lower form of dream like consciousness because of our outward directed mind

When we turn our mind inward, and realize our true nature, we remain as pure consciousness

[Jimr]

Although it's not proven, I don't have any doubt that consciousness (subjective or otherwise) is emergent from the most complex information network we know of in the universe, the human brain.. We don't survive death, rather we simply cease to exist upon bodily death. If one believes otherwise, then their explanation must include how their belief conforms with the 2nd law of thermodynamics or an admission that their belief in a designer falls within the category of the metaphysical, not science

[rapisode]

According to Hindus, consciousness is reflective. Our external world is perceived by our senses, and the information is reflected in our consciousness. This means that the external is not real, the mirror of our consciousness is only real. Our minds are also reflected in this consciousness, and our bodies. It is like a face in the mirror, the face is not real, it is a reflection. Consciousness itself is pure, but gets contracted by names and forms which we perceive as 'reality'. They say this is true in relative sense, but in absolute sense only the pure consciousness is real.

[Lerian_V]

In Catholic theology, "God" (a generic term) is the name given to Ultimate Consciousness, Fundamental Force/Energy, Fundamental Value, Ultimate Reality... These are all attributes of the one eternal Creator of the universe. Bow down and worship, mortals.

[farhadfaisal]

The universe evolves into a state where living beings (for example, with brains) appear that fulfill the condition for the emergent quality of consciousness in those beings to appear. They may then ask: what is all this? And, to what purpose? Well, they can learn more and more what it is, if they may survive collectively. And, they can subscribe to what purpose, while they are alive individually.

[gabrielleambrose]

Not impressed with the psychologist (Sue) laughing at the beginning of her interview about other people’s beliefs. Otherwise great video 💜

[Westrwjr]

Great episode .. which ties a lot of the other ones together. But, that means you first must watch many of the other episodes to know why, or else have experienced the same information from elsewhere.

[MustyX]

Just because you liked to believe there's God shows there's something outside there that want you to believe.