Riz Virk, The Yoga Metaphor |599|

Riz Virk… Yogananda… Autobiography of a Yogi… fact versus fiction… backdoor materialism?

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[00:00:00] Alex Tsakiris: a show about what yoga is really all about.

Inhale, arms up to the sky. . Good. . Remember, this is not a competition, although you two seem to be the best in the class. . It’s really important in this pose that you arch your back and keep it flat at the same time.

I feel like those are opposing ideas. No, they’re not, because you’re arching your back up while it’s flat.

And what yoga is really all about.

[00:00:30] Riz Virk: But it’s a little more than a metaphor, because if we’re taking information and we’re actually rendering physical things around us, now that’s a game and that’s a simulation, but it’s just so far more advanced.

, that’s what Elon Musk was trying to say, right?

[00:00:45] Alex Tsakiris: no. I think they’re saying something different. , I mean, you can’t have it both ways. If it’s more than a metaphor, it’s not a metaphor. I go back to your definition of what yoga is. It’s the cessation of the whirlpools of thoughts and feelings in the river of consciousness. You’re talking about God and divine here, right?

Mr. MIT tech entrepreneur, you’re way past. Any kind of, . , Elon Musk simulation, , I think we get into this kind of backdoor materialism where we kind of want to have it both ways.

[00:01:14] Riz Virk: , that’s part of it, but part of it is that we don’t have the language to express.

What these things really are. So we have to express them in language that we might actually understand

[00:01:27] Alex Tsakiris: The first clip. Was from the movie forgetting Sarah Marshall.

and it has an appearance of Russell brand who I think is one of the most. Terrific people. Producing content on the planet at this moment. So that alone is reason enough to revisit that old movie. And the second clip was from today’s guest.

who’s written quite an amazing book About Yoganonda the author of autobiography of a Yogi. One of the most important books for a Western yoga audience. Ever that’s kind of without even debate. So this was a really great chat with a really a great guy has been on the show a couple times for very, very sharp And I hope you stick around. Cause I think you’ll enjoy it.

. Welcome to Skeptica, where we explore controversial science and spirituality . Riz Virk is back. He’s here to talk to us about his new book. , Wisdom of a Yogi. Lessons for modern seekers from autobiography of a Yogi. . It’s a really interesting book. Can’t wait to talk about it. Riz, in case you don’t remember, very, very successful tech entrepreneur from MIT, , many. VC startups, absolute pioneer in video gaming, founder of the PlayLab startup accelerator, actually on the campus of MIT.

I mean, just kind of a major player and all that. And then goes back Gets a Stanford MBA because well, why not working on a PhD? Cause well, why not? And then along the way, started writing books. He’s probably best known for this one. I have up on the screen, the simulation hypothesis. We talked about that a while back, but we’re going to be talking about this one today.

Wisdom of a Yogi Riz. Thanks for coming back. Thanks for being here.

[00:03:20] Riz Virk: Sure. Well,