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  Keanu Heydari is a historian of nineteenth and twentieth century Europe and French cultural, intellectual, and migration history. His research focuses on the out-migration of Iranians (especially intellectuals and cultural leaders) from Tehran to Paris before and after the 1953 coup d’état. Keanu is also interested in questions of culture, spirituality, and religious belonging in the contemporary world.
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  Recorded on July 1, 2021
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• 0:00 Introduction

• 02:20 Defining conscience and consciousness

• 03:35 Defining religion and spirituality

• 04:11 Are we the only sentient beings?

• 05:35 Realising what we don't know 

• 06:55 Is religion scientific?

• 09:15 The spirit of God 

• 10:44 Omega Point and Christ Consciousness

• 11:51 The cosmic Christ

• 13:18 The advent of human language

• 14:15 Are religion and spirituality synonymous?

• 15:18 Faith

• 15:39 Spirituality

• 17:05 The relevance of religion today

• 21:20 Is religion political?

• 21:41 Is religion binary?

• 27:57 Our perception of God and self-gratification

• 33:20 Placing Faith outside ourselves

• 38:51 What is sin?

• 40:51 The motive behind seeking the divine 

• 43:15 Our Purpose on Earth

• 54:07 Heaven and Hell

• 54:55 Eastern religion and the West

• 57:15 Suffering and existence

• 1:03:51 Being One with the Divine

• 1:06:02 Is consciousness collective or individualistic?

• 1:08:25 God-loving or God-fearing?

• 1:13:11 Imagining God

• 1:15:49 Do we live in a spirit-based world? 

• 1:18:06 What is Apocalyptic Studies?