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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." |
