Rationalist Spirituality: An Exploration of the Meaning of Life and Existence Informed by Logic and ScienceJohn Hunt Publishing, 2011 - 116 pagina's Why does the universe exist and what are you supposed to do in it? This question has been addressed by religions since time immemorial, but popular answers often fail to account for obvious aspects of reality. Indeed, if God knows everything, why do we need to learn through pain and suffering? If God is omnipotent, why are we needed to do good? If the universe is fundamentally good, why are wars, crime, and injustice all around us? In modern society, orthodox science takes the rational high-ground and tackles these contradictions by denying the very need for, and the existence of, meaning. Indeed, many of us implicitly accept the notion that rationality somehow contradicts spirituality. That is a modern human tragedy, not only for its insidiousness, but for the fact that it is simply not true. In this book, the author constructs a coherent and logical argument for the meaning of existence, informed by science itself. A framework is laid out wherein all aspects of human existence have a logical, coh |
Inhoudsopgave
The hypothesis of meaning 137 | 1 |
A search for ultimate purpose | 3 |
A process of universal enrichment | 7 |
The unrealized potential of consciousness | 10 |
The brain as a consciousness transceiver | 22 |
Science does not claim to explain it all | 33 |
The role of intelligence | 41 |
The beginnings of a theory of purpose | 58 |
A return to boundless consciousness | 76 |
God | 82 |
A natural tendency towards insight | 84 |
A universal memory of qualia | 90 |
Interpretation and guidelines for purposeful living | 96 |
Related concepts | 106 |
Endnotes | 110 |
Recapping our journey thus far | 74 |
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Akashic records analogous aspects of reality behavior boundless consciousness causal influences Chapter Chinese Room clerk complete conceivable concept conscious entities conscious experience consciousness emanates dark matter dynamics electrochemistry entails existence explain explanatory gap external reality fact fragmentation fundamental Henry Markram human idea illusion immaterial consciousness indirect individualized consciousness inferred instance intelligence interaction interpretation of quantum intuition law of insight lives logical manual Mars material world meaning memory of qualia mental models mind models of reality neural correlates neurons neuroplasticity objective reality objects in consciousness observe perception perceptual symbols perspective philosophical physical brain postulated potential predictions properties quantum mechanics rational Richard Maurice Bucke robotic vehicles Roger Penrose scientific Searle spiritual Stapp structure subjective experience substance dualism symbol associations symbol manipulations theory of everything things transceiver transpersonal psychology ultimate purpose understand Chinese understanding and self-awareness unified consciousness universal memory unknown aspects wave function collapse Wigner's interpretation