The Meaning and Destiny of Western Culture

By Bernardo Kastrup

Nondualism and idealism aren’t purely Eastern insights, but the metaphysical and spiritual root of the West as well

Why Materialism is a Dead-End

How misunderstanding matter has led us astray

25:00 – FREE

SAND18 US - Inventing a Self

With Chris Fields

How the experienced self is put together out of memories and feelings.

17:00 – FREE

SAND18 US - Mind, Matter, and Life

With Fritjof Capra

Cognition, or mind, is the very process of life itself, which requires neither a brain nor a nervous system

The Tragedy of Science and a Way Out

By David Paul Gontar

Can Neuroscience Understand Free Will?

By Brian Gallagher

“Of course we do. We have no choice.”

A secular way

By Emer Gentway

Can one understand nonduality without naming it?

Relationship is the Fundamental Truth

By Rabindranath Tagore

Light as the radiant energy of creation started the ring-dance of atoms

The Ego and the Universe

By Maria Popova

Alan Watts on Becoming Who You Really Are

42:00 – $0.99

SAND18 - Conversation

With Fritjof Capra

Everything is Self

By Nick Roach

Many great masters have said “Everything is Self,” and this phrase is repeated regularly during spiritual…

The Paradox of Free Will

By Peter Russell

One of my earliest ventures into philosophy, back in high school, concerned the question of “free will versus determinism.”

The Historic Einstein-Tagore Meeting: Is Truth Independent of us?

By Shawn Radcliffe

It was on the edge of Berlin on July 14, 1930, that science and spirituality came together in one of the most intellectually stimulating conversations in history

The Flow of Time in a Timeless Universe

By Shawn Radcliffe

If you were to stand outside the universe—outside both space and time—and look at your life, you would see your birth, your death and every moment in between laid out as distinct points.

Falsifiability: How to Distinguish Between Science and Nonscience

By Sean Carroll

In a world where scientific theories often sound bizarre and counter to everyday intuition, and where a wide variety of...

The Greatest Contradiction of Common Sense

This essay is about a shocking contradiction in our common sense about the nature of reality; a contradiction that you are probably totally unaware of. Becoming aware of this contradiction has the potential to change your life.

Through the Lens of Perception

By Shawn Radcliffe

In recent years scientists have been exploring the effects that stress and emotions have on our cells — in particular, on our chromosomes and mitochondrial DNA.

An Examination of Ethics and Spiritual Teaching

By Rick Archer

It’s a safe bet that everyone reading this article has read accounts of spiritual teachers engaging in questionable behavior. Many of you may have been on the receiving end of such behavior.