What governs the Brain? Is Neuroscience Immersive for Consciousness? – A.K. Mukhopadhyay
The paper develops a new road map along the axiology of consciousness-cognition-behavior for investigating brain-consciousness relationship, where the brain operates as natural, formal, informational (codal), live, and conscious system to make the unknown imaginable, imagined intelligible, intelligible possible, possible verifiable, and verifiable verified. Consciousness, on the other hand, as a non-observable and influential, supports the brain’s reflex activities, upholds habituated acts, and participates in cognitive functions. Consciousness uses the brain to make its political statements by asserting its “will”/“won’t”, in developing multisystem concurrence, creativity, and exhibiting holonomic group behavior, and leadership.
Edi Bilimoria – Idealism: Arguing Pro and Con
Idealism is the theory that all reality is consciousness and only consciousness, and that what we perceive to be the physical world is either a manifestation of consciousness or derived from it. Either way, fundamental reality is pure consciousness. What are the arguments for and against Idealism (like the common sense of the physical)?
Consciousness Educators’ Network: 12 Educators Share Stories After a Year of Experience and Success
12 Educators. Various age groups. Diverse fields and contexts. A year’s worth of contemplation. Join us to learn about what is happening
Imaginal Inspirations with Will Keepin
William Keepin, PhD, is a mathematical physicist with extensive training in contemplative meditation and transpersonal psychology. His research on sustainable energy to mitigate
Non-Polluting Soundless Energy Ecosystem of a Cell – A.K. Mukhopadhyay
A biological cell is drowned in the environmental energy ecosystem, which consists of matter-sourced conventional energy, information-sourced dark energy, and consciousness-sourced subtle energy. The stupendous work a cell does in its Gene machinery and the Protein factory using dark and subtle energy silently, without creating any pollution of the environment is remarkable in this respect. From the insights of cell biology highlighted in this paper, it seems there is a lot to learn from a cell to have a clean green energy ecosystem for humanity in this material world of machines.
Federico Faggin – Quantum Information Panpsychism Explained
CPU inventor and physicist Federico Faggin, together with Prof. Giacomo Mauro D'Ariano, proposes that consciousness is not an emergent property of the brain, but a fundamental aspect of reality itself: quantum fields are conscious and have free will. In this theory, our physical body is a quantum-classical ‘machine,’ operated by free will decisions of quantum fields. Faggin calls the theory 'Quantum Information Panpsychism' (QIP) and claims that it can give us testable predictions in the near future. If the theory is correct, it not only will be the most accurate theory of consciousness, it will also solve mysteries around the interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Imaginal Inspirations with Douglas Grunther
Douglas Grunther is the creator/host of the Woodstock Roundtable, a rollicking--and multi award-winning--radio talk show spiced with humor and informed by his love of
Galileo Commission Summit XI: Book Launch Part II for The Playful Universe
Recordings CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE RECORDINGS Galileo Commission Summit XI Book Launch Part II for The Playful Universe: Synchronicity
Marjorie Woollacott on the MindThatEgo podcast
In this lucid synthesis, the pair explore the neural correlations between language, the sense of self, and expanded states of awareness — and how that relates to 10th century Kashmir philosopher Utpaladeva’s Stanzas on the Recognition of Shiva.
BPS CEP event 4th March 2025: Consciousness in human and other things with Anil Seth
Consciousness research is progressing apace. Professor Anil Seth's webinar will illustrate how the framework of predictive processing can help bridge from mechanism to phenomenology - addressing not the 'hard problem' but the 'real problem' of consciousness.
Imaginal Inspirations with Laleh Quinn
David's guest this month is Dr. Laleh Quinn, who has been a research faculty member in the Cognitive Science department at the
KNOW THYSELF Podcast Series Episode 3 – Ravi Ravindra
In this episode we welcome Dr Ravi Ravindra who shares fascinating insights from his long experience in the fields of Physics, Self-inquiry
Jessica Bockler: Nurturing the Fields of Change
Event recording Slides can be found here. Event description What is the role of inner development in social
Chasing Memory: Exploring the Dimension of Conscious Mind – Carl Gunther
To decisively reveal the nonphysical dimension of Mind that manifests our reality, Chasing Memory, probes deeply into the source of living “memory” in the broadest sense. In doing so, we find the philosophers’ “hard problem” of the nature of consciousness can be settled...
Imaginal Inspirations with Paul Gilbert
David's guest this month is Paul Gilbert, FBPsS, PhD, OBE, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Derby and honorary visiting Prof at the University of Queensland. Until his retirement from the NHS in 2016 he was Clinical Psychologist for over 40 years and a consultant for 30. He has researched evolutionary approaches to psychopathology with a special focus on mood, shame and self-criticism in various mental health difficulties.
The Quantum World and the Dancing Specks of Sentience – Emmanuel Ransford
ABSTRACT This paper focuses on practical issues regarding the quantum world, in a bid to unpack the inner logic of Nature. It
KNOW THYSELF Podcast Series Episode 2 – Marjorie Woollacott
Prof. Marjorie Woollacott, Ph.D., was professor and chair of the Dept. of Human Physiology and is a member of the Institute of
Imaginal Inspirations with Jan Pilotti
David's guest this month is Jan Pilotti MD, who studied mathematics and theoretical physics and earned a B.Sc. at Stockholm’s University Sweden. As a young student he discovered a possibility of mathematically extending Einstein’s theory of relativity to include superluminal Lorentz transformations in a six-dimensional Minkowskian spacetime, with three space and three “timelike” dimensions...
Jeffrey Dunne: Cozying Up to the Unexpected, or Normalizing the Paranormal
Event recording Event description What consciousness-focused researchers know well, and the typical person often does not, is that essentially
David Cigoj: New World Philosophy for You – Evolve to Thrive
Event recording Slides can be found here. Relevant website: https://newworldphilosophy.org/ Event description Throughout history, people's lives have been
Carl Gunther: Memory and Mind Emerging from the Growing Block Universe
Event recording Slides of the presentation can be found here. Event description The workings of the mind and
Galileo Commission Summit X: Book Launch for The Playful Universe
Galileo Commission Summit X Book Launch for The Playful Universe: Synchronicity and the Nature of Consciousness edited by Marjorie Woollacott, David
Marco Gericke: Exploring Peter Plichta’s Dualistic Space Model
Event recording Event description Dive into the ground-breaking dualistic space model proposed by Peter Plichta, which harmonises the physical
Wendy Ellyatt
Screenshot Wendy Ellyatt is a Global Thinker and Change Agent who is actively promoting regenerative systems transformation across sectors. She is
Imaginal Inspirations with Peter Russell
Peter Russell is a leading thinker on consciousness and contemporary spirituality. He coined the term "global brain" with his 1980's bestseller of the same name in which he predicted the Internet and the impact it would have on humanity. He is the author of twelve other books, including Waking Up in Time, From Science to God, and most recently Letting Go of Nothing and Forgiving Humanity.