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TAMIL NATION LIBRARY:
Unfolding Consciousness
[see also From Matter to Life to
Mind: An Unfolding Consciousness ]
Book Note
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"That
deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior
reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible
universe, forms my idea of God" Albert Einstein |
The author: "The meaning of the cosmos is its purpose. The purpose of
the cosmos is its meaning."
Drawing on challenging ideas from the world of science and from the
profound traditions of mysticism and spirituality, a new, and yet
ancient, definition of God emerges.
The book investigates when, where, how and why consciousness appears. It
probes the levels of animal and human consciousness and how species
relate and communicate with each other. It follows and records the
growth of awareness and sensitivity during the author’s own spiritual
pilgrimage. The book explores the sometimes-bizarre coincidences and
synchronicities that occur as we move closer to the Tao, the implicate
order of the Cosmos. It examines the paradox of the mind-brain problem
as revealed by recent research into Near Death Experiences. The
mind-brain question is also approached through quantum physics research.
New ideas regarding the mind-brain problem arise, ideas that help
formulate more precise questions about the nature of our consensus
reality.
The book is replete with examples of mystical insights that help to
remove the mystery from this broad field of spiritual study and
practice. The author’s experiences of altered states of consciousness,
including meditation, dreams and personal visions, are recounted so that
everyone can understand the esoteric terms of mysticism and better
appreciate his or her own experiences.
The urgent need for humankind to attain higher levels of awareness is a
constant theme and the author draws on the spiritual insights of the
great minds of science, from Einstein to the following quote by Dr.Danah
Zohar to reinforce this call for change.
"There is a spiritual interpretation of God here that goes beyond the
Judeo Christian myth. In my work, I have been examining what went on
after the big bang and reconciling the idea of God with quantum theory.
What’s so exciting is the way in which it reveals consciousness built
into the cosmos from the very beginning.
It is part of the move away from a God separate from the universe a sort
of chemist shaking a test tube to the idea of a transforming God who is
himself transformed. This may well provide a new version of spirituality
for people to replace the old creation myth. It fits in well with the
strong anthropomorphic principle which says that consciousness was built
into the cosmos from the beginning, and with good reason."
The book, Find Your God, concludes with the radical idea that there is
no enlightenment. There is only continuous enlightening because reality
is a verb, a process, a reaching for total communion with the
Consciousness of the Cosmos.
If the cosmos is a giant thought process, as Sir James Jeans speculated,
the author of the book, Find Your God, urges: "My God, keep thinking." |
