Pope Francis on Nature and Interconnectedness
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Rufus Pollock – The Four Noble Truths of a Second Renaissance and the Metacrisis
We live in a moment of civilizational crisis and potential rebirth - what we could term a Second Renaissance. There are many terms associated with it: the great turning, metamodern, metacrisis, integral, teal, liminal web, GameB, regenerative and more. This talk sets out the “Second Renaissance” as a framing for a) the present historical period, b) a new cultural paradigm or paradigms starting to come into existence, and c) the growing network of people who are acting to steward and accelerate its development.
Humanizing the Humanoid: Have Biology in AI-Technology to handle its Frightful Phenomenology – A.K. Mukhopadhyay
Like any world-phenomenology, AI has an awesome and frightful aspect. Apprehending that the latter might cause a slow but permanent injury to the cognitive, emotional and psychomotor evolution of humanity, the paper brings out how by adding five further disruptive innovations from the use of biology in this humanoid, frightful aspect of humanoid AI could be deftly handled before it slips out of hands.
Bruce Greyson on Oprah: What Near Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond
This episode of The Oprah Podcast features Dr. Bruce Greyson, one of the world's leading experts on near death experiences. As a scientist and physician, Dr. Greyson has been studying these fascinating phenomena for decades. He and Oprah dive deep into near death encounters and speak with people who have undergone their own transformative episodes, including Oscar nominated actor Jeremy Renner, who described his event as harrowing but also exhilaratingly peaceful.
A Course by Ravi Ravindra – They Journey of a Pilgrim
Saturdays, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. CT June 7 – 28 (4 classes) The Pilgrim Journey A Deep Inquiry into Self and the
Consciousness: On its Source, and Operations – A.K. Mukhopadhyay
Traditional approach to consciousness research accepting the brain as its source has not fruitfully worked. This article takes an inverted approach accepting consciousness as the most fundamental, and the brain, or even a biological single cell, is an organ of behavior for manifestations of consciousness. The idea has been supported by several pieces of evidence from different disciplines of science, medicine, neuroscience, plant biology, and cellular cognition. The human brain at the ZPE state has been emphasized as the fountainhead of creativity. Twelve emerging areas have been clearly chalked out for further research. A model of Brain-Consciousness coupling and another on Consciousness-Brain coupling have been proposed. The paper leads us towards Immersive Neuroscience as the helm of several disciplines of science and for a science-based, consciousness-centric spirituality for humanity.
Jules Evans – The uselessness of non-materialist theories of reality
Materialism doesn’t really explain consciousness at all — it simply ignores it, or calls it an epiphenomenon. Seeing as the only thing we know for sure is that we’re conscious, and we experience everything through our consciousness, it’s amazing that a theory that ignores consciousness and has no explanation for it has lasted this long.
Imaginal Inspirations with Wendy Ellyatt
David's guest this month is Wendy Ellyatt, a Global Thinker and Change Agent who is actively promoting regenerative systems transformation across sectors.
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.
Pan-Episteme Dialogue: Inaugural Meeting
‘Pan-Episteme’ is a term derived from the Greek, combining ‘Pan’ meaning all, the one, the universal, and ‘Episteme’ meaning knowledge, science and understanding. It signifies a holistic, integrative approach to knowledge that transcends disciplinary boundaries, bringing together insights from science, philosophy and ancient wisdom traditions...In this first episode, Dr Athena Potari (a practical philosopher) & Dr Vasileios Basios (a theoretical physicist) revisit a timeless question: Is the universe conscious? Vasileios and Athena will be joined on a dialogue panel by Dr Rupert Sheldrake, Dr Steve Minett and Dr Steve Taylor – a session not be to missed!
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.