In this essay, we present fact well known to scientists that matter is empty with very small percentage of elementary particles and nuclei. We argue that one cannot develop special relativity, the notion of the spacetime and localization of consciousness in empty space.
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From a unique perspective, this paper attempts to make a new interpretation of altered states of consciousness (ASC) induced by meditation, mind-altering drugs, hypnosis, or physiological lesions. Based on empirical evidence, we summarize four essential phenomena (hallucinations, paranormal phenomena, enhanced awareness and mystical experiences) in ASC after an initial clarification. However, the existence of paranormal phenomena, especially extrasensory perception (ESP), has been disputed for more than one century. Therefore, taking ESP as a breakthrough, we firstly propose a novel hypothesis that ESP happens because there are two pathways through which to affect perception, and the essence of ESP is that 1. false internal stimulations are mistaken as external objective stimulations that enter through various senses and similarly, 2. external objective stimulations appear as perceptions that do not actually result from the senses (when one is in deep hallucinations). To support this hypothesis, which is totally different from “quantum entanglement” and “multidimensional spacetime”, we then develop an original model of hallucinations: when false internal stimulations and external objective stimulations affect perception together, the changes in their relative strengths will result in the consistence, breakdown and re-consistence of the five senses, leading to three states of hallucinations (one can distinguish reality from fantasy, one cannot distinguish reality from fantasy, and reality and fantasy are totally reversed). This model can also explain the generation mechanism of out-of-body experiences, synesthesia and many other marvelous psychedelic phenomena in ASC. After that, a new filtering model is presented to explain enhanced awareness and its potential value is explored. Based on the models, a unified analytical framework will be made to reveal the essence of ASC: the loss of the self results in three mechanisms (enhanced awareness, hallucinations and jhāna samādhi) and the relation of them is figured out. Finally, this paper also reveals the essence of Buddhist deep insight and the mystery of cessation and insight.
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Pub Date : 2015-08-27DOI: 10.4324/9781315823546-42
Michiel M. Dorenbosch
This article presents a new conceptual view on the conscious will. This new concept approaches our will from the perspective of the requirements of our neural-muscular system and not from our anthropocentric perspective. This approach not only repositions the will at the core of behavior control, it also integrates the studies of Libet and Wegner, which seem to support the opposite. The will does not return as an instrument we use to steer, but rather as part of the way we learn new automatic behavior and of how our neural system steers us. The new concept suggests that understanding of our will is more about understanding of our daily behavior than about the will itself.
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Pub Date : 2014-12-02DOI: 10.4324/9780203027622-36
C. Vișan
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.
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Can we trace back consciousness, reality, awareness, and free will to a single basic structure without giving up any of them? Can the universe exist in both real and individual ways without being composed of both? This dialogue founds consciousness and freedom of choice on the basis of a new reality concept that also includes the infinite as far as we understand it. Just the simplest distinction contains consciousness. It is not static, but a constant alternation of perspectives. From its entirety and movement, however, there arises a freedom of choice being more than reinterpreted necessity and unpredictability. Although decisions ultimately involve the whole universe, they are free in varying degrees also here and now. The unity and openness of the infinite enables the individual to be creative while this creativity directly and indirectly enters into all other individuals without impeding them. A contrary impression originates only in a narrowed awareness. But even the most conscious and free awareness can neither anticipate all decisions nor extinguish individuality. Their creativity is secured.
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Pub Date : 2011-09-04DOI: 10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.1299950.V2
Claus Janew
This article is not an attempt to explain consciousness in terms basically of quantum physics or neuro-biology. Instead I should like to place the term "Consciousness" on a broader footing. I shall therefore proceed from everyday reality, precisely where we experience ourselves as conscious beings. I shall use the term in such a general way as to resolve the question whether only a human being enjoys consciousness, or even a thermostat. Whilst the difference is considerable, it is not fundamental. Every effect exists in the perception of a consciousness. I elaborate on its freedom of choice (leading to free will), in my view the most important source of creativity, in a similarly general way. The problems associated with a really conscious decision do not disappear by mixing determination with a touch of coincidence. Both must enter into a higher unity. In so doing it will emerge that a certain degree of freedom of choice (or free will) is just as omnipresent as consciousness - an inherent part of reality itself.
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Wallace (and Hodel) do a very good job in "Embracing Mind." They break the book down into three parts. In Part One, Wallace takes another look at science, and where science may drift off into scientism. In Part Two, Wallace looks at a more promising science that can study the mind. In Part Three, Wallace takes up "tools and technologies of a Buddhist science of contemplation. You can find this book at Amazon: Embracing Mind: The Common Ground of Science and Spirituality .
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Pub Date : 2008-11-04DOI: 10.1038/NPRE.2008.2465.1
C. King
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