On the Mystery of the Self & the Selection Problem: A Mathematical Approach by Daniel Caputi

The self, which presents to us as an irreducible entity in which our subjective experience is directed onto, is often thought of as an unremarkable phenomenon or illusion. However, the mere perception of it cannot be neglected for our scientific endeavor to explain consciousness, and this point is illustrated through a multitude of thought experiments. These thought experiments also show the importance of differentiating selves between distinct conscious organisms, regardless of their individual phenomenological content. A distinction is made between an active subject (a self that is conscious) and a potential subject (a self that is unconscious). Potential subjects refer to selves that would otherwise be present in organisms that are currently unconscious or post-mortem. They can also refer to an infinite amount of imaginary selves that will never be born into existence. This infinite reference space shows that there is an explanatory gap between our knowledge that conscious organisms have selves and our knowledge that specific selves are mapped into specific organisms. This explanatory gap needs to be closed in order to design effective uploading technology to extend the life of our minds beyond the life of our body. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/399

Consciousness & Evolution by Vibha S. Vaishnav, Kireet Joshi

The theory of evolution and consciousness which Sri Aurobindo has presented is fundamentally experimental. In this experiment, Sri Aurobindo, and his French collaborator, the Mother applied scientific methods and developed a new system, which has come to be known as Integral Yoga. As a result of this, a successful attempt was made in fixing the Supramental Consciousness in the mind of the cells of the human body. The entire exposition of the experiment would be too vast for this paper, but the primacy of consciousness is expounded against the background of increasing evidence being collected now in the scientific fields. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/406

Is Qualia Meaning or Understanding? by Cosmin Visan

By arguing that qualia is meaning or understanding, a new framework for understanding consciousness is developed. In this way, the meaning of yellow and red are uncovered. The suggested solutions are that yellow means “source of light” and red means “important”. Also, in the process of arguing that qualia is meaning, remarkable similarities in the structure of qualia are uncovered. In this way, a reason for why very hot and very cold water feel the same, is given. The same behaviour is also shown to take place for colours. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/407

The Dance by Steven E. Kaufman

It is time to Awaken and open our eyes to our formless Nature so that as we Dance we will no longer trip over Ourself, no longer create suffering for Ourself, but will instead dance in harmony with Ourself and once again just enjoy the Dance, unconcerned with form, unconcerned with goals and results, unconcerned with what are really only byproducts of the Dance, byproducts of What Is Really Important, byproducts of What Really Matters. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/408

Intelligence by Steven E. Kaufman

What is true intelligence? No one can really say, because true intelligence is non-conceptual, and so beyond words. What is the true source of intelligence? That too cannot really be spoken, because the true source of intelligence is also non-conceptual, and so also beyond words. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/409

Conscious & Unconscious Movement by Steven E. Kaufman

It is the way of unconscious Consciousness, the way of Consciousness that knows itself as form, to oppose some forms and to cling to others, and in so doing to create suffering. It is not the way of conscious Consciousness, not the way of Consciousness that knows Itself as the Formless, to oppose or cling to the lesser forms that arise as experience within Itself. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/410

The Flow of the Great Mother by Steven E. Kaufman

The Great Mother is One, everything else comes in pairs of opposites, because everything else is created as the Great Mother Flows in relation to Herself. And so in constructing the door that leads to Her enjoying Herself, She also constructs a door that makes it possible for Her to do the opposite of enjoying Herself. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/411

Formlessness in the Service of Form by Steven E. Kaufman

We are Formlessness living in the service of a form that we ourselves are creating. We serve the form that we ourselves are creating by defending it from that which appears to cause its diminishment. And we also serve the form that we ourselves are creating by clinging to that which appears to cause its enhancement. And it is in identifying with and then serving the form that we ourselves create that we hide from ourselves our Nature as That which both creates and apprehends form. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/412

Analysis of the Qur’an’s Bismillah Verse by Nadeem Haque

The Qur’an’s Bismillah Verse is the most repeated verse in the Qur’an; however, it is argued in this article that the current understanding of this verse in the nominal Muslim world is certainly not the way it was understood by the Prophets over the ages. This article focuses on the internal Qur’anic evidence to support its proper meaning, which, if understood correctly, has vast implications for the resurgence of Muslim society that has tragically strayed away from the Qur’an, which advocates reason and evidence. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/340

Science & Spirituality: A Perfect Standoff by James Kowall & Pradeep Deshpande

The scientific basis for spirituality is discussed in the context of a recent book by Amanda Gefter. This book demonstrates why there is an impasse in the reconciliation of science with spirituality. This impasse is about the nature of reality, specifically what we mean by "reality", and about our basic assumptions about the nature of the world, the nature of consciousness, and the nature of the ultimate reality underlying both the world and consciousness, which is summed up with the slogan "Nothing is ultimately real". See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/341

My Story: Cosmic Consciousness & Me by Hyman Sarfatti

It has been the general experience of all true Gurus or spiritual Master, that first they had to attain intellectual knowledge of God and the spiritual path leading to Him. Then they had to develop a love for God and a longing to attain Him equal to one in the desert thirsty for water. Was I not that little child in the crib thirsting for the Water of Truth and not the drinking water? Only by attaining the Cosmic Consciousness can one know God, experience Him and become one with God. The term Yoga means `union with God', which is the goal of the Hindu philosophy and religion. It is also the goal of Buddhism. Our bodies are the Temples of the Living God. We can only find God or realize God within our own bodies. Meditation, fasting and prayer is the process of involution by which we gain the experiential knowledge of God and finally merge into Him. This is the true meaning or definition of Salvation and Eternal Life in God, or Cosmic Consciousness. This is the true inward spiritual journey or spiritual path. Here is where we find true peace of mind, satisfaction and happiness. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/342

Nature, Violence, Consciousness, Sexuality & World Religion: A Roadmap by Chris King

In this work, the author strives to provide the knowledge to empower individuals to resist the fallacious claims of religious imperatives and act to correct the diabolical mistakes of the past; to liberate human consciousness, replenish the Earth, protect the tree of life’s diversity and safeguard the passage of the generations. If you are a scientist it is a comprehensive source-referenced research review. If you are religious it serves as important reading to understand the actual roots of your beliefs. Thus, this work may serve as a road map to exorcise the founding scriptures abetting violence and homicide in religious traditions. Humans since the dawn of history have used meditation, deprivation and visionary plants and fungi, to enter into internal conscious states that form an inner cosmology, complementing the external cosmology of nature and the physical universe. We need to accept that the pursuit of knowledge requires an attitude of social freedom for individuals to explore their own inner conscious states using visionary species and substances first hand rather than the second and third hand doctrines of prescriptive religions, and accept the lessons of nature in developing our notions of morality as a mechanism to reduce intra-social strife, to in turn achieve social and religious dominance over others. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/343

Premomentumenergy Model I: Genesis of Elementary Particles & Relativistic QM for a Dual Momentum-Energy Universe by Huping Hu & Maoxin Wu

This article is a continuation of the Principle of Existence. A premomentumenergy model of elementary particles, four forces and human consciousness is formulated, which illustrates how the self-referential hierarchical spin structure of the premomentumenergy (God) provides a foundation for creating, sustaining and causing evolution of elementary particles through matrixing processes embedded in said premomentumenergy (God). This model generates elementary particles and their governing matrix laws for a dual universe (quantum frame) comprised of an external momentum-energy space and an internal momentum-energy space. In contrast, the prespacetime model described previously generates elementary particles and their governing matrix laws for a dual universe (quantum frame) comprised of an external spacetime and an internal spacetime. These quantum frames and their metamorphoses are interconnected through quantum jumps as demonstrated in forthcoming articles. This work is a continuation of the premomentumenergy model described recently. Here we show how in this model premomentumenergy (God) generates: (1) time, position, & intrinsic-proper-time relation from transcendental Law of One, (2) self-referential matrix law with time, position and intrinsic-proper-time relation as the determinant, (3) dual-universe Law of Zero, and (4) immanent Law of Conservation in the external/internal momentum-energy space which may be violated in certain processes. We further show how premomentum-energy generates, sustain and makes evolving elementary particles and composite particles incorporating the genesis of self-referential matrix law. In addition, we discuss the ontology and mathematics of ether in this model. Illustratively, in the beginning there was premomentumenergy (God) by itself ei0 =1 materially empty and spiritually restless, and it began to imagine through primordial self-referential spin 1=ei0=ei0ei0=e+iL-iLe+iM-iM=e+iLe-iMe+iLe-iM=e+iLe+iM/e+iLe+iM …such that it created the self-referential matrix law, the external object to be observed and internal object as observed, separated them into external momentum-energy space and internal momeutm-energy space, caused them to interact through said matrix law and thus gave birth to the dual universe (quantum frame) comprised of the external momentum-energy space and the internal momentum-energy space which it has since sustained and made to evolve. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/346

Premomentumenergy Model II: Genesis of Self-Referential Matrix Law & Mathematics of Ether by Huping Hu & Maoxin Wu

This work is a continuation of the premomentumenergy model described recently. Here we show how in this model premomentumenergy (God) generates: (1) time, position, & intrinsic-proper-time relation from transcendental Law of One, (2) self-referential matrix law with time, position and intrinsic-proper-time relation as the determinant, (3) dual-universe Law of Zero, and (4) immanent Law of Conservation in the external/internal momentum-energy space which may be violated in certain processes. We further show how premomentum-energy generates, sustain and makes evolving elementary particles and composite particles incorporating the genesis of self-referential matrix law. In addition, we discuss the ontology and mathematics of ether in this model. Illustratively, in the beginning there was premomentumenergy (God) by itself ei0 =1 materially empty and spiritually restless, and it began to imagine through primordial self-referential spin 1=ei0=ei0ei0=e+iL-iLe+iM-iM=e+iLe-iMe+iLe-iM=e+iLe+iM/e+iLe+iM …such that it created the self-referential matrix law, the external object to be observed and internal object as observed, separated them into external momentum-energy space and internal momeutm-energy space, caused them to interact through said matrix law and thus gave birth to the dual universe (quantum frame) comprised of the external momentum-energy space and the internal momentum-energy space which it has since sustained and made to evolve. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/347

Modeling Methods Based on Premomentumenergy Model by Huping Hu & Maoxin Wu

Some modeling methods based on premomentumenergy model are stated. The methods relate to presenting and modeling generation, sustenance and evolution of elementary particles through self-referential hierarchical spin structures of premomentumenergy (God). In particular, stated are methods for generating, sustaining and causing evolution of fermions, bosons and spinless particles in a dual universe (quantum frame) comprised of an external momentumenergy space and an internal momentumenergy space. Further, methods for modeling weak interaction, strong interaction, electromagnetic interaction, gravitational interaction, quantum entanglement and brain function in said dual universe are also stated. Some additional modeling methods based on premomentumenergy model are also stated. The additional methods relate to presenting and modeling time, position & intrinsic-proper-time relation, self-referential matrix rules, elementary particles and composite particles through self-referential hierarchical spin in premomentumenergy (God). In particular, methods for generating time, position & intrinsic-proper-time relation, self-referential matrix rules, elementary particles and composite particles in aforesaid dual universe are stated. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/348

Prespacetime-Premomentumenergy Model I: Generation of Elementary Particles & Quantum Theory for a Dual Universe Comprised of Spacetime & Momentum-energy Space by Huping Hu & Maoxin Wu

This article is a continuation of the Principle of Existence. A prespacetime-premomentumenergy model of elementary particles, four forces and human consciousness is formulated, which illustrate how the self-referential hierarchical spin structure of the prespacetime-premomentumenergy (God) may provide a foundation for creating, sustaining and causing evolution of elementary particles through matrixing processes embedded in said prespacetime-premomentumenergy (God). This model generates elementary particles and their governing matrix laws for a dual universe (quantum frame) comprised of an external spacetime and an internal energy-momentum space. In contrast, the prespacetime model described previously generates elementary particles and their governing matrix laws for a dual universe (quantum frame) comprised of an external spacetime and an internal spacetime. Then, the premomentumenergy model described recently generates elementary particles and their governing matrix laws for a dual universe (quantum frame) comprised of an external momentum-energy space and an internal momentum-energy space. These quantum frames and their metamorphoses may be interconnected through quantum jumps as demonstrated in forthcoming articles. The prespacetime-premomentumenergy model may reveal the creation, sustenance and evolution of fermions, bosons and spinless entities each of which is comprised of an external wave function or external object in the external spacetime and an internal wave function or internal object in the internal momentum-energy space. The model may provide a unified causal structure in said dual universe (quantum frame) for weak interaction, strong interaction, electromagnetic interaction, gravitational interaction, quantum entanglement, human consciousness. The model may also provide a unique tool for teaching, demonstration, rendering, and experimentation related to subatomic and atomic structures and interactions, quantum entanglement generation, gravitational mechanisms in cosmology, structures and mechanisms of human consciousness. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/349

Prespacetime-Premomentumenergy Model II: Genesis of Self-Referential Matrix Law & Mathematics of Ether by Huping Hu & Maoxin Wu

This work is a continuation of prespacetime-premomentumenergy model described recently. Here we show how in this model prespacetime-premomentumenergy (God) generates: (1) four-momentum and four-position relation as transcendental Law of One, (2) self-referential matrix law with four-momentum and four-position relation as the determinant, and (3) Law of Zero in a dual universe comprised of an external spacetime and an internal momentum-energy space. We further show how prespacetime-premomentumenergy (God) may generate, sustain and make evolving elementary particles and composite particles incorporating the genesis of self-referential matrix law. In addition, we will discuss the ontology and mathematics of ether in this model. Illustratively, in the beginning there was prespacetime-premomentumenergy (God) by itself ei0 =1 materially empty and it began to imagine through primordial self-referential spin 1=ei0=ei0ei0=eiL-iLeiM-iM=eiLeiMe-iLe-iM=e-iLe-iM/e-iLe-iM=eiLeiM/eiLeiM…such that it created the self-referential matrix law, the external object to be observed and internal object as observed, separated them into external spacetime and internal momentum-energy space, caused them to interact through said matrix law and thus gave birth to the dual universe which it has since sustained and made to evolve. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/350

Modeling Methods Based on Prespacetime-Premomentumenergy Model by Huping Hu & Maoxin Wu

Some modeling methods based on prespacetime-premomentumenergy model are stated. The methods relate to presenting and modeling generation, sustenance and evolution of elementary particles through self-referential hierarchical spin structures of prespacetime-premomentum-energy. In particular, stated are methods for generating, sustaining and causing evolution of fermions, bosons and spinless particles in a dual universe (quantum frame) comprised of an external spacetime and an internal momenutmenergy space, vice versa. Further, methods for modeling weak interaction, strong interaction, electromagnetic interaction, gravitational interaction, quantum entanglement and brain function in said dual universe are also stated.

Some additonal methods based on prespacetime-premomentumenergy model are also stated. The additional methods relate to presenting and modeling four-momentum & four-position relation, self-referential matrix rules, elementary particles and composite particles through self-referential hierarchical spin in prespacetime-premomentumenergy (God). In particular, methods for modeling generating four-momentum & four-position relation, self-referential matrix rules, elementary particles and composite particles in aforesaid dual universe are stated. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/351

The Dance by Steven E. Kaufman

It is time to Awaken and open our eyes to our formless Nature so that as we Dance we will no longer trip over Ourself, no longer create suffering for Ourself, but will instead dance in harmony with Ourself and once again just enjoy the Dance, unconcerned with form, unconcerned with goals and results, unconcerned with what are really only byproducts of the Dance, byproducts of What Is Really Important, byproducts of What Really Matters. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/353

Intelligence by Steven E. Kaufman

What is true intelligence? No one can really say, because true intelligence is non-conceptual, and so beyond words. What is the true source of intelligence? That too cannot really be spoken, because the true source of intelligence is also non-conceptual, and so also beyond words. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/354

Conscious & Unconscious Movement by Steven E. Kaufman

It is the way of unconscious Consciousness, the way of Consciousness that knows itself as form, to oppose some forms and to cling to others, and in so doing to create suffering. It is not the way of conscious Consciousness, not the way of Consciousness that knows Itself as Formlessness, to oppose or cling to the lesser forms that arise as experience within Itself. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/355

The Flow of the Great Mother by Steven E. Kaufman

The Great Mother is One, everything else comes in pairs of opposites, because everything else is created as the Great Mother Flows in relation to Herself. And so, in constructing the door that leads to Her enjoying Herself, She also constructs a door that makes it possible for Her to do the opposite of enjoying Herself. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/356

Formlessness in the Service of Form by Steven E. Kaufman

We are Formlessness living in the service of a form that we ourselves are creating. We serve the form that we ourselves are creating by defending it from that which appears to cause its diminishment. And we also serve the form that we ourselves are creating by clinging to that which appears to cause its enhancement. And it is in identifying with and then serving the form that we ourselves create that we hide from ourselves our Nature as That which both creates and apprehends form. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/357

Modeling Method Based on Prespacetime Model I by Huping Hu & Maoxin Wu

Some applications of Prespacetime Model I are stated. The applications relate to presenting and modeling generation, sustenance and evolution of elementary particles through self-referential hierarchical spin structures of prespacetime. In particular, method and model for generating, sustaining and causing evolution of fermions, bosons and spinless particles are stated. Further, method and model for weak interaction, strong interaction, electromagnetic interaction, gravitational interaction, quantum entanglement and brain function are also stated. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/358

Modeling Method Based on Prespacetime Model II by Huping Hu & Maoxin Wu

Some applications of Prespacetime Model II are stated. The applications relate to presenting and modeling energy-momentum-mass relationship, self-referential matrix rules, elementary particles and composite particles through self-referential hierarchical spin in prespacetime. In particular, method and model for generating energy-momentum-mass relationship, self-referential matrix rules, elementary particles and composite particles are stated. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/359

Alterations of Consciousness at a Self-Development Seminar: A Matrix Energetics Seminar Survey by Imants Baruss, Carolyn van Lier & Diana Ali

Matrix Energetics is a system of self-transformation developed by Richard Bartlett in the context of alternative medicine, which he teaches at training seminars around the world to anyone who wishes to learn it. The authors conducted the present study to determine what happens psychologically at a Matrix Energetics seminar and to see if there could be any long-term health benefits associated with participation at such a seminar. Participants were 97 attendees at a Matrix Energetics seminar held over three days at a hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There were 69 women and 26 men (N = 95) with a mean age of 51.1 years (SD = 13.2; age range: 18–77 years; N = 94). Participants were given questionnaires to complete before the beginning of the seminar, at the end of each of the three days, and through a website at a two-month follow-up. The questionnaires included measures of demographic information, personality, psychological well-being, physical and mental health, state of being, and profundity of experiences. In addition, behavioral observations were made and participants were interviewed. During the seminar participants appeared to experience reality as being more plastic than we ordinarily assume it to be while in an attentive, expanded, and emotionally positive state of being. Using the total scale of the 36-Item RAND Health Survey, a paired samples t test revealed that overall health was better at the follow-up (M = 81.33; SD = 10.43) than at the time of the initial questionnaires (M = 72.77; SD = 16.15) with t(24) = 3.42, p = .002 (two-tailed), although that result needs to be interpreted with caution. The alterations of consciousness experienced in the context of Matrix Energetics should be further investigated as should the potentially therapeutic benefits of experiencing Matrix Energetics. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/419

The Catuskoti by Peter Fumich

An essential principal to Buddhism is non-dualism. However, the Catuskoti is clearly a system still immersed in dualism. This sort of dualism is more like that of the dual in Tao. Taken by themselves, the two relative states contain within themselves the nature of the absolutes. The only thing which differentiates are the notions both, neither. It is much like the yin and yang symbol. However, more accurately as we go on we see a fractal emerge. Hence, the ultimate truth, one in which we seem to conceptually call the more subtle truth is an illusion. The infinite recursion of this extension hints at an ultimate truth arising at ¥. The conception which takes within it this very fractal nature is truly enlightened. A truth which is free from dualism is either entirely immersed within dualism, or it lacks the distinction of truth all together. The use of the Catuskoti serves the purpose to hint ultimately at a non-truth. Speaking in terms of tautologies and ineffables, we will see the Catuskoti is a conceptual elaboration of traditional dualism, absolute true and false. While this itself is a conceptual elaboration of the union of true and false, Sunyata or 0. Sunyata is a conceptual elaboration of itself, which of course cannot be explained conceptually because then it emerges from non-conceptual Sunyata to conceptual Sunyata of 0. We can hint at it by saying, as a truth space, the non-conceptual Sunyata be U, then the set of ineffables of U and tautologies of U forms the conceptual elaboration of U. It should be clear that careful attention to our use of V4, the Klein 4 group, will be sufficient to realize a conceptual grasp of the non-conceptual Sunyata. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/420

On the Ultimate Reality underlying both the World & Consciousness by James Kowall & Pradeep Deshpande

The scientific basis for spirituality is discussed in the context of a recent book by Amanda Gefter. This book demonstrates that the standoff between science and spirituality is about what is meant by "reality". For science, "reality" is perceivable reality, while for spirituality, "reality" is ultimate reality. This is the difference between somethingness and nothingness; the difference between what is perceivable and the perceiving consciousness; the difference between physical reality and spiritual reality; the difference between the manifested world and the unmanifested source. There is a perfect standoff in this debate because when the term "reality" is used, science and spirituality are speaking about different "things". See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/421

The Problem of the Self by Cosmin Visan

Consciousness presents us with many aspects. In trying to explain consciousness, one may be tempted to address only the problem of qualia, as for example explaining color red. But can this attempt be done on its own without somehow taking into account also the subject of experience? In this paper, we will concentrate in addressing the problem of the Self without any reference to any particular quale. The best place where the Self can be analyzed is at a point where it no longer exists, that being in principal the moment of death. By analyzing what life after death might mean, we will shed light on some characteristics of the Self. It will turn out that the problem of the Self is the problem of the continuity or discontinuity of the Self. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/422

The Ocean of Consciousness by Steven E. Kaufman

No matter how the world appears, it is still composed of Consciousness, the same Substance, the same Beingness, flowing in stillness and turbulence. That is why the Universe is one, regardless of how it appears, because of the singular and unchanging Nature of that of which it is composed. As the ocean is composed only of water, regardless of how many waves arise from it, the Universe is composed only of Consciousness, regardless of how many forms arise within it. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/423

The Field of Formless Potential by Steven E. Kaufman

Body and mind are just vehicles, just Forms that the formless Self uses to apprehend other Forms of Itself that arise like swirls within the formless Ocean of its ever formless Self. And so it is that, That which tries to apprehend what seems to be there is eventually found to be not different from or other than what actually is there, once what seems to be there as physical and mental form has been completely untangled into the Formless Potentiality that is actually there. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/424

The Mythology of Materialism by Steven E. Kaufman

The philosophy of materialism holds that Life arises within an otherwise lifeless universe. And so it is that Consciousness, when viewed through that lens, must be seen as a by-product, as an accident, as something that only arises through the chance interaction of otherwise lifeless matter that by chance happens to be involved in the process we call life. However, as there is nothing in the apple that is not first in the tree from which it grows, there is nothing in us that is not first in the Universe out of which we grow. Thus, Life seems to arise from within the Universe because the Universe is already Alive, and Consciousness seems to arise out of Life because the Universe is already Conscious. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/425

That Which Flows by Steven E. Kaufman

That of which form is composed is Emptiness, Beingness, Formlessness, whereas form itself is just a pattern of flow that arises where Emptiness, Beingness, Formlessness flows in relation to Itself. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/426

That Which Is Hidden by Steven E. Kaufman

Blind to the Formlessness of which all forms are composed, we are blind to That which connects all forms, and so blind to That which makes all forms One. But once you recognize the part of yourself that has been hiding from you, and yet was always there in plain sight, then what once seemed most real becomes the shadow, and what seemed to be the shadow becomes what is most Real. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/427

The Mythical Brain: Is the Science of Movie Lucy Wrong? by Eduardo Schenberg

The movie Lucy explores the idea that we use only 10% of our brains which, according to an editorial in Nature Neuroscience, is wrong. However, we may reframe the myth to reveal the underlying meaning: it is not about using just 10% of the brain, but about perceiving only a very small fraction of what the brain is doing. If we will, we can stop our usual, daily routine activities, or our usual day dreaming, and immediately we start noticing more. The alternative interpretation to Lucy is that the movie is not about the brain, but about consciousness. Change the metaphor and you get a totally different meaning. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/428

My Simple Philosophy by Steven E. Kaufman

My philosophy is simple. That of which the universe is actually composed is not other than that which is aware of the universe. We create the forms to which we then cling, thinking that our continued being depends on our continued clinging. But how can our being depend upon something that we ourselves create, something that in the absence of our being, in the absence of our awareness, cannot even be known? See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/360

The Ocean of Consciousness by Steven E. Kaufman

No matter how the world appears, it is still composed of Consciousness, the same Substance, the same Beingness, flowing in stillness and turbulence. That is why the Universe is one, regardless of how it appears, because of the singular and unchanging Nature of that of which it is composed. As the ocean is composed only of water, regardless of how many waves arise from it, the Universe is composed only of Consciousness, regardless of how many forms arise within it. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/361

The Field of Formless Potential by Steven E. Kaufman

Body and mind are just vehicles, just Forms that the formless Self uses to apprehend other Forms of Itself that arise like swirls within the formless Ocean of its ever formless Self. And so it is that, That which tries to apprehend what seems to be there is eventually found to be not different from or other than what actually is there, once what seems to be there as physical and mental form has been completely untangled into the Formless Potentiality that is actually there. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/362

The Mythology of Materialism Steven E. Kaufman

The philosophy of materialism holds that Life arises within an otherwise lifeless universe. And so it is that Consciousness, when viewed through that lens, must be seen as a by-product, as an accident, as something that only arises through the chance interaction of otherwise lifeless matter that by chance happens to be involved in the process we call life. However, as there is nothing in the apple that is not first in the tree from which it grows, there is nothing in us that is not first in the Universe out of which we grow. Thus, Life seems to arise from within the Universe because the Universe is already Alive, and Consciousness seems to arise out of Life because the Universe is already Conscious. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/363

That Which Flows by Steven E. Kaufman

That of which form is composed is Emptiness, Beingness, Formlessness, whereas form itself is just a pattern of flow that arises where Emptiness, Beingness, Formlessness flows in relation to Itself. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/364

Thoughts on God’s Creations by Domadal Pramod

This essay discusses the metaphysical science in God’s creations. Nature is made up of five elements, Body is made up of nine gates, Soul gives life to the body, Pray to God for giving me as human body on this earth. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/366

A Quantum Theory of Consciousness May Require a Paradigm Shift in Biology by Maurice Goodman

It is often assumed that the known physical laws form a closed system and are complete. It is also assumed that biological theories require no additional principles that are fundamental other than those we already know. Assumptions such as these are acting as a barrier to progress in biological theories and an understanding of consciousness. This paper examines the unexplained inconsistencies among fundamental particles and forces and the fundamental gaps in our knowledge of biology and the cell in particular that may impact on such progress. Also, the laws of quantum mechanics are examined and found to be grossly incomplete. Furthermore, gravitational decoherence times are way too long and electromagnetic decoherence times are way too short to relate to millisecond brain processes. Surprisingly, weak force decoherence times over cellular distances are of the relevant dynamical timescale needed, suggesting that if any force is associated with the global properties in and between neurons (such as consciousness) it is the weak force. This finding concurs with a twenty year old theory that argues for a fundamental link between the weak force, electron neutrino and the biological cell. That theory also predicted the mass of the electron neutrino that is soon to be verified. The consequences for biology and future consciousness theories, of this radical change of paradigm, are considered. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/429

The Universe Is Composed of That Which Is Aware of the Universe by Steven E. Kaufman

My philosophy is that That of which the universe is actually composed is not other than That which is aware of the universe. We, as formless Awareness, create the experiential forms to which we then cling, thinking that our continued being depends on our continued clinging. But how can our being depend upon something that we ourselves create, something that in the absence of our being, in the absence of our Awareness, cannot even be known? See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/430

The Nature of Reality in a Nutshell (Part I) by James Kowall

Reality is characterized by four aspects of reality: (1) forms of information, (2) the flow of energy, (3) perceiving consciousness, and (4) the Source of information, energy and perceiving consciousness. The scientific framework for this characterization is discussed in terms of the holographic principle, non-commutative geometry, an observer-dependent cosmic horizon arising in de Sitter space with a positive cosmological constant, and the one-world-per-observer paradigm. In this scenario, the observer is present at the central focal point of a cosmic horizon that arises in the observer's frame of reference, acts as a holographic screen, and projects the observer's space-time geometry. A consensual reality shared by many observers is possible if their respective horizons overlap. This scientific framework can only explain the nature of forms of information and the flow of energy. This leaves us with the quandary of how to explain perceiving consciousness and the Source. An argument is made that perceiving consciousness can only be understood as a focal point of consciousness that is differentiated from the Source and arises in relation to a holographic screen, in which case the Source can only be understood in the non-dual sense of an empty space of potentiality or a void of undifferentiated consciousness. This is Part I of the two-part article (the references are listed at the end of Part II). See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/433

The Nature of Reality in a Nutshell (Part II) by James Kowall

Reality is characterized by four aspects of reality: (1) forms of information, (2) the flow of energy, (3) perceiving consciousness, and (4) the Source of information, energy and perceiving consciousness. The scientific framework for this characterization is discussed in terms of the holographic principle, non-commutative geometry, an observer-dependent cosmic horizon arising in de Sitter space with a positive cosmological constant, and the one-world-per-observer paradigm. In this scenario, the observer is present at the central focal point of a cosmic horizon that arises in the observer's frame of reference, acts as a holographic screen, and projects the observer's space-time geometry. A consensual reality shared by many observers is possible if their respective horizons overlap. This scientific framework can only explain the nature of forms of information and the flow of energy. This leaves us with the quandary of how to explain perceiving consciousness and the Source. An argument is made that perceiving consciousness can only be understood as a focal point of consciousness that is differentiated from the Source and arises in relation to a holographic screen, in which case the Source can only be understood in the non-dual sense of an empty space of potentiality or a void of undifferentiated consciousness. This is Part II of the two-part article with references at the end of the article. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/434

The Revealed Yet Still Hidden Relation between Form & the Formless by Steven E. Kaufman

Science holds that it is form that gives rise to the Formlessness by which all form is apprehended. Science has never even considered the opposite possibility. What is the opposite possibility? That it is when formless Consciousness reaches a certain level of complexity that physical forms poof into existence. How does that which is formless become complex? By flowing in relation to itself, over and over and over again. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/431

What Is Versus What Should & Should Not Be by Steven E. Kaufman

The actual source of happiness is the absence of conflict with one's self, and that can be had regardless of whether "what is," in this moment, is or is not wanted. However, when one applies the idea "should not be" to that which is not wanted, then the self-conflict that creates suffering arises. The acceptance and allowing of the forms that arise in one's awareness as "what is" is the shovel that allows one to dig one's self out of the hole of self-conflict that is the ultimate source of one's suffering, as opposed to just continuing to dig the hole deeper using the shovel of what should and should not be. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/432

On the Nature of Physical and Non-Physical Reality (Part I) by James Kowall

Reality is characterized by four aspects of reality: (1) forms of information, (2) the flow of energy, (3) perceiving consciousness, and (4) the Source of information, energy and perceiving consciousness. The scientific framework for this characterization is discussed in terms of the holographic principle, non-commutative geometry, an observer-dependent cosmic horizon arising in de Sitter space with a positive cosmological constant, and the one-world-per-observer paradigm. In this scenario, the observer is present at the central focal point of a cosmic horizon that arises in the observer's frame of reference and that acts as a holographic screen that projects the observer's space-time geometry. A consensual reality shared by many observers is possible if their respective horizons overlap. This scientific framework only explains the nature of physical reality in terms of forms of information and the flow of energy. Even the space-time geometry of the observer's world is derivative of information and energy. This leaves us with the quandary of how to explain perceiving consciousness and its Source, which can only be understood as the non-physical nature of reality. A scientific argument is made that perceiving consciousness can only be understood as a focal point of consciousness that is differentiated from the Source and that arises in relation to a holographic screen, in which case the Source can only be understood in the non-dual sense of an empty space of potentiality or a void of undifferentiated consciousness. This is Part I of the two-part article (the references are listed at the end of Part II). See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/367

On the Nature of Physical and Non-Physical Reality (Part II) by James Kowall

Reality is characterized by four aspects of reality: (1) forms of information, (2) the flow of energy, (3) perceiving consciousness, and (4) the Source of information, energy and perceiving consciousness. The scientific framework for this characterization is discussed in terms of the holographic principle, non-commutative geometry, an observer-dependent cosmic horizon arising in de Sitter space with a positive cosmological constant, and the one-world-per-observer paradigm. In this scenario, the observer is present at the central focal point of a cosmic horizon that arises in the observer's frame of reference and that acts as a holographic screen that projects the observer's space-time geometry. A consensual reality shared by many observers is possible if their respective horizons overlap. This scientific framework only explains the nature of physical reality in terms of forms of information and the flow of energy. Even the space-time geometry of the observer's world is derivative of information and energy. This leaves us with the quandary of how to explain perceiving consciousness and its Source, which can only be understood as the non-physical nature of reality. A scientific argument is made that perceiving consciousness can only be understood as a focal point of consciousness that is differentiated from the Source and that arises in relation to a holographic screen, in which case the Source can only be understood in the non-dual sense of an empty space of potentiality or a void of undifferentiated consciousness. This is Part II of the two-part article with references at the end of the article. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/368

The Revealed Yet Still Hidden Relation between Form & the Formless by Steven E. Kaufman

Science holds that it is form that gives rise to the Formlessness by which all form is apprehended. Science has never even considered the opposite possibility. What is the opposite possibility? That it is when formless Consciousness reaches a certain level of complexity that physical forms poof into existence. How does That which is formless become complex? By flowing in relation to Itself, over and over and over again. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/369

What Is Versus What Should & Should Not Be by Steven E. Kaufman

The actual source of happiness is the absence of conflict with one's self, and that can be had regardless of whether "what is," in this moment, is or is not wanted. However, when one applies the idea "should not be" to that which is not wanted, then the self-conflict that creates suffering arises. The acceptance and allowing of the forms that arise in one's awareness as "what is" is the shovel that allows one to dig one's self out of the hole of self-conflict that is the ultimate source of one's suffering, as opposed to just continuing to dig the hole deeper using the shovel of what should and should not be. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/370

The Thin Veneer That We Call Reality by Steven E. Kaufman

What we experience as reality, emotional, mental, and physical, is nothing more than the forms that arise, like a sort of boundary or etching, as That which is actually there, as That which is beyond reality, as That which is beyond words, as That which is beyond conception, flows in relation to Itself and so becomes defined in relation to Itself, and then apprehends as reality the forms, the etchings, the boundaries, that have arisen within Itself as a result of its flow, as a result of its movement, as a result of its being, in relation to Itself. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/371

The Actual and the Real by Steven E. Kaufman

Reality is real, but the real is not the Actual. The Actual is what is there where the real only appears to be. Know yourself as a reality, know yourself as some form, and you lose sight of the formless Actuality that you always are, always have been, and always will be. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/372

Quantum Fields of Consciousness & the Mind (Part I) by Rajesh Bhutkar

Some scientists are striving very hard to unveil the mystery of consciousness. For that purpose they have been utilizing not only quantum theory but also the Grand Unified Theory. In my perspective, to lay consciousness in the ambit of our awareness, one needs a three-tier system. The first tier is consciousness, the second is mind and the third is brain. My hypothesis is based on the Vedanta (Hindu Religious Scriptures), which says “Ahm Brahmasmi” meaning “I am God” or another statement as “Tatvamasi” meaning “You are That”. In the first statement “I” refers to mind and “God” means consciousness; whereas in the second statement “You” represents mind and “That” represents consciousness. I refer to John Keely’s work of Sympathetic Vibratory Science developed in 19th century to postulate my proposition of consciousness and mind and then use the postulates made by Hu and Wu to support it. Thereafter, Chalmers’ questions are answered without ambiguities. Part I of this two-part article includes: Introduction, the Quantum State of Our Thoughts, Quantum State of Dream, Quantum State of Dream, Consciousness as the Source of “I”, Spin-mediated Consciousness Theory, and Answers to Chalmers’ Questions. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/436

Quantum Fields of Consciousness & the Mind (Part II) by Rajesh Bhutkar

Some scientists are striving very hard to unveil the mystery of consciousness. For that purpose they have been utilizing not only quantum theory but also the Grand Unified Theory. In my perspective, to lay consciousness in the ambit of our awareness, one needs a three-tier system. The first tier is consciousness, the second is mind and the third is brain. My hypothesis is based on the Vedanta (Hindu Religious Scriptures), which says “Ahm Brahmasmi” meaning “I am God” or another statement as “Tatvamasi” meaning “You are That”. In the first statement “I” refers to mind and “God” means consciousness; whereas in the second statement “You” represents mind and “That” represents consciousness. I refer to John Keely’s work of Sympathetic Vibratory Science developed in 19th century to postulate my proposition of consciousness and mind and then use the postulates made by Hu and Wu to support it. Thereafter, Chalmers’ questions are answered without ambiguities. Part II of this two-part article includes: Spirituality & Consciousness, Mind as an Observer of the Universe, Quantum Field of Mind, Quantum Characterization of Mind, and References. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/437

On Non-locality I: Relative Non-locality by Vernon M. Neppe, Edward R. Close

This is the first of six articles that form a unified series examining “non-locality” - a term applied for “beyond time and space”. The authors indicate what non-locality is and why non-locality should have the prefix “relative”, because there are different levels of non-locality, ranging from different dimensions to the infinite. The basic structure of reality is complex and most of existence is hidden from our experience. There is a practical relevance to this in our relatively limited daily life. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/438

On Non-locality II: Quantum Physics & Non-locality by Vernon M. Neppe, Edward R. Close

In this second article of the six-part series, we discuss the role of physics and quanta in non-locality and indicate that these models are diverse, not just entanglement but there are at least nine other models. We introduce the idea of a global term “relative quantal non-locality”. These ideas provide a perspective to understanding non-locality in consciousness sciences. There may or may not be commonality as both models are diverse. We define consciousness. We also discuss Kafatos’s three-tier classification and show how it can be integrated into levels of the relative non-locality model. We emphasize the need for a broad classification of non-locality. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/439

On Non-locality III: Dimensional Biopsychophysics by Vernon M. Neppe, Edward R. Close

In this third article of the six-part series, we extend to dimensions and the new area of dimensional biopsychophysics and recognize that we need extend beyond Popperian falsifiability to examine also feasibility of the limited jigsaw pieces we have available. This leads to the concept of lower dimensional feasibility, absent falsification. We recognize the importance of differentiating the discrete in the finite from the continuity that is in infinity. And we briefly show that the authors’ “triadic dimensional-distinction vortical paradigm” model can be applied both empirically and mathematically in the analyses of the higher dimensions, including the 9 spinning finite dimensions that we have derived. The Standard Model of physics works bottoms-up from the experiences of 3 dimensions of space in a moment in time, as compared with a top-down approach. We introduce what we regard as the most fundamental concept, namely “immediacy”. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/440

On Non-locality IV: Necessary Conceptualization by Vernon M. Neppe, Edward R. Close

In this fourth article of the six-part series, we discuss the different levels of relative non-locality and why it is relative to a general level, and specific to the framework of an observer. We recognize the four major consciousness levels: relative dimensional non-locality, relative infinite non-locality, relative mystical non-locality, and relative transfinite non-locality and add to that relative quantal non-locality. The authors’ data deriving 9 spinning dimensions are pertinent and discuss in more detail our concept of immediacy. Similarly, we motivate the infinite by applying the idea of an infinite flow, “gimmel”, impacting all of finite reality from the sub-quantal to the cosmological. We conceptualize the role of the transfinite as the “10th plus dimension”, and the practical significance for us in space-time accentuated in a reality governed by the laws of nature. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/441

On Non-locality V: More Esoteric Relative Non-locality by Vernon M. Neppe, Edward R. Close

In this fifth article of the six-part series, we discuss the more esoteric and general kinds of relative non-locality, namely relative subliminal non-locality still in space-time, and relative time non-locality with only apparent time shifts, the disputed relative local non-locality where some kind of broader psi may precede regular speech communication, and relative pseudo non-locality variably due to brain malfunctions, psychopathological or other misinterpretations. We then examine global examples: Relative delta non-locality as any ostensible relative non-locality without defining the level, relative higher non-locality where there is specifically a relative non-locality but we don’t categorize the level, and again relative quantal non-locality as any relative non-locality in quantum physics. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/442

On Non-locality VI: Immediacy & Hierarchies by Vernon M. Neppe, Edward R. Close

In this sixth and final article, we examine the applications of non-locality in physics to consciousness research, and use an example of the framework approach. We then apply the principles of non-locality recognizing how what we’re calling “dimensional immediacy still applies”, yet there may be limitations to Herbert’s excellent “unmediated” and “unmitigated” principles for non-locality. We explain Herbert’s “instantaneous connectivity” of objects, substances or events with our dimensional concept of “immediacy”. We then recognize the limitations of the term “non-locality” and suggest relative distinctions instead: This may assist in our qualitative phenomenological descriptions and recognition of the hierarchically dissimilar. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/443

Relative Non-locality - Key Features in Consciousness Research - On Non-locality VII: References Cited in Non-locality I, II, II, IV, V & VI by Vernon M. Neppe, Edward R. Close

This part contains the references cited in Non-locality I, II, II, IV, V & VI. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/444

A Simple Cosmology of the Universe by Cyd Ropp

The simple explanation begins with that which lies beyond this universe—the metaverse. Then consciousness had a thought which unfolded into countless dimensions. This multi-dimensional metaverse still lacked space and time but it now quivered with limitless mathematical potential. In a twinkling, our entire universe was imagined in the fullness of its complexity, from the tiniest quanta through the greatest astral body; every animal, vegetable, and mineral; every element; everything. This metaverse has many names in many traditions—“The Great ‘I AM’” and “God the Father” in the Torah and Bible, “Sat” and “Parambrahma” in Hindu scriptures, the “Tao” and “wu ming” in ancient Chinese texts, and “The Absolute” in modern philosophy. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/373

A Simple Explanation of Religion by Cyd Ropp

When the Bible speaks of a person’s spirit, this refers to the Self’s Unit of Consciousness. This UC is “made in the image of God,” and is a replica of the spirit of God, or the Holy Spirit. As such, God’s Law is written on the heart of everything in creation. The problem with religion is that too often, ritualized memes have replaced personal communion with the Holy Spirit. Religious doctrine or dogma falls into the category of meme chords. Merely surrounding oneself with religious meme chords and performing works out of duty to the meme chords does not grant access to God. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/374

A Simple Explanation of the Tao by Cyd Ropp

The Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is an ancient Chinese collection of 81 wisdom verses. In “The Simple Explanation” model, the Tao spoken of by Lao Tzu refers to the metaversal information and principles of organization that have informed our universe since the moment before creation. When one loses touch with the metaversal consciousness, one loses the Tao's information pipeline. Once your personal Unit of Consciousness has lost its way, you no longer have true goodness. Morality is what you are left with once love departs. Morality is a system of rules meant to engender Godly behavior in those who no longer know God. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/375

A Simple Explanation of “Who I Am” by Cyd Ropp

For most people, the answer to "who am I?" is that I am my self-aware sense of "me" encased in this body of mine. The simple explanation theory says we are that, but also we are the things we love and hate, plus the record of our actions in this world, overlaid upon our Unit of Consciousness (“UC”). Think of a UC as a perfect echo or wave form "shaped" exactly like God's mind. You might say our universe is populated by exact echoes of God's primordial UC. The Units of Consciousness are all identical--they're all reflections of the God UC. What make "me" different from "you" are the patterns of meme bundles and karma that overlay or filter out our Units of Consciousness. The Self UC is a perfect reflection of the God UC. But "I" (the subjective sense of "me") am not that perfect, due to meme attachments and karma. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/376

A Simple Cosmology of the Universe by Cyd Ropp

The simple explanation begins with that which lies beyond this universe—the pure conscious of the metaverse. Then consciousness had a thought which unfolded into countless dimensions. This multi-dimensional metaverse still lacked space and time but it now quivered with limitless mathematical potential. In a twinkling, our entire universe was imagined in the fullness of its complexity, from the tiniest quanta through the greatest astral body. This metaverse has many names in many traditions—“The Great ‘I AM’” and “God the Father” in the Torah and Bible, “Sat” and “Parambrahma” in Hindu scriptures, the “Tao” and “wu ming” in ancient Chinese texts, and “The Absolute” in modern philosophy. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/446

A Simple Fractal Model of the Conscious Universe by Cyd Ropp

In the Simple Explanation, the enclosure of our material universe is a very large toroidal pattern at the "outside" edge of creation. This would be the Universal pattern at its largest fractal scale, the Universal Unit of Consciousness, akin to the singular black void at the center of the Mandlebrot Set. Drilling downward from the greatest torus (the Universal UC) to smallest, the Units of Consciousness associated with sub-atomic particles are the smallest manifest fractal expressions of the Universal set. These smallest material instantiations of creation pass from the realm of pure consciousness through causal energy to material instantiation through calculations of the Universal fractal formula. The crossover from pure consciousness to material instantiation occurs at the edge of an infinite series of ever smaller fractal divisions proceeding downward from the lower limit of material instantiation (Planck's constant), and then energetically finer and finer until energy is finally suspended in the infinite stillness of non-being--the Metaverse. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/447

A Simple Model of Memes by Cyd Ropp

Memes are the cultural expressions of societies, and their content is information. Memes, in other words, are the “stuff” of symbolic thought. The importance of memes in the simple explanation philosophy is that a huge part of our personality is shaped by the memes we collect and hold onto. The otherwise pristine nature of our underlying fractal units of consciousness is affected by the memes we hold dear, as well as the memes we despise. We enjoy memes we approve of and we are repelled by memes we disapprove of. The Sanskrit word for these provocative memes is samskara. Samskara is traditionally defined in Yogic philosophy as the habitual thought patterns collected by the ego that interferes with soul consciousness. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/448

I Exist by Cosmin Visan

Why is there something rather than nothing? This is probably the most profound question that can be asked. In this paper, a rather unexpected simple solution is provided. The solution comes from analysing the truth value of the proposition “I exist.” It will be shown that this proposition is always true, so our existence is a logical necessity. Speculations about the implications over the universe as a whole are then provided. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/449

The Thin Veneer That We Call Reality by Steven E. Kaufman

What we experience as reality, emotional, mental, and physical, is nothing more than the forms that arise, like a sort of boundary or etching, as That which is actually there, as That which is beyond reality, as That which is beyond words, as That which is beyond conception, flows in relation to Itself and so becomes defined in relation to Itself, and then apprehends as reality the forms, the etchings, the boundaries, that have arisen within Itself as a result of its flow, as a result of its movement, as a result of its being, in relation to Itself. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/450

The Actual and the Real by Steven E. Kaufman

Reality is real, but the real is not the Actual. The Actual is what is there where the real only appears to be. Know yourself as a reality, know yourself as some form, and you lose sight of the formless Actuality that you always are, always have been, and always will be. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/451

Consciousness, Science & Values by James R. Arnold

Various features and expressions of consciousness are shown to be beyond scientific explanation, and yet essential to the appreciation of human values. Thus, the values realized by consciousness, including life, love, liberty, ethics, morality, art, friends, community, fun and laughter, are not going to be found on a chalkboard or under a microscope. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/453

How Vedanta Explains Conscious Subjective Experience by Syamala D. Hari

What is consciousness? Why does a purely physical lifeless system never seems to exhibit consciousness whereas human beings (and probably some other living beings) do? Can we explain subjective experience in objective (scientific) terms? These are some of the questions being debated by modern researchers of consciousness coming from both physical and social disciplines and philosophies. The modern philosopher Chalmers says that answering why some physical processes in the brain (body) are accompanied by experience, and why a given physical process generates a specific experience for example, experience of red or green is the “hard problem” of consciousness. Consciousness, the mind, the body, and their relations were thoroughly analyzed in the Indian philosophy (Vedanta) of ancient times. In this article, we describe how Vedanta explains occurrence of conscious subjective experience in living beings. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/454

On Life, Death, Good and Evil by Matti Pitkanen

Is there actual justification for moral laws? Are they only social conventions or is there some hard core involved? Is there some basic ethical principle, telling what deeds are good and what deeds are bad? Second group of questions relates to life and biological death. How should one define life? What happens in the biological death? Is something self-preserved in the biological death in some form? Is there something deserving to be called soul? Are reincarnations possible? Are we perhaps responsible for our deeds even after our biological death? Could the law of Karma be consistent with physics? Is liberation from the cycle of Karma possible? These questions are discussed from the point of view of TGD inspired theory of consciousness. The cosmology of consciousness, the concept of self-having space-time sheet and causal diamond as its geometric correlates, the vision about the fundamental role of negentropic entanglement and Negentropy Maximization Principle, and the hierarchy of Planck constants identified as hierarchy of dark matters and of quantum critical systems, provide the building blocks needed to make guesses about what biological death could mean from subjective point of view. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/455

On Intentionality, Cognition and Time by Matti Pitkanen

Intentions involve time in an essential manner and this led to the idea that p-adic-to-real quantum jumps could correspond to a realization of intentions as actions. However, it seems that this hypothesis which poses strong additional mathematical challenges is not needed, if one accepts adelic approach in which real space-time time and its p-adic variants are all present and quantum physics is adelic. I have already earlier developed the first formulation of p-adic space-time surfaces as cognitive charges of real space-time surfaces and also the ideas related to the adelic vision. The recent view involving strong form of holography would provide dramatically simplified view about how these representations are formed as continuations of representations of strings world sheets and partonic 2-surfaces in the intersection of real and p-adic variants of WCW ("World of Classical Worlds") in the sense that the parameters characterizing these representations are in the algebraic numbers in the algebraic extension of p-adic numbers involved. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/456

Some Thoughts on Samapatti by Alan J. Oliver

In the Yoga tradition, buddhi is consciousness in its own right and has been defined by some writers as acognitive knowing. My view is that acognitive knowing means knowing without the mind, and of course that is what Samapatti provides to the seer. And what this means in our seeking to understand consciousness is precisely what I referred to. There are possibly a number of models we could posit to accommodate this position, all of which would be counterintuitive for science. I will simply offer one which arises from the acognitive model. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/457

The Mirror & Its Reflections by Steven E. Kaufman

When the Mirror of what Is bends upon Itself a reflection arises in the Mirror that is either this or that. That reflection is never what Is, is never the formless Mirror Itself, but it does reflect, in its form, the way in which the Mirror is being in relation to Itself in order to create the reflection, in order to create the this or that, that arises within Itself, and which reflection, once created, the Mirror then knows as reality. Know yourself as form, as this or that reality, and you cannot know yourself as the formless Consciousness that you are. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/458

The Treasure by Steven E. Kaufman

Once it is realized that the ego, that some form, is not what we are, then we have found the Treasure within our Self, then we have found the Treasure that is our true formless Self, unobscured by the wanted forms that it only appeared to be. And then it can be realized that the Treasure that was found, that the Treasure we gave ourselves access to in all the wanted forms, in the pile of money, in the promotion, in falling in love, in a baby's eyes, in the sunset, in the sunrise, was all the same Treasure appearing in different forms. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/459

A Brief Introduction to the Brain and Paradigm of Melchizedek by Grant Gillett, Jeffery J. Davis

How can a new paradigm, the Paradigm of Melchizedek, shape scientific research in a completely new direction, in a way that is based on Values rather than unhealthy scepticism? A distorted kind of scepticism about anything beyond the bare facts as described by a limited scientific paradigm is widespread in the academic world and has shaped the brain structure of many scientists to favour a perception of reality strongly biased towards promissory materialism. This paradigm comes as an antidote to that tendency and is geared towards a greater synthesis between ancient and modern spiritual wisdom and scientific truth, in order to advance a cognitive science that allows an inclusive study of the neurobiology of values like Truth, Love and Unity and propel human consciousness towards the manifestation of a peaceful social environment. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/445

Towards a Cognitive Neuroscience of Peace and Universal Values by Jeffery J. Davis

A human being is a combination of an animal and a spiritual being and can only become conscious of higher Mind and Voice, when the proper spiritual conditions are fulfilled in his or her life. These conditions enable a cognitive map that gives access (with the brain and heart working in unison) to a global awareness and perception of the dynamic interplay between the Physical and the Spiritual domains. Neuroscience in the future, may contribute to humanity by identifying which life styles, diets, activities, qualities, states of being and thought forms are more conducive to such cognitive maps, and how some brain-heart system’s capabilities like, communication being to being (telepathy), remote viewing, healing, sustained positive emotions and the perception of a continuous flow of synchronistic events, are a consequence of a healthy human brain being “rewired” to broadcast higher Mind and, an “open heart” sustaining feelings of Love and Compassion. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/460

Spiritual Values and Their Biological, Philosophical and Physical Implications on Behaviour by Jeffery J. Davis

Character, Identity and Personality are spiritual attributes and as such, they are linked to a Spiritual Living Being. These attributes survive in eternity along with the survival of the soul of a human being. When a human being still identifies him or herself with biological processes, he or she is veiled to The Creator’s existence and his or her Spiritual Identity is still a potential reality. In this Essay, I intend to clarify how different aspects and dimensions, both internal and external, may in the life of a human being influence the organisation of the brain systems at a neurobiological level thus shaping perception of reality in relation to the interplay between Spiritual and Behavioural Values. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/461

A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to Embodied Spirituality by Jeffery J. Davis

In this Essay, I will illustrate how I experience a spiritual life as a human being, how language is limited to transmit or transfer this experience and yet, once imparted to the human being, it plays a relevant role to either support or interfere with the awareness of a spiritual dimension in human life. I will also show how some of the recent findings in Cognitive Science are clarifying what it means to be spiritually aware in relationship to body functioning, and human creative capacities and how they relate to my own experience. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/462

When scientists say that the universe can simply come out of nothing without any divine intervention, they think of the universe in terms of its energy content only. In the book ‘The Grand Design’, page 281, scientist Stephen Hawking has written that bodies like stars or black holes cannot just appear out of nothing, but a whole universe can. The message is very clear from this: The total energy of a whole universe is zero and that is why it can come out of nothing; but stars or black holes will fail to do so, because their total energy is not zero. But universe means not only its energy, universe means its space-time as well. So if we now apply the same logic to space-time as well, then we can say that the total space-time of a whole universe must also always have to be zero, because in that case only a whole universe can appear out of nothing. Here my question is: How does the total space-time of an ever-expanding universe always remain zero?
As the universe appeared out of nothing, so initially there was no space, no time, no matter and no energy. Scientists have successfully shown how the total matter-energy content of the universe has always remained zero. But we are not satisfied with that explanation, we want something more. We also want to know how the total space-time content of the universe has always remained zero. And it should always remain zero if the universe has actually appeared out of nothing. Otherwise scientists will have to explain as to whence appeared the extra residual space-time that was not already there at the beginning.
If stars or black holes cannot appear out of nothing simply because their total energy is not zero, then can a whole universe appear out of nothing if its total space-time is not zero?
The last question here will further boil down to this one: Do the physicists think that energy cannot just appear out of nothing, but space-time can, supposing that the total space-time of the present universe is not zero?
Or, do they think that like life, mind and consciousness, space and time are also emergent only, and therefore, not directly coming from big bang nothing?

The Mirror & Its Reflections by Steven E. Kaufman

When the Mirror of what Is bends upon Itself a reflection arises in the Mirror that is either this or that. That reflection is never what Is, is never the formless Mirror Itself, but it does reflect, in its form, the way in which the Mirror is being in relation to Itself in order to create the reflection, in order to create the this or that, that arises within Itself, and which reflection, once created, the Mirror then knows as reality. Know yourself as form, as this or that reality, and you cannot know yourself as the formless Consciousness that you are. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/377

The Treasure by Steven E. Kaufman

Once it is realized that the ego, that some form, is not what we are, then we have found the Treasure within our Self, then we have found the Treasure that is our true formless Self, unobscured by the wanted forms that it only appeared to be. And then it can be realized that the Treasure that was found, that the Treasure we gave ourselves access to in all the wanted forms, in the pile of money, in the promotion, in falling in love, in a baby's eyes, in the sunset, in the sunrise, was all the same Treasure appearing in different forms. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/378

Problems & the Solution by Steven E. Kaufman

What is a problem but the mind trying to determine what it will take to get from what is, in this moment, to what the mind thinks this moment should be? That is the problem the mind continuously generates as it endlessly produces thoughts regarding how this moment should be. You can solve the problems by realizing that there actually are no problems, only the illusion of problems created by the mind with its continuous and endless predictions of what this moment should be. This moment is never a problem but is only ever what is. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/379

The Problem with the Universe from Nothing by Himangsu S. Pal

Some physicists say that the universe has originated from nothing and required no external agent for its creation. However, since time, space and gravitation cannot have any separate existence from matter, the total time, space and gravitation of the universe will also remain zero. Therefore, we can say that there is definitely some substance in this universe due to the presence of which the total space and the total time of the universe always remain zero. But what is this substance? Whence has it originated? What are its properties? These are the questions that need to be answered. I suggest that the substance should have light-like properties and be all pervading. Further, it should not be absorbed, repelled, attracted or deflected by any known particle of this universe. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/380

Bhakti Yoga & Gyan Yoga by Shivender S. Saini

On the Eve of International Day of Yoga, I discuss two major methodologies to attain God according to Indian philosophy. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/381

On the Possible Coding Principles of DNA & I Ching by Huping Hu, Maoxin Wu

In this review article, we discuss the possible coding principles in DNA and I Ching in the context of the principle of existence. The said coding principles produce the 43=64 codons and anti-codons of DNA respectively. Further, similar coding principles produce the 26=64 hexagrams of I-Ching. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/382

Concepts in Vedanta Applicable to Scientific Explanation of Consciousness by Syamala Hari

Consciousness and its relation to the physical body were thoroughly analyzed in the Indian philosophy (Vedanta) of ancient times. This philosophy contains many concepts which can lead to scientific answers to some of the questions that brain scientists and modern consciousness researchers are concerned with. In Indian philosophical literature thought is often described as being very fast and one that never comes to stop. Properties of thought described in this literature are very similar to those of faster-than-light objects, known as tachyons in modern physics. It will be possible to describe mental processes and interaction of mind with ordinary matter, in the terminology of mathematics and physics and quantum mechanics in particular, by means of a theory based on this philosophy’s concept that mind consists of superluminal objects. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/383

Mind and Tachyons: Mind-Body Interactive Dualism by Syamala Hari

Following on the observation in Vedanta that mind is restless and faster than matter, we propose that memory and thought in the brain involve tachyons. Although experiments to detect faster-than-light particles have not been successful so far, recently, there has been renewed interest in tachyon theories in various branches of physics. We suggest that tachyon theory may be applicable to brain physics as well. As a first step, in an earlier work, it was shown that in the quantum mechanical model of exocytosis by Beck and Eccles, a zero energy tachyon can precisely do the task of an Eccles’s psychon and therefore that our proposal can mathematically model mind’s action on the brain. We see below that our proposal can mathematically describe how the brain acts on the mind as well. Assuming that the brain is a non-relativistic quantum system, and representing mind-brain interaction as tachyon interaction with ordinary matter, we see that the brain creates subjective experience in the form of tachyons if the mind made up of tachyons, pays attention to the brain while it receives sensory inputs. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/384

How Vedanta Explains Conscious Subjective Experience by Syamala Hari

What is consciousness? Why does a purely physical lifeless system never seems to exhibit consciousness whereas human beings (and probably some other living beings) do? Can we explain subjective experience in objective (scientific) terms? These are some of the questions being debated by modern researchers of consciousness coming from both physical and social disciplines and philosophies. The modern philosopher Chalmers says that answering why some physical processes in the brain (body) are accompanied by experience, and why a given physical process generates a specific experience for example, experience of red or green is the “hard problem” of consciousness. Consciousness, the mind, the body, and their relations were thoroughly analyzed in the Indian philosophy (Vedanta) of ancient times. In this article, we describe how Vedanta explains occurrence of conscious subjective experience in living beings. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/385

Does Ordinary Life Ever Have a Conscious Moment without the ‘I’? by Syamala Hari

As long as we are awake and even while dreaming, a sense of “I am seeing, hearing, or doing, etc.” seems to be an inevitable content of any conscious experience. One may wonder whether it is ever possible in our ordinary lives to have an experience where the “I” is not present, or briefly, have a self-transcendent experience. I describe below a few of my experiences of short duration that are quite ordinary with nothing mysterious about them and argue that they are all self-transcendent. To explain how the self (ego) is present or not in an experience, I describe some properties characteristic of the self such as its sense of personal identity and ownership of action. Manifestation of these properties in an experience indicates the presence of the self and absence of these properties indicates its absence. In an act of observation, full attention paid to what is being observed seems to push every thought, including the self, out of the conscious mind and keep it fully occupied with the act of observation. A characteristic property of the self-transcendent state seems to be that one can only recognize such a state as being free from the self, but one cannot prove that it is so because the outward effect of the state may be the same as that of an alternative state where the self is present. See http://scigod.com/index.php/sgj/article/view/386

It can be shown in some indirect way that the net energy of the universe is zero. For this, we will have to first determine as to whether the universe has a beginning in the past, or whether it has an eternal past. I think that there is a consensus among scientists that the universe is not past-eternal, but that it originated from a big bang 13.8 billion years ago. So we can say now that the universe has a beginning. Now there are only two options that can be taken into consideration while discussing the beginning of the universe. We can ask: 1) did it originate from nothing? Or, 2) did it originate from something? If it had originated from nothing, then obviously the net total energy of the universe will be zero, because in this case the universe started with zero energy. If the universe had originated from something, then also with the help of special and general theory of relativity it can be shown that the total energy of that something will be zero. We say that the universe had originated from something. That means before the origin of the universe there was nothing else other than that something - no space, no time, no matter, no energy. Space, time, matter and energy came into being only after the origin of the universe from that something. Now Einstein's general theory of relativity has shown that space, time and matter are so interlinked that there cannot be any space and time without matter. Similarly there cannot be any matter without space and time. Again from Einstein's special theory of relativity we come to know that matter and energy are equivalent. So instead of saying that there cannot be any matter without space and time, we can also say that there cannot be any energy without space and time. Now we have already shown that the initial something was without space and time. But we have also shown that there cannot be any energy without space and time. So the initial something cannot have any energy.

So, if the universe has a beginning, then it is immaterial as to whether it has originated from something or from nothing, because in both the cases it will start with zero energy. Therefore if the universe is not past-eternal, then its net energy will always be zero.

From Einstein’s special theory of relativity we come to know that matter and energy are equivalent. Matter is concentrated energy and energy is diluted matter. Again from GTR we come to know that space, time and matter are so interlinked that there cannot be any space and time without matter. Similarly there cannot be any matter without space and time. So we see that all these four are interlinked; we cannot think of any one of these four entities singularly, isolatedly. Whenever we will think of energy, we will have to think of matter. Whenever we will think of matter, we will have to think of space and time. But what is the reason that these four entities are so interlinked? If they have all originated from nothing, then what was there in nothing that could have helped establish this link, this binding in between them? The answer is: Nothing. In nothing there was nothing that could have been the cause of it. So we cannot claim that space, time, matter and energy have actually originated from nothing, because in that case there would not have grown the binding in between them that has been empirically tested and verified many, many times. Rather we should say that all these four have originated from some common source, from some common substance. Metaphorically we can say here that they have some common ancestor. Due to this common ancestry, all these four are actually kith and kin (also a metaphor, not to be taken literally). Due to their common ancestry, they are all naturally related to each other.
This common substance has expressed itself in four different forms, e.g. space, time, matter and energy, but basically at their root all these four are one. Scientists have so far been able to show that only matter and energy are one. We hope that in future a day will definitely come when they will be able to show that space, time, matter and energy – all these four are one.

How Is the World Created from Nothing? by James Kowall

An answer is given to the question: how is the world created from nothing? This answer is based on recent discoveries of modern physics, including dark energy, the holographic principle, and non-commutative geometry. This answer not only solves the mystery of how the world is created, but also solves the mystery of the origin of consciousness. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/466

Time Reversed Self by Matti Pitkanen

Quantum measurement theory based on Zero Energy Ontology (ZEO) leads to a precise identification of the notion of self as a sequence of state function reduction at same boundary of causal diamond (CD) referred to as passive boundary. The Self dies and re-incarnates at the opposite boundary of CD as the first state-function reduction to opposite boundary of CD eventually forced by Negentropy Maximization Principle (NMP) takes place. To test this rather dramatic prediction through direct personal experience one should die first but there is a more clever manner to do it if one believes that selves form a hierarchy such that sub-selves define mental images of self. Mental images indeed die and re-incarnate all the time and this means that death of mental image should generate time reverse mental images. Is it possible to experience time-reversed mental image and how it differs from the original? Sensory-motor rhythm is a good candidate for this process: sensory mental image dies and re-incarnates as a mental imaged representing motor action. Sensory perception is motor action in reversed direction. Time reversed cognition, reverse speech and writing are interesting phenomena allowing possibility to test these ideas. Also figure-background illusion and other kinds of illusions might give support for the notion of time-reversed mental image. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/467

How Imagination Could Be Realized p-Adically? by Matti Pitkanen

One of the original motivations for identifying p-adic physics as a possible correlate for cognition, imagination and intentionality was that p-adic differential equations allow pseudo constants as integration constants - piecewise constant functions depending on finite number of pinary digits have vanishing p-adic derivatives. The naive idea about the realization of intentional action is that a quantum phase transition changes p-adic space-time sheet representing intention to a real one representing action. This idea was too simplistic and in the following a more refined mathematical realization based on strong form of holography is proposed. Imaginations are identified as being represented by string world sheets and partonic 2 -surfaces which can be continued to p-adic preferred extremal for various p-adic primes but not necessarily real ones. Only realizable intentions can be continued also to the real preferred extremals. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/468

TGD Based Model for Anesthetic Action by Matti Pitkanen

The mechanism of anesthetic action has remained mystery although a lot of data exist. The Meyer-Overton correlation suggests that the changes occurring at lipid layers of are responsible for anesthesia but this model fails. Another model assumes that the binding of anesthetics to membrane proteins is responsible for anesthetic effects but also this model has problems. The hypothesis that the anesthetics bind to the hydrophobic pockets of microtubules looks more promising. The model should also explain hyperpolarization of neuronal membranes taking also place when consciousness is lost. The old finding of Becker is that the reduction or reversal of voltage between frontal brain and occipital regions correlates with the loss of consciousness. Microtubules and DNA are negatively charged and the discovery of Pollack that so called fourth phase of water involves generation of negatively charged regions could play a role in the model. Combining these inputs with TGD inspired theory of consciousness and quantum biology one ends up to a microtubule based model explaining the basic aspects of anesthesia. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/469

Yoga, Samapatti & Me by Alan J. Oliver

In this article I review Samapatti and the issues the experiences have brought for me personally [1-4]. First and foremost was the question of why I am able to enter this state without any preparation. The second was the obvious question of how does this work. Over some years people had asked to sit and talk with me about their problems, despite the fact that I have no training whatsoever in counselling or any other therapies. This was the early eighties and seminars on just about everything under the sun were on offer. I joined a ten day residential for Vipassana meditation and after sitting meditating for ten days I was no different and life continued as usual. It was obvious that most of those I listened to thought I was some kind of healer, others said I was a good listener, while some asked me to teach them to do what I did. My position was that I could not possibly, or ethically, teach something that I didn’t know anything about. Not about how it worked, if it worked, why it worked and what was it that I did. At one point I was asked what I would do next, and to my surprise I said I would not do any more of this because I needed to find out how it worked. So began this long undirected journey into thinking and consciousness. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/471

My Impressions of TSC 2015 by Matti Pitkanen

Towards a Science of Consciousness 2015 (TSC 2015) was held in Helsinki in June 8-13, 2015. In this article, I describe my impression about the conference. The coverage is limited by my interest and scope of attendance since the number of representations was so large that it was only possible to listen only small fraction of representations. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/470

Why Teach Science of Internal Excellence by Pradeep B. Deshpande

Students will derive a myriad of benefits from higher levels of internal excellence that are amenable to an audit. Among them are health & wellness, improved performance in all walks of life including academic work, better interpersonal and family relationships, and less discord and violence. See http://jcer.com/index.php/jcj/article/view/472