This podcast discusses the Euthyphro dilemma, a philosophical question surrounding the grounding of ethics in God. The question asks whether things are good because God commands them or if God commands them because they are good.
This podcast covers the moral argument, which states that if objective morality exists, then it must be grounded in a supernatural authority, therefore God must exist. However, this argument is debatable, with various ways to respond to it.
The loss of the idea of God as a moral grounding point in the West has led to the tribe-like formation of beliefs that sometimes lack any true basis. Nietzsche recognized this issue and questioned the morality of treating others well without a higher power to ground it in.
Discussing the idea of spirituality as the connection to an essential consciousness, and how to find the dearest freshness deep down inside. Non-profit groups are using these tools to help frontline workers put spiritual practices into action.
The concept of the circle of empathy is a matter of faith in which we believe in the consciousness of others similar to ourselves, which is a pragmatic decision based on ethics rather than pure faith.
Brian Muraresku, the author of the Immortality Key, discusses the mystical core of Abrahamic faiths and the encounter with divinity through archaic techniques of ecstasy, allowing the eternal principle to rise up in our consciousness even as flesh and blood beings.