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)?

Edi Bilimoria has been a student of the perennial philosophy for over half a century. He has given courses and lectured extensively in the UK, and internationally in California, the Netherlands, India, and Australia, to encourage the cross fertilization of ideas in the fields of science, religion, and practical philosophy. Edi has published widely in the disciplines of science, engineering, esoteric philosophy, and occult science.

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