Phillip Goff

It's not so much of a leap to think that this conscious universe may have some form of goal-directed activity. So we don't need to postulate a supernatural intelligent designer outside the universe. Maybe the conscious universe can, as it were, design itself, fine-tune itself.

I suppose where I ended up in the why book I think we should all think these matters are inherently very uncertain. But I suppose I think things like fine-tuning, things like panpsychism fit better with a more hopeful picture of the universe in which there is some sort of directedness, there is some sort of underlying purpose emerging here. What that is, who knows? And if it's even real.

I suppose where I ended up in the why book I think we should all think these matters are inherently very uncertain. But I suppose I think things like fine-tuning, things like panpsychism fit better with a more hopeful picture of the universe in which there is some sort of directedness, there is some sort of underlying purpose emerging here. What that is, who knows? And if it's even real.

I suppose where I ended up in the why book I think we should all think these matters are inherently very uncertain. But I suppose I think things like fine-tuning, things like panpsychism fit better with a more hopeful picture of the universe in which there is some sort of directedness, there is some sort of underlying purpose emerging here. What that is, who knows? And if it's even real.

But I suppose ultimately, I think if we come to the question of faith or spiritual practice, if you are somebody who is engaged in some form of religious or spiritual practice... I think it's not about certainty, right? Nobody knows what the hell is going on in this life. I think a faith more is about trust. It's about trusting your spiritual experiences and trusting...

But I suppose ultimately, I think if we come to the question of faith or spiritual practice, if you are somebody who is engaged in some form of religious or spiritual practice... I think it's not about certainty, right? Nobody knows what the hell is going on in this life. I think a faith more is about trust. It's about trusting your spiritual experiences and trusting...

But I suppose ultimately, I think if we come to the question of faith or spiritual practice, if you are somebody who is engaged in some form of religious or spiritual practice... I think it's not about certainty, right? Nobody knows what the hell is going on in this life. I think a faith more is about trust. It's about trusting your spiritual experiences and trusting...

a certain framework for interpreting and acting on those spiritual experiences so so a hindu mystic maybe in the advaita vedanta tradition they will interpret their experiences as revealing to them the divine brahman at the core of their being and they'll meditate to realize their identity with it or a christian will interpret their spiritual experiences as

a certain framework for interpreting and acting on those spiritual experiences so so a hindu mystic maybe in the advaita vedanta tradition they will interpret their experiences as revealing to them the divine brahman at the core of their being and they'll meditate to realize their identity with it or a christian will interpret their spiritual experiences as

a certain framework for interpreting and acting on those spiritual experiences so so a hindu mystic maybe in the advaita vedanta tradition they will interpret their experiences as revealing to them the divine brahman at the core of their being and they'll meditate to realize their identity with it or a christian will interpret their spiritual experiences as

a loving God, and they will pray to connect with that loving creator. I think we should think of all this as about trust, as a decision to trust one of these frameworks. And There's no certainties, but I think we should think, is this a credible possibility?

a loving God, and they will pray to connect with that loving creator. I think we should think of all this as about trust, as a decision to trust one of these frameworks. And There's no certainties, but I think we should think, is this a credible possibility?

a loving God, and they will pray to connect with that loving creator. I think we should think of all this as about trust, as a decision to trust one of these frameworks. And There's no certainties, but I think we should think, is this a credible possibility?

And I think if we're in a universe with panpsychism and fine-tuning, then certain spiritual convictions are probable enough for it to be rational to trust in them.

And I think if we're in a universe with panpsychism and fine-tuning, then certain spiritual convictions are probable enough for it to be rational to trust in them.

And I think if we're in a universe with panpsychism and fine-tuning, then certain spiritual convictions are probable enough for it to be rational to trust in them.

Yeah, well, I love Advaita Vedanta and I think there's certainly a lot of wisdom and spiritual depth in this tradition. I used to think for a long time that there was spiritual depth in Buddhism and in Advaita Vedanta, but... Christianity and Islam and Judaism. It was very unspiritual. It was just about doing what God wants so you get to heaven, right?

Yeah, well, I love Advaita Vedanta and I think there's certainly a lot of wisdom and spiritual depth in this tradition. I used to think for a long time that there was spiritual depth in Buddhism and in Advaita Vedanta, but... Christianity and Islam and Judaism. It was very unspiritual. It was just about doing what God wants so you get to heaven, right?

Yeah, well, I love Advaita Vedanta and I think there's certainly a lot of wisdom and spiritual depth in this tradition. I used to think for a long time that there was spiritual depth in Buddhism and in Advaita Vedanta, but... Christianity and Islam and Judaism. It was very unspiritual. It was just about doing what God wants so you get to heaven, right?

I think there is a lot of truth in what you're saying and I'm totally with you, but I wonder how much of that is a more modern... corruption in a way. I mean, so what I've been researching recently is the mystical traditions in all the Abrahamic faiths that have been there right back to the start. I mean, in the Eastern church, for example, there's much less emphasis on sin, right?