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Wolfgang Smith: Where Christianity and Vedic Tradition Diverge
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Wolfgang Smith: Where Christianity and Vedic Tradition Diverge

YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp18_L_y_30 Wolfgang Smith graduated from Cornell University at age 18 with degrees in physics, mathematics, and philosophy. In his life he's published extensively on mathematics, pioneered crucial advances in aerodynamics, rallied against the metaphysical assumptions of scientism, and met with Vedic masters. This episode has been released early in an ad-free audio version for TOE members at http://theoriesofeverything.org. Sponsors: - Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off, - Yesoul Fitness: https://yesoulfitness.com, - HensonShaving - https://hensonshaving.com/everything and enter code EVERYTHING at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase. - *New* TOE Website (early access to episodes): https://theoriesofeverything.org/ - Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal - Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE - PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE - Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt - Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs - iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast... - Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b9... - Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeveryt... LINKS MENTIONED: - PART ONE https://youtu.be/9M_uFQNDlvI - Matt Segall's “Crossing the Threshold: Etheric Imagination in the Post-Kantian Process Philosophy of Schelling and Whitehead”: https://amzn.to/3owraU9 - Philo Sophia Imitative: https://philos-sophia.org TIMESTAMPS: 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 escarton 01:01:30 The Christian escarton 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 "abeternity" 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

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal · Theories of Everything

April 25, 20232h 55m

Show Notes

Wolfgang Smith, a Cornell‑trained physicist, mathematician and philosopher, confronts the clash between Christianity and Vedic thought, exploring the Omega point, the nature of Satan, and the limits of God. The conversation also delves into eschatology, free will, and the pitfalls of modern science.

- 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 escarton
- 01:01:30 - The Christian escarton
- 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 "abeternity"
- 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

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- PART ONE: https://youtu.be/9M_uFQNDlvI
- Matt Segall's “Crossing the Threshold: Etheric Imagination in the Post-Kantian Process Philosophy of Schelling and Whitehead”: https://amzn.to/3owraU9
- Philo Sophia Imitative: https://philos-sophia.org

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