Consciousness and Cosmology

Consciousness and Cosmology

"We've actually made much more progress understanding such distant phenomena as sub-atomic particles or distant stars . . . then we have understanding our own consciousness."
--David Chalmers

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Consciousness and Cosmology
  • Willis Harman - Metaphysics and Modern Science

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    Contemporary science is engaging in a process of integrating human consciousness into its body of knowledge. As an example of this new direction, Dr. Harman summarizes research into the conscious survival of the death of the body. He points to several lines of evidence suggesting a need for a lar...

  • Barbara Marx Hubbard - Conscious Evolution

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    A leading visionary thinker, Barbara Marx Hubbard suggests that we are in a unique evolutionary phase in which the universe is coming to understand itself through the vehicle of human consciousness. She argues that the spiritual attainments of the great religious founders and avatars are now beco...

  • Barbara Marx Hubbard - The Planetary Birth

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    A leading visionary thinker, Barbara Marx Hubbard suggests that we are in a unique evolutionary phase in which the universe is coming to understand itself through the vehicle of human consciousness. She argues that the spiritual attainments of the great religious founders and avatars are now beco...

  • Rabbi Lawrence Kushner - The Source of Consciousness

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    Rabbi Lawrence Kushner suggests that all religioius traditions point humanity toward the goal of unity with God. He suggests that the connections between people transcend death and help us to face both life and death. He speculates that god is the source of synchronicities and coincidences in our...

  • Daniel Matt - Cosmology and Consciousness

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    Daniel Matt discusses the core teachings of Jewish kabbalistic mysticism, and describes the qualities that connect the divine being to the human being. In discussing modern thought, he notes that while the big bang story is inconsistent with the biblical account of creation, it is in harmony with...

  • Stephen Pinker - Language and Consciousness

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    This is a special two-hour, four-part InnerWork program featuring one of the most insightful minds we have ever encountered.

    Part I: Are our thoughts shaped by the language we use?

    Part II: How We Understand Language

    Part III: The Evolution of Language

    Part IV: Consciousness and Cognition.

    S...

  • Dean Radin - The Conscious Universe

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    A leading parapsychologist presents data on research in extrasensory perception, precognition and psychokinesis. He points out that statistical replication in this controversial field is as strong as exists in any behavioral science. He adds that the quality of the studies is higher than in most ...

  • Elisabet Sahtouris - Holistic Biology

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    Consciousness may be thought of as the beginning point of evolution and of creation, rather than as a recent by-product of the evolutionary process. To support this view, Elisabet Sahtouris cites developments in quantum physics. She notes that a guiding intelligence can be observed in evolution, ...

  • Jack Sarfatti - Physics and the Paranormal

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    Jack Sarfatti presents his model for "post-quantum physics" in which he postulates that consciousness exists at a level outside of time and space, beyond that of quantum mechanical probability waves. He suggests that this scientific model may eventually allow us to build conscious computer chips....

  • Saul-Paul Sirag - Exploring Hyperspace

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    Saul-Paul Sirag reviews the history of our understanding of higher dimensions, from early ideas of the "fourth dimension" to the early 20th century dimensional theory that proved to be successful in unifying electromagnetism and gravity. This search for unification has lead to continued explorati...

  • Michael Talbot - Synchronicity and the Holographic Universe

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    The holographic model allows us to conceptualize phenomena that have remained on the fringes of science -- synchronicities, psychic experiences, UFOs, poltergeists, spiritual experiences, states of higher consciousness. In Part One of this two part program Michael Talbot discusses the holographic...

  • Colin Wilson - The High and the Low

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    In this moving and profound program, Colin Wilson shares his personal struggle in dealing with states of panic and depression. His attempt to cope with these difficult experiences has led him to explore states of extreme lucidity and self-control.

    In Part II, he elaborates on his "Laurel and Har...

  • Robert Anton Wilson - Consciousness, Conspiracy and Coincidence

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    The deep structure of reality is related to both linguistics and to synchronicity. In Part One of this two-part program, Robert Anton Wilson speaks with characteristic humor of his involvement in the Discordian Society which honors the two great cosmic forces of order and chaos. He also makes obs...

  • Fred Alan Wolf - The Spiritual Universe

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    Fred Wolf presents an enlightening survey of the human notion of the Soul from ancient wisdom to modern physics, including the view that there is but on Soul in the universe--the universal consciousness of which we all partake.

    Fred Alan Wolf, Ph.D., received the American Book Award in science f...

  • Fred Alan Wolf - The Dreaming Universe

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    Physicist Fred Wolf speculates on the nature of human consciousness, its relationship to the brain and to the world of dreaming. In this highly entertaining program, he presents evidence suggesting that the world of dreams is ontologically real, discussing the "dreamtime" of the Australian aborig...