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Only when we decide how we know anything we can apply this method of knowledge to actually know. Then we can talk about the reality that exists and why that reality enables knowledge. Ashish Dalela critiques one such method of knowledge called empiricism, which has many problems, but one of them is particularly relevant from a scientific perspective... This short clip is taken from the Shabda Podcast #7 ("Knowledge by Reason, Experience and Authority", season 1, episode 7, November 2018) with Ashish Dalela. https://youtu.be/MZd-EUHCdqo Relevant book: Quantum Meaning - A Semantic Interpretation of Quantum Theory https://press.shabda.co/publications/quantum-meaning/ #epistemology
The Problems of Empiricism
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While modern science is studying atoms as physical particles interacting through force fields, Vedic philosophy studies them as symbols of meaning interacting through a symbol hierarchy. This short clip is taken from the Shabda Podcast #6 ("Semantic Atomic Theory", season 1, episode 6, November 2018) with Ashish Dalela. https://youtu.be/YV5efSTXht0 Relevant book: Quantum Meaning - A Semantic Interpretation of Quantum Theory https://press.shabda.co/publications/quantum-meaning/ #semanticatomism #quantum
Why Atoms are Symbols of Meaning
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A number of people argue that the theory of karma is fatalistic. But actually, karma makes us fully responsible for our choices. How we respond to current circumnstances created by our actions in the past is up to us, and thus our destiny is being created at every moment. This short clip is taken from the Shabda Podcast #5 ("Karma, Reincarnation and Divine Justice", season 1, episode 5, October 2018) with Ashish Dalela. Listen to the whole episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjVEfu7ZCWA Relevant books: Moral Materialism: A Semantic Theory of Ethical Naturalism https://press.shabda.co/publications/moral-materialism/ #karma #destiny #God
Karma, Destiny and God
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There is a difference between what actually happened in the past and the consequences of previous actions, known as karma. The consequences will normally only be seen when they are converted into reality. However, in theory, it is still possible to access that information, which exists in the unconscious... This short clip is taken from the Shabda Podcast #5 ("Karma, Reincarnation and Divine Justice", season 1, episode 5, October 2018) with Ashish Dalela. Listen to the whole episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjVEfu7ZCWA Relevant books: Moral Materialism: A Semantic Theory of Ethical Naturalism https://press.shabda.co/publications/moral-materialism/ #karma #reincarnation #pastlife
Why Don't We Remember Past Lives?
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In modern science we think of causality as cause and effect -- or two parts. In the theory of karma, causality is three-way: it involves causes, effects and consequences. This short clip is taken from the Shabda Podcast #5 ("Karma, Reincarnation and Divine Justice", season 1, episode 5, October 2018) with Ashish Dalela. Listen to the whole episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjVEfu7ZCWA Relevant books: Moral Materialism: A Semantic Theory of Ethical Naturalism https://press.shabda.co/publications/moral-materialism/ #karma
How Does Karma Work?
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When a dinosaur species disappears from Earth has it become extinct from the whole universe? In this clip Ashish Dalela takes a look the notion of global evolution of species ecosystems and relates it to the evolution of an individual soul. This short clip is taken from the Shabda Podcast #4 with Ashish Dalela ("The Vedic Evolutionary Model", season 1, episode 4, October 2018) Listen to the whole episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9xSthaj5ic&t=80s Relevant book: Signs of Life: A Semantic Critique of Evolutionary Theory https://press.shabda.co/publications/signs-of-life/ #evolution #unmanifest #extinctionofspecies
Global and Individual Evolution
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