The Nature Of Consciousness The Universe And Everything
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The Nature of Consciousness, the Universe and Everything by Alex Milov Pdf
An evidenced-based compilation of findings across disciplines supported by direct observations and the formal experiments of peer review research. What does it mean to know? Are plants conscious? Is the waggle dance of the honeybee a language? Do fish dream? Can squirrel monkeys learn to perceive the color red? Do chimpanzees lie? In charting the development of consciousness across species the nature of human consciousness is revealed and healthy life choices become clear. In the process, we discover some surprising implications for the ideas of self-concept and free-will. The information compiled here allows for nothing less than an awakening as to who we are in the universe. Though the evidence comes from naturalistic observations and the methods are based on the principles of science, the destination is ultimately spiritual.
“I’ve gained deeper understanding listening to Rupert Spira than I have from any other exponent of modern spirituality. Reality is sending us a message we desperately need to hear, and at this moment no messenger surpasses Spira and the transformative words in his essays.” —Deepak Chopra, author of You Are the Universe, Spiritual Solutions, and Super Brain Our world culture is founded on the assumption that the Big Bang gave rise to matter, which in time evolved into the world, into which the body was born, inside which a brain appeared, out of which consciousness at some late stage developed. As a result of this “matter model,” most of us believe that consciousness is a property of the body. We feel that it is “I,” this body, that knows or is aware of the world. We believe and feel that the knowing with which we are aware of our experience is located in and shares the limits and destiny of the body. This is the fundamental presumption of mind and matter that underpins almost all our thoughts and feelings and is expressed in our activities and relationships. The Nature of Consciousness suggests that the matter model has outlived its function and is now destroying the very values it once sought to promote. For many people, the debate as to the ultimate reality of the universe is an academic one, far removed from the concerns and demands of everyday life. After all, life happens independently of our models of it. However, The Nature of Consciousness will clearly show that the materialist paradigm is a philosophy of despair and, as such, the root cause of unhappiness in individuals. It is a philosophy of conflict and, as such, the root cause of hostilities between families, communities, and nations. Far from being abstract and philosophical, its implications touch each one of us directly and intimately. An exploration of the nature of consciousness has the power to reveal the peace and happiness that truly lie at the heart of experience. Our experience never ceases to change, but the knowing element in all experience—consciousness, or what we call “I”—itself never changes. The knowing with which all experience is known is always the same knowing. Being the common, unchanging element in all experience, consciousness does not share the qualities of any particular experience: it is not qualified, conditioned, or limited by experience. The knowing with which a feeling of loneliness or sorrow is known is the same knowing with which the thought of a friend, the sight of a sunset, or the taste of ice cream is known. Just as a screen is never disturbed by the action in a movie, so consciousness is never disturbed by experience; thus it is inherently peaceful. The peace that is inherent in us—indeed that is us—is not dependent on the situations or conditions we find ourselves in. In a series of essays that draw you, through your own direct experience, into an exploration of the nature of this knowing element that each of us calls “I,” The Nature of Consciousness posits that consciousness is the fundamental reality of the apparent duality of mind and matter. It shows that the overlooking or ignoring of this reality is the root cause of the existential unhappiness that pervades and motivates most people’s lives, as well as the wider conflicts that exist between communities and nations. Conversely, the book suggests that the recognition of the fundamental reality of consciousness is the first step in the quest for lasting happiness and the foundation for world peace.
The Nature of Consciousness, the Structure of Reality by Jerry Davidson Wheatley Pdf
This book describes how understanding the structure of reality leads to the Theory of Everything Equation. The equation unifies the forces of nature and enables the merging of relativity with quantum theory. The book explains the big bang theory and everything else.
Origins of Consciousness: How the Search to Understand the Nature of Consciousness is Leading to a New View of Reality by Adrian David Nelson Pdf
In recent years science and philosophy have seen a resurgence of open-mindedness toward deeper views of consciousness. This book explores ideas and evidence now changing the way scientists and philosophers approach the place of consciousness in the universe. From the frontiers of modern physics and cosmology to controversial experiments exploring telepathy and mind-matter interaction, the emerging view promises to change how we understand our place in the universe, our relationship to other life, and the nature of reality itself.
Robert Lanza is one of the most respected scientists in the world — a US News & World Report cover story called him a “genius" and a “renegade thinker," even likening him to Einstein. Lanza has teamed with Bob Berman, the most widely read astronomer in the world, to produce Biocentrism, a revolutionary new view of the universe. Every now and then a simple yet radical idea shakes the very foundations of knowledge. The startling discovery that the world was not flat challenged and ultimately changed the way people perceived themselves and their relationship with the world. For most humans of the 15th century, the notion of Earth as ball of rock was nonsense. The whole of Western, natural philosophy is undergoing a sea change again, increasingly being forced upon us by the experimental findings of quantum theory, and at the same time, towards doubt and uncertainty in the physical explanations of the universe's genesis and structure. Biocentrism completes this shift in worldview, turning the planet upside down again with the revolutionary view that life creates the universe instead of the other way around. In this paradigm, life is not an accidental byproduct of the laws of physics. Biocetnrism takes the reader on a seemingly improbable but ultimately inescapable journey through a foreign universe—our own—from the viewpoints of an acclaimed biologist and a leading astronomer. Switching perspective from physics to biology unlocks the cages in which Western science has unwittingly managed to confine itself. Biocentrism will shatter the reader's ideas of life--time and space, and even death. At the same time it will release us from the dull worldview of life being merely the activity of an admixture of carbon and a few other elements; it suggests the exhilarating possibility that life is fundamentally immortal. The 21st century is predicted to be the Century of Biology, a shift from the previous century dominated by physics. It seems fitting, then, to begin the century by turning the universe outside-in and unifying the foundations of science with a simple idea discovered by one of the leading life-scientists of our age. Biocentrism awakens in readers a new sense of possibility, and is full of so many shocking new perspectives that the reader will never see reality the same way again.
Unifying Consciousness with the Universe by Brian A. Wenk Pdf
If one truly aspires to be a great artist or writer, all dimensions of the heart, mind, and spirit must be thoroughly explored. Bravely and fearfully, you must examine deep personal areas of your psyche, which can be beautiful but at the same time frightening. All feelings derived from your existence must be embraced, such as pain, sorrow, hope, fear, and love. Tony Bronk exposes his naked soul using art and prose as his vehicle. All human emotions are expressed vividly and without compromise. He's willing to go out on a limb, precarious and dangerous as that may be. He knows that if you dare to go out on that limb artistically, that's where the fruit is found. Denny Borski Stevens Point, Wisconsin
You Are the Universe by Deepak Chopra, M.D.,Menas C. Kafatos, Ph.D. Pdf
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Deepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore some of the most important and baffling questions about our place in the world. "A riveting and absolutely fascinating adventure that will blow your mind wide open!" —Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi What happens when modern science reaches a crucial turning point that challenges everything we know about reality? In this brilliant, timely, and practical work, Chopra and Kafatos tell us that we've reached just such a point. In the coming era, the universe will be completely redefined as a "human universe" radically unlike the cold, empty void where human life is barely a speck in the cosmos. You Are the Universe literally means what it says--each of us is a co-creator of reality extending to the vastest reaches of time and space. This seemingly impossible proposition follows from the current state of science, where outside the public eye, some key mysteries cannot be solved, even though they are the very issues that define reality itself: • What Came Before the Big Bang? • Why Does the Universe Fit Together So Perfectly? • Where Did Time Come From? • What Is the Universe Made Of? • Is the Quantum World Linked to Everyday Life? • Do We Live in a Conscious Universe? • How Did Life First Begin? “The shift into a new paradigm is happening,” the authors write. “The answers offered in this book are not our invention or eccentric flights of fancy. All of us live in a participatory universe. Once you decide that you want to participate fully with mind, body, and soul, the paradigm shift becomes personal. The reality you inhabit will be yours either to embrace or to change.” What these two great minds offer is a bold, new understanding of who we are and how we can transform the world for the better while reaching our greatest potential.
Robert Lanza is one of the most respected scientists in the world — a US News & World Report cover story called him a “genius" and a “renegade thinker," even likening him to Einstein. Lanza has teamed with Bob Berman, the most widely read astronomer in the world, to produce Biocentrism, a revolutionary new view of the universe. Every now and then a simple yet radical idea shakes the very foundations of knowledge. The startling discovery that the world was not flat challenged and ultimately changed the way people perceived themselves and their relationship with the world. For most humans of the 15th century, the notion of Earth as ball of rock was nonsense. The whole of Western, natural philosophy is undergoing a sea change again, increasingly being forced upon us by the experimental findings of quantum theory, and at the same time, towards doubt and uncertainty in the physical explanations of the universe's genesis and structure. Biocentrism completes this shift in worldview, turning the planet upside down again with the revolutionary view that life creates the universe instead of the other way around. In this paradigm, life is not an accidental byproduct of the laws of physics. Biocetnrism takes the reader on a seemingly improbable but ultimately inescapable journey through a foreign universe—our own—from the viewpoints of an acclaimed biologist and a leading astronomer. Switching perspective from physics to biology unlocks the cages in which Western science has unwittingly managed to confine itself. Biocentrism will shatter the reader's ideas of life--time and space, and even death. At the same time it will release us from the dull worldview of life being merely the activity of an admixture of carbon and a few other elements; it suggests the exhilarating possibility that life is fundamentally immortal. The 21st century is predicted to be the Century of Biology, a shift from the previous century dominated by physics. It seems fitting, then, to begin the century by turning the universe outside-in and unifying the foundations of science with a simple idea discovered by one of the leading life-scientists of our age. Biocentrism awakens in readers a new sense of possibility, and is full of so many shocking new perspectives that the reader will never see reality the same way again.
A Universe Of Consciousness by Gerald M. Edelman,Giulio Tononi Pdf
What goes on in our head when we have a thought? Why do the physical events that occur inside a fistful of gelatinous tissue give rise to the world of conscious experience? In The Universe of Consciousness , Gerald Edelman and Giulio Tononi present for the first time a full-scale theory of consciousness based on direct observation of the human brain in action. Their pioneering work, presented here in an elegant style, challenges much of the conventional wisdom about consciousness. The Universe of Consciousness has enormous implications for our understanding of language, thought, emotion, and mental illness.
Who are we? Why are we here? What is our relation to the universe? And what exactly is consciousness, this mystery that makes possible all our experience? This book not only answers these questions, but presents them in the context of a grand unified theory of existence-a positive vision for the world carried forth by meaning and significance. It shows how humanity's timeless wisdom traditions and experiential spirituality easily can be merged with modern science, and argues that the sum of our present knowledge necessitates a revision of the traditional interpretation of Darwin's evolutionary theory. According to the author, our consciousness is not the result of inert matter, and neither is evolution a haphazard process governed by chance. He sees this assumption as a product of our limited understanding and argues that a new form of consciousness-the cosmic-grants us access to an enlarged perspective-one that finally makes it possible for us to correctly map out our relation to the greater reality. As seen from the perspective of this cosmic consciousness, he asserts that consciousness presents itself as all there is; that the universe is revealed as a living, breathing entity-a multidimensional and hyperintelligent totality-and that our consciousness, as an integral part of this Greater Being, transcends time and space, birth and death. Furthermore history is seen as the result of this universal force's self-actualization, and the author's contention is that this new form of consciousness not only represents another evolutionary leap, but the universe's realization of itself through us. The book's purpose is to give the reader an introduction to the world as it is witnessed from the cosmic consciousness' point of view. It broadly explains how everything is interconnected with everything else, and presents us with practical and definite solutions to those problems haunting us on a collective and personal level.
In Search of Consciousness and the Theory of Everything by Abed Peerally Pdf
Abed Peerally's books will not only review historically how humans have been searching for their ultimate cosmological explanation of existence since millennia, but will actually clearly explain to the whole of humanity, not just scientists, how the Supernatural Mind or God went about to produce all our realities. To date, in spite of the enormous contributions by several generations of top physicists and philosophers toward elucidating how the universe originated scientifically, Abed's first book "In Search of Consciousness and the Theory of Everything," effectively demonstrates that, although we do not know what kind of thing the universe really is, the whole mystery of what is the universe, how our realities of life were conceived, and of whether there is really a Super-intellect or God behind all of existence, will be known, soon, in our current lifetime. The total status quo around the ultimate nature of our realities of existence, since millennia, has been a source of huge frustration confusion, leading several groups of philosophers and cosmologists, during the last few decades, to search for alternative concepts surrounding the issue of the origin of universes and of our realities, attempts usually based on philosophy or mathematical models. Our current period of existence, in the second decade of the 21st century happens, intriguingly, to be the precise moment nature has decided, in a manner of speaking, to reveal the secrets of the supernatural origin of our universe and of humanity. This first book is indispensable to enable our men and women, around the world, whatever be their religious belief, to understand for themselves that there has to exist within our intellectual possibilities, the ultimate concept of the origin of our universe based on a Theory of Everything, and a Supernatural Creator, based on the Ultimate Philosophy of Everything. Historically, it has been predicted by Kepler and William Whewell, that humans possess God-given intuition and intellectual perspicacity capable of leading, in due course, to the discovery of the extraordinary supernatural divine mechanism, which the Super-intellect behind our existence, masterminded to put up the universe and us in it. There are convincing reasons that drive us to believe that the ubiquitous sensation of consciousness, associated with every phenomenon, in existence, derives from the creation process of the origin of our universe. The writings of Abed Peerally show that humans have been created in God's image and therefore they have a metaphysical nature, that can somehow even exist in the eternity of a transcendent after life. The interesting ideas of Rupert Sheldrake on consciousness are pertinent with reference to the author's views on the same topic, to be discussed in the author's second book. Several of these studies have been unanimous in conveying the message, in cosmology and philosophy, of the extraordinary nature of the scientific design of our universe, strongly suggesting there was a Super-intellect behind existence, that goes to show we too could be of supernatural nature. Abed Peerally's present book emphasizes that we will, in his next book, come face to face with the Ultimate Theory of Everything, the final scientific concept of existence that will confirm we are indeed a supernatural creation associated with the universal phenomenon of consciousness, and that we have, likely, an eternity of existence, in the hereafter. Abed Peerally's books, integrate philosophy and science, starting with "In Search of Consciousness and the Theory of Everything," in a coherent narrative that will lead to a comprehensive scientific Theory of Everything, in the second book, "The Origin of the Universe: The Theory of Everything," and subsequently to a comprehensive philosophical concept of everything in a third book, entitled: The God Theory and The
Summary of Rupert Spira's The Nature of Consciousness by Everest Media, Pdf
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 All that could ever be known is experience, and all experience is known through the medium of mind. Thus, the first imperative of any mind that wishes to know the nature of reality is to investigate and know the reality of its own mind. #2 The most profound knowledge that the mind can attain is its own essential nature. The mind’s recognition of its own essential nature is a different kind of knowledge that is the ultimate quest of all the great religious, spiritual, and philosophical traditions. #3 All experience has objective qualities that can be observed or measured in some way. Everything in objective experience has a form in time or space and a limit. The mind consists of two elements: its known content and its knowing essence. #4 The common name for the knowing or experiencing essence of mind is I. I am the name we give to whatever it is that knows or is aware of all knowledge and experience. I am the knowing in all that is known, and the experiencing in all experience.
You Are the Universe by Deepak Chopra, M.D.,Menas C. Kafatos, Ph.D. Pdf
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Deepak Chopra joins forces with leading physicist Menas Kafatos to explore some of the most important and baffling questions about our place in the world. "A riveting and absolutely fascinating adventure that will blow your mind wide open!" —Dr. Rudolph E. Tanzi What happens when modern science reaches a crucial turning point that challenges everything we know about reality? In this brilliant, timely, and practical work, Chopra and Kafatos tell us that we've reached just such a point. In the coming era, the universe will be completely redefined as a "human universe" radically unlike the cold, empty void where human life is barely a speck in the cosmos. You Are the Universe literally means what it says--each of us is a co-creator of reality extending to the vastest reaches of time and space. This seemingly impossible proposition follows from the current state of science, where outside the public eye, some key mysteries cannot be solved, even though they are the very issues that define reality itself: • What Came Before the Big Bang? • Why Does the Universe Fit Together So Perfectly? • Where Did Time Come From? • What Is the Universe Made Of? • Is the Quantum World Linked to Everyday Life? • Do We Live in a Conscious Universe? • How Did Life First Begin? “The shift into a new paradigm is happening,” the authors write. “The answers offered in this book are not our invention or eccentric flights of fancy. All of us live in a participatory universe. Once you decide that you want to participate fully with mind, body, and soul, the paradigm shift becomes personal. The reality you inhabit will be yours either to embrace or to change.” What these two great minds offer is a bold, new understanding of who we are and how we can transform the world for the better while reaching our greatest potential.
Questions concerning the existence of God and the nature of the relationship between God, Nature and science have been topics that philosophers have been pondering over since the days of Plato and Socrates. In more recent years an interest in these topics have been rekindled, as the nature of reality itself is being questioned by many quantum physicists and philosophers as a result of what is being revealed in quantum research. While we are still a long way from being able to answer these questions through scientific methodology alone, quantum research continues to create information that has resulted in many researchers questioning if the universe within our perspective is the same as how the universe exists in the absence of it. For example, the worldview shared by most people is that our realities are created within a corporeal universe, and through the gathering of information by our five senses; our minds process the information into a conscious perspective which allows us to have an awareness of ourselves and of the universe that is truly “out there” just as we perceive it to be. But, if the universe within our perspective is a function of our conscious awareness, consciousness may be creating what we perceive rather than being passive by simply allowing us to perceive a corporeal universe that is truly out there. If so, it creates the likelihood that we will not be able to answer questions concerning the relationship between God, nature, and science until we have a much better understanding of the true nature of consciousness and from where all that we perceive within it, originates. This work explores how the fundamental character and qualities of God, nature and science as we presently conceptualize each to be, along with how their relationship with one another would be altered if consciousness was not passive in the creation of our reality, while proposing a philosophical system of physics that defines how this could occur.