Wolfgang Smith: Physics, Esoteric Traditions, Free Will, God

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:12 What is the Omega point and Perennialism?
00:16:36 Can Satan tell the truth?
00:19:16 The infinity of Satan
00:24:18 God requires a negative force
00:25:59 This is what God cannot do
00:29:07 How to transcend the fear of death
00:37:02 Only God has Being, and we are stranded
00:49:20 The fall of Adam & The transcendent unity of religions
00:53:47 The Vedic eschaton
01:01:30 The Christian eschaton
01:09:42 What exists in eternity?
01:15:00 [Matt Segall] Does God evolve? The realness of real
01:22:30 The path to God is not without danger
01:27:00 Free will in the timeless realms
01:29:10 Why read the apocrypha?
01:37:00 Gnostic levels & Satanic gurus
01:40:00 Praising a disproven Einsteinian reality
01:45:00 The second coming of Christ separates eternity and "avaeternity"
01:54:00 Excommunicating heretics
01:58:00 The cosmos is tripartite
02:01:00 Modern scientists are blind and ignorant
02:15:00 There are two ways of doing physics
02:25:00 Understanding religion from contemporary thought is failure a priori
02:40:30 How Wolfgang is preparing for death

[TheoriesofEverything]

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:12 What is the Omega point and Perennialism?
00:16:36 Can Satan tell the truth?
00:19:16 The infinity of Satan
00:24:18 God requires a negative force
00:25:59 This is what God cannot do
00:29:07 How to transcend the fear of death
00:37:02 Only God has Being, and we are stranded
00:49:20 The fall of Adam & The transcendent unity of religions
00:53:47 The Vedic eschaton
01:01:30 The Christian eschaton
01:09:42 What exists in eternity?
01:15:00 [Matt Segall] Does God evolve? The realness of real
01:22:30 The path to God is not without danger
01:27:00 Free will in the timeless realms
01:29:10 Why read the apocrypha?
01:37:00 Gnostic levels & Satanic gurus
01:40:00 Praising a disproven Einsteinian reality
01:45:00 The second coming of Christ separates eternity and "avaeternity"
01:54:00 Excommunicating heretics
01:58:00 The cosmos is tripartite
02:01:00 Modern scientists are blind and ignorant
02:15:00 There are two ways of doing physics
02:25:00 Understanding religion from contemporary thought is failure a priori
02:40:30 How Wolfgang is preparing for death

[Lucasvoz]

I don't know why but I somehow felt deeply pulled by the urge to really understand Wolfgang's work in the last couple of days. I put everything aside to read several of his books and to relisten to your first conversation twice. Coincidentally, or maybe rather miraculously, this conversation airs now. There has never been a thinker that made more sense to me than Wolfgang has, and I am so deeply grateful that you interviewed him so excellently two times over.

We enter a time where we need people like you to bring us back to our roots, to recover from the sickness that we all suffer from. I feel honored to have stumbled upon this channel, and I cannot wait to humble myself and to learn more from you, Wolfgang, and other conveyers of Truth. May God bless you both.

[kanis]

First impression of this man. I can't believe how articulate and full of concentration he is at his age. His ideas are opening up a rabbit hole I will probably go down further.

[johnsinger]

Excellently conducted interview. Asking short concise questions then allowing the guest to speak without interruption takes discipline, humility, bridled curiosity and authentic respect for the guest. I can't imagine how Theories Of Everything could have done anything any better than what was done here. Great job. Thanks and more please!

[billbrasky]

93 years old and looks better than most 70 year olds. And his mind is still as sharp anyone at any age.

[arono]

Thank you both, Kurt and Wolfgang, immensely. I think Wolfgang's differentiation between Christianity and Vedicism is really helpful — also pointing to problems in our time of differentiating Traditional Religion from New Age Spirituality (spiritual but not religious). I'm in no way equating Vedicism with the extremely watered down version it has become in New Age Spirituality, but I think it relates deeply to what Wolfgang is saying. Just observe the current obsession of so many people with psychedelics outside of a commitment to a religious life. As Jung, problematic in other respects, rightly observed about psychedelics: "It is really the mistake of our age. We think it is enough to discover new things, but we don't realize that knowing more demands a corresponding development of morality."

[janiebee]

"I think it is preferable to speak of these things from the heart rather than from the intellect." I love the fact that this brilliant man lands there.

[purpleman]

I experience both the huge pleasure of listening to a kind of ancient intelligence, huge in scope and interests, humble, and also the grief for not finding much replacement for this type of person in a world that runs blindly towards overspecialization.

[ld]

The sum of all interviews. Absolutely stunning. One can understand why Wolfgang might say, he is now satisfied. Deo gratius.

[mannequinskywalker]

For what it's worth, I really enjoyed pt 1, (regardless of my not agreeing with a lot of what Wolfgang presents), and am still listening to this pt2... I appreciate hearing his ideas, and there's something about his pace of speech that is extremely refreshing to me... esp in a world bent on speed and efficiency often at the sake of quality and understanding. I shouldn't have started reading the comments though... oh my! I agree there were some openings for questioning of Wolfgang's firm theological statements, but I think Curt did a great job on both of these (historic!?) interviews. Thank you!! PS - Your audio is always on-point vs most YT channels - I don't have to strain to hear at max volume on my phone speaker like I have to w/others, so that's huge! 🔊👍

[endofnight]

I'm guessing it will never happen, but I would absolutely love to see a conversation between Wolfgang and Bernardo Kastrup! 🤞

[ourblessedtribe]

I liked how he answered the question about Kastrup. Theres a modern and disembodied illness to the "analytic" nature of viewing/discussing these world defining myths. Much wiser to fold the hands and participate in the tradition with a humble gratitude.
Though Kastrup still strikes me as extremely humble and honest. Just disconnected.

There's also an inevitable issue with comparing different religions which is: where "are" you when doing this? If you're not within a religion you're in a sense homeless. I see this problem in Campbell and Jung

[claursen]

what a wonderful interview, insightful and fascinating. Thank you Curt!!! and Thanks to Wolfgang Smith. God bless!

[Beederda]

Wolfgang smith is a truly beautiful human being. such an honour to be able to share and take in his mind and his ideas without the gift of the internet I would never be able to educate myself in such a wide range of ideas and minds of the world’s intellectual super giant minds ❤

[ClawsNGloves]

The talk with Wolfgang felt like a golden moment in time 😎. Hopefully you and Wolf have another meeting.

[raised-catholicphilosophy]

In the segment beginning at 2:25:00 Smith asserts, I think, that Christianity, including Scripture, is fundamental to his worldview, which he seems to believe is the only correct worldview that is possible for a human to have. This would have been a good time for a "why" question from Curt. Or a How-do-you-know-that question. Or a How-could-that-possibly-be-so question. Or maybe all three.

[williamjmccartan]

Between this and the first part of the interview, you've done a fantastic job as facilitator here Curt, really well done. Peace

[nilspaar]

No way, another Wolfgang Smith one. Keep up the insanely good work Kurt!

[ericwhite]

Thank you for doing this. I think it will be priceless work going forward to capture Wolfgang's wisdom in such a format as this. Make sure this is on other platforms too in case the censors start to take notice someday in the future. I pray you get another round, or 10. I would REALY like to hear more of the stories from India. I see comments below about "being pulled". Me too. Not sure how I got here, but have watched some TOE for a while now, picking and choosing my interests usually. I recently came to the conclusion that the world is so broken, it can't possibly be human made. Also the more I learn the more I see that science is often wrong. I started seeking a spiritual answer. I keep finding them... A LOT. I found Chuck Missler's work too. Its worth adding to the rotation on this subjects. You will find some start overlap with Wolfgang, but not exact on the specific beliefs. Could you also ask him how he can be so certain that the Vedic's are truly seeing God, and not "from below" as he says. I just want to hear more about why this is so stark and provable to him.

[Nonconceptuality]

Satan is the voice in your head. It's greatest play in this game of Samsara is that it has convinced humanity that it is Self and that it is relating some truth about physical existence.

Now that voice in human consciousness has complete and utter control of the species. Wolfgang can't stop thinking. He can't silence that voice and therefore his instruction doesn't go far enough. He knows there's something fundamentally wrong with science, mathematics and philosophy but he doesn't recognize that the falsity is THOUGHT ITSELF. The voice in your head needs to be transcended in order to conclude Samsara (the game) and end suffering